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What is the population of Veterans in business in Pennsylvania

Posted by William.Huxtable on June 10, 2009

Does anyone keep statistics on the Veteran populations by state. I'm interested in Pennsylvania data.

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Reviewed by James.Mingey on June 10, 2009.

Althought the data below is somewhat dated, it is the most current I found.

Pennsylvania
Veteran Facts and Figures

Civilian Population over 18 Total 9,169,767

Veterans 1,088,379 12%

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2002 Survey of Business Owners and the United States Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy indicate that:
o There are over 23 million Veterans in the United States.
o There are nearly 26 million small businesses in the United States.2
o Approximately 14% of small businesses were Veteran owned and nearly 7% of Veteran owned Businesses were owned by a Service-Disabled Veteran.3

There are an estimated 137,772 Veteran owned small businesses and an estimated 9,641 Service-Disabled Veteran owned small businesses in the state of Pennsylvania.

In the state of Pennsylvania, Veteran owned small business proprietors’ income is estimated at over 5 billion dollars.

The Veterans Corporation, created by P.L. 106-50, is the only organization dedicated to the advancement of Veteran owned businesses. The success rate of Veteran business startups is high in comparison to other business startups, partially due to the experience the Veterans have gained in the Armed Services.

1)Data obtained from U.S. Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey. This report can be accessed at http://www.census.gov 2) Estimate provided by SBA Office of Advocacy. This report can be accessed at http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
3) Data obtained from U.S. Census Bureau’s 2002 Survey of Business Owners found at http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cscbo.pdf
4)Numbers obtained by taking 14% of the number of small businesses in state to find Veteran owned small businesses (VOB) and 7% of VOB to find Service-Disabled Veteran owned small businesses.
5) Number obtained by taking 14% of state small business proprietors’ income.

Pennsylvania
Veterans by 110th Congressional District

District Veterans District Veterans

District 1 35,948 District 16 48,823

District 2 39,670 District 17 61,556

District 3 61,374 District 18 62,288

District 4 61,055 District 19 64,422

District 5 64,025

District 6 52,642

District 7 51,986

District 8 55,056

District 9 62,840

District 10 67,136

District 11 67,404

District 12 66,618

District 13 50,388

District 14 57,958

District 15 57,031

Projections based on VetPop 2004 for September 30, 2006 by Department of Veterans’ Affairs