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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	2012
	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	21,183	11,006	52.0	10,233	48.3	773	7.0	10,177
18 to 24 years	301	225	74.7	179	59.5	46	20.4	76
25 to 34 years	1,585	1,298	81.8	1,169	73.8	128	9.9	288
35 to 44 years	2,267	2,008	88.6	1,892	83.5	116	5.8	259
45 to 54 years	3,516	2,900	82.5	2,705	76.9	195	6.7	616
55 to 64 years	4,565	2,728	59.8	2,553	55.9	175	6.4	1,837
65 years and over	8,948	1,847	20.6	1,734	19.4	113	6.1	7,101
Men, 18 years and over	19,368	9,884	51.0	9,204	47.5	680	6.9	9,484
18 to 24 years	250	193	77.3	154	61.9	39	20.0	57
25 to 34 years	1,321	1,116	84.5	1,009	76.4	107	9.6	204
35 to 44 years	1,896	1,715	90.5	1,616	85.2	99	5.8	181
45 to 54 years	3,016	2,534	84.0	2,373	78.7	161	6.3	481
55 to 64 years	4,224	2,519	59.6	2,357	55.8	163	6.5	1,704
65 years and over	8,662	1,806	20.9	1,695	19.6	111	6.2	6,856
Women, 18 years and over	1,815	1,122	61.8	1,029	56.7	93	8.3	693
18 to 24 years	52	32	62.2	25	48.1	7	-	20
25 to 34 years	265	181	68.5	160	60.5	21	11.6	83
35 to 44 years	371	293	79.0	276	74.4	17	5.8	78
45 to 54 years	501	366	73.1	332	66.3	34	9.2	135
55 to 64 years	341	209	61.2	196	57.5	12	6.0	133
65 years and over	286	41	14.3	39	13.8	1	3.2	245

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	2,566	2,071	80.7	1,866	72.7	205	9.9	496
18 to 24 years	301	225	74.7	179	59.5	46	20.4	76
25 to 34 years	1,234	997	80.8	891	72.2	106	10.6	237
35 to 44 years	467	397	85.0	377	80.7	20	5.0	70
45 to 54 years	387	334	86.4	309	79.8	26	7.7	52
55 to 64 years	150	107	71.0	101	66.9	6	5.8	44
65 years and over	26	10	-	9	-	1	-	16
Men, 18 years and over	2,136	1,774	83.1	1,606	75.2	168	9.5	362
18 to 24 years	250	193	77.3	154	61.9	39	20.0	57
25 to 34 years	1,034	868	83.9	778	75.2	90	10.4	166
35 to 44 years	381	334	87.6	317	83.2	17	5.0	47
45 to 54 years	323	283	87.6	267	82.7	16	5.6	40
55 to 64 years	124	88	71.0	83	66.6	6	6.2	36
65 years and over	24	9	-	8	-	1	-	16
Women, 18 years and over	431	297	68.9	259	60.2	37	12.5	134
18 to 24 years	52	32	62.2	25	48.1	7	-	20
25 to 34 years	200	129	64.4	113	56.4	16	12.5	71
35 to 44 years	87	64	73.4	60	69.6	3	5.2	23
45 to 54 years	64	52	80.6	42	65.3	10	19.0	12
55 to 64 years	26	19	-	18	-	1	-	8
65 years and over	2	2	-	2	-	0	-	0

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	213,211	142,017	66.6	130,817	61.4	11,200	7.9	71,194
18 to 24 years	29,591	19,107	64.6	16,236	54.9	2,871	15.0	10,484
25 to 34 years	39,389	32,167	81.7	29,531	75.0	2,636	8.2	7,222
35 to 44 years	37,375	30,726	82.2	28,684	76.7	2,042	6.6	6,649
45 to 54 years	40,183	32,156	80.0	30,168	75.1	1,988	6.2	8,027
55 to 64 years	33,755	21,984	65.1	20,686	61.3	1,298	5.9	11,771
65 years and over	32,917	5,876	17.8	5,511	16.7	365	6.2	27,041
Men, 18 years and over	93,425	71,493	76.5	65,692	70.3	5,801	8.1	21,933
18 to 24 years	14,746	9,907	67.2	8,287	56.2	1,620	16.4	4,839
25 to 34 years	18,884	16,966	89.8	15,598	82.6	1,369	8.1	1,918
35 to 44 years	17,519	15,892	90.7	14,867	84.9	1,025	6.4	1,627
45 to 54 years	18,325	15,830	86.4	14,847	81.0	982	6.2	2,495
55 to 64 years	14,195	10,363	73.0	9,711	68.4	652	6.3	3,832
65 years and over	9,756	2,534	26.0	2,382	24.4	152	6.0	7,222
Women, 18 years and over	119,785	70,524	58.9	65,125	54.4	5,399	7.7	49,261
18 to 24 years	14,845	9,200	62.0	7,949	53.5	1,251	13.6	5,645
25 to 34 years	20,505	15,201	74.1	13,934	68.0	1,267	8.3	5,304
35 to 44 years	19,855	14,834	74.7	13,817	69.6	1,017	6.9	5,022
45 to 54 years	21,858	16,327	74.7	15,321	70.1	1,006	6.2	5,532
55 to 64 years	19,560	11,621	59.4	10,975	56.1	646	5.6	7,939
65 years and over	23,161	3,341	14.4	3,129	13.5	212	6.4	19,820
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: February 5, 2013