Rankings · Place

Highest veterans by state

Share of civilian adults who are veterans.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Civilian population 18 and over who have served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, as a share of the civilian adult population. It excludes people currently on active duty.

  1. 1Alaska12.3%
  2. 2Virginia10.8%
  3. 3Wyoming10.0%
  4. 4Montana9.9%
  5. 5South Carolina9.3%
  6. 6Maine9.1%
  7. 7Hawaii8.9%
  8. 8New Mexico8.8%
  9. 9Nevada8.8%
  10. 10Oklahoma8.8%
  11. 11Arizona8.7%
  12. 12Idaho8.7%
  13. 13South Dakota8.7%
  14. 14Washington8.7%
  15. 15Alabama8.5%
  16. 16Colorado8.4%
  17. 17North Carolina8.4%
  18. 18New Hampshire8.3%
  19. 19Delaware8.2%
  20. 20Florida8.2%
  21. 21Georgia8.2%
  22. 22Arkansas8.1%
  23. 23Tennessee8.0%
  24. 24Missouri7.9%
  25. 25North Dakota7.9%
  26. 26Oregon7.9%
  27. 27West Virginia7.9%
  28. 28Maryland7.8%
  29. 29Nebraska7.6%
  30. 30Kansas7.5%
  31. 31Mississippi7.5%
  32. 32Ohio7.2%
  33. 33Kentucky7.1%
  34. 34Iowa7.0%
  35. 35Texas7.0%
  36. 36Indiana6.8%
  37. 37Louisiana6.7%
  38. 38Vermont6.7%
  39. 39Wisconsin6.7%
  40. 40Pennsylvania6.6%
  41. 41Michigan6.3%
  42. 42Minnesota6.3%
  43. 43Rhode Island5.5%
  44. 44Illinois5.3%
  45. 45Connecticut5.0%
  46. 46Utah4.9%
  47. 47California4.7%
  48. 48Massachusetts4.6%
  49. 49District of Columbia4.0%
  50. 50New Jersey4.0%
  51. 51New York4.0%
Put this map on your own site

Free to use. The chart names its source and links back, so it stays honest wherever it ends up.

<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/veterans" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Share of civilian adults who are veterans by state"></iframe>

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year. · How this is built