Wartime Veterans--States statistics

[In thousands (26,067 represents 26,067,000). As of end of fiscal year; see text, Section 9, Based on 1990 Census of Population data, extended to later years on the basis of estimates of veteran interstate migration, separations from the Armed Forces, and mortality; not directly comparable with earlier estimates previously published by the VA. Excludes 602,000 veterans whose only active duty military service of less than two years occured since Sept. 8, 1980, and who failed to satisfy the minimum service requirement. Also excludes a small indeterminate number of National Guard personnel or reservists who incurred service-connected disabilities while on an initial tour of active duty for training only]


	FIPS		War	World	World	Korean		Persian
State	code	Total	veter-	War I	War II	con-	Vietnam	Gulf
		veterans ¹	ans ¹			flict	era ²	War

1995

United States	00000	26,067	20,072	13	7,410	4,465	8,237	1,442

Alabama	01000	427	334	0	118	80	136	36
Alaska	02000	65	45	0	8	8	30	3
Arizona	04000	459	353	0	139	83	146	22
Arkansas	05000	258	204	0	78	46	79	21
California	06000	2,818	2,122	1	759	495	944	119
Connecticut	09000	339	260	0	104	58	99	12
Delaware	10000	78	59	0	22	13	24	5
District of Columbia	11000	50	39	0	15	10	14	4
Florida	12000	1,709	1,343	1	613	316	484	82
Georgia	13000	685	507	0	150	109	247	49
Hawaii	15000	116	85	0	27	20	42	6
Idaho	16000	112	87	0	31	18	36	8
Illinois	17000	1,074	839	1	315	180	320	57
Indiana	18000	593	453	0	160	97	181	34
Iowa	19000	291	233	0	86	52	87	18
Kansas	20000	263	207	0	76	45	86	14
Kentucky	21000	367	288	0	103	62	117	24
Louisiana	22000	378	300	0	108	63	118	34
Maine	23000	153	117	0	40	25	51	9
Maryland	24000	530	389	0	133	87	174	27
Massachusetts	25000	594	459	0	191	104	166	21
Michigan	26000	949	730	0	259	148	293	56
Minnesota	27000	462	355	0	119	77	150	22
Mississippi	28000	233	184	0	69	43	68	23
Missouri	29000	586	456	0	166	104	183	34
Montana	30000	95	76	0	27	16	31	7
Nebraska	31000	168	132	0	47	31	52	10
Nevada	32000	186	139	0	48	36	64	6
New Hampshire	33000	135	101	0	34	22	46	6
New Jersey	34000	741	577	0	242	133	201	27
New Mexico	35000	172	132	0	46	29	60	11
New York	36000	1,538	1,189	1	478	260	416	79
North Carolina	37000	711	539	0	187	120	232	46
North Dakota	38000	59	47	0	15	11	19	4
Ohio	39000	1,188	923	1	345	192	356	69
Oklahoma	40000	350	278	0	102	64	118	20
Oregon	41000	371	289	0	106	59	124	19
Pennsylvania	42000	1,363	1,070	1	446	230	376	67
Rhode Island	44000	109	85	0	37	19	31	5
South Carolina	45000	380	288	0	97	64	130	29
South Dakota	46000	74	58	0	20	14	21	6
Tennessee	47000	516	398	0	137	87	170	33
Texas	48000	1,647	1,265	1	425	278	582	108
Utah	49000	138	110	0	41	24	44	9
Vermont	50000	62	46	0	16	10	20	3
Virginia	51000	705	522	0	167	122	260	40
Washington	53000	631	475	0	154	105	232	32
West Virginia	54000	199	161	0	63	36	59	13
Wisconsin	55000	507	389	0	140	83	152	28
Wyoming	56000	48	38	0	12	8	17	3


			War			Korean
State	FIPS	Total	veter-	World	World	con-	Vietnam	Gulf
	code	veterans ¹	ans ¹	War I	War II	flict	era	War

1999

United States	00000	24,679	18,854	3	5,922	4,034	8,079	2,188

Alabama	01000	408	316	0	95	72	133	49
Alaska	02000	63	44	0	6	7	29	4
Arizona	04000	443	336	0	113	78	146	32
Arkansas	05000	246	192	0	62	41	79	28
California	06000	2,666	1,988	0	608	444	925	185
Colorado	08000	363	277	0	72	59	140	31
Connecticut	09000	313	238	0	82	51	96	21
Delaware	10000	75	56	0	18	12	24	7
District of Columbia	11000	46	36	0	12	9	14	5
Florida	12000	1,652	1,278	0	501	301	491	126
Georgia	13000	661	486	0	121	98	244	67
Hawaii	15000	112	82	0	22	18	42	10
Idaho	16000	107	82	0	25	16	35	11
Illinois	17000	999	777	0	249	160	310	89
Indiana	18000	564	429	0	128	88	178	55
Iowa	19000	273	218	0	68	47	84	28
Kansas	20000	246	192	0	60	41	84	20
Kentucky	21000	350	273	0	82	56	116	37
Louisiana	22000	349	275	0	86	57	113	41
Maine	23000	148	112	0	32	23	50	15
Maryland	24000	505	368	0	106	77	170	42
Massachusetts	25000	549	419	0	151	92	162	36
Michigan	26000	898	688	0	205	132	284	91
Minnesota	27000	437	334	0	95	69	147	35
Mississippi	28000	221	173	0	55	39	66	30
Missouri	29000	556	430	0	132	94	180	52
Montana	30000	89	71	0	21	15	30	10
Nebraska	31000	158	124	0	37	29	50	16
Nevada	32000	184	136	0	40	35	65	10
New Hampshire	33000	130	96	0	27	20	45	11
New Jersey	34000	682	526	0	190	118	196	47
New Mexico	35000	165	125	0	37	26	59	16
New York	36000	1,422	1,093	0	370	228	404	133
North Carolina	37000	684	514	0	151	110	230	66
North Dakota	38000	55	43	0	12	10	18	6
Ohio	39000	1,124	869	0	275	173	347	112
Oklahoma	40000	324	256	0	81	58	114	27
Oregon	41000	356	275	0	85	54	124	30
Pennsylvania	42000	1,283	1,000	0	356	207	373	113
Rhode Island	44000	102	79	0	29	17	31	8
South Carolina	45000	367	276	0	78	58	128	41
South Dakota	46000	70	55	0	16	13	21	9
Tennessee	47000	495	379	0	110	79	169	50
Texas	48000	1,556	1,186	0	341	251	567	145
Utah	49000	129	102	0	33	22	43	11
Vermont	50000	60	44	0	12	9	20	6
Virginia	51000	676	498	0	135	110	254	60
Washington	53000	607	454	0	125	95	229	49
West Virginia	54000	188	151	0	50	33	58	20
Wisconsin	55000	481	367	0	112	75	149	44
Wyoming	56000	43	34	0	10	7	16	4

1 Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are counted only once. "All veterans" includes Vietnam era (no prior wartime service), Korean conflict (no prior wartime service), World War 11, post Vietnam era, Persian Gulf War era, and
other. 2 Excludes reservists. Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Policy & Planning. http://www.va.gov/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/591_wartime_veterans_states.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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