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2,291,000 Veteran*
Now 65 Or Over
The Veterans Administration estimates that at the end of June 1963 about 2,291,000 veterans in the United States had reached the age of 65 or more. This estimate appears in a pamphlet just published, “The Older American Veteran,” prepared by the VA in cooperation with The President’s Council on Aging. William J. Powers, manager of the Roanoke VA Regional Office, said he had just received copies of the publication from VA’s Central Office in Washington. Two hundred eighty-eight thousand veterans—about 12 percent of the national figure—have reached 65 in eight South Atlantic states consisting of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, Powers said the estimate showed. Within another five years the 2.291.000 veterans already over 65 will drop to about 2,000,000 with more than 93 percent of the decline being attributed to deaths of World War I veterans. Each year 650,000 male citizens annually reach the age of 65 and become part of the group of 'primary interest to federal and state agencies concerned with the aging U. S. population. While the male population 65 and over is expected to increase from its current level of 7,900,000 to 12,000,000 by the year 2000, the pro portion of veterans in these totals is expected to increase still further. It is believed that males 65 and over with veteran status will increase from the present 30 percent , of the total to almost 75 percent by 1995.
Powers said VA estimates show the State of Virginia has 42.000 veterans over 65 years of age.
85.3%