Rankings · Place

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