Fast Facts

Fiscal 2021 demographic information from the VA’s Veteran Population Projection Model 2018. The VA reports there are 19.1 million veterans living in the United States.

• There are 1,430,000 veterans in the State of Florida.  There are 1,262,000 male veterans and 168,000 female veterans.
• Note: Florida has the third largest veteran population in the nation, behind California with 1,616,000 veterans and Texas with 1,563,000 veterans.
• There are 1,148,000 wartime veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 344,000 peacetime veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 401,000 service-connected disabled veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 10,700 World War II veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 75,000 Korean War veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 462,000 Vietnam-era veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 600,000 Gulf War Era to include Post 9/11 veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 720,000 veterans in Florida 65 years of age and over.  (There are 713,000 male veterans 65 years of age and older and 39,000 female veterans 65 years of age and older.)