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. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,319	16,989	15,244	14,904	2,075	2,085
Civilian labor force	8,373	8,153	7,146	6,971	1,227	1,183
Participation rate	48.3	48.0	46.9	46.8	59.1	56.7
Employed	8,078	7,858	6,923	6,727	1,155	1,130
Employment-population ratio	46.6	46.3	45.4	45.1	55.7	54.2
Unemployed	295	296	223	243	72	52
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.5	5.9	4.4
Not in labor force	8,946	8,836	8,098	7,933	848	902

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,627	5,876	4,629	4,828	998	1,048
Civilian labor force	4,476	4,540	3,701	3,807	775	733
Participation rate	79.5	77.3	80.0	78.9	77.6	69.9
Employed	4,345	4,357	3,625	3,651	720	706
Employment-population ratio	77.2	74.1	78.3	75.6	72.1	67.4
Unemployed	131	182	75	156	56	26
Unemployment rate	2.9	4.0	2.0	4.1	7.2	3.6
Not in labor force	1,151	1,337	928	1,021	223	316

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,218	3,094	2,719	2,616	499	478
Civilian labor force	2,127	2,010	1,818	1,706	309	303
Participation rate	66.1	65.0	66.9	65.2	62.0	63.5
Employed	2,024	1,923	1,721	1,643	303	281
Employment-population ratio	62.9	62.2	63.3	62.8	60.7	58.7
Unemployed	103	86	97	64	6	23
Unemployment rate	4.9	4.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	7.4
Not in labor force	1,090	1,084	901	909	189	175

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,936	4,622	4,748	4,445	188	177
Civilian labor force	545	460	532	447	13	13
Participation rate	11.1	10.0	11.2	10.1	7.2	7.2
Employed	520	441	506	428	13	13
Employment-population ratio	10.5	9.5	10.7	9.6	7.2	7.2
Unemployed	26	19	26	19	0	0
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.2	4.9	4.3	-	-
Not in labor force	4,391	4,162	4,216	3,998	175	164

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,538	3,397	3,148	3,015	390	382
Civilian labor force	1,224	1,144	1,095	1,010	129	134
Participation rate	34.6	33.7	34.8	33.5	33.2	35.1
Employed	1,190	1,137	1,070	1,006	120	131
Employment-population ratio	33.6	33.5	34.0	33.4	30.6	34.2
Unemployed	35	8	25	4	10	3
Unemployment rate	2.8	0.7	2.3	0.4	7.6	2.4
Not in labor force	2,314	2,253	2,053	2,005	261	248

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	246,501	248,718	113,205	113,117	133,296	135,601
Civilian labor force	160,138	159,287	82,183	80,759	77,955	78,528
Participation rate	65.0	64.0	72.6	71.4	58.5	57.9
Employed	154,146	153,152	78,787	77,458	75,359	75,694
Employment-population ratio	62.5	61.6	69.6	68.5	56.5	55.8
Unemployed	5,992	6,136	3,396	3,301	2,596	2,834
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.1	3.3	3.6
Not in labor force	86,363	89,430	31,022	32,358	55,341	57,073
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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