Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, period of service, and sex, 2007 annual averages
Table 2. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, period of service, and sex, 2007 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
Veteran status, age, period of service, noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
and sex tutional Percent labor
population Total of force
population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor force
TOTAL
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 22,633 12,502 55.2 12,029 53.2 473 3.8 10,130
18 to 24 years...................... 329 264 80.3 233 70.9 31 11.7 65
25 to 34 years...................... 1,561 1,404 89.9 1,329 85.2 75 5.3 157
35 to 44 years...................... 2,722 2,475 90.9 2,391 87.8 83 3.4 247
45 to 54 years...................... 3,618 3,047 84.2 2,947 81.4 100 3.3 571
55 to 64 years...................... 5,833 3,825 65.6 3,693 63.3 132 3.5 2,008
65 years and over................... 8,570 1,488 17.4 1,436 16.8 52 3.5 7,082
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 4,330 3,818 88.2 3,651 84.3 167 4.4 511
18 to 24 years...................... 329 264 80.3 233 70.9 31 11.7 65
25 to 34 years...................... 1,561 1,404 89.9 1,329 85.2 75 5.3 157
35 to 44 years...................... 1,446 1,327 91.8 1,288 89.1 39 2.9 119
45 to 54 years...................... 690 621 89.9 606 87.7 15 2.4 70
55 to 64 years...................... 262 188 71.9 181 69.2 7 3.8 74
65 years and over................... 43 15 34.2 14 33.5 - - 28
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 2,877 2,561 89.0 2,471 85.9 90 3.5 316
18 to 24 years...................... 11 9 (1) 9 (1) - - 2
25 to 34 years...................... 932 848 91.0 807 86.5 41 4.8 84
35 to 44 years...................... 1,181 1,084 91.8 1,052 89.1 32 3.0 97
45 to 54 years...................... 509 457 89.7 445 87.4 12 2.5 53
55 to 64 years...................... 205 150 73.1 145 70.8 5 3.2 55
65 years and over................... 38 13 35.1 13 34.3 - - 25
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,453 1,257 86.5 1,180 81.2 77 6.1 196
18 to 24 years...................... 317 255 80.3 224 70.7 31 12.0 63
25 to 34 years...................... 628 556 88.5 522 83.1 34 6.0 72
35 to 44 years...................... 265 243 91.7 236 89.2 7 2.8 22
45 to 54 years...................... 181 164 90.6 161 88.7 3 2.1 17
55 to 64 years...................... 57 39 67.5 36 63.4 2 6.2 19
65 years and over................... 5 1 (1) 1 (1) - - 3
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era 2
Total, 45 years and over................ 12,262 4,941 40.3 4,772 38.9 168 3.4 7,321
45 to 54 years...................... 851 666 78.3 646 75.9 20 3.0 185
55 to 64 years...................... 5,116 3,359 65.7 3,241 63.4 118 3.5 1,757
65 years and over................... 6,295 916 14.6 886 14.1 30 3.3 5,379
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 6,042 3,743 62.0 3,606 59.7 137 3.7 2,298
25 to 34 years...................... - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years...................... 1,277 1,148 89.9 1,104 86.4 44 3.9 129
45 to 54 years...................... 2,077 1,760 84.7 1,695 81.6 65 3.7 317
55 to 64 years...................... 456 278 61.1 271 59.5 7 2.6 177
65 years and over................... 2,232 557 25.0 536 24.0 21 3.7 1,675
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 200,013 137,851 68.9 131,731 65.9 6,120 4.4 62,161
18 to 24 years...................... 27,859 19,182 68.9 17,356 62.3 1,827 9.5 8,677
25 to 34 years...................... 38,191 31,726 83.1 30,257 79.2 1,469 4.6 6,465
35 to 44 years...................... 39,679 33,052 83.3 31,910 80.4 1,141 3.5 6,627
