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Old 11-08-2012, 02:30 PM   #1
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Veterans Day Statistics

Found this on CNN,

21.5 million: The number of military veterans in the United States in 2011.


1.6 million: The number of female veterans in 2011.


2.3 million: The number of black veterans in 2011.


Additionally, 1.2 million veterans were Hispanic; 264,695 Asian; 153,223 American Indian or Alaska Native; 27,469 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and 17.2 million non-Hispanic white.


9.2 million: The number of veterans 65 and older in 2011. At the other end of the age spectrum, 1.8 million were younger than 35.


7.5 million: Number of Vietnam-era veterans living in 2011: 5.1 million served during the Gulf War eras (representing service from August 2, 1990, to present); 1.8 million in World War II (1941-1945); 2.4 million in the Korean War (1950-1953); and 5.4 million in peacetime only.


51,079: Number of living veterans in 2011 who served during the Vietnam era and both Gulf War eras and no other period.


Other living veterans in 2011 who served during three wars:
-- 43,942 served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam era.


Living veterans in 2011 who served during two wars and no other period:
-- 876,663 served during both Gulf War eras.
-- 205,205 served during both the Korean War and the Vietnam era.
-- 129,972 served during both World War II and the Korean War.
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