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Veterans Statistics
Pat O’RourkeDirector of Veteran University
California State University, Long BeachApril 13th , 2009
Agenda
• State numbers
• Regional
• Campus
State Data
California leads the nation in the number of veterans in one state: CA has 2.2 million (9.2%) out of the almost 24
million veterans nationally 11% of our active duty forces are
Californians That’s 170,000 of 1.45 million active service
members 12% of active duty forces are stationed in
California175,000 of 1.45 million
20,000 active Air Force and Army National Guard
Long Beach Area Data
Los Angeles County = 361,618 (2008)Orange County = 153,395 (2008)Long Beach
Congressional district 37 = 26,863Congressional district 46 = 46,210
Over 8,000 registered with the Long Beach VA Healthcare System
On-Campus Data
426 self-identified veterans on campus New student veterans for the fall of 2008:
162 veterans>80 dependents
31 veterans were surveyedAverage age is 2694% live off campus; 39% live with parents;48% served in Iraq; 26% in Afghanistan55% reported using VA benefits20% work fulltime, 40% work part-time
Veterans and Public Education1
State FY 2010 Gap % of GF* Size of Gap Vets 20-29 RankingArizona 29.80% $3 billion 23,522 13New York 24.30% $13.7 billion 37,307 8California 25.60% $25.9 billion 103,712 1Florida 22.60% $5.8 billion 65,345 3Lousiana 21.70% $2 billion 19,906 14New Jersey 21.60% $7 billion 17,007 15Washington 18.20% $2.8 billion 27,789 11Illinois 16.40% $4.7 billion 39,180 5North Carolina 15.30% $3.3 billion 37,634 7Georgia 14.50% $3.1 billion 36,769 9Virginia 10.40% $1.8 billion 47,259 4Texas 7.60% $3.5 billion 90,185 2Ohio 7.10% $2 billion 38,086 6Michigan 6.90% $1.6 billion 26,458 12Pennsylvania unk unk 36,555 10
Projected gap in General Funds* at public university systems
Reduce enrollment for freshman, transfers, and class availability
Zero resources for specialized programs veterans need
1 Sources: US Department of Veteran Affairs, 2007; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2009.
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