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Meta Data Name: Veteran Population
Date Added: July 21, 2021
Author: Ally Muszynski
Date Last Modified: January 3, 2024
Last Modified By: Wataru Morioka

Theme:

Social

Data Location:

You can find the variables described in this document in the CSV files here.

CSV files are organized by year and spatial scale. For example, county-level variables from 2000 will be found in C_2000.csv.
Note: Every variable can be found in the Latest files.

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from the 2014 - 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), table B21001, at State, County, Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level. Raw data and more details can be found at https://data.census.gov.

Description of Data Source Table:

B21001 : Provides breakdown by veteran population by total population

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from the source data:

  1. Total population
  2. Total veteran population;

These rates were calculated using sex by age by veteran status for the civilian population 18 years and over.

  • Percentage for veteran group population was calculated as: estimate for the group / totalpopulation, e.g. % Veteran = Veteran population / Total population

Key Variable and Definitions:

  • Variable -- title of variable
  • Variable ID -- exact name of variable in datasets
  • Description -- Short description of variable
  • Years Available -- years for which data exists for this variable
  • Spatial Scale -- the variable exists for these levels of spatial scale
Variable Variable ID in .csv Description Years Available Spatial Scale
Total Veteran Population TotVetPop Total veteran population 2010, Latest Tract, Zip*, County, State
Percent Veteran VetP Percent of population that are veterans 2010, Latest Tract, Zip*, County, State

Data Limitations

These rates were calculated using sex by age by veteran status for the civilian population 18 years and over.
*Note that the Zip code scale data is only available for the "latest" file.

Comments/Notes

Note on missing data: Missing and/or unavailable data are represented as blank cells or NA.