Veterans Disability Compensation in Indiana
In fiscal year 2025, 116,177 veterans in Indiana received VA disability compensation, a +25.7% change from 92,454 in 2019. 19.5% of them are rated 100% (up from 11.1% in 2019), and 10,334 are women (6,852 in 2019).
Rating levels in Indiana, 2019 vs 2025
Share of Indiana compensation recipients at each combined-rating level. Nationwide, the share rated 100% roughly doubled over this period; see the shift toward higher ratings for the full story.
Shares are computed over recipients whose rating band VA reported (small counts are suppressed). What each level pays: benefits by rating.
Who they are
Of Indiana's FY2025 recipients with a reported age, 26% are 17 to 44, 31% are 45 to 64, and 43% are 65 or older. 10,334 are women and 105,423 are men.
Indiana has 510 VA-accredited VSO representatives recorded in the free directory, about 43.9 per 10,000 compensation recipients. See VSO representatives in Indiana.
Recipients by county
Every Indiana county VA reported for FY2025, with the FY2019 comparison where the same county existed. "Rated 100%" is that county's share of recipients at the 100% level. "VSO reps" is the count of VA-accredited VSO representatives whose listed ZIP code falls in that county, an approximate, ZIP-based measure; many representatives serve neighboring counties too.
| County | FY2019 | FY2025 | Change | Rated 100% | VSO reps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 13,405 | 13,033 | -2.8% | 20% | 88 |
| Allen | 5,114 | 6,550 | +28.1% | 19% | 8 |
| Lake | 5,014 | 6,346 | +26.6% | 25.2% | 8 |
| Hamilton | 3,400 | 5,002 | +47.1% | 23.2% | 8 |
| Hendricks | 2,513 | 3,872 | +54.1% | 19% | 16 |
| St. Joseph | 3,368 | 3,646 | +8.3% | 19.7% | 3 |
| Johnson | 2,601 | 3,544 | +36.3% | 22.6% | 4 |
| Clark | 1,941 | 2,978 | +53.4% | 21.2% | 8 |
| Vanderburgh | 2,413 | 2,916 | +20.8% | 21.5% | 11 |
| Porter | 1,785 | 2,781 | +55.8% | 24.7% | 27 |
| Madison | 2,180 | 2,619 | +20.1% | 16.8% | 4 |
| Howard | 2,210 | 2,481 | +12.3% | 13.9% | 3 |
| Hancock | 1,264 | 2,133 | +68.8% | 24.3% | 10 |
| Elkhart | 1,946 | 2,094 | +7.6% | 17.4% | 2 |
| Tippecanoe | 1,680 | 2,088 | +24.3% | 17.8% | 6 |
| Vigo | 1,499 | 2,029 | +35.4% | 19% | 5 |
| Delaware | 1,780 | 1,992 | +11.9% | 17% | 7 |
| Grant | 1,721 | 1,928 | +12% | 17.9% | 3 |
| Monroe | 1,657 | 1,886 | +13.8% | 20.3% | 11 |
| Floyd | 1,339 | 1,817 | +35.7% | 17.1% | 2 |
| Morgan | 1,223 | 1,755 | +43.5% | 20.7% | 12 |
| LaPorte | 1,190 | 1,619 | +36.1% | 24.3% | 9 |
| Miami | 1,307 | 1,468 | +12.3% | 11.4% | 3 |
| Bartholomew | 1,146 | 1,465 | +27.8% | 20.7% | 6 |
| Warrick | 827 | 1,332 | +61.1% | 21.5% | 4 |
| Lawrence | 891 | 1,228 | +37.8% | 18% | 2 |
| Wayne | 970 | 1,148 | +18.4% | 21.6% | 7 |
| Dearborn | 695 | 1,083 | +55.8% | 16.6% | 4 |
| Harrison | 710 | 1,074 | +51.3% | 17.7% | 4 |
