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	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,185	16,860	15,105	14,769	2,080	2,091
Civilian labor force	8,424	8,143	7,200	6,998	1,224	1,145
Participation rate	49.0	48.3	47.7	47.4	58.8	54.8
Employed	8,204	7,862	7,037	6,786	1,167	1,076
Employment-population ratio	47.7	46.6	46.6	45.9	56.1	51.4
Unemployed	219	281	163	212	56	69
Unemployment rate	2.6	3.5	2.3	3.0	4.6	6.1
Not in labor force	8,761	8,717	7,905	7,771	856	946

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,575	5,740	4,561	4,747	1,013	993
Civilian labor force	4,363	4,445	3,663	3,799	700	645
Participation rate	78.3	77.4	80.3	80.0	69.1	65.0
Employed	4,259	4,263	3,587	3,659	671	604
Employment-population ratio	76.4	74.3	78.6	77.1	66.3	60.8
Unemployed	104	182	76	140	29	42
Unemployment rate	2.4	4.1	2.1	3.7	4.1	6.5
Not in labor force	1,212	1,295	899	948	313	347

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,324	3,283	2,829	2,738	496	545
Civilian labor force	2,225	2,158	1,885	1,810	340	348
Participation rate	66.9	65.7	66.6	66.1	68.6	63.8
Employed	2,179	2,100	1,856	1,771	322	329
Employment-population ratio	65.5	64.0	65.6	64.7	65.1	60.3
Unemployed	46	58	29	39	18	19
Unemployment rate	2.1	2.7	1.5	2.2	5.2	5.4
Not in labor force	1,099	1,125	944	927	156	197

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,805	4,497	4,621	4,323	184	174
Civilian labor force	527	483	501	457	26	26
Participation rate	11.0	10.7	10.8	10.6	14.1	14.8
Employed	516	477	490	456	26	22
Employment-population ratio	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	14.1	12.4
Unemployed	11	6	11	2	0	4
Unemployment rate	2.1	1.2	2.2	0.4	-	-
Not in labor force	4,278	4,014	4,120	3,866	158	148

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,481	3,340	3,094	2,961	387	379
Civilian labor force	1,309	1,056	1,152	930	157	126
Participation rate	37.6	31.6	37.2	31.4	40.7	33.3
Employed	1,251	1,022	1,104	900	148	121
Employment-population ratio	35.9	30.6	35.7	30.4	38.1	32.0
Unemployed	58	35	48	30	10	5
Unemployment rate	4.4	3.3	4.2	3.2	6.3	3.7
Not in labor force	2,172	2,284	1,942	2,031	230	253

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	247,344	249,356	113,757	113,495	133,588	135,861
Civilian labor force	160,310	159,763	82,266	81,304	78,045	78,459
Participation rate	64.8	64.1	72.3	71.6	58.4	57.7
Employed	153,527	153,542	78,832	78,046	74,695	75,496
Employment-population ratio	62.1	61.6	69.3	68.8	55.9	55.6
Unemployed	6,783	6,221	3,434	3,259	3,349	2,962
Unemployment rate	4.2	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.3	3.8
Not in labor force	87,034	89,594	31,491	32,191	55,543	57,403
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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