| New
Jersey Ranks First in the Nation in Percent of Civilian Population who are Veterans, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau
| Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Alaska |
16.7% |
|
26 |
Kansas |
12.0% |
2 |
Wyoming |
14.6% |
|
27 |
Colorado |
11.9% |
3 |
Maine |
14.5% |
|
27 |
Maryland |
11.9% |
4 |
Montana |
14.3% |
|
27 |
Pennsylvania |
11.9% |
5 |
Virginia |
13.9% |
|
30 |
Ohio |
11.7% |
6 |
Washington |
13.6% |
|
31 |
North Carolina |
11.6% |
7 |
New Hampshire |
13.4% |
|
31 |
Tennessee |
11.6% |
8 |
Nevada |
13.3% |
|
33 |
Georgia |
11.4% |
8 |
Oklahoma |
13.3% |
|
33 |
Iowa |
11.4% |
10 |
Idaho |
13.0% |
|
35 |
Rhode Island |
11.3% |
10 |
South Carolina |
13.0% |
|
36 |
Indiana |
11.2% |
12 |
Florida |
12.9% |
|
37 |
Kentucky |
11.1% |
12 |
Oregon |
12.9% |
|
38 |
Mississippi |
10.9% |
14 |
Arkansas |
12.8% |
|
38 |
Wisconsin |
10.9% |
14 |
Delaware |
12.8% |
|
40 |
Minnesota |
10.8% |
14 |
New Mexico |
12.8% |
|
41 |
Michigan |
10.7% |
17 |
Arizona |
12.7% |
|
42 |
Louisiana |
10.4% |
17 |
Hawaii |
12.7% |
|
43 |
Connecticut |
10.2% |
19 |
West Virginia |
12.6% |
|
44 |
Texas |
10.1% |
20 |
Missouri |
12.5% |
|
45 |
Massachusetts |
9.6% |
21 |
North Dakota |
12.4% |
|
46 |
Illinois |
9.3% |
22 |
Vermont |
12.3% |
|
47 |
California |
8.6% |
23 |
Nebraska |
12.2% |
|
47 |
NEW JERSEY |
8.6% |
23 |
South Dakota |
12.2% |
|
49 |
Utah |
8.5% |
25 |
Alabama |
12.1% |
|
50 |
New York |
7.8% |
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|
50
State Average
|
11.74% |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Below Average |
26.70% |
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