Orange County's veterans skew older than San Antonio's
Seniors make up 39.5% of the county's veterans, compared with 35.2% in Bexar County, a gap of 4.3 percentage points.
By The Orlando Chronicle Data Desk · Oct 15, 2026
Military & Veterans
Central Florida's military ties run through the defense simulation and training offices near the University of Central Florida, the VA medical center in Lake Nona and the veterans who live across the region. The Chronicle covers service members, veterans and their families using Census Bureau estimates of who has served and where veterans live, plus public records posted on Florida's open-data sites.