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Women Veterans Population
October 2007
The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico , as of September 2007, was approximately 23.5 million. The population of women veterans numbered 1,744,580. States with the largest number of women veterans were California , Texas , Florida , Virginia, and Georgia .
State-by-state totals (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Territories), follows:
| Alabama |
32,200 |
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Montana |
7,194 |
| Alaska |
6,931 |
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Nebraska |
10,993 |
| Arizona |
43,721 |
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Nevada |
19,922 |
| Arkansas |
18,432 |
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New Hampshire |
8,417 |
| California |
164,122 |
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New Jersey |
30,389 |
| Colorado |
36,627 |
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New Mexico |
14,811 |
| Connecticut |
14,610 |
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New York |
66,336 |
| Delaware |
6,013 |
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North Carolina |
62,276 |
| District of Columbia |
3,200 |
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North Dakota |
3,637 |
| Florida |
133,952 |
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Ohio |
63,848 |
| Georgia |
71,025 |
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Oklahoma |
24,487 |
| Hawaii |
8,431 |
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Oregon |
25,604 |
| Idaho |
9,845 |
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Pennsylvania |
63,471 |
| Illinois |
53,761 |
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Puerto Rico |
7,109 |
| Indiana |
33,059 |
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Rhode Island |
5,372 |
| Iowa |
14,014 |
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South Carolina |
33,269 |
| Kansas |
16,267 |
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South Dakota |
5,118 |
| Kentucky |
22,796 |
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Tennessee |
38,657 |
| Louisiana |
27,875 |
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Texas |
136,838 |
| Maine |
9,396 |
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Utah |
9,416 |
| Maryland |
44,330 |
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Vermont |
3,744 |
| Massachusetts |
27,840 |
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Virginia |
75,599 |
| Michigan |
48,679 |
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Washington |
50,683 |
| Minnesota |
23,393 |
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West Virginia |
10,838 |
| Mississippi |
18,641 |
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Wisconsin |
27,854 |
| Missouri |
35,877 |
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Wyoming |
3,908 |
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Territories/Foreign |
9,751 |
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Total Women Veterans |
1,744,580 |
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, VetPop04, Version 1, at www.va.gov/vetdata.
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