Women Veterans Population

July 1997

The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico, as of July 1997, was approximately 25.6 million. The population of women veterans numbered 1.22 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

20,067

Montana

5,148

Alaska

5,160

Nebraska

7,648

Arizona

26,970

Nevada

10,173

Arkansas

11,616

New Hampshire

7,725

California

151,735

New Jersey

27,301

Colorado

22,561

New Mexico

10,648

Connecticut

14,610

New York

61,165

Delaware

4,235

North Carolina

35,753

District of Columbia

3,369

North Dakota

2,733

Florida

92,605

Ohio

47,122

Georgia

35,631

Oklahoma

14,424

Hawaii

7,586

Oregon

18,589

Idaho

5,250

Pennsylvania

52,697

Illinois

38,966

Puerto Rico

4,679

Indiana

22,335

Rhode Island

4,848

Iowa

9,794

South Carolina

19,408

Kansas

10,256

South Dakota

3,716

Kentucky

14,075

Tennessee

20,239

Louisiana

16,466

Texas

80,081

Maine

8,285

Utah

5,391

Maryland

31,745

Vermont

3,713

Massachusetts

26,501

Virginia

46,995

Michigan

38,971

Washington

36,244

Minnesota

17,028

West Virginia

6,388

Mississippi

10,861

Wisconsin

20,553

Missouri

22,994

Wyoming

2,161


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