Estimated Number Of Veterans In Pennsylvania By Age Group: 1997 To 2003

	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995
Total	1,180,309	1,209,970	1,215,607	1,235,294	1,265,758	1,297,059	1,321,772	1,345,250	1,368,229

17 - 24 years	13,632	12,913	12,921	12,014	13,025	16,075	17,008	18,090	20,615
25 - 29 years	25,584	25,709	29,526	33,348	36,878	42,923	45,795	48,128	49,859
30 - 34 years	38,762	41,505	49,715	54,253	56,162	59,409	61,498	63,433	64,908

35 - 39 years	53,354	56,316	61,116	65,662	67,302	69,896	70,915	72,447	73,555
40 - 44 years	68,618	70,320	72,297	75,757	77,111	79,989	81,946	83,585	87,238
45 - 49 years	76,928	77,876	81,444	87,384	89,845	111,386	130,661	152,715	164,294
50 - 54 years	95,306	111,347	134,566	147,948	159,419	156,953	148,062	133,186	126,053

55 - 59 years	157,137	154,291	143,521	124,845	118,833	112,388	110,348	111,521	114,578
60 - 64 years	118,388	118,086	106,537	104,173	107,594	117,942	128,220	138,942	150,639
65 - 69 years	116,934	122,152	121,607	127,719	138,288	150,623	159,090	170,054	180,721
70 - 74 years	132,388	137,481	142,850	149,097	158,648	171,789	177,174	180,958	183,222

75 - 79 years	135,653	143,412	139,609	144,427	145,834	134,936	127,689	117,037	104,767
80 - 84 years	102,723	99,191	88,284	79,761	71,517	54,298	47,133	41,006	35,565
85 years & over	44,899	39,369	31,614	28,908	25,303	18,453	16,234	14,148	12,214

Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Policy and Planning (008). [NOTE 3]
Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center