Statistics and Facts

Who are They?

To have a full appreciation for our US veterans, it helps to know important details about them, such as:

• How many veterans are there?
  
• In which war did the most veterans serve?
  
• How long have women served?
  

Read More: "By the Numbers: Statistics About United States Veterans"

Where do they live?

About 39,471 veterans are homeless on any given night.

• Who are homeless veterans?
• How many homeless veterans are there? Why are veterans homeless?
• Why are veterans homeless?

Read More on the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

What do they do?

Number of veterans in the US - 18,496,937
Forcasted number of veterans nationwide in 2040 - 15.07 million
Percentage of male US population (aged 75 years and over) who are veterans - 49.53%
Most common occupational branches of US veterans - Management
Share of employed veterans who are government workers - 21.7%

​Source: "US veterans - statistics and facts" from Statista
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Enlisting

You are leaving home, you are going into an environment that is completely alien to the way you grew up. ​​The people, the country, the food, everything is alien. The situations you are in are completely unknown. After serving you go back home, with lingering memories. They need companionship, they need camaraderie. You need to talk with them, not drug them."
- James M McKee - U.S. Marine Corps Veteran - Combat Veteran Vietnam ​

My son explained to me that he was struggling emotionally from his time in Afghanistan, and those horrifying images replay in his mind. He couldn't tell me about those images. He was being treated at the VA and told me that they prescribe him a lot of pills....he felt it was too much.
​- Donna Chapman