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	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,556	17,241	15,505	15,163	2,051	2,078
Civilian labor force	8,374	8,240	7,222	7,044	1,152	1,196
Participation rate	47.7	47.8	46.6	46.5	56.2	57.6
Employed	8,119	7,996	7,025	6,852	1,094	1,144
Employment-population ratio	46.2	46.4	45.3	45.2	53.4	55.0
Unemployed	255	244	197	192	57	52
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.7	5.0	4.4
Not in labor force	9,182	9,001	8,283	8,119	899	882

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,299	5,692	4,365	4,674	934	1,018
Civilian labor force	4,181	4,390	3,508	3,610	674	780
Participation rate	78.9	77.1	80.4	77.2	72.1	76.6
Employed	4,046	4,253	3,410	3,511	636	742
Employment-population ratio	76.4	74.7	78.1	75.1	68.1	72.9
Unemployed	135	137	97	99	37	38
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.7	5.6	4.9
Not in labor force	1,118	1,302	857	1,064	260	238

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,849	3,188	2,382	2,701	467	487
Civilian labor force	1,906	2,010	1,622	1,761	284	249
Participation rate	66.9	63.0	68.1	65.2	60.8	51.0
Employed	1,874	1,980	1,597	1,741	277	239
Employment-population ratio	65.8	62.1	67.0	64.5	59.4	49.1
Unemployed	32	29	25	20	7	9
Unemployment rate	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.1	2.3	3.8
Not in labor force	943	1,178	760	940	183	238

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,627	4,857	5,389	4,672	238	185
Civilian labor force	712	580	691	553	22	27
Participation rate	12.7	11.9	12.8	11.8	9.2	14.4
Employed	671	549	657	523	14	27
Employment-population ratio	11.9	11.3	12.2	11.2	5.8	14.4
Unemployed	41	31	33	31	8	0
Unemployment rate	5.8	5.3	4.8	5.5	-	-
Not in labor force	4,915	4,277	4,698	4,119	216	158

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,781	3,504	3,369	3,116	412	388
Civilian labor force	1,574	1,261	1,402	1,120	172	141
Participation rate	41.6	36.0	41.6	35.9	41.8	36.2
Employed	1,527	1,213	1,360	1,077	167	136
Employment-population ratio	40.4	34.6	40.4	34.6	40.5	35.0
Unemployed	47	47	41	43	5	5
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.8	3.0	3.8	3.1	3.4
Not in labor force	2,207	2,243	1,967	1,996	240	247

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	241,785	247,097	110,674	113,608	131,112	133,489
Civilian labor force	158,352	160,499	81,576	82,858	76,775	77,641
Participation rate	65.5	65.0	73.7	72.9	58.6	58.2
Employed	151,309	153,377	78,050	79,311	73,259	74,066
Employment-population ratio	62.6	62.1	70.5	69.8	55.9	55.5
Unemployed	7,043	7,121	3,526	3,547	3,516	3,574
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.6	4.6
Not in labor force	83,434	86,598	29,097	30,750	54,336	55,848
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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