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 1,492,000 veterans in the State of Florida.  There are 1,328,000 male veterans and 164,000 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 24,000 World War II veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 93,000 Korean War veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 485,000 Vietnam-era veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 205,000 Gulf War veterans in the State of Florida.  (1990 to 9/11/01)
• There are 234,000 Post-9/11 veterans in the State of Florida  (9/12/01 to present)
• There are 753,000 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.)