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The U.S. Veteran Population

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 of 2009.

Period of service Number
in 2009		 Percentage
of all
veterans		 Median
age		 Percentage
women		 Percentage
employed		 Percentage
in poverty
in 1999		 Percentage
disabled
All veterans, 18 years and over 21,848,693 100.0% 49 (women) 64 (men) 6.9% 77.1% 15.7% 32.5%
Sept. 2001 to 2009 (Gulf War II) 1,682,349 7.7 37 18 82.2 n.a. 25.0
Aug. 1990 to Sept. 2001 (Gulf War I) 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.

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