United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics

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