HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

46. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                          |    Civilian     |
                                          |noninstitutional |                         Civilian labor force
                                          |   population    |
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                                          |        |        |     Total       |    Employed     |            Unemployed
          Veteran status and age          |        |        |                 |                 |
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                                          |  1994  |  1995  |        |        |        |        |     Number      |   Percent of
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |                 |   labor force
                                          |        |        |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |                 |
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           VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
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Total, 40 years and over..................|  7,451 |  7,598 |  6,532 |  6,560 |  6,271 |  6,327 |    262 |    233 |   4.0  |   3.6
  40 to 54 years .........................|  6,539 |  6,531 |  6,011 |  5,942 |  5,766 |  5,727 |    245 |    215 |   4.1  |   3.6
     40 to 44 years ......................|  1,858 |  1,500 |  1,708 |  1,357 |  1,619 |  1,289 |     88 |     68 |   5.2  |   5.0
     45 to 49 years ......................|  3,210 |  3,214 |  2,975 |  2,949 |  2,866 |  2,847 |    109 |    102 |   3.7  |   3.5
     50 to 54 years ......................|  1,470 |  1,817 |  1,328 |  1,636 |  1,281 |  1,590 |     47 |     45 |   3.6  |   2.8
  55 years and over ......................|    912 |  1,067 |    522 |    618 |    505 |    600 |     17 |     18 |   3.2  |   3.0
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               NONVETERANS
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Total, 40 to 54 years ....................| 16,197 | 17,254 | 14,606 | 15,516 | 14,010 | 14,945 |    596 |    571 |   4.1  |   3.7
  40 to 44 years .........................|  7,494 |  8,048 |  6,967 |  7,430 |  6,696 |  7,153 |    271 |    277 |   3.9  |   3.7
  45 to 49 years .........................|  4,758 |  5,205 |  4,275 |  4,688 |  4,100 |  4,527 |    175 |    161 |   4.1  |   3.4
  50 to 54 years .........................|  3,944 |  4,001 |  3,364 |  3,398 |  3,213 |  3,265 |    150 |    133 |   4.5  |   3.9
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   NOTE:  Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are
men who have never served in the Armed Forces.