Fast Facts Compilation: Veterans Day 2009 (November 11th)
Once again, the U.S. Census is online with another useful compilation of facts that include direct links to the sources where the facts are found. This time we're posting a "Fact for Features" about Veterans Day which will take place next Wednesday.
+ 23.2 million
The number of military veterans in the United States in 2008. Source: Table 508, Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010
+ 9.2 million
The number of veterans 65 and older in 2008. At the other end of the age spectrum, 1.9 million were younger than 35
+ 5
Number of states with 1 million or more veterans in 2008. These states were California (2.1 million), Florida (1.7 million), Texas (1.7 million), New York (1 million) and Pennsylvania (1 million).
+ 10.4 million
Number of veterans 18 to 64 in the labor force in 2008.
+ 15.8 million
Number of veterans who voted in the 2008 presidential election. Seventy-one percent of veterans cast a ballot, compared with 63 percent of nonveterans.
+ 2.9 million
Number of veterans who received compensation for service-connected disabilities as of 2008. Their compensation totaled $36.2 billion.
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