What percentage of the current population has served in the military?

Answer 1

Slightly less than 10%

24.9 million
The number of military veterans in the United States.
(From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

1.7 million
The number of veterans who are women.
(From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

9.7 million
The number of veterans who are age 65 or over.
(From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

2.4 million
The number of black veterans. Additionally, 1.1 million veterans are Hispanic; 272,000 are Asian; 159,000 are American Indian or Alaska native; and 30,000 are native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander. (The numbers for blacks, Asians, American Indians and Alaska natives and native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders cover only those reporting a single race.)


8.2 million
Number of Vietnam-era veterans. Vietnam veterans account for more than 3-in-10 veterans, the largest share of any period of service. The next largest share of wartime veterans, 4.4 million or nearly 2-in-10, served during World War II. (From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

16%
Percentage of Persian Gulf War veterans who are women. In contrast, women account for 5 percent of World War II vets, 3 percent of Vietnam vets and 2 percent of Korean War vets. (From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

381,000
Number of veterans who served during both the Vietnam era and the Desert Storm era (August 1990 or later).

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In addition, 429,000 veterans served during both the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict.

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143,000 served during three periods: World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict.

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498,000 served in World War II and the Korean War.


6
Number of states with 1 million or more veterans. These states are California (2.3 million), Florida (1.8 million), Texas (1.7 million), New York (1.2 million), Pennsylvania (1.2 million) and Ohio (1.1 million). (From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

$20.8 billion
Aggregate amount of money received annually by the 2.5 million veterans receiving compensation for service-connected disabilities. (From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

$56.9 billion
Total amount of federal government spending for veterans benefits programs in fiscal year 2003. (From the upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005.)

Answer 2

Well, the VA lost the identity of about 28 million troops from the last 25 years. That's about 10 percent of the population.

Answer 3

good question,,, interesting
in N. Korea, 1 out of 4 serve in their military

Answer 4

it's less than half of 1 percent. crazy huh!? it's even crazier when you visit virginia or san diego and everyone is in the military! lol