Jun 6, 2025 - World
Where America's remaining WWII veterans live
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As the nation remembers D-Day on Friday's 81st anniversary, a dwindling number of World War II veterans remain with us.
- There were about 66,100 living WWII vets nationwide as of 2024, per U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs projections.
By the numbers: California (7,455), Florida (5,511) and Pennsylvania (3,930) — all populous states, broadly speaking — have the most living WWII veterans per state as of 2024.
- New Hampshire (63.5), Rhode Island (41.9) and Connecticut (35) have the most per 100,000 residents overall.
Zoom out: Cities nationwide and abroad are holding events to commemorate Friday's anniversary.
- The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, for example, is marking both D-Day as well as its own 25th anniversary, Axios' Carlie Kollath Wells reports.
- Festivals, commemorations and honorary paratrooper drops will be taking place across Normandy, France — the site of the 1944 landings kicking off the Allies' liberation of Western Europe.
