Accounting for Geographic Variation in Social Security Disability Program Participation

There is wide geographic variation in Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) participation across the United States. The authors describe the variation. Using data from Social Security Administration reports and results from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the authors decompose the geographic variation in program participation into component parts including variation in disability prevalence and variation in program participation among working-age persons with disabilities. The variation in participation among persons with disabilities is further decomposed into socioeconomic subcomponents.

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