According to the National Women's League, there were 879 military dependents 'villages in Taiwan in 1982, containing over 100,000 households. Figuring five people per household, that makes about half a million residents. Four fifths lived in northern Taiwan; the rest were distributed throughout the rest of Taiwan and Penghu.
根據婦聯會在民國 71 年的統計資料顯示，當時全台列管的眷村有 879 座，眷戶約 10 萬戶；若依每戶 5 人推計，全部眷村居民約 50 萬人，其中 4/5 居住在北部地區，其餘分佈在中南部與澎湖。