2016 Annual Averages ‐ Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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	2016
	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	20,895	10,581	50.6	10,129	48.5	453	4.3	10,314
18 to 24 years	237	182	76.5	165	69.5	17	9.2	56
25 to 34 years	1,742	1,431	82.1	1,340	76.9	90	6.3	311
35 to 44 years	2,284	1,984	86.9	1,910	83.6	74	3.7	299
45 to 54 years	3,269	2,757	84.3	2,662	81.4	95	3.4	512
55 to 64 years	3,806	2,359	62.0	2,257	59.3	102	4.3	1,446
65 years and over	9,557	1,868	19.5	1,794	18.8	74	4.0	7,689
Men, 18 years and over	18,881	9,334	49.4	8,944	47.4	390	4.2	9,547
18 to 24 years	191	151	79.3	138	72.3	13	8.8	40
25 to 34 years	1,424	1,204	84.6	1,126	79.1	78	6.5	219
35 to 44 years	1,880	1,667	88.6	1,608	85.5	59	3.6	214
45 to 54 years	2,803	2,395	85.4	2,318	82.7	77	3.2	409
55 to 64 years	3,360	2,096	62.4	2,006	59.7	90	4.3	1,264
65 years and over	9,224	1,821	19.7	1,749	19.0	72	4.0	7,402
Women, 18 years and over	2,014	1,247	61.9	1,184	58.8	63	5.0	767
18 to 24 years	47	30	65.3	27	58.2	3	-	16
25 to 34 years	318	227	71.2	214	67.3	12	5.4	92
35 to 44 years	403	318	78.7	303	75.0	15	4.7	86
45 to 54 years	466	363	77.9	344	73.9	18	5.0	103
55 to 64 years	446	263	59.0	251	56.3	12	4.5	183
65 years and over	334	47	14.0	44	13.3	2	4.9	287

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	3,896	3,174	81.5	3,013	77.3	161	5.1	722
18 to 24 years	237	182	76.5	165	69.5	17	9.2	56
25 to 34 years	1,692	1,390	82.2	1,301	76.9	89	6.4	302
35 to 44 years	1,070	902	84.3	869	81.2	33	3.7	169
45 to 54 years	609	515	84.7	499	82.0	16	3.2	93
55 to 64 years	229	168	73.1	162	70.6	6	3.5	62
65 years and over	59	18	30.7	18	30.6	0	-	41
Men, 18 years and over	3,207	2,666	83.1	2,533	79.0	133	5.0	541
18 to 24 years	191	151	79.3	138	72.3	13	8.8	40
25 to 34 years	1,386	1,174	84.7	1,096	79.1	78	6.6	212
35 to 44 years	865	742	85.7	716	82.7	26	3.5	123
45 to 54 years	517	438	84.7	427	82.6	11	2.5	79
55 to 64 years	197	146	73.9	141	71.5	5	3.2	51
65 years and over	51	15	30.3	15	30.2	0	-	35
Women, 18 years and over	689	508	73.7	480	69.6	28	5.6	181
18 to 24 years	47	30	65.3	27	58.2	3	-	16
25 to 34 years	306	216	70.7	205	67.0	11	5.3	90
35 to 44 years	205	160	78.0	153	74.6	7	4.3	45
45 to 54 years	91	77	84.3	72	78.4	5	7.1	14
55 to 64 years	33	22	-	21	-	1	-	10
65 years and over	8	3	-	3	-	0	-	6

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	223,649	146,479	65.5	139,560	62.4	6,919	4.7	77,170
18 to 24 years	29,204	18,894	64.7	17,080	58.5	1,814	9.6	10,310
25 to 34 years	41,805	34,089	81.5	32,382	77.5	1,707	5.0	7,716
35 to 44 years	37,533	30,835	82.2	29,652	79.0	1,183	3.8	6,697
45 to 54 years	39,127	31,151	79.6	30,057	76.8	1,093	3.5	7,977
55 to 64 years	37,505	24,109	64.3	23,267	62.0	842	3.5	13,396
65 years and over	38,475	7,401	19.2	7,123	18.5	278	3.8	31,074
Men, 18 years and over	99,107	74,393	75.1	70,799	71.4	3,594	4.8	24,714
18 to 24 years	14,673	9,770	66.6	8,733	59.5	1,037	10.6	4,902
25 to 34 years	20,147	17,947	89.1	17,059	84.7	888	4.9	2,200
35 to 44 years	17,633	16,019	90.8	15,435	87.5	584	3.6	1,614
45 to 54 years	17,923	15,494	86.4	14,969	83.5	525	3.4	2,429
55 to 64 years	16,510	11,845	71.7	11,404	69.1	441	3.7	4,665
65 years and over	12,222	3,318	27.1	3,199	26.2	119	3.6	8,904
Women, 18 years and over	124,541	72,086	57.9	68,761	55.2	3,325	4.6	52,455
18 to 24 years	14,531	9,124	62.8	8,346	57.4	777	8.5	5,407
25 to 34 years	21,658	16,142	74.5	15,323	70.7	819	5.1	5,516
35 to 44 years	19,900	14,816	74.5	14,217	71.4	599	4.0	5,083
45 to 54 years	21,205	15,657	73.8	15,088	71.2	569	3.6	5,548
55 to 64 years	20,995	12,264	58.4	11,863	56.5	401	3.3	8,731
65 years and over	26,253	4,083	15.6	3,924	14.9	159	3.9	22,170
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 35,000).

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017