Census data ranks counties by veteran share in five states

Stacker used the Census Bureau’s 2024 five-year estimates to rank counties by the share of residents who are veterans in Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi, Maine and Georgia. The figures shown vary across states: Mississippi’s listed county shares begin at 5.1%, while Maine’s reach 11.7%; the listed figures start at 7.3% in Florida, 7.2% in North Carolina and 8.3% in Georgia. The articles cite about 17.1 million veterans nationwide and report that the Department of Veterans Affairs projects the number of living U.S. veterans will decline 29% by 2046.