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Friday, May 23, 2003

Glance at Vets Data 

From: spliffslips

Military Care Packages Updates

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Glance at Vets Data
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By The Associated Press

May 23, 2003, 5:01 PM EDT

Data on the nation's military veterans in 2000, according to the Census Bureau.

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Number of veterans 18 and over: 26,403,703

* Median age: 43.5

* Women: 6 percent

* Employed: 54.7 percent

* Living in poverty: 5.6 percent

* Disabled: 29.1 percent

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Veterans by period of service (includes veterans serving in more than one time period):

* Aug. 1990 or later (including Gulf War): 11.5 percent

* Sept. 1980 to July 1990: 14.4 percent

* May 1975 to Aug. 1980: 10.5 percent

* Vietnam era (Aug. 1964 to April 1975): 31.7 percent

* February 1955 to July 1964: 16.5 percent

* Korean War (June 1950 to Jan. 1955): 15.3 percent

* World War II (Sept. 1940 to July 1947): 21.7 percent

* Other: 1.2 percent

Copyright (c) 2003, The Associated Press

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This article originally appeared at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-vets-glance,0,1779107.story

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