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Women Veterans Population
October 2009
The total veteran population in the United States and Puerto Rico , as of September 2009, was approximately 23 million. The population of women veterans numbered 1,824,198. States with the largest number of women veterans were California , Texas , Florida , Virginia and Georgia . State-by-state totals are as follows:
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Alabama
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34,902
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Montana
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7,921
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Alaska
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8,406
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Nebraska
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11,198
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Arizona
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46,992
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Nevada
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21,133
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Arkansas
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19,496
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New Hampshire
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8,793
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California
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167,086
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New Jersey
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28,438
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Colorado
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37,699
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New Mexico
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16,379
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Connecticut
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15,297
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New York
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65,116
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Delaware
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6,365
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North Carolina
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68,380
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District of Columbia
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3,881
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North Dakota
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4,567
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Florida
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139,474
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Ohio
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60,704
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Georgia
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75,198
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Oklahoma
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26,221
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Hawaii
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11,495
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Oregon
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25,226
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Idaho
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10,371
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Pennsylvania
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63,593
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Illinois
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56,656
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Puerto Rico
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7,216
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Indiana
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33,015
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Rhode Island
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5,053
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Iowa
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14,744
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South Carolina
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34,915
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Kansas
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17,844
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South Dakota
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5,873
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Kentucky
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24,372
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Tennessee
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38,669
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Louisiana
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26,958
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Texas
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152,571
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Maine
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10,230
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Utah
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10,740
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Maryland
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48,615
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Vermont
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3,696
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Massachusetts
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26,473
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Virginia
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90,234
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Michigan
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45,371
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Washington
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55,060
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Minnesota
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23,077
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West Virginia
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11,700
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Mississippi
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17,723
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Wisconsin
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28,023
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Missouri
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37,287
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Wyoming
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4,400
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Territories/Foreign
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9,355
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Total Women Veterans 1,824,198
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, VetPop07, at http://www.va.gov/vetdata/
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