Women Veteran Population
October 2005
The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico, as of October 2005, is estimated 24.4. The population of women veterans numbered at almost 1.7 million. States with the largest number of women veterans were California, Florida, Texas, Virginia and New York.
State-by-state totals (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Territories), follows:
|
Alabama |
31,043 |
Montana |
7,015 |
|
Alaska |
6,945 |
Nebraska |
10,765 |
|
Arizona |
42,565 |
Nevada |
19,155 |
|
Arkansas |
17,797 |
New Hampshire |
8,330 |
|
California |
165,012 |
New Jersey |
30,487 |
|
Colorado |
35,843 |
New Mexico |
14,625 |
|
Connecticut |
14,803 |
New York |
66,958 |
|
Delaware |
5,848 |
North Carolina |
60,337 |
|
District of Columbia |
3,319 |
North Dakota |
3,590 |
|
Florida |
131,098 |
Ohio |
62,485 |
|
Georgia |
68,133 |
Oklahoma |
23,697 |
|
Hawaii |
8,487 |
Oregon |
25,141 |
|
Idaho |
9,436 |
Pennsylvania |
62,922 |
|
Illinois |
52,990 |
Puerto Rico |
7,044 |
|
Indiana |
32,085 |
Rhode Island |
5,402 |
|
Iowa |
13,675 |
South Carolina |
32,016 |
|
Kansas |
15,956 |
South Dakota |
4,990 |
|
Kentucky |
22,067 |
Tennessee |
37,037 |
|
Louisiana |
27,062 |
Texas |
132,539 |
|
Maine |
9,296 |
Utah |
9,132 |
|
Maryland |
43,666 |
Vermont |
3,748 |
|
Massachusetts |
28,295 |
Virginia |
74,329 |
|
Michigan |
47,558 |
Washington |
49,930 |
|
Minnesota |
22,879 |
West Virginia |
10,427 |
|
Mississippi |
17,965 |
Wisconsin |
27,213 |
|
Missouri |
34,759 |
Wyoming |
3.808 |
|
Terr./Foreign |
10,399 |
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| Total Women Veterans |
1,712,117 |
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Total Veterans |
24,387,036 |
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