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The U.S. Veteran Population, 2000 Census| Period of service | Number
in 2000 | Percentage
of all
veterans | Median
age | Percentage
women | Percentage
employed | Percentage
in poverty
in 1999 | Percentage
disabled |
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| All veterans, 18 years and over | 26,403,703 | 100.0% | 57.4% | 6.0% | 54.7% | 5.6% | 29.1% | | Aug. 1990 or later (including Gulf War) | 3,024,503 | 11.5 | 33.3 | 15.7 | 81.4 | 6.2 | 16.3 | | Sept. 1980 to July 1990 | 3,806,602 | 14.4 | 38.8 | 13.0 | 82.7 | 5.5 | 18.2 | | May 1975 to Aug. 1980 | 2,775,492 | 10.5 | 45.5 | 9.9 | 78.0 | 5.6 | 22.7 | | Vietnam era (Aug. 1964 to April 1975) | 8,380,356 | 31.7 | 53.2 | 3.2 | 75.4 | 5.1 | 24.8 | | Feb. 1955 to July 1964 | 4,355,323 | 16.5 | 62.8 | 2.4 | 51.4 | 4.9 | 29.4 | | Korean War (June 1950 to Jan. 1955) | 4,045,521 | 15.3 | 70.1 | 2.2 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 33.6 | | World War II (Sept. 1940 to July 1947) | 5,719,898 | 21.7 | 76.7 | 4.2 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 45.2 | | Some other time | 323,785 | 1.2 | 74.3 | 4.5 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 46.4 |
NOTE: The figures do not add up to 100 percent because veterans may have served in more than one time period. Source: The U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3 and special tabulations.
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