How many veterans are there in the US?

Answer 1

According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the year of the last census, there were 21.8 million veterans living in the United States. Of this number:

• 2.4 million were African-American

• 1.2 million were Hispanic

• 265,000 were Asian

• 165,000 were American Indian or Alaska Native

• 28,000 were Native Hawaiian of other Pacific Islander

• 17.5 million were non-Hispanic white

(These totals are for those reporting only a single ethnicity.)

• 1.6 million were female

• 9 million veterans were aged 65 or older

• 1.7 million veterans were younger than 35

Answer 2

There were 17,456 veterans in the US.

Answer 3

There are 18.8 million veterans living in the U.S. today per the National Conference of State Legislatures