This State Has the Best Benefits for Veterans

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Jun 9, 8:30AM EDT

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According to the Census Bureau, there are almost 18 million veterans in America. Most of them served after 1960. Veterans as a percentage of the population peaked in 1980.

The United States has a set of benefits available to almost all veterans. These include medical care and job training.

Other benefits vary from state to state. To determine the state with the best benefits for veterans, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the Best and Worst States for Veterans report from financial comparison site MagnifyMoney. States were ranked based on the veteran population, the quality and quantity of Veterans Affairs centers and the economic circumstances for veterans.

About a quarter of veterans, 4.7 million people, have a service-connected disability. Veterans Affairs health care and other benefits provided to service members can be a crucial lifeline for those struggling with the physical and mental challenges they now face as a result of their service.
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The quality of veteran benefits also depends heavily on economics. Some states give out much more significant tax breaks to former service members than others, saving them thousands of dollars on property taxes.

The state with the best benefits for veterans is North Dakota. Here are the details:

Score: 67.9/100
Number of veterans centers: 43.6 per 100,000 VA enrollees (fourth highest)
Median property tax range for veterans: $1,600 to $1,699

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.