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Women Veterans Population
October 2008
The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico , as of September 2008, was approximately 23.4 million. The population of women veterans numbered 1,802,491. States with the largest number of women veterans were California , Texas , Florida , Virginia, and Georgia . State-by-state totals are as follows:
State-by-state totals (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Territories), follows:
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Alabama
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34,155
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Montana
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7,777
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Alaska
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8,232
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Nebraska
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11,051
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Arizona
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46,246
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Nevada
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20,771
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Arkansas
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19,126
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New Hampshire
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8,741
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California
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166,984
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New Jersey
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28,739
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Colorado
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37,207
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New Mexico
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16,149
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Connecticut
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15,353
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New York
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65,556
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Delaware
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6,282
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North Carolina
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66,916
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District of Columbia
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3,867
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North Dakota
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4,464
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Florida
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138,342
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Ohio
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60,344
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Georgia
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73,390
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Oklahoma
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25,688
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Hawaii
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11,296
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Oregon
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25,103
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Idaho
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10,108
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Pennsylvania
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63,418
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Illinois
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55,990
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Puerto Rico
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7,182
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Indiana
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32,599
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Rhode Island
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5,094
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Iowa
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14,511
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South Carolina
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34,158
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Kansas
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17,517
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South Dakota
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5,735
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Kentucky
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23,853
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Tennessee
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38,009
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Louisiana
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26,661
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Texas
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148,960
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Maine
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10,132
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Utah
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10,474
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Maryland
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47,949
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Vermont
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3,710
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Massachusetts
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26,818
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Virginia
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88,082
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Michigan
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45,209
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Washington
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54,287
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Minnesota
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22,945
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West Virginia
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11,485
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Mississippi
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17,486
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Wisconsin
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27,746
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Missouri
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36,685
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Wyoming
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4,286
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Territories/Foreign
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9,625
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Total Women Veterans
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1,802,491
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SOURCE: Department of Veterans Affairs, VetPop07, at http://www.va.gov/vetdata/
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