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Veterans and Military

Overview

Data collected about past and present members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

All data sources are from the American Community Survey unless otherwise noted.

Indicators on the Profile Page

Why It's Important

Veterans
  • Population with veteran status
  • Veterans by wartime services
  • Total, male, and female veterans
  • These indicators could support the need for continuing or additional funding, programming, and services in this area in order to support veterans. Areas with higher concentrations of veterans could be an area for veteran-serving organizations to focus their efforts.

Methodology

American Community Survey Data

From the Census: Why We Ask: Veteran Status

Sample Survey Questions on this Topic

Code Title

Veterans
B21001‡† Sex by Age by Veteran Status for the Civilian Population 18 Years and Over
B21002 Period of Military Service for Civilian Veterans 18 Years and Over
B21003 Veteran Status by Educational Attainment for the Civilian Population 25 Years and Over
B21004 Median Income by Veteran Status by Sex for the Civilian Population 18 Years and Over With Income
B21005‡ Age by Veteran Status by Employment Status for the Civilian Population 18 to 64 Years
B21007‡ Age by Veteran Status by Poverty Status by Disability Status for the Civilian Population 18 Years and Over
B21100‡ Service-connected Disability-rating Status and Ratings for Civilian Veterans 18 Years and Over
†Also available in racial iterations.
‡Table also available in "collapsed" version: change "B" to "C" for table code.

Employment

In general, the Census tables about employment include "Armed Forces" as a component of the labor force. So, you can use tables like B23001 to know how many people are in active service for a given geography. (See the B23002 series for the same data broken down in racial iterations.) Table B23025 presents employment status by industry, including active service armed forces.

Social and Family Characteristics

These tables have "armed forces" broken out as a separate column:

Code Title

Veterans
B12006 Marital Status by Sex by Labor Force Participation
B23003 Presence of Own Children by Age of Children
B23006 Educational Attainment by Employment Status
B23007 Presence of Own Children by Family Type by Employment
B23024 Poverty Status by Disability Status by Employment Status