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The U.S. Veteran Population, 2000
Census
The following table shows the number of military personnel who served
in America's wars, from World War II through the Gulf War. Data is as off
2000 Census, and therefore does not include the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
| Period of service |
Number
in 2000 |
Percentage
of all
veterans |
Median
age |
Percentage
women |
Percentage
employed |
Percentage
in poverty
in 1999 |
Percentage
disabled |
|
All veterans, 18 years and over
|
26,403,703
|
100.0%
|
57.4%
|
6.0%
|
54.7%
|
5.6%
|
29.1%
|
| Aug. 1990 or later (including Gulf
War) |
3,024,503 |
11.5 |
33.3 |
15.7 |
81.4 |
6.2 |
16.3 |
| Sept. 1980 to July 1990 |
3,806,602 |
14.4 |
38.8 |
13.0 |
82.7 |
5.5 |
18.2 |
| May 1975 to Aug. 1980 |
2,775,492 |
10.5 |
45.5 |
9.9 |
78.0 |
5.6 |
22.7 |
| Vietnam era (Aug. 1964 to April
1975) |
8,380,356 |
31.7 |
53.2 |
3.2 |
75.4 |
5.1 |
24.8 |
| Feb. 1955 to July 1964 |
4,355,323 |
16.5 |
62.8 |
2.4 |
51.4 |
4.9 |
29.4 |
| Korean War (June 1950 to Jan.
1955) |
4,045,521 |
15.3 |
70.1 |
2.2 |
24.6 |
4.5 |
33.6 |
| World War II (Sept. 1940 to July
1947) |
5,719,898 |
21.7 |
76.7 |
4.2 |
11.6 |
4.8 |
45.2 |
| Some other time |
323,785 |
1.2 |
74.3 |
4.5 |
16.1 |
6.6 |
46.4 |
NOTE: The figures do not add up to 100 percent because
veterans may have served in more than one time period.
Source: The U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Summary File 3 and special tabulations.
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