45 to 54 years...................... 39,927 32,652 81.8 31,616 79.2 1,036 3.2 7,275
55 to 64 years...................... 26,700 16,925 63.4 16,416 61.5 510 3.0 9,775
65 years and over................... 27,657 4,315 15.6 4,178 15.1 137 3.2 23,342
MEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 20,952 11,418 54.5 10,997 52.5 421 3.7 9,533
18 to 24 years...................... 270 227 84.1 202 74.9 25 10.9 43
25 to 34 years...................... 1,272 1,179 92.7 1,120 88.0 59 5.0 93
35 to 44 years...................... 2,311 2,145 92.8 2,072 89.7 72 3.4 166
45 to 54 years...................... 3,194 2,716 85.0 2,631 82.4 85 3.1 478
55 to 64 years...................... 5,615 3,691 65.7 3,562 63.4 129 3.5 1,924
65 years and over................... 8,290 1,461 17.6 1,410 17.0 51 3.5 6,829
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 3,630 3,280 90.4 3,143 86.6 137 4.2 350
18 to 24 years...................... 270 227 84.1 202 74.9 25 10.9 43
25 to 34 years...................... 1,272 1,179 92.7 1,120 88.0 59 5.0 93
35 to 44 years...................... 1,215 1,145 94.2 1,110 91.3 35 3.0 71
45 to 54 years...................... 596 543 91.2 532 89.3 12 2.1 52
55 to 64 years...................... 237 172 72.6 166 69.8 7 3.9 65
65 years and over................... 39 13 34.1 13 33.2 - - 26
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 2,415 2,199 91.0 2,123 87.9 76 3.5 217
18 to 24 years...................... 9 8 (1) 8 (1) - - 1
25 to 34 years...................... 760 712 93.6 680 89.4 32 4.5 48
35 to 44 years...................... 997 939 94.2 910 91.2 30 3.2 58
45 to 54 years...................... 427 389 91.1 379 88.8 10 2.5 38
55 to 64 years...................... 187 138 74.1 134 71.8 4 3.1 48
65 years and over................... 35 12 34.4 12 33.5 - - 23
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,214 1,081 89.0 1,020 84.0 61 5.6 133
18 to 24 years...................... 261 219 83.8 194 74.4 25 11.2 42
25 to 34 years...................... 512 467 91.2 440 85.9 27 5.8 45
35 to 44 years...................... 218 206 94.2 201 91.9 5 2.5 13
45 to 54 years...................... 169 155 91.6 153 90.4 2 1.3 14
55 to 64 years...................... 50 34 67.2 32 62.5 2 (1) 17
65 years and over................... 4 1 (1) 1 (1) - - 3
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (2)
Total, 45 years and over................ 11,843 4,797 40.5 4,633 39.1 165 3.4 7,046
45 to 54 years...................... 790 623 78.9 604 76.5 20 3.1 166
55 to 64 years...................... 4,968 3,271 65.8 3,156 63.5 115 3.5 1,697
65 years and over................... 6,085 903 14.8 873 14.4 30 3.3 5,182
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 5,479 3,341 61.0 3,222 58.8 120 3.6 2,138
25 to 34 years...................... - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years...................... 1,096 1,000 91.3 962 87.8 38 3.8 96
45 to 54 years...................... 1,809 1,549 85.7 1,495 82.7 54 3.5 260
55 to 64 years...................... 410 248 60.5 240 58.7 7 2.9 162
65 years and over................... 2,165 545 25.2 524 24.2 21 3.8 1,620
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 86,563 69,364 80.1 66,166 76.4 3,198 4.6 17,199
18 to 24 years...................... 13,981 10,055 71.9 8,998 64.4 1,057 10.5 3,926
25 to 34 years...................... 18,586 17,129 92.2 16,332 87.9 797 4.7 1,457
35 to 44 years...................... 18,599 17,155 92.2 16,594 89.2 561 3.3 1,444
45 to 54 years...................... 18,119 16,086 88.8 15,579 86.0 507 3.2 2,034
55 to 64 years...................... 10,043 7,214 71.8 6,994 69.6 220 3.0 2,829
65 years and over................... 7,234 1,726 23.9 1,670 23.1 56 3.3 5,508
WOMEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,681 1,084 64.5 1,032 61.4 52 4.8 597
