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Women Veteran Population Growth

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VetPOP 2007 projections: # of women Vets rising from 1.75 mil in ‘10 to 2 mil in ‘15. 2011 projections: #s rising from 2.2 mil in ‘10 to 2.35 mil in ‘15 and 2.5 mil in ‘20

VetPOP 2007 Projections showed the number of women Veterans incrementally rising from an estimated 1.75 million in 2010 to nearly 2 million in 2015.

VetPOP 2011 Projections show the numbers incrementally rising from the actual number of women Veterans in 2010, 2.2 million, to over 2.35 million in 2015, to nearly 2.5 million women Veterans in 2020.

Sources: VetPOP 2007 and VetPOP 2011

ADUSH for Policy and Planning

While the number of living male Veterans is declining, the number of women Veterans is rising, and the number of women Veterans using the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for their medical care has doubled in the past decade.

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