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 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,294	16,961	15,217	14,875	2,077	2,086
Civilian labor force	8,256	8,203	7,064	6,999	1,192	1,203
Participation rate	47.7	48.4	46.4	47.1	57.4	57.7
Employed	7,963	7,942	6,834	6,777	1,129	1,164
Employment-population ratio	46.0	46.8	44.9	45.6	54.4	55.8
Unemployed	293	261	231	222	63	39
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.2	3.3	3.2	5.3	3.3
Not in labor force	9,038	8,758	8,153	7,876	885	883

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,669	5,795	4,642	4,766	1,026	1,029
Civilian labor force	4,397	4,491	3,653	3,788	744	703
Participation rate	77.6	77.5	78.7	79.5	72.5	68.4
Employed	4,252	4,308	3,557	3,627	695	681
Employment-population ratio	75.0	74.3	76.6	76.1	67.7	66.2
Unemployed	144	183	96	161	49	22
Unemployment rate	3.3	4.1	2.6	4.2	6.5	3.1
Not in labor force	1,272	1,304	990	978	282	325

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,189	3,184	2,715	2,686	475	498
Civilian labor force	2,023	2,105	1,742	1,768	281	336
Participation rate	63.4	66.1	64.2	65.8	59.2	67.5
Employed	1,931	2,064	1,663	1,744	269	319
Employment-population ratio	60.6	64.8	61.2	64.9	56.6	64.1
Unemployed	92	41	80	24	12	17
Unemployment rate	4.5	2.0	4.6	1.4	4.4	5.1
Not in labor force	1,166	1,080	973	918	194	162

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,910	4,598	4,723	4,421	187	177
Civilian labor force	597	508	574	490	24	18
Participation rate	12.2	11.0	12.1	11.1	12.6	10.2
Employed	581	494	558	476	24	18
Employment-population ratio	11.8	10.7	11.8	10.8	12.6	10.2
Unemployed	16	14	16	14	0	0
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	-	-
Not in labor force	4,313	4,090	4,149	3,931	163	159

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,526	3,384	3,137	3,002	389	382
Civilian labor force	1,240	1,100	1,096	954	144	146
Participation rate	35.2	32.5	34.9	31.8	36.9	38.2
Employed	1,198	1,077	1,057	931	142	146
Employment-population ratio	34.0	31.8	33.7	31.0	36.5	38.2
Unemployed	41	23	39	23	2	0
Unemployment rate	3.3	2.1	3.6	2.4	1.2	0.0
Not in labor force	2,286	2,284	2,041	2,048	245	236

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	246,775	249,010	113,430	113,148	133,345	135,862
Civilian labor force	159,811	159,476	82,090	80,998	77,721	78,478
Participation rate	64.8	64.0	72.4	71.6	58.3	57.8
Employed	153,607	153,212	78,830	77,636	74,777	75,576
Employment-population ratio	62.2	61.5	69.5	68.6	56.1	55.6
Unemployed	6,204	6,264	3,260	3,362	2,944	2,902
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.2	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	86,964	89,534	31,339	32,150	55,624	57,384
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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