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Support The Troops? Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Those who interact with homeless people will not be surprised to learn than one in four is a veteran. The fact that a disproportionate number of vets are homeless - vets compose about 11 percent of the total U.S. population - underscores several unpleasant truths. A new study by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonprofit group, has released these findings, which are based on data from the Veterans Affairs Department and the U.S. Census Bureau, which estimated in 2005 that 194,254 homeless people out of 744,313 on any given night were veterans.

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Those who interact with homeless people will not be surprised to learn than one in four is a veteran. The fact that a disproportionate number of vets are homeless - vets compose about 11 percent of the total U.S. population - underscores several unpleasant truths.

A new study by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonprofit group, has released these findings, which are based on data from the Veterans Affairs Department and the U.S. Census Bureau, which estimated in 2005 that 194,254 homeless people out of 744,313 on any given night were veterans.