Community Corner
14 CT Towns with the Most U.S. Veterans
Counting down the towns with the most and fewest veterans per capita.
With a new month comes a new data series, and with Memorial Day in the rearview mirror and Independence Day on the horizon, Patch will be looking for the most patriotic town in Connecticut.
We start this series off with a look at the number of residents that have served in the military, using U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates for 2012.
The lists above and below show the towns with the most veterans per capita (divided by the total population over the age of 18) and the least, respectively.
For more, check out this interactive map showing the distribution of local veterans by war (or combination), looking back over the last 70-plus years. The map is color-coded by which conflicts the most local veterans within that zip code served in.
Fewest Veterans per Capita
Brookfield: 0.063
- Population: 12,629
- Veterans: 791
New Britain: 0.062
- Population: 56,107
- Veterans: 3,495
Darien: 0.059
- Population: 13,252
- Veterans: 784
Scotland: 0.059
- Population: 101
- Veterans: 6
Easton: 0.057
- Population: 5,388
- Veterans: 309
Norwalk: 0.057
- Population: 69,146
- Veterans: 3,921
Danbury: 0.056
- Population: 64,405
- Veterans: 3,623
Wilton: 0.056
- Population: 12,416
- Veterans: 698
Bridgeport: 0.044
- Population: 106,738
- Veterans: 4,718
Mansfield: 0.043
- Population: 22,649
- Veterans: 968
Stamford: 0.042
- Population: 95,171
- Veterans: 4,005
New Haven: 0.040
- Population: 100,398
- Veterans: 4,062
Hartford: 0.039
- Population: 90,946
- Veterans: 3,504
Old Lyme: 0.0
- Population: 116
- Veterans: 0
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