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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