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	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,532	17,211	15,481	15,132	2,051	2,079
Civilian labor force	8,335	8,276	7,227	7,039	1,108	1,237
Participation rate	47.5	48.1	46.7	46.5	54.0	59.5
Employed	8,045	8,020	7,015	6,837	1,030	1,182
Employment-population ratio	45.9	46.6	45.3	45.2	50.2	56.9
Unemployed	290	256	212	202	78	54
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.1	2.9	2.9	7.0	4.4
Not in labor force	9,197	8,935	8,254	8,093	943	842

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,262	5,624	4,315	4,633	947	991
Civilian labor force	4,181	4,384	3,533	3,640	648	744
Participation rate	79.5	77.9	81.9	78.6	68.5	75.0
Employed	4,036	4,254	3,433	3,533	603	721
Employment-population ratio	76.7	75.6	79.6	76.3	63.7	72.7
Unemployed	145	130	100	107	45	23
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.0	2.8	2.9	7.0	3.1
Not in labor force	1,081	1,241	782	993	298	248

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,900	3,266	2,444	2,750	456	516
Civilian labor force	1,934	2,058	1,664	1,751	271	307
Participation rate	66.7	63.0	68.1	63.7	59.3	59.5
Employed	1,866	2,007	1,617	1,725	248	282
Employment-population ratio	64.3	61.5	66.2	62.7	54.4	54.7
Unemployed	68	50	46	26	22	25
Unemployment rate	3.5	2.4	2.8	1.5	8.2	8.0
Not in labor force	966	1,208	780	999	186	209

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,601	4,831	5,364	4,646	237	185
Civilian labor force	709	561	684	539	25	22
Participation rate	12.7	11.6	12.7	11.6	10.7	12.0
Employed	676	518	661	496	15	22
Employment-population ratio	12.1	10.7	12.3	10.7	6.4	12.0
Unemployed	33	43	23	43	10	0
Unemployment rate	4.6	7.7	3.3	8.0	-	-
Not in labor force	4,892	4,270	4,680	4,107	212	163

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,769	3,490	3,358	3,103	411	387
Civilian labor force	1,511	1,273	1,347	1,109	164	164
Participation rate	40.1	36.5	40.1	35.7	39.9	42.4
Employed	1,468	1,240	1,304	1,083	164	157
Employment-population ratio	38.9	35.5	38.8	34.9	39.9	40.7
Unemployed	43	33	43	26	0	7
Unemployment rate	2.9	2.6	3.2	2.4	0.0	4.0
Not in labor force	2,258	2,217	2,011	1,994	247	223

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	241,878	247,438	110,731	113,862	131,147	133,576
Civilian labor force	157,777	160,272	80,606	82,934	77,171	77,338
Participation rate	65.2	64.8	72.8	72.8	58.8	57.9
Employed	151,028	153,144	77,265	79,400	73,763	73,744
Employment-population ratio	62.4	61.9	69.8	69.7	56.2	55.2
Unemployed	6,749	7,129	3,341	3,535	3,408	3,594
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.4	4.6
Not in labor force	84,101	87,166	30,125	30,927	53,976	56,238
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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