With a population of nearly 23 million, U.S. veterans face an array of difficulties reintegrating and returning from war. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, 2.5 percent (564,000) currently make use of educational benfits under the G.I. Bill and 17 percent (3.9 million) of veterans are receiving disability benefits or pensions. In 2009, 0.3 percent of veterans took advantage of the VA's vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
As depicted in the documentary Where Soldiers Come From, reintegration after deployment affects not only soldiers, but the families and communities they come from as well. View maps of veteran populations and post-9/11 veteran unemployment rates.
According to data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs, rural America is overrepresented in the American military and urban America is underrepresented.
The 10 congressional districts with the lowest percentage of veterans by population are closely associated with major cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. In the 2008 elections, every one of the 10 districts with the lowest percentages of veterans elected Democratic representatives and were won by Barack Obama in the presidential election. Of the districts with the largest percentages of veterans, seven of 10 elected Republican representatives and were won by Republican candidate John McCain in the presidential election.
(Covers parts of Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fauquier, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, and York counties)
(All or part of Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex counties)
(Queens: Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside; Brooklyn: Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Williamsburg; Manhattan: Lower East Side, East Village)
(Manhattan: Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side; Rikers Island; Northwestern Queens along the East River)
(Chicago: Brighton Park, Hermosa, Lower West Side, Gage Park, and parts of Albany Park, Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square, West Town, Humboldt Park, Belmont Cragin, Austin, McKinley Park, South Lawndale, New City, West Elsdon, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, and North Center)
(East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Carteret, Perth Amboy, and parts of Newark, Bayonne, Jersey City, Woodbridge Township, Elizabeth, and Linden)
(Manhattan: Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, Downtown Manhattan; Brooklyn: Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Seagate)
National Unemployment Rate: 9.1%
National Post-9/11 Veterans' Unemployment Rate: 11.5%
Published in a 2010 report issued by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, post-9/11 veterans consistently face a higher unemployment rate than the wider veteran population. Due to the economic downturn and companies' fear about veterans' mental health, soldiers who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned to a more competitive job market, where it is harder to translate their skills into work.
With the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent and the national post-9/11 veterans' unemployment rate at 11.5 percent, it becomes apparent that new veterans have a more difficult time finding work after returning from deployment than civilians. As reported by the Associated Press in November 2011, President Barack Obama has encouraged Congress to pass new legislation that would give tax credits to companies that hire veterans who are injured or have been out of work.
With a population of nearly 23 million, U.S. veterans face an array of difficulties reintegrating and returning from war. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, 2.5 percent (564,000) currently make use of educational benfits under the G.I. Bill and 17 percent (3.9 million) of veterans are receiving disability benefits or pensions. In 2009, 0.3 percent of veterans took advantage of the VA's vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
As depicted in the documentary Where Soldiers Come From, reintegration after deployment affects not only soldiers, but the families and communities they come from as well. View maps of veteran populations and post-9/11 veteran unemployment rates.
According to data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs, rural America is overrepresented in the American military and urban America is underrepresented.
The 10 congressional districts with the lowest percentage of veterans by population are closely associated with major cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. In the 2008 elections, every one of the 10 districts with the lowest percentages of veterans elected Democratic representatives and were won by Barack Obama in the presidential election. Of the districts with the largest percentages of veterans, seven of 10 elected Republican representatives and were won by Republican candidate John McCain in the presidential election.
(Covers parts of Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fauquier, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, and York counties)
(All or part of Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex counties)
(Queens: Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside; Brooklyn: Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Williamsburg; Manhattan: Lower East Side, East Village)
(Manhattan: Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side; Rikers Island; Northwestern Queens along the East River)
(Chicago: Brighton Park, Hermosa, Lower West Side, Gage Park, and parts of Albany Park, Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square, West Town, Humboldt Park, Belmont Cragin, Austin, McKinley Park, South Lawndale, New City, West Elsdon, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, and North Center)
(East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Carteret, Perth Amboy, and parts of Newark, Bayonne, Jersey City, Woodbridge Township, Elizabeth, and Linden)
(Manhattan: Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, Downtown Manhattan; Brooklyn: Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Seagate)
National Unemployment Rate: 9.1%
National Post-9/11 Veterans' Unemployment Rate: 11.5%
Published in a 2010 report issued by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, post-9/11 veterans consistently face a higher unemployment rate than the wider veteran population. Due to the economic downturn and companies' fear about veterans' mental health, soldiers who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned to a more competitive job market, where it is harder to translate their skills into work.
With the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent and the national post-9/11 veterans' unemployment rate at 11.5 percent, it becomes apparent that new veterans have a more difficult time finding work after returning from deployment than civilians. As reported by the Associated Press in November 2011, President Barack Obama has encouraged Congress to pass new legislation that would give tax credits to companies that hire veterans who are injured or have been out of work.
