Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits-- Number on Rolls by Period of Service and Status statistics


Period of service and
veteran status	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

Total	4,006	3,899	3,808	3,725	3,654	3,584	3,509	3,428	3,374	3,342	3,330	3,308	3,281	3,263	3,252

Living veterans	2,931	2,883	2,844	2,804	2,776	2,746	2,709	2,674	2,660	2,659	2,669	2,671	2,667	2,668	2,673
Service connected	2,240	2,225	2,212	2,199	2,192	2,184	2,179	2,181	2,198	2,218	2,236	2,253	2,263	2,277	2,294
Nonservice connected	690	658	631	606	584	562	530	493	462	441	433	418	404	391	379
Deceased veterans	1,075	1,016	964	921	878	838	800	754	714	683	662	637	614	595	579
Service connected	336	331	328	325	323	320	318	314	310	308	307	306	305	303	304
Nonservice connected	739	685	636	595	555	518	482	440	404	376	355	332	309	291	274

Prior to World War I	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Living	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)

World War I	381	334	295	261	228	198	172	146	124	105	89	74	61	51	42
Living	68	53	42	32	24	18	13	9	6	4	3	2	1	1	(Z)

World War II	2,097	2,020	1,943	1,869	1,797	1,723	1,638	1,543	1,453	1,375	1,307	1,237	1,165	1,097	1,031
Living	1,575	1,518	1,464	1,407	1,352	1,294	1,226	1,153	1,083	1,018	961	902	842	785	730

Korean conflict ¹	399	395	393	392	391	390	388	387	377	371	368	360	351	342	333
Living	309	308	308	307	306	305	304	300	296	292	290	285	278	271	264

Peace-time	404	419	433	449	472	495	518	550	518	539	559	574	582	592	602
Living	352	367	382	398	421	444	468	500	471	492	514	529	539	550	561

Vietnam era ²	716	726	738	749	762	774	789	804	821	842	868	889	913	932	953
Living	626	637	649	661	673	685	698	711	727	746	766	784	804	819	835

Gulf War ³	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(Z)	78	108	138	173	207	247	290
Living	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(Z)	76	106	134	169	203	242	283

X Not applicable. Z Fewer than 500.
1 Service during period June 27, 1950, to Jan. 31, 1955.
2 Service from Aug. 5, 1964, to May 7, 1975.
3 Service from August 2, 1990 to the present.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Annual Reportof the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and unpublished data.http://www.va.gov/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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595. Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits-- Number on Rolls by Period of Service and Status