Center for Women Veterans: Statistics
Women Veterans Population
The total Veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico, as of September 2009, was approximately 23 million. The population of women Veterans numbered 1,824,198. States with the largest number of women Veterans were California, Texas, Florida, Virginia and Georgia. State-by-state totals are as follows:
Alabama |
34,902 |
Montana |
7,921 |
Alaska |
8,406 |
Nebraska |
11,198 |
Arizona |
46,992 |
Nevada |
21,133 |
Arkansas |
19,496 |
New Hampshire |
8,793 |
California |
167,086 |
New Jersey |
28,438 |
Colorado |
37,699 |
New Mexico |
16,379 |
Connecticut |
15,297 |
New York |
65,116 |
Delaware |
6,365 |
North Carolina |
68,380 |
District of Columbia |
3,881 |
North Dakota |
4,567 |
Florida |
139,474 |
Ohio |
60,704 |
Georgia |
75,198 |
Oklahoma |
26,221 |
Hawaii |
11,495 |
Oregon |
25,226 |
Idaho |
10,371 |
Pennsylvania |
63,593 |
Illinois |
56,656 |
Puerto Rico |
7,216 |
Indiana |
33,015 |
Rhode Island |
5,053 |
Iowa |
14,744 |
South Carolina |
34,915 |
Kansas |
17,844 |
South Dakota |
5,873 |
Kentucky |
24,372 |
Tennessee |
38,669 |
Louisiana |
26,958 |
Texas |
152,571 |
Maine |
10,230 |
Utah |
10,740 |
Maryland |
48,615 |
Vermont |
3,696 |
Massachusetts |
26,473 |
Virginia |
90,234 |
Michigan |
45,371 |
Washington |
55,060 |
Minnesota |
23,077 |
West Virginia |
11,700 |
Mississippi |
17,723 |
Wisconsin |
28,023 |
Missouri |
37,287 |
Wyoming |
4,400 |
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Territories/Foreign |
9,355 |
Total Women Veterans: 1,824,198
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, VetPop07 at http://www.va.gov/vetdata/