With a population of nearly 23 million, U.S. veterans face an array of difficulties reintegrating and returning from war. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, 2.5 percent (564,000) currently make use of educational benfits under the G.I. Bill and 17 percent (3.9 million) of veterans are receiving disability benefits or pensions. In 2009, 0.3 percent of veterans took advantage of the VA's vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
As depicted in the documentary Where Soldiers Come From, reintegration after deployment affects not only soldiers, but the families and communities they come from as well. View maps of veteran populations and post-9/11 veteran unemployment rates.
According to data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs, rural America is overrepresented in the American military and urban America is underrepresented.
The 10 congressional districts with the lowest percentage of veterans by population are closely associated with major cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. In the 2008 elections, every one of the 10 districts with the lowest percentages of veterans elected Democratic representatives and were won by Barack Obama in the presidential election. Of the districts with the largest percentages of veterans, seven of 10 elected Republican representatives and were won by Republican candidate John McCain in the presidential election.
(Covers parts of Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fauquier, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, and York counties)
(All or part of Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex counties)
(Queens: Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside; Brooklyn: Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Williamsburg; Manhattan: Lower East Side, East Village)
(Manhattan: Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side; Rikers Island; Northwestern Queens along the East River)
(Chicago: Brighton Park, Hermosa, Lower West Side, Gage Park, and parts of Albany Park, Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square, West Town, Humboldt Park, Belmont Cragin, Austin, McKinley Park, South Lawndale, New City, West Elsdon, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, and North Center)
(East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Carteret, Perth Amboy, and parts of Newark, Bayonne, Jersey City, Woodbridge Township, Elizabeth, and Linden)
(Manhattan: Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, Downtown Manhattan; Brooklyn: Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Seagate)
National Unemployment Rate: 9.1%
National Post-9/11 Veterans' Unemployment Rate: 11.5%
Published in a 2010 report issued by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, post-9/11 veterans consistently face a higher unemployment rate than the wider veteran population. Due to the economic downturn and companies' fear about veterans' mental health, soldiers who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned to a more competitive job market, where it is harder to translate their skills into work.
With the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent and the national post-9/11 veterans' unemployment rate at 11.5 percent, it becomes apparent that new veterans have a more difficult time finding work after returning from deployment than civilians. As reported by the Associated Press in November 2011, President Barack Obama has encouraged Congress to pass new legislation that would give tax credits to companies that hire veterans who are injured or have been out of work.
With a population of nearly 23 million, U.S. veterans face an array of difficulties reintegrating and returning from war. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, 2.5 percent (564,000) currently make use of educational benfits under the G.I. Bill and 17 percent (3.9 million) of veterans are receiving disability benefits or pensions. In 2009, 0.3 percent of veterans took advantage of the VA's vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
As depicted in the documentary Where Soldiers Come From, reintegration after deployment affects not only soldiers, but the families and communities they come from as well. View maps of veteran populations and post-9/11 veteran unemployment rates.
According to data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs, rural America is overrepresented in the American military and urban America is underrepresented.
The 10 congressional districts with the lowest percentage of veterans by population are closely associated with major cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. In the 2008 elections, every one of the 10 districts with the lowest percentages of veterans elected Democratic representatives and were won by Barack Obama in the presidential election. Of the districts with the largest percentages of veterans, seven of 10 elected Republican representatives and were won by Republican candidate John McCain in the presidential election.
(Covers parts of Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fauquier, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, and York counties)
(All or part of Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex counties)
(Queens: Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside; Brooklyn: Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Williamsburg; Manhattan: Lower East Side, East Village)
(Manhattan: Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side; Rikers Island; Northwestern Queens along the East River)
(Chicago: Brighton Park, Hermosa, Lower West Side, Gage Park, and parts of Albany Park, Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square, West Town, Humboldt Park, Belmont Cragin, Austin, McKinley Park, South Lawndale, New City, West Elsdon, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, and North Center)
(East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Carteret, Perth Amboy, and parts of Newark, Bayonne, Jersey City, Woodbridge Township, Elizabeth, and Linden)
(Manhattan: Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, Downtown Manhattan; Brooklyn: Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Seagate)
National Unemployment Rate: 9.1%
National Post-9/11 Veterans' Unemployment Rate: 11.5%
Published in a 2010 report issued by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, post-9/11 veterans consistently face a higher unemployment rate than the wider veteran population. Due to the economic downturn and companies' fear about veterans' mental health, soldiers who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned to a more competitive job market, where it is harder to translate their skills into work.
With the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent and the national post-9/11 veterans' unemployment rate at 11.5 percent, it becomes apparent that new veterans have a more difficult time finding work after returning from deployment than civilians. As reported by the Associated Press in November 2011, President Barack Obama has encouraged Congress to pass new legislation that would give tax credits to companies that hire veterans who are injured or have been out of work.
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