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Notes: Wartime periods show official dates of U.S. involvement.
Population totals include the territories of Alaska and Hawaii from 1890 to 1950.
Data on troop counts and casualties come from the Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates;
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Casualty Analysis System; U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Affairs.
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Notes: Data from the ACS include the veteran population 18 years and older who live in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Periods of military service are not mutually exclusive. Veterans could have served in multiple periods.
More information on the ACS is available at <www.census.gov/acs>.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates.
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