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	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,606	17,294	15,558	15,217	2,048	2,077
Civilian labor force	8,260	8,256	7,068	7,064	1,192	1,192
Participation rate	46.9	47.7	45.4	46.4	58.2	57.4
Employed	8,030	7,963	6,863	6,834	1,167	1,129
Employment-population ratio	45.6	46.0	44.1	44.9	57.0	54.4
Unemployed	230	293	205	231	25	63
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.6	2.9	3.3	2.1	5.3
Not in labor force	9,346	9,038	8,490	8,153	856	885

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,380	5,669	4,443	4,642	937	1,026
Civilian labor force	4,204	4,397	3,499	3,653	706	744
Participation rate	78.1	77.6	78.7	78.7	75.3	72.5
Employed	4,071	4,252	3,373	3,557	698	695
Employment-population ratio	75.7	75.0	75.9	76.6	74.5	67.7
Unemployed	133	144	125	96	8	49
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.3	3.6	2.6	1.1	6.5
Not in labor force	1,176	1,272	944	990	231	282

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,743	3,189	2,285	2,715	458	475
Civilian labor force	1,842	2,023	1,557	1,742	285	281
Participation rate	67.1	63.4	68.1	64.2	62.2	59.2
Employed	1,816	1,931	1,541	1,663	275	269
Employment-population ratio	66.2	60.6	67.4	61.2	60.1	56.6
Unemployed	25	92	16	80	10	12
Unemployment rate	1.4	4.5	1.0	4.6	3.3	4.4
Not in labor force	901	1,166	728	973	173	194

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,679	4,910	5,439	4,723	240	187
Civilian labor force	708	597	672	574	37	24
Participation rate	12.5	12.2	12.3	12.1	15.3	12.6
Employed	684	581	651	558	33	24
Employment-population ratio	12.0	11.8	12.0	11.8	13.6	12.6
Unemployed	24	16	21	16	4	0
Unemployment rate	3.5	2.7	3.1	2.8	-	-
Not in labor force	4,971	4,313	4,767	4,149	203	163

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,804	3,526	3,391	3,137	413	389
Civilian labor force	1,506	1,240	1,341	1,096	165	144
Participation rate	39.6	35.2	39.5	34.9	39.9	36.9
Employed	1,459	1,198	1,298	1,057	161	142
Employment-population ratio	38.3	34.0	38.3	33.7	38.9	36.5
Unemployed	47	41	43	39	4	2
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.6	2.5	1.2
Not in labor force	2,298	2,286	2,050	2,041	248	245

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	241,504	246,775	110,732	113,430	130,772	133,345
Civilian labor force	156,949	159,811	80,388	82,090	76,561	77,721
Participation rate	65.0	64.8	72.6	72.4	58.5	58.3
Employed	151,271	153,607	77,265	78,830	74,006	74,777
Employment-population ratio	62.6	62.2	69.8	69.5	56.6	56.1
Unemployed	5,678	6,204	3,123	3,260	2,555	2,944
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.3	3.8
Not in labor force	84,555	86,964	30,344	31,339	54,211	55,624
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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