Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Census Bureau Publishes First-Ever Reports on Veteran Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses

"The first-ever reports examining veterans in business show that prior to establishing, purchasing or acquiring their firms, veteran owners were somewhat better educated compared to other business owners. In 2002, veterans were about as likely to have either bachelor or postgraduate degrees as all owners of respondent business firms (40.7 percent vs. 40.1 percent). But they were more likely to have postgraduate degrees (19.2 percent vs. 17.3 percent) and less likely not to have graduated high school (4.3 percent vs. 6 percent)." Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Download full pdf report | Link to press release

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