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Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
48. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, age, and sex	2011
	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	21,613	11,320	52.4	10,375	48.0	945	8.3	10,293
18 to 24 years	299	213	71.4	149	49.8	64	30.2	85
25 to 34 years	1,590	1,318	82.9	1,160	73.0	158	12.0	272
35 to 44 years	2,364	2,090	88.4	1,940	82.1	150	7.2	274
45 to 54 years	3,636	2,989	82.2	2,761	75.9	228	7.6	647
55 to 64 years	5,084	2,976	58.5	2,747	54.0	229	7.7	2,108
65 years and over	8,640	1,733	20.1	1,618	18.7	115	6.7	6,907
Men, 18 years and over	19,812	10,204	51.5	9,360	47.2	844	8.3	9,608
18 to 24 years	250	179	71.6	127	50.8	52	29.1	71
25 to 34 years	1,322	1,136	86.0	996	75.3	141	12.4	186
35 to 44 years	1,985	1,786	89.9	1,661	83.7	125	7.0	200
45 to 54 years	3,146	2,621	83.3	2,424	77.1	196	7.5	525
55 to 64 years	4,749	2,786	58.7	2,569	54.1	217	7.8	1,963
65 years and over	8,360	1,697	20.3	1,583	18.9	113	6.7	6,663
Women, 18 years and over	1,801	1,116	62.0	1,015	56.3	101	9.1	685
18 to 24 years	49	35	70.4	22	45.0	12	36.1	15
25 to 34 years	268	182	67.8	165	61.5	17	9.2	86
35 to 44 years	379	305	80.5	279	73.7	26	8.4	74
45 to 54 years	490	369	75.2	337	68.7	32	8.7	122
55 to 64 years	335	190	56.6	178	53.0	12	6.4	146
65 years and over	280	37	13.1	35	12.3	2	5.7	243

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	2,387	1,937	81.2	1,704	71.4	234	12.1	450
18 to 24 years	299	213	71.4	149	49.8	64	30.2	85
25 to 34 years	1,218	1,000	82.1	870	71.4	130	13.0	218
35 to 44 years	412	358	86.9	337	81.7	22	6.0	54
45 to 54 years	339	287	84.6	275	81.2	12	4.1	52
55 to 64 years	103	71	69.3	66	63.9	6	7.8	32
65 years and over	16	7	-	7	-	0	-	8
Men, 18 years and over	1,982	1,656	83.5	1,457	73.5	199	12.0	327
18 to 24 years	250	179	71.6	127	50.8	52	29.1	71
25 to 34 years	1,012	864	85.3	748	73.9	115	13.4	148
35 to 44 years	329	290	88.1	273	82.7	18	6.1	39
45 to 54 years	290	254	87.6	245	84.6	9	3.4	36
55 to 64 years	85	62	72.3	57	67.0	5	7.4	24
65 years and over	15	7	-	6	-	0	-	8
Women, 18 years and over	405	281	69.5	246	60.9	35	12.4	123
18 to 24 years	49	35	70.4	22	45.0	12	36.1	15
25 to 34 years	206	136	66.1	122	59.0	14	10.6	70
35 to 44 years	83	68	82.2	64	77.4	4	5.9	15
45 to 54 years	49	33	66.9	30	60.6	3	-	16
55 to 64 years	18	10	-	9	-	1	-	8
65 years and over	0	0	-	0	-	0	-	0

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	209,278	140,424	67.1	128,140	61.2	12,284	8.7	68,854
18 to 24 years	29,172	18,910	64.8	15,859	54.4	3,051	16.1	10,262
25 to 34 years	39,774	32,406	81.5	29,377	73.9	3,030	9.3	7,367
35 to 44 years	37,135	30,569	82.3	28,330	76.3	2,239	7.3	6,565
45 to 54 years	40,209	32,373	80.5	30,106	74.9	2,267	7.0	7,836
55 to 64 years	31,905	20,791	65.2	19,439	60.9	1,352	6.5	11,114
65 years and over	31,084	5,374	17.3	5,029	16.2	345	6.4	25,710
Men, 18 years and over	92,019	70,854	77.0	64,280	69.9	6,573	9.3	21,166
18 to 24 years	14,689	9,900	67.4	8,158	55.5	1,742	17.6	4,789
25 to 34 years	19,388	17,333	89.4	15,678	80.9	1,654	9.5	2,056
35 to 44 years	17,461	15,900	91.1	14,709	84.2	1,191	7.5	1,560
45 to 54 years	18,308	15,865	86.7	14,689	80.2	1,176	7.4	2,443
55 to 64 years	13,064	9,567	73.2	8,900	68.1	667	7.0	3,497
65 years and over	9,109	2,289	25.1	2,147	23.6	143	6.2	6,820
Women, 18 years and over	117,259	69,570	59.3	63,859	54.5	5,710	8.2	47,689
18 to 24 years	14,483	9,010	62.2	7,701	53.2	1,309	14.5	5,473
25 to 34 years	20,385	15,074	73.9	13,699	67.2	1,375	9.1	5,311
35 to 44 years	19,674	14,669	74.6	13,621	69.2	1,047	7.1	5,005
45 to 54 years	21,901	16,508	75.4	15,417	70.4	1,091	6.6	5,393
55 to 64 years	18,841	11,224	59.6	10,539	55.9	685	6.1	7,617
65 years and over	21,975	3,085	14.0	2,883	13.1	202	6.6	18,890
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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: April 27, 2012