St. Lawrence County ranked in the second highest tier in New York in terms of the number of veterans by county per 1,000 people in 2014, according to the state comptroller’s office.

Of the nearly 900,000 veterans living in New York, the comptroller’s office says 9,211 live in St. Lawrence County. That is about 83 veterans per 1,000 people.

To our west, in Jefferson County, the office said there were 13,818 veterans which is 116 veterans per 1,000 people. Jefferson County ranked in the top tier.

There were 4,022 veterans to our east in Franklin County which is about 78 people per 1,000. Franklin County ranked in the third tier.

The average number of veterans for all counties in the state is 45 per thousand people.

Of the 892,000 veterans in the state 92.9 percent were men and 7. 4 percent were women. The largest number of veterans were in the 65 to 69 age group, accounting for 15.1 percent of the total.

The office said the highest concentrations of veterans are typically found in less populated areas such as the North Country and Southern Tier counties, in part because the population tends to be older.

By period of service, the largest number of veterans served during the Vietnam era, accounting for just over 278,000 of 31.2 percent of all veterans.