Veterans Disability Compensation in Mississippi
In fiscal year 2025, 64,875 veterans in Mississippi received VA disability compensation, a +34.3% change from 48,313 in 2019. 30.6% of them are rated 100% (up from 16.6% in 2019), and 8,793 are women (5,670 in 2019).
Rating levels in Mississippi, 2019 vs 2025
Share of Mississippi 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 Mississippi's FY2025 recipients with a reported age, 23% are 17 to 44, 38% are 45 to 64, and 39% are 65 or older. 8,793 are women and 55,547 are men.
Mississippi has 135 VA-accredited VSO representatives recorded in the free directory, about 20.81 per 10,000 compensation recipients. See VSO representatives in Mississippi.
Recipients by county
Every Mississippi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | 8,036 | 10,759 | +33.9% | 32.8% | 6 |
| Jackson | 3,401 | 5,418 | +59.3% | 30.3% | 0 |
| DeSoto | 2,566 | 4,706 | +83.4% | 32% | 3 |
| Hinds | 3,606 | 4,039 | +12% | 30.5% | 34 |
| Rankin | 2,091 | 3,114 | +48.9% | 29.6% | 1 |
| Madison | 1,375 | 1,901 | +38.3% | 33.4% | 1 |
| Lowndes | 1,637 | 1,869 | +14.2% | 30.1% | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 1,539 | 1,851 | +20.3% | 30.4% | 3 |
| Forrest | 1,693 | 1,714 | +1.2% | 32.7% | 5 |
| Lamar | 1,145 | 1,627 | +42.1% | 32.3% | 2 |
| Pearl River | 1,106 | 1,498 | +35.4% | 28.6% | 3 |
| Hancock | 834 | 1,398 | +67.6% | 28.3% | 2 |
| Lee | 1,051 | 1,368 | +30.2% | 31.6% | 2 |
| Jones | 792 | 1,028 | +29.8% | 28.4% | 1 |
| Warren | 747 | 786 | +5.2% | 29.3% | 1 |
| Pike | 566 | 776 | +37.1% | 31.7% | 0 |
| Monroe | 471 | 731 | +55.2% | 30.1% | 4 |
| Washington | 650 | 666 | +2.5% | 28.8% | 0 |
| Stone | 374 | 660 | +76.5% | 30.8% | 1 |
| Lafayette | 504 | 619 | +22.8% | 31% | 5 |
| Oktibbeha | 555 | 616 | +11% | 32.8% | 3 |
| Alcorn | 511 | 592 | +15.9% | 25.2% | 3 |
| George | 317 | 577 | +82% | 27.4% | 1 |
| Pontotoc | 341 | 520 | +52.5% | 28.3% | 1 |
| Adams | 448 | 519 | +15.8% | 31% | 0 |
| Simpson | 338 | 505 | +49.4% | 28.7% | 0 |
| Marshall | 333 | 502 | +50.8% | 26.9% | 0 |
| Tate | 319 | 491 | +53.9% | 25.7% | 1 |
| Lincoln | 399 | 487 | +22.1% | 27.5% | 1 |
| Panola | 367 | 487 | +32.7% | 24.8% | 1 |
| Copiah | 411 | 476 | +15.8% | 29.8% | 0 |
| Newton | 340 | 447 | +31.5% | 28.6% | 0 |
| Neshoba | 300 | 423 | +41% | 22.9% | 0 |
| Grenada | 338 | 410 | +21.3% | 30.5% | 1 |
| Marion | 325 | 398 | +22.5% | 31.2% | 0 |
| Union | 272 | 384 | +41.2% | 28.6% | 1 |
| Bolivar | 342 | 380 | +11.1% | 29.2% | 2 |
| Yazoo | 293 | 368 | +25.6% | 31.5% | 1 |
| Itawamba | 204 | 366 | +79.4% | 32.5% | 3 |
| Leake | 260 | 351 | +35% | 33.6% | 0 |
| Prentiss | 264 | 350 | +32.6% | 26.6% | 1 |
| Jasper | 193 | 345 | +78.8% | 29.9% | 1 |
| Leflore | 346 | 345 | -0.3% | 26.1% | 1 |
| Covington | 258 | 342 | +32.6% | 29.8% | 1 |
| Clay | 243 | 337 | +38.7% | 30.9% | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 249 | 328 | +31.7% | 27.4% | 1 |
| Clarke | 231 | 322 | +39.4% | 33.2% | 0 |
| Scott | 262 | 307 | +17.2% | 31.9% | 1 |
| Wayne | 222 | 306 | +37.8% | 27.8% | 2 |
| Winston | 219 | 291 | +32.9% | 33.3% | 1 |
| Perry | 187 | 290 | +55.1% | 30% | 1 |
| Coahoma | 266 | 286 | +7.5% | 29.4% | 0 |
| Sunflower | 257 | 279 | +8.6% | 32.3% | 3 |
| Attala | 236 | 276 | +16.9% | 27.2% | 2 |
| Yalobusha | 183 | 248 | +35.5% | 24.6% | 1 |
| Jefferson Davis | 170 | 243 | +42.9% | 40.7% | 0 |
| Tippah | 226 | 243 | +7.5% | 24.3% | 0 |
| Walthall | 161 | 240 | +49.1% | 32.9% | 1 |
| Chickasaw | 199 | 238 | +19.6% | 28.6% | 0 |
| Lawrence | 200 | 233 | +16.5% | 27.9% | 1 |
| Smith | 176 | 232 | +31.8% | 28% | 1 |
| Calhoun | 178 | 224 | +25.8% | 30.4% | 0 |
| Montgomery | 170 | 222 | +30.6% | 24.8% | 1 |
| Holmes | 161 | 213 | +32.3% | 34.7% | 1 |
| Amite | 152 | 212 | +39.5% | 25.9% | 0 |
| Greene | 137 | 204 | +48.9% | 23.5% | 0 |
| Webster | 145 | 193 | +33.1% | 24.4% | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 125 | 179 | +43.2% | 31.8% | 1 |
| Carroll | 129 | 177 | +37.2% | 35% | 0 |
| Kemper | 136 | 169 | +24.3% | 30.8% | 0 |
| Choctaw | 98 | 150 | +53.1% | 24% | 0 |
| Tunica | 166 | 138 | -16.9% | 26.1% | 0 |
| Franklin | 83 | 131 | +57.8% | 29.8% | 0 |
| Claiborne | 113 | 115 | +1.8% | 35.7% | 1 |
| Benton | 66 | 104 | +57.6% | 29.8% | 1 |
| Noxubee | 101 | 104 | +3% | 26% | 0 |
| Quitman | 107 | 104 | -2.8% | 23.1% | 0 |
| Humphreys | 82 | 94 | +14.6% | 34% | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 88 | 88 | 0% | 34.1% | 0 |
| Jefferson | 79 | 78 | -1.3% | 35.9% | 0 |
| Sharkey | 52 | 50 | -3.8% | 36% | 0 |
| Issaquena | under 10 | 18 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
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