Do you know how many veterans you have in your state?

These numbers are from the VA Veterans Population numbers from September 2013.

California has the largest population of veterans with 1,795,455.
1,356,978 are "war time" veterans with 589,139 Vietnam veterans.
There are 184,774 female veterans.

Number 2 is Texas with 1,667,740 veterans.
1,291,040 are "war time" veterans with 551,137 Vietnam veterans.
There are 191,757 female veterans.

Number 3 is Florida with 1,520,563 veterans.
1,14,894 are "war time" with 490,589 Vietnam veterans.
There are 166,222 female veterans.

Use the above link and check your state to know how many veteran are your neighbors. It is really odd considering there are more female veterans in Texas than there are in California.