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Demographics

Veteran Population 2007

VetPop2007 is VA’s latest official estimate and projection of the Veteran population and their characteristics from 4/1/2000 to 9/30/2036, projected as of 9/30/2006. It revises and replaces the estimate and projection in VetPop2004. Please e-mail all questions regarding VetPop to VetPop@va.gov

Documentation

What's New in VetPop 2007

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Overview (.pdf)

Data Sources (.pdf)

County Technical Notes (.doc)

Tutorial (.doc)

VA Needs Assessment Workshop

VetPop2007 reflects an update of several data sources and a few methodological enhancements:

- The model uses more recent DoD data on actual separations through September 30, 2006.

- VetPop2007 introduces a new summary table for Gulf War Veterans, allowing the distinction of those who served since October 1, 2001.

- State to state migration incorporates American Community Survey (ACS) data to supplement the migration data from Census 2000. This improves state estimates by using more current information of Veterans’ whereabouts, as the accuracy of the Census 2000 data diminishes with time.

Data
	VetPop2007 National Tables
		Table	By Variables	All	Living	Deaths	Separations
		Race/Ethnicity	Year, Age (1-yr), Gender, Period of Service		5L
		Branch of Service	Year, Age (1-yr), Gender, Period of Service		8L	8D	8S
		Officer/Enlisted	Year, Age (1-yr), Gender, Period of Service		9L	9D	9S
		Gulf War Division	Year, Age (1-yr), Gender, Period of Service		10L	10D	10S
	VetPop2007 State Tables
		Table	By Variables	All	Living	Deaths	Separations
		Age (5-Yr)	State, Year, Gender, Period of Service		1L	1D	1S
		Period of Service*	State, Year, Gender, Age (5-yr) *Note: Differs from the "period of service" variable appearing in all other reports in that it contains subtotals of certain periods.		2L	2D	2S
		Race/Ethnicity	State, Year, Gender, Age (5-yr)		4L
	VetPop2007 County/VISN
		Table	By Variables	All	Living	Deaths	Separations
		VISN	Year, Gender, Age, FIPS, County Name		11L	11D
		State	Year, Gender, Age, FIPS, County Name		12L	12D
	VetPop2007 110th Congressional District
		Table	By Variables	All	Living	Deaths	Separations
		110th Congressional District	Age, Gender	CD