Religious People Are More Likely to Be Veterans

About one-in-five religious Americans are veterans. This is about twice the proportion found among the “nones.”

According the most recent General Social Surveys (2010, 2012, & 2014) around 20 percent of men and two percent of women have served in the military. Veterans are most common in Protestant churches. Those with no religion are 50-60 percent less likely to have served in the military.