Source snapshot
The data behind income interruption risk.
DisabilityRiskIQ uses public population, workforce, benefit, and wait-time data to build directional location scores. This page exposes the source mix, data years, metric coverage, and score freshness used across the site.
Current scoring posture
Scores are directional and population-level. They explain risk drivers; they do not predict individual outcomes or replace advice from a licensed professional.
Locations
34,094
National, state, county, and city records in the location index.
Metrics
768,709
Stored public-data observations across current and prior data years.
Scores
61,914
Location scores currently stored for the active scoring framework.
Primary sources
What each source contributes.
US Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates
Population, workforce, household, housing, income, and employer-coverage context used for location-level scoring.
- Latest data year
- 2024
- Rows in latest year
- 294,577
- Last ingested
- Apr 25, 2026
Reviewed annually when new ACS 5-year estimates become available.
State disability and paid leave program summaries
State program status, eligibility, timing, duration, formula details, and published weekly caps. Consumer facts are kept separate from directional score inputs.
- Latest data year
- 2026
- Rows in latest year
- 40,813
- Last ingested
- Sep 7, 2026
Reviewed when state agencies update program rules or annual benefit caps.
SSA disability wait-time context
Current national SSA initial-decision processing-time context used to explain long-duration uncertainty; this release does not infer state-specific SSA wait times.
- Latest data year
- 2026
- Rows in latest year
- 30,957
- Last ingested
- Sep 7, 2026
Reviewed when SSA publishes an updated processing-time snapshot or comparable state-level data.
Score freshness
How recently scores were rebuilt.
Scores should be recomputed after a data refresh or methodology change. The comparison below checks the newest ingested metric against the newest stored score update.
Latest metric ingest
Sep 7, 2026
Latest score update
Sep 7, 2026
Status
Scores current with latest ingest
| Version | Rows | Computed | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1 | 30,957 | Jul 4, 2026 | Jul 4, 2026 |
| v2-benefit-truth-2026-09 | 30,957 | Sep 7, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
Metric inventory
Signals currently used by the scoring model.
| Metric | Pillar | Latest year | Latest rows | Last ingested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 45-64 share | Personal profile | 2024 | 33,506 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Employer coverage share | Financial resilience | 2024 | 33,053 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| High-injury job share | Occupational exposure | 2024 | 32,024 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Housing-burdened household share | Financial resilience | 2024 | 31,751 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Median household income | Financial resilience | 2024 | 34,011 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Physical job share | Occupational exposure | 2024 | 32,024 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Self-employed worker share | Personal profile | 2024 | 33,143 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Single-worker household share | Personal profile | 2024 | 33,041 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| Transferable-skill occupation share | Occupational exposure | 2024 | 32,024 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| SSA initial decision wait | Geographic context | 2026 | 30,957 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| State maximum duration | Geographic context | 2026 | 6,309 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| State program availability | Geographic context | 2026 | 30,957 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| State waiting period | Geographic context | 2026 | 3,547 | Sep 7, 2026 |
Location coverage
Official source links
External sources can revise definitions, tables, and release schedules. DisabilityRiskIQ treats source refresh as a scoring event, not a guarantee about individual eligibility.
Methodology