How Do We Know? Memorial Day: Honoring America's Wartime Veterans
How Do We Know? Memorial Day: Honoring America's Wartime Veterans
Sources and Reference
Historical Decennial Census Data
Department of Veteran's Affairs, Office of Public Affairs
Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center
For more information on American Community Survey sampling and estimation methods, visit: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/accuracy/ACS_Accuracy_of_Data_2011.pdf.
For more information about how data on veterans are collected and the definition of veteran status in the ACS, visit: https://www.census.gov/topics/population/veterans.html.
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