Issue 48        

November 2016  
In this month's issue...
Veterans in Oklahoma
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During the month of November we honor and celebrate the thousands of Oklahoma men and women who have served our country in the United States Armed Forces!

If you are a veteran or a current member of the armed forces, we thank you for your service! The Community Service Council is very fortunate to have more than a dozen veterans in staff and board positions. CSC staffs several programs and initiatives that focus on helping veterans in need:
  • BRRX4Vets is a rapid rehousing program that uses the housing first model to provide temporary intervention and short term assistance to very low-income veteran families who are homeless or facing eviction in Northeastern Oklahoma.
  • The Veterans Treatment Court helps veterans in Tulsa County who have been charged with a criminal offense and also struggle with drug and/or alcohol addictions, and/or mental health problems. 
  • The goal of the Warrior Partnerships of Eastern Oklahoma initiative is to mobilize a community effort to enhance Eastern Oklahoma as a "veteran ready region" and create a plan for the Tulsa area to best address the priority needs of returning veterans and their families or caregivers.
If you'd like additional information about these or any of CSC's program and initiatives, please visit our website at csctulsa.org.

We hope you are informed by the following data points about Oklahoma's veterans from the US Census Bureau's 2015 American Community Survey. If you'd like more information about veterans or other population groups, please contact me at [email protected].
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Data Blast is intended to inform and educate people in eastern Oklahoma about population, economic, educational, health and social trends in our local communities as well as in our state and nation.
Veterans in Oklahoma 
  • Oklahoma ranks 10th among the states and District of Columbia in percent of civilian population 18 and over who are veterans with rate of 9.6%.
  • An estimated 281,276 veterans live in Oklahoma - 10% of the state's civilian population age 18 and over. About 15% of those veterans live in Tulsa County.
  • Most of Oklahoma's living veterans served during the Vietnam era (39%), followed by 21% serving in the Gulf War prior to 9-11, and 19% serving in the Gulf War after 9-11.
  • Oklahoma is home to 25,000 Korean War veterans and nearly 11,000 World War II veterans.
  • Nine out of 10 veterans of all ages are male; however, the female share is growing with the younger population - for Oklahoma veterans age 18 to 34, 18% are female.
  • Most veterans are baby-boomers - 47% are 65 or over and 19% are between 55 and 64. Ten percent are under age 35.
  • Although the majority of the state's veterans are non-Hispanic white (80%), racial diversity is increasing. Over a quarter of Oklahoma veterans age 18 to 34 are non-white.
  • Veterans are more likely than non-veterans to earn a college degree, participate in the labor force and be employed.
  • Median income of veterans is 50% greater than that of non-veterans.

Disclaimer

Links to non-Federal and Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The Community Service Council is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

Until next time,     

 

Melanie Poulter 

Senior Planner, Demography and Geography

Community Service Council

[email protected]   

 
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