$36,264
That's the annual median income of veterans in 2012, compared with $26,278 for the population as a whole, according to the American Community Survey, from the Census Bureau web site.
Census also reports that 16 percent of Americans lived in poverty that same year, a figure basically unchanged from the year before. The bureau sets the poverty line for a family of four at $23,492.
Question: Does the median income figure for veterans also include officers?
Three states have with 1 million or more veterans, according to Census data. These states were California (1.9 million), Texas (1.6 million) and Florida (1.6 million).
Poverty rates are higher in the South than in other areas of the nation. For example: Louisiana, 21.3 percent; Mississippi, 20.7 percent; New Mexico, 20.3 percent; DC, 19.3 percent; Arizona, 18.5 percent; Georgia, 18.5 percent; Arkansas, 18.1 percent.
The unemployment rate nationwide has been above 7 percent all year.
Welcome home, vets. Good luck finding a job.
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