Fast Facts

Fiscal 2023 demographic information from the VA’s Veteran Population Projection Model 2018. The VA reports there are 19.1 million veterans living in the United States.

• There are 1,430,000 veterans in the State of Florida.  There are 1,265,000 male veterans and 168,000 female veterans.
• Note: Florida has the third largest veteran population in the nation, behind California with 1,487,000 veterans and Texas with 1,534,000 veterans.
• There are 1,103,000 wartime veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 330,000 peacetime veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 446,270 service-connected disabled veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 11,000 World War II veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 75,000 Korean War veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 462,000 Vietnam-era veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 421,000 Gulf War Era to include Post 9/11 veterans in the State of Florida.
• There are 719,000 veterans in Florida 65 years of age and over.  (There are 677,000 male veterans 65 years of age and older and 42,000 female veterans 65 years of age and older.)