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

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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	2022
	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	18,370	8,807	47.9	8,557	46.6	250	2.8	9,563
18 to 24 years	297	204	68.7	186	62.7	18	8.8	93
25 to 34 years	1,460	1,225	83.9	1,176	80.6	49	4.0	235
35 to 44 years	2,140	1,793	83.8	1,752	81.9	41	2.3	347
45 to 54 years	2,542	2,092	82.3	2,047	80.5	45	2.2	450
55 to 64 years	3,400	2,188	64.4	2,139	62.9	50	2.3	1,211
65 years and over	8,531	1,305	15.3	1,257	14.7	48	3.7	7,226
Men, 18 years and over	16,342	7,616	46.6	7,400	45.3	217	2.8	8,726
18 to 24 years	216	161	74.5	147	68.2	13	8.4	55
25 to 34 years	1,201	1,015	84.5	974	81.1	42	4.1	186
35 to 44 years	1,731	1,466	84.7	1,433	82.8	33	2.3	265
45 to 54 years	2,174	1,818	83.6	1,778	81.8	40	2.2	356
55 to 64 years	2,944	1,929	65.5	1,885	64.0	44	2.3	1,014
65 years and over	8,076	1,226	15.2	1,182	14.6	44	3.6	6,850
Women, 18 years and over	2,027	1,191	58.7	1,158	57.1	33	2.8	837
18 to 24 years	81	43	53.1	39	47.7	4	10.2	38
25 to 34 years	259	209	81.0	202	78.3	7	3.3	49
35 to 44 years	408	326	79.9	319	78.1	7	2.2	82
45 to 54 years	368	274	74.4	269	73.0	5	1.9	94
55 to 64 years	456	259	56.8	253	55.5	6	2.2	197
65 years and over	455	79	17.3	75	16.5	4	4.5	376

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	4,903	3,918	79.9	3,796	77.4	121	3.1	985
18 to 24 years	297	204	68.7	186	62.7	18	8.8	93
25 to 34 years	1,460	1,225	83.9	1,176	80.6	49	4.0	235
35 to 44 years	1,753	1,471	83.9	1,436	81.9	34	2.3	282
45 to 54 years	746	618	82.8	607	81.4	11	1.8	128
55 to 64 years	497	352	70.8	343	69.0	9	2.5	145
65 years and over	150	49	32.3	48	31.7	1	1.6	102
Men, 18 years and over	4,008	3,257	81.3	3,155	78.7	102	3.1	751
18 to 24 years	216	161	74.5	147	68.2	13	8.4	55
25 to 34 years	1,201	1,015	84.5	974	81.1	42	4.1	186
35 to 44 years	1,413	1,201	85.0	1,172	82.9	29	2.4	212
45 to 54 years	623	525	84.3	517	82.9	8	1.6	98
55 to 64 years	428	311	72.8	302	70.7	9	2.8	116
65 years and over	127	44	34.4	43	33.8	1	1.7	84
Women, 18 years and over	895	660	73.8	641	71.6	19	2.9	235
18 to 24 years	81	43	53.1	39	47.7	4	10.2	38
25 to 34 years	259	209	81.0	202	78.3	7	3.3	49
35 to 44 years	340	270	79.3	264	77.7	5	2.0	70
45 to 54 years	123	93	75.6	90	73.4	3	2.8	30
55 to 64 years	70	41	58.7	41	58.7	0	0.0	29
65 years and over	23	5	-	5	-	0	-	18

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	236,451	153,017	64.7	147,523	62.4	5,494	3.6	83,434
18 to 24 years	28,507	18,426	64.6	16,981	59.6	1,444	7.8	10,081
25 to 34 years	42,708	35,500	83.1	34,124	79.9	1,377	3.9	7,208
35 to 44 years	40,859	33,877	82.9	32,872	80.5	1,005	3.0	6,982
45 to 54 years	37,452	30,349	81.0	29,607	79.1	743	2.4	7,103
55 to 64 years	38,745	25,272	65.2	24,623	63.6	649	2.6	13,473
65 years and over	48,178	9,592	19.9	9,317	19.3	275	2.9	38,586
Men, 18 years and over	107,655	78,628	73.0	75,756	70.4	2,873	3.7	29,027
18 to 24 years	14,230	9,433	66.3	8,631	60.7	802	8.5	4,798
25 to 34 years	20,763	18,472	89.0	17,754	85.5	718	3.9	2,291
35 to 44 years	19,648	17,718	90.2	17,203	87.6	515	2.9	1,930
45 to 54 years	17,605	15,413	87.5	15,049	85.5	364	2.4	2,193
55 to 64 years	17,648	12,695	71.9	12,363	70.1	332	2.6	4,953
65 years and over	17,761	4,898	27.6	4,756	26.8	142	2.9	12,863
Women, 18 years and over	128,795	74,389	57.8	71,768	55.7	2,621	3.5	54,406
18 to 24 years	14,277	8,993	63.0	8,350	58.5	643	7.1	5,284
25 to 34 years	21,945	17,028	77.6	16,369	74.6	659	3.9	4,917
35 to 44 years	21,211	16,160	76.2	15,669	73.9	490	3.0	5,052
45 to 54 years	19,847	14,937	75.3	14,558	73.4	379	2.5	4,910
55 to 64 years	21,097	12,578	59.6	12,260	58.1	317	2.5	8,520
65 years and over	30,418	4,694	15.4	4,561	15.0	133	2.8	25,723
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: January 25, 2023