Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted

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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Total		Men		Women
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,631	17,319	15,584	15,244	2,047	2,075
Civilian labor force	8,516	8,363	7,341	7,138	1,175	1,225
Participation rate	48.3	48.3	47.1	46.8	57.4	59.0
Employed	8,254	8,069	7,087	6,917	1,167	1,153
Employment-population ratio	46.8	46.6	45.5	45.4	57.0	55.6
Unemployed	262	294	254	222	8	72
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.5	3.5	3.1	0.7	5.9
Not in labor force	9,115	8,956	8,243	8,106	872	850

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,350	5,630	4,409	4,630	940	1,000
Civilian labor force	4,290	4,475	3,584	3,700	706	775
Participation rate	80.2	79.5	81.3	79.9	75.1	77.5
Employed	4,140	4,345	3,440	3,626	700	719
Employment-population ratio	77.4	77.2	78.0	78.3	74.4	71.9
Unemployed	150	130	143	74	6	56
Unemployment rate	3.5	2.9	4.0	2.0	0.9	7.2
Not in labor force	1,060	1,155	826	930	234	225

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,761	3,215	2,309	2,718	453	497
Civilian labor force	1,906	2,123	1,622	1,815	284	308
Participation rate	69.0	66.0	70.3	66.8	62.6	62.0
Employed	1,860	2,020	1,577	1,718	284	302
Employment-population ratio	67.4	62.8	68.3	63.2	62.6	60.7
Unemployed	45	103	45	97	0	6
Unemployment rate	2.4	4.8	2.8	5.3	0.0	2.1
Not in labor force	856	1,092	686	903	169	189

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,704	4,936	5,463	4,748	241	188
Civilian labor force	716	544	692	531	23	14
Participation rate	12.5	11.0	12.7	11.2	9.7	7.2
Employed	692	519	670	505	22	14
Employment-population ratio	12.1	10.5	12.3	10.6	9.2	7.2
Unemployed	23	26	22	26	1	0
Unemployment rate	3.2	4.7	3.2	4.9	-	-
Not in labor force	4,988	4,392	4,771	4,217	218	174

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,816	3,538	3,403	3,148	413	390
Civilian labor force	1,605	1,221	1,443	1,093	162	128
Participation rate	42.0	34.5	42.4	34.7	39.2	32.9
Employed	1,561	1,186	1,400	1,068	161	118
Employment-population ratio	40.9	33.5	41.1	33.9	39.1	30.4
Unemployed	43	35	43	25	0	10
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.9	3.0	2.3	0.3	7.6
Not in labor force	2,211	2,317	1,960	2,055	251	262

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	241,318	246,496	110,563	113,202	130,755	133,294
Civilian labor force	156,752	160,117	80,055	82,177	76,697	77,940
Participation rate	65.0	65.0	72.4	72.6	58.7	58.5
Employed	151,386	154,127	77,159	78,781	74,228	75,346
Employment-population ratio	62.7	62.5	69.8	69.6	56.8	56.5
Unemployed	5,366	5,990	2,896	3,396	2,470	2,595
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.7	3.6	4.1	3.2	3.3
Not in labor force	84,566	86,378	30,508	31,025	54,058	55,353
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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