18 to 24 years...................... 59 37 63.0 31 52.7 6 16.3 22
25 to 34 years...................... 288 225 78.0 209 72.5 16 7.1 63
35 to 44 years...................... 411 330 80.3 319 77.6 11 3.3 81
45 to 54 years...................... 424 331 78.0 316 74.5 15 4.4 93
55 to 64 years...................... 218 135 61.6 131 60.1 3 2.5 84
65 years and over................... 280 27 9.5 26 9.2 1 (1) 254
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 700 539 77.0 508 72.6 30 5.6 161
18 to 24 years...................... 59 37 63.0 31 52.7 6 16.3 22
25 to 34 years...................... 288 225 78.0 209 72.5 16 7.1 63
35 to 44 years...................... 230 182 79.1 178 77.2 4 2.5 48
45 to 54 years...................... 95 77 81.7 74 78.2 3 4.4 17
55 to 64 years...................... 25 16 (1) 15 (1) - - 9
65 years and over................... 3 1 (1) 1 (1) - - 2
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 461 362 78.6 348 75.5 14 3.9 99
18 to 24 years...................... 2 1 (1) 1 (1) - - 1
25 to 34 years...................... 172 136 79.1 127 73.7 9 6.8 36
35 to 44 years...................... 184 145 78.8 142 77.4 3 1.8 39
45 to 54 years...................... 82 68 82.4 66 80.1 2 2.9 14
55 to 64 years...................... 18 11 (1) 11 (1) - - 7
65 years and over................... 3 1 (1) 1 (1) - - 2
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 239 176 73.9 160 67.2 16 9.1 62
18 to 24 years...................... 56 36 63.9 30 53.2 6 16.8 20
25 to 34 years...................... 117 89 76.4 82 70.7 7 7.6 27
35 to 44 years...................... 46 37 80.2 35 76.3 2 4.9 9
45 to 54 years...................... 12 9 (1) 8 (1) 1 (1) 3
55 to 64 years...................... 7 5 (1) 5 (1) - - 2
65 years and over................... 1 - - - - - - 1
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (2)
Total, 45 years and over................ 419 143 34.2 140 33.4 4 2.6 275
45 to 54 years...................... 62 43 69.5 43 69.1 - - 19
55 to 64 years...................... 147 88 59.5 85 57.7 3 3.1 60
65 years and over................... 210 13 6.1 12 5.7 1 (1) 197
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 562 402 71.5 384 68.3 18 4.4 160
25 to 34 years...................... - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years...................... 181 148 81.8 142 78.2 7 4.4 33
45 to 54 years...................... 268 211 78.6 200 74.5 11 5.2 57
55 to 64 years...................... 46 31 66.5 31 66.2 - - 15
65 years and over................... 67 13 18.6 12 18.5 - - 55
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 113,449 68,487 60.4 65,565 57.8 2,922 4.3 44,962
18 to 24 years...................... 13,878 9,128 65.8 8,357 60.2 770 8.4 4,750
25 to 34 years...................... 19,605 14,597 74.5 13,924 71.0 672 4.6 5,008
35 to 44 years...................... 21,080 15,897 75.4 15,317 72.7 580 3.7 5,183
45 to 54 years...................... 21,807 16,566 76.0 16,037 73.5 529 3.2 5,241
55 to 64 years...................... 16,657 9,711 58.3 9,422 56.6 290 3.0 6,946
65 years and over................... 20,423 2,589 12.7 2,508 12.3 81 3.1 17,834
1 Ratios are not shown where the denominator is less than 35,000. Small estimated levels are based on a small number of survey
responses and, thus, are subject to relatively large standard errors.
2 Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any veterans of these eras under 45 years of age.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf
War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods
include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and
the Gulf War era. More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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