Chart showing vets receiving benefits, by state

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Number of veterans receiving disability compensation, by state, 2004. Source: Department of Veterans Affairs.

Alabama 54,247

Alaska 11,648

Arizona 50,224

Arkansas 31,473

California 229,915

Colorado 49,580

Connecticut 21,005

Delaware 7,584

Florida 179,850

Georgia 84,118

Hawaii 15,895

Idaho 14,185

Illinois 62,169

Indiana 42,855

Iowa 20,642

Kansas 24,213

Kentucky 37,657

Louisiana 37,475

Maine 18,751

Maryland 36,808

Massachusetts 53,584

Michigan 64,204

Minnesota 39,990

Mississippi 25,620

Missouri 49,126

Montana 12,444

Nebraska 23,143

Nevada 20,620

New Hampshire 13,470

New Jersey 46,903

New Mexico 25,258

New York 119,963

North Carolina 90,745

North Dakota 10,655

Ohio 85,527

Oklahoma 51,213

Oregon 35,449

Pennsylvania 101,755

Rhode Island 17,301

South Carolina 44,708

South Dakota 9,823

Tennessee 54,108

Texas 208,986

Utah 14,748

Vermont 6,894

Virginia 81,297

Washington 85,094

West Virginia 20,681

Wisconsin 44,102

Wyoming 5,871

Total 2,493,576