| Boone | 634 | 1,024 | +61.5% | 18.5% | 3 |
| Kosciusko | 925 | 1,009 | +9.1% | 14.9% | 3 |
| DeKalb | 746 | 960 | +28.7% | 14% | 4 |
| Henry | 752 | 932 | +23.9% | 16.5% | 3 |
| Huntington | 724 | 885 | +22.2% | 14.7% | 2 |
| Shelby | 591 | 871 | +47.4% | 19.9% | 2 |
| Greene | 600 | 857 | +42.8% | 19.3% | 13 |
| Noble | 714 | 855 | +19.7% | 17.1% | 3 |
| Cass | 718 | 819 | +14.1% | 14.5% | 2 |
| Putnam | 590 | 775 | +31.4% | 20.8% | 6 |
| Dubois | 515 | 765 | +48.5% | 22% | 8 |
| Marshall | 547 | 719 | +31.4% | 16.4% | 1 |
| Whitley | 518 | 716 | +38.2% | 14.1% | 2 |
| Wabash | 674 | 707 | +4.9% | 15.6% | 3 |
| Steuben | 555 | 685 | +23.4% | 19.6% | 2 |
| Jefferson | 574 | 676 | +17.8% | 15.5% | 6 |
| Knox | 564 | 647 | +14.7% | 21.6% | 9 |
| Jackson | 490 | 631 | +28.8% | 15.8% | 5 |
| Washington | 460 | 617 | +34.1% | 18.6% | 3 |
| Ripley | 418 | 606 | +45% | 15% | 4 |
| Wells | 433 | 595 | +37.4% | 12.6% | 3 |
| Jasper | 364 | 579 | +59.1% | 19.9% | 7 |
| Clay | 422 | 572 | +35.5% | 20.3% | 3 |
| Montgomery | 417 | 555 | +33.1% | 15.9% | 6 |
| Jennings | 422 | 548 | +29.9% | 12.6% | 2 |
| Scott | 353 | 539 | +52.7% | 18% | 7 |
| White | 384 | 519 | +35.2% | 19.5% | 6 |
| Spencer | 302 | 518 | +71.5% | 15.4% | 2 |
| Gibson | 409 | 497 | +21.5% | 23.1% | 4 |
| Owen | 380 | 493 | +29.7% | 20.3% | 6 |
| Fulton | 420 | 490 | +16.7% | 12% | 4 |
| Perry | 321 | 486 | +51.4% | 14.4% | 3 |
| Brown | 366 | 478 | +30.6% | 20.5% | 4 |
| Daviess | 380 | 478 | +25.8% | 23.8% | 2 |
| Posey | 316 | 453 | +43.4% | 24.3% | 0 |
| Sullivan | 315 | 429 | +36.2% | 18.6% | 3 |
| Clinton | 334 | 420 | +25.7% | 18.6% | 5 |
| Fayette | 361 | 416 | +15.2% | 20.2% | 2 |
| Franklin | 335 | 414 | +23.6% | 21.7% | 3 |
| Jay | 341 | 412 | +20.8% | 10.7% | 2 |
| Randolph | 331 | 412 | +24.5% | 16% | 3 |
| Adams | 327 | 407 | +24.5% | 10.3% | 2 |
| Starke | 269 | 398 | +48% | 21.9% | 1 |
| Orange | 319 | 396 | +24.1% | 17.4% | 2 |
| Carroll | 279 | 384 | +37.6% | 16.9% | 3 |
| Decatur | 329 | 374 | +13.7% | 14.4% | 4 |
| Parke | 276 | 357 | +29.3% | 23% | 2 |
| Tipton | 268 | 352 | +31.3% | 13.4% | 3 |
| Blackford | 266 | 327 | +22.9% | 14.1% | 4 |
| Vermillion | 241 | 317 | +31.5% | 18% | 2 |
| Crawford | 220 | 312 | +41.8% | 22.1% | 1 |
| Lagrange | 273 | 305 | +11.7% | 17.7% | 3 |
| Fountain | 216 | 304 | +40.7% | 22.4% | 3 |
| Martin | 220 | 280 | +27.3% | 26.4% | 2 |
| Newton | 145 | 246 | +69.7% | 24.4% | 5 |
| Rush | 201 | 245 | +21.9% | 18.4% | 2 |
| Pike | 147 | 231 | +57.1% | 22.1% | 2 |
| Pulaski | 164 | 212 | +29.3% | 21.7% | 5 |
| Switzerland | 143 | 207 | +44.8% | 19.8% | 5 |
| Ohio | 81 | 155 | +91.4% | 13.5% | 2 |
| Warren | 97 | 148 | +52.6% | 25.7% | 4 |
| Benton | 72 | 127 | +76.4% | 18.1% | 6 |
| Union | 97 | 127 | +30.9% | 22.8% | 1 |
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