A-40. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex

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A-40. Employment status of people 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, age, and sex	December 2025
	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
TOTAL VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	17,092	8,239	48.2	7,918	46.3	322	3.9	8,853
18 to 24 years	177	113	63.9	97	54.4	17	14.8	64
25 to 34 years	1,419	1,186	83.6	1,104	77.8	82	6.9	232
35 to 44 years	2,157	1,817	84.2	1,721	79.8	96	5.3	340
45 to 54 years	2,332	1,904	81.7	1,863	79.9	42	2.2	427
55 to 64 years	3,211	2,109	65.7	2,063	64.2	46	2.2	1,102
65 years and over	7,796	1,109	14.2	1,071	13.7	38	3.5	6,687
Men, 18 years and over	15,013	7,155	47.7	6,883	45.8	273	3.8	7,858
18 to 24 years	145	93	63.9	77	52.9	16	17.1	52
25 to 34 years	1,143	1,013	88.7	946	82.7	67	6.7	130
35 to 44 years	1,749	1,513	86.5	1,430	81.8	82	5.4	236
45 to 54 years	1,888	1,597	84.6	1,564	82.8	33	2.1	291
55 to 64 years	2,800	1,882	67.2	1,847	66.0	35	1.9	918
65 years and over	7,288	1,058	14.5	1,019	14.0	38	3.6	6,230
Women, 18 years and over	2,079	1,084	52.1	1,035	49.8	49	4.5	995
18 to 24 years	32	21	-	20	-	1	-	12
25 to 34 years	276	173	62.8	158	57.4	15	8.6	102
35 to 44 years	408	304	74.5	290	71.1	14	4.5	104
45 to 54 years	444	308	69.4	299	67.4	9	2.8	136
55 to 64 years	411	227	55.1	216	52.5	11	4.7	184
65 years and over	508	51	10.1	51	10.1	0	-	457

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	5,659	4,338	76.7	4,117	72.8	221	5.1	1,320
18 to 24 years	177	113	63.9	97	54.4	17	14.8	64
25 to 34 years	1,419	1,186	83.6	1,104	77.8	82	6.9	232
35 to 44 years	2,046	1,715	83.8	1,627	79.5	88	5.1	331
45 to 54 years	1,072	842	78.6	822	76.7	20	2.4	229
55 to 64 years	629	411	65.3	398	63.2	13	3.2	218
65 years and over	316	70	22.1	70	22.1	0	-	246
Men, 18 years and over	4,596	3,641	79.2	3,452	75.1	188	5.2	955
18 to 24 years	145	93	63.9	77	52.9	16	17.1	52
25 to 34 years	1,143	1,013	88.7	946	82.7	67	6.7	130
35 to 44 years	1,651	1,418	85.9	1,343	81.4	74	5.3	233
45 to 54 years	856	692	80.9	675	78.9	17	2.5	163
55 to 64 years	522	355	67.9	341	65.3	13	3.7	168
65 years and over	279	70	25.1	70	25.1	0	-	209
Women, 18 years and over	1,063	698	65.6	665	62.6	33	4.7	365
18 to 24 years	32	21	-	20	-	1	-	12
25 to 34 years	276	173	62.8	158	57.4	15	8.6	102
35 to 44 years	395	297	75.2	284	71.8	14	4.6	98
45 to 54 years	216	150	69.6	147	68.2	3	2.0	66
55 to 64 years	107	56	52.8	56	52.8	0	-	50
65 years and over	37	0	-	0	-	0	-	37

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	248,183	160,287	64.6	153,955	62.0	6,332	4.0	87,896
18 to 24 years	30,050	19,224	64.0	17,612	58.6	1,612	8.4	10,826
25 to 34 years	43,923	36,820	83.8	35,358	80.5	1,462	4.0	7,103
35 to 44 years	43,492	36,761	84.5	35,531	81.7	1,230	3.3	6,731
45 to 54 years	38,148	31,507	82.6	30,533	80.0	974	3.1	6,641
55 to 64 years	37,868	25,321	66.9	24,541	64.8	780	3.1	12,547
65 years and over	54,702	10,653	19.5	10,380	19.0	273	2.6	44,049
Men, 18 years and over	114,104	82,000	71.9	78,634	68.9	3,367	4.1	32,104
18 to 24 years	15,014	9,690	64.5	8,755	58.3	935	9.7	5,324
25 to 34 years	21,447	19,042	88.8	18,330	85.5	712	3.7	2,405
35 to 44 years	20,994	19,127	91.1	18,516	88.2	611	3.2	1,867
45 to 54 years	18,137	16,017	88.3	15,493	85.4	524	3.3	2,120
55 to 64 years	17,296	12,582	72.7	12,150	70.2	433	3.4	4,713
65 years and over	21,216	5,542	26.1	5,390	25.4	152	2.7	15,674
Women, 18 years and over	134,079	78,286	58.4	75,321	56.2	2,965	3.8	55,792
18 to 24 years	15,036	9,534	63.4	8,858	58.9	677	7.1	5,502
25 to 34 years	22,475	17,778	79.1	17,027	75.8	751	4.2	4,697
35 to 44 years	22,498	17,634	78.4	17,015	75.6	619	3.5	4,864
45 to 54 years	20,011	15,490	77.4	15,040	75.2	450	2.9	4,521
55 to 64 years	20,573	12,739	61.9	12,392	60.2	347	2.7	7,834
65 years and over	33,486	5,111	15.3	4,990	14.9	121	2.4	28,375
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Gulf War-era II veterans served on active duty anywhere in the world sometime since September 2001. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: January 09, 2026