---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - feature-extraction
language:
  - en
tags:
  - veterans
  - military
  - firearms
  - suicide
  - ptsd
  - mental-health
  - va-healthcare
  - us-states
  - demographics
  - public-health
pretty_name: US Military & Veteran Analysis by State
size_categories:
  - n<1K
---

# US Military & Veteran Analysis by State

50 states: veterans, firearms, PTSD, suicide rates, VA healthcare

State-level integration of veteran demographics, firearm ownership, mental health indicators, and VA healthcare utilization from Census ACS, RAND, ATF, CDC, VA, and DoD.

## Dataset Structure

See `demo_notebook.ipynb` for data exploration examples.

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("lukeslp/us-military-veteran-analysis")

# Or load from local files
import json
with open('data.json') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
```

## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{us_military_veteran_analysis_2026,
  title = {US Military & Veteran Analysis by State},
  author = {Steuber, Luke},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/lukeslp/us-military-veteran-analysis}
}
```


## Distribution

- **GitHub**: [lukeslp/us-military-veteran-analysis](https://github.com/lukeslp/us-military-veteran-analysis)
- **Kaggle**: [lucassteuber/us-military-veteran-analysis](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/lucassteuber/us-military-veteran-analysis)

## Author

**Luke Steuber**
- Website: [lukesteuber.com](https://lukesteuber.com)
- Bluesky: [@lukesteuber.com](https://bsky.app/profile/lukesteuber.com)
- Email: luke@lukesteuber.com

## License

CC-BY-4.0