Veterans Day 2021

As Veterans Day approaches, let your children learn about and appreciate the meaning of the day by analyzing the powerful data that we’ve supplied.

• Based on statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 325,574 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2020.
• 2 million veterans served during the Korean War.
• 7 million veterans served in the Vietnam War.
• There were approximately 20.3 million living veterans in the United States in 2018, according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• According to the Pew Research Center, “About three-quarters (77%) of veterans in 2016 served during wartime and 23% only served during peacetime.”
• In 2017, the states with the highest percentage of Veterans were: Alaska, Maine and Montana.
• The District of Columbia, Virginia and Alaska had the highest percentage of Veteran women in 2017.

Hopefully, these great statistics will help generate some math related questions amongst your kiddos and help them find a newfound appreciation for this day.