CENSUS 2000 VETERAN POPULATION BY STATE
STATE	CIVILIAN POPULATION  18 OR OVER	CIVILIAN  VETERANS	CIVILIAN VETERANS  AS A PERCENTAGE  OF CIVILIAN POPULATION  18 OR OVER
Alabama	3,310,446	447,397	14%
Alaska	419,320	71,552	17%
Arizona	3,747,180	562,916	15%
Arkansas	1,987,107	281,714	14%
California	24,501,941	2,569,340	10%
Colorado	3,177,044	446,385	14%
Connecticut	2,557,792	310,069	12%
Delaware	585,855	84,289	14%
District of Columbia	454,454	44,484	10%
Florida	12,283,486	1,875,597	15%
Georgia	5,954,362	768,675	13%
Hawaii	878,220	120,587	14%
Idaho	920,973	136,584	15%
Illinois	9,158,208	1,003,572	11%
Indiana	4,504,723	590,476	13%
Iowa	2,192,132	292,020	13%
Kansas	1,962,154	267,452	14%
Kentucky	3,028,902	380,618	13%
Louisiana	3,232,426	392,486	12%
Maine	969,780	154,590	16%
Maryland	3,910,942	524,230	13%
Massachusetts	4,847,708	558,933	12%
Michigan	7,341,880	913,573	12%
Minnesota	3,630,355	464,968	13%
Mississippi	2,054,721	249,431	12%
Missouri	4,153,926	592,271	14%
Montana	668,651	108,476	16%
Nebraska	1,253,717	173,189	14%
Nevada	1,480,440	238,128	16%
New Hampshire	926,066	139,038	15%
New Jersey	6,321,650	672,217	11%
New Mexico	1,300,288	190,718	15%
New York	14,278,716	1,361,164	10%
North Carolina	5,997,177	792,646	13%
North Dakota	474,210	61,365	13%
Ohio	8,458,130	1,144,007	14%
Oklahoma	2,536,569	376,062	15%
Oregon	2,574,798	388,990	15%
Pennsylvania	9,354,471	1,280,788	14%
Rhode Island	797,047	102,494	13%
South Carolina	2,967,197	420,971	14%
South Dakota	548,771	79,370	14%
Tennessee	4,274,395	560,141	13%
Texas	14,871,550	1,754,809	12%
Utah	1,510,842	161,351	11%
Vermont	460,487	62,809	14%
Virginia	5,211,916	786,359	15%
Washington	4,336,464	670,628	15%
West Virginia	1,404,936	201,701	14%
Wisconsin	3,993,440	514,213	13%
Wyoming	362,387	57,860	16%