State by State

Below is a listing of women veterans by state and the total number of women from each state registered with the Women’s Memorial. Veteran statistics are those reported by the Department of Veterans Affairs as of September 2005. “Veterans,” in this instance, equal living veterans in each state who have made contact with the VA.

State

Women
Veterans

Registered

%

 

State

Women
Veterans

Registered

%

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
N. Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
N. Carolina
N. Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma

31,043
6,945
42,565
17,797
165,012
35,843
14,803
5,848
131,098
68,133
8,487
9,436
52,990
32,085
13,675
15,956
22,067
27,062
9,296
43,666
28,295
47,558
22,879
17,965
34,759
7,015
10,765
19,155
8,330
30,487
14,635
66,958
60,337
3,590
62,485
23,697

2,190
807
5,430
1,346
24,365
4,883
3,112
874
17,310
4,216
961
1,015
6,123
3,258
1,859
1,789
1,801
1,909
1,507
7,306
6,698
5,384
2,982
1,224
3,273
3,684
1,358
1,672
1,603
5,136
1,799
9,962
4,478
501
7,266
2,165

  7.05
11.62
12.76
7.56
14.77
13.62
21.02
14.95 13.20
6.19
11.32
10.76
11.55
10.15
13.59
11.21
8.16
7.05
16.21
16.73
23.67
11.32
13.03
6.81
9.42
52.52
12.61
8.73
19.24
16.85
12.29
14.88
7.42
13.96
11.63
9.14

 

Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
S. Carolina
S. Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
DC
Puerto Rico
25,141
62,922
5,402
32,016
4,990
37,037
132,539
9,132
3,748
74,329
49,930
10,427
27,213
3,808
3,319
7,044
3,186
9,685
982
2,518
653
2,244
12,207
842
674
11,710
5,266
929
3,623
570
1,317
171
 

12.67
15.39
18.18
7.86
13.09
6.06
9.21
9.22
17.98
15.75
10.55
8.91
13.31
14.97
39.69
2.43

Eligible veterans registered by state

  0-9.99%
  10-14.99%
  15-19.99%
  20% or more
Veterans numbers compiled by the Department of Veterans Affairs as of September 2005.
Revised 7/11/06