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Women Veterans Population

July 2000

The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico, as of July 2000, is estimated 24,289,518.  The population of women veterans numbered 1.2 million.  States with the largest number of women veterans were California, Florida, Texas and New York.  

State-by-state totals (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico),  follows:

 

Alabama

20,730

Montana

5,231

Alaska

5,187

Nebraska

7,800

Arizona

27,087

Nevada

10,359

Arkansas

11,942

New Hampshire

7,839

California

151,371

New Jersey

27,313

Colorado

22,761

New Mexico

10,872

Connecticut

14,596

New York

62,245

Delaware

4,336

North Carolina

36,937

District of Columbia

3,224

North Dakota

2,761

Florida

93,431

Ohio

48,419

Georgia

36,784

Oklahoma

14,489

Hawaii

7,790

Oregon

18,869

Idaho

5,359

Pennsylvania

54,019

Illinois

39,602

Puerto Rico

4,717

Indiana

23,008

Rhode Island

4,859

Iowa

10,075

South Carolina

20,052

Kansas

10,348

South Dakota

3,898

Kentucky

14,587

Tennessee

21,041

Louisiana

16,722

Texas

81,688

Maine

8,460

Utah

5,364

Maryland

32,299

Vermont

3,796

Massachusetts

26,064

Virginia

47,985

Michigan

40,401

Washington

36,725

Minnesota

17,366

West Virginia

6,526

Mississippi

11,318

Wisconsin

21,135

Missouri

23,751

Wyoming

2,113

 

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Reviewed/Updated: February 27, 2002