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• Of the 143,000 St. Louis County residents age 65 and older, 43,330 are civilians now but are military veterans. This is just over 30 percent of the senior civilian population. That proportion is slightly higher than the 28.8 percent of Missouri civilians age 65 and older who are veterans. Since most of the veterans age 65 and older are men, these data show that just over 50 percent of the senior men are veterans. The veteran status of the senior population is important because of the eligibility of many of them for veterans' health care services.
• There is very little variation among the 37 Census Tract Neighborhoods in the percent of the senior population who are veterans. The highest percent of veterans among the 65 and older population is found in the Jamestown Area with 36.9 percent. That is well above the rest of the areas - the next highest being Ladue/Clayton with 34.4 percent and North Ballwin/Manchester with 34.3 percent. Altogether, there are 22 areas in which greater than 30 percent of the seniors are veterans.
• Map 1 shows that the nine areas in which the lowest percent of senior are veterans (less than 28 percent) are all clustered along the border with the City of St. Louis. Generally, these neighborhoods are among those having the earliest concentrations of settlement in the county.

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Population Age 65 and Older by Veteran Status, 2000

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Population Age 65 and Older that are Veterans