National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: December 21, 2019

The 2010 Census counted 209,325 persons in emergency and transitional shelters. On a single night in 2019, HUD reports 567,715 people experienced homelessness.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: December 7, 2019

According to the 2018 American Community Survey, of the 18 million vets in the U.S., 4.2 million were 75 years and older and 485,157 were WWII vets.

Washington 130th Anniversary (42nd state): November 11, 2019

Washington joined the Union on November 11, 1889 (days after Montana and the Dakotas) as the 42nd state. The unofficial nickname is The Evergreen State.

The Wealth of Veterans

This report uses data from the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation to describe the wealth of veterans of various ages.

Characteristics of Female Veterans-A View Across Age-Cohorts: 2015

This report examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of female veterans ages 18 to 64 years compared with nonveteran women.

Veterans in Rural America: 2011–2015

This report examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of rural veterans compared with both rural nonveterans and urban veterans.

Veterans Day

Percentage of veterans among the civilian population 18 years and older.

D-Day: 75 Anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy

U.S. World War II veterans.

A Century of Serving

Size of the U.S. Armed Forces and number of veterans since 1915.