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Veterans (number): U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Veterans (number). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Veterans by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 15,746,228 (United States).

Washington: 434,198Idaho: 115,297Montana: 78,530North Dakota: 39,118Minnesota: 240,553Michigan: 433,589Ohio: 561,908Pennsylvania: 588,783New York: 524,170Vermont: 33,009New Hampshire: 82,036Maine: 89,159Arizona: 449,601California: 1,254,746New Mexico: 130,350Texas: 1,446,930Louisiana: 215,419Mississippi: 151,386Alabama: 304,284Florida: 1,318,557Georgia: 596,611South Carolina: 350,835North Carolina: 646,491Virginia: 623,047District of Columbia: 19,902Maryland: 321,975Delaware: 58,649New Jersey: 254,840Connecticut: 134,586Rhode Island: 42,095Massachusetts: 222,521Oregon: 222,002Utah: 116,210Wyoming: 37,969Nevada: 186,734Colorado: 331,110South Dakota: 55,558Nebraska: 96,241Kansas: 143,511Oklahoma: 237,887Iowa: 151,216Missouri: 334,269Wisconsin: 271,392Illinois: 450,893Kentucky: 234,003Arkansas: 178,260Tennessee: 375,004West Virginia: 107,341Indiana: 315,178Alaska: 53,052Hawaii: 85,223

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 19,902 to 85,223
  • Group 2: 85,223 to 151,386
  • Group 3: 151,386 to 271,392
  • Group 4: 271,392 to 449,601
  • Highest: 449,601 to 1,446,930
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Texas1,446,930
2Florida1,318,557
3California1,254,746
4North Carolina646,491
5Virginia623,047
6Georgia596,611
7Pennsylvania588,783
8Ohio561,908
9New York524,170
10Illinois450,893
11Arizona449,601
12Washington434,198
13Michigan433,589
14Tennessee375,004
15South Carolina350,835
16Missouri334,269
17Colorado331,110
18Maryland321,975
19Indiana315,178
20Alabama304,284
21Wisconsin271,392
22New Jersey254,840
23Minnesota240,553
24Oklahoma237,887
25Kentucky234,003
26Massachusetts222,521
27Oregon222,002
28Louisiana215,419
29Nevada186,734
30Arkansas178,260
31Mississippi151,386
32Iowa151,216
33Kansas143,511
34Connecticut134,586
35New Mexico130,350
36Utah116,210
37Idaho115,297
38West Virginia107,341
39Nebraska96,241
40Maine89,159
41Hawaii85,223
42New Hampshire82,036
43Montana78,530
44Delaware58,649
45South Dakota55,558
46Alaska53,052
47Rhode Island42,095
48North Dakota39,118
49Wyoming37,969
50Vermont33,009
51District of Columbia19,902

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2101: Veteran Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by veterans (number) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2101; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-veterans-count/

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