Veteran Population Breakdown By Period Of Service By U.S. State

Below is a breakdown of the Veteran population by U.S. State.  The data in the table is created from the best available Veteran data by the end of FY2013 as collected and analyzed by National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics.

Below the table is a graph which shows the Projected Percent of Veteran Population by Period of Service
2013 to 2043.  The graph is an interesting look at how many Veterans from specific periods of service will be alive as the years go on.

Data listed includes the total number of living Veterans in each U.S. State as of 2014 along with the number of Wartime Veterans, Gulf War Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans, Korean Conflict Veterans, Peacetime Veterans, and also how many living Veterans in the state are male and female.

U.S. State	Total Vets	Wartime Veterans	Gulf War	Vietnam Era	Korean Conflict	Wold War II	Peacetime	Female	Male
Alabama	413,618	317,414	155,717	133,636	32,892	12,842	96,205	42,704	370,915
Alaska	73,397	58,023	36,254	20,538	2,388	1,078	15,374	10,192	63,205
Arizona	532,206	401,951	159,896	185,867	53,727	25,577	130,255	54,221	477,985
Arkansas	249,274	187,191	84,742	82,862	20,265	8,813	62,083	20,640	228,634
California	1,851,470	1,387,510	551,825	624,060	174,068	97,250	463,960	165,962	1,685,508
Colorado	413,271	321,528	151,860	140,976	29,801	15,356	91,744	46,380	366,892
Connecticut	213,420	154,184	51,196	70,455	21,112	15,347	59,236	16,545	196,875
Delaware	78,099	57,512	24,219	25,044	7,093	3,552	20,588	8,821	69,278
District of Columbia	29,825	21,636	10,447	7,948	2,597	1,258	8,159	3,910	25,915
Florida	1,583,697	1,175,273	460,144	515,110	169,078	94,940	408,424	153,831	1,429,866
U.S. State	Total Vets	Wartime Veterans	Gulf War	Vietnam Era	Korean Conflict	Wold War II	Peacetime	Female	Male
Georgia	752,882	572,382	294,995	234,669	48,056	21,545	180,500	90,382	662,501
Hawaii	121,007	96,733	51,201	37,761	7,418	5,189	24,274	12,808	108,199
Idaho	132,395	104,181	43,622	48,385	10,816	5,461	28,214	9,683	122,712
Illinois	721,575	539,880	206,504	241,854	65,381	37,506	181,695	54,707	666,868
Indiana	476,283	339,528	139,873	149,330	39,290	20,499	136,755	35,569	440,714
Iowa	231,655	174,038	66,207	77,914	22,351	11,921	57,616	15,070	216,585
Kansas	221,206	172,765	77,449	73,539	18,242	10,833	48,441	17,813	203,393
Kentucky	330,599	249,713	109,843	111,217	25,581	11,693	80,886	24,493	306,106
Louisiana	330,145	260,882	125,082	106,148	25,375	13,043	69,263	31,905	298,240
Maine	127,234	94,604	35,478	44,836	11,836	6,340	32,630	10,071	117,163
U.S. State	Total Vets	Wartime Veterans	Gulf War	Vietnam Era	Korean Conflict	Wold War II	Peacetime	Female	Male
Maryland	437,762	330,283	166,645	127,455	30,846	19,225	107,480	57,627	380,136
Massachusetts	379,772	273,956	86,393	125,737	42,832	26,010	105,816	26,151	353,621
Michigan	658,469	477,109	155,745	237,675	59,711	34,769	181,361	46,249	612,221
Minnesota	369,149	273,644	97,696	129,641	34,270	18,523	95,505	25,607	343,541
Mississippi	220,389	167,999	83,622	67,696	16,407	7,446	52,390	20,140	200,248
Missouri	494,346	365,367	147,496	167,248	42,481	22,201	128,979	38,277	456,070
Montana	99,646	75,312	31,210	35,105	7,831	3,987	24,334	8,445	91,201
Nebraska	143,375	112,492	49,874	46,633	13,761	6,545	30,884	11,705	131,671
Nevada	228,027	168,811	70,702	80,432	20,429	7,704	59,217	21,362	206,666
New Hampshire	113,660	81,764	31,139	37,526	10,482	6,124	31,896	8,892	104,769
U.S. State	Total Vets	Wartime Veterans	Gulf War	Vietnam Era	Korean Conflict	Wold War II	Peacetime	Female	Male
New Jersey	428,396	312,253	101,431	142,636	49,544	27,404	116,143	33,369	395,027
New Mexico	171,528	128,418	52,563	62,296	12,526	6,584	43,110	16,743	154,785
New York	892,221	633,650	222,796	278,160	88,848	57,475	258,571	66,052	826,169
North Carolina	775,020	592,699	290,642	248,793	54,712	25,601	182,321	84,073	690,947
North Dakota	57,395	45,414	22,090	17,802	4,599	2,259	11,981	4,712	52,683
Ohio	866,481	629,889	237,689	293,927	72,535	41,778	236,591	67,553	798,928
Oklahoma	37,571	258,253	117,140	113,892	25,598	12,792	79,319	29,848	307,723
Oregon	331,632	247,359	85,923	123,516	29,356	18,357	84,273	28,483	303,149
Pennsylvania	939,069	697,433	236,402	309,178	92,804	57,784	262,637	71,289	867,780
Rhode Island	71,966	52,194	19,590	22,467	7,701	4,436	19,772	5,300	66,667
U.S. State	Total Vets	Wartime Veterans	Gulf War	Vietnam Era	Korean Conflict	Wold War II	Peacetime	Female	Male
South Carolina	417,554	315,319	148,004	141,518	30,982	13,159	102,235	45,974	371,580
South Dakota	72,030	55,025	21,876	21,876	7,035	3,322	17,005	6,294	65,737
Tennessee	506,340	374,283	166,663	168,193	39,369	17,095	132,057	44,667	461,673
Texas	1,680,418	1,309,440	655,430	541,730	116,959	59,694	370,978	177,075	1,503,343
Utah	151,719	118,616	56,814	46,268	14,253	7,030	33,102	11,515	140,204
Vermont	48,602	34,354	13,222	15,980	3,851	2,524	14,248	3,274	45,327
Virginia	781,388	630,045	382,208	223,242	44,365	22,933	151,343	107,201	674,187
Washington	603,623	459,831	208,006	208,485	44,052	24,824	143,791	64,392	539,231
West Virginia	167,355	125,797	48,427	59,937	14,912	6,892	41,558	10,066	157,289
Wisconsin	413,723	300,424	111,209	140,064	35,496	21,747	113,298	33,629	380,094
Wyoming	49,708	39,057	18,655	16,958	3,475	1,619	10,651	3,627	46,080

 

Projected Percent of Veteran Population by Period of Service
2013 to 2043