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Table 1. Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, race, and Hispanic origin, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | ______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Veteran status, period of service, | Civilian | | | | Unemployed | Not in _____________________ race, | noninsti-| | Percent | | | labor and Hispanic origin | tutional | | of | | | | force |population| Total | populati-| Employed | | Percent | | | | on | | Number | of | | | | | | | labor | | | | | | | force | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 91,508 | 70,144 | 76.7 | 66,705 | 3,439 | 4.9 | 21,364 | | | | | | | Veterans(1)..........................| 24,810 | 14,923 | 60.2 | 14,362 | 562 | 3.8 | 9,887 | | | | | | | War veterans......................| 17,941 | 9,252 | 51.6 | 8,931 | 322 | 3.5 | 8,689 Vietnam era....................| 7,903 | 6,780 | 85.8 | 6,551 | 229 | 3.4 | 1,123 Vietnam theater.............| 3,811 | 3,213 | 84.3 | 3,090 | 124 | 3.9 | 597 Outside the Vietnam theater.| 4,092 | 3,566 | 87.1 | 3,462 | 105 | 2.9 | 526 Other war veterans.............| 10,038 | 2,472 | 24.6 | 2,380 | 93 | 3.8 | 7,566 Peacetime veterans................| 6,869 | 5,671 | 82.6 | 5,431 | 240 | 4.2 | 1,198 | | | | | | | Nonveterans..........................| 66,698 | 55,221 | 82.8 | 52,343 | 2,878 | 5.2 | 11,477 | | | | | | | White | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 77,809 | 60,044 | 77.2 | 57,561 | 2,484 | 4.1 | 17,764 | | | | | | | Veterans(1)..........................| 22,226 | 13,224 | 59.5 | 12,780 | 443 | 3.4 | 9,002 | | | | | | | War veterans......................| 16,362 | 8,433 | 51.5 | 8,162 | 271 | 3.2 | 7,930 Vietnam era....................| 7,040 | 6,093 | 86.5 | 5,912 | 181 | 3.0 | 947 Vietnam theater.............| 3,339 | 2,824 | 84.6 | 2,729 | 95 | 3.4 | 515 Outside the Vietnam theater.| 3,701 | 3,269 | 88.3 | 3,183 | 86 | 2.6 | 432 Other war veterans.............| 9,322 | 2,340 | 25.1 | 2,250 | 90 | 3.8 | 6,983 Peacetime veterans................| 5,864 | 4,791 | 81.7 | 4,619 | 173 | 3.6 | 1,072 | | | | | | | Nonveterans..........................| 55,583 | 46,820 | 84.2 | 44,780 | 2,040 | 4.4 | 8,762 | | | | | | | Black | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 9,811 | 7,000 | 71.3 | 6,260 | 740 | 10.6 | 2,811 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Veterans(1)..........................| 2,171 | 1,403 | 64.6 | 1,305 | 98 | 7.0 | 768 | | | | | | | War veterans......................| 1,331 | 664 | 49.9 | 624 | 40 | 6.1 | 667 Vietnam era....................| 718 | 563 | 78.5 | 526 | 37 | 6.6 | 154 Vietnam theater.............| 388 | 318 | 81.9 | 294 | 23 | 7.3 | 70 Outside the Vietnam theater.| 330 | 246 | 74.5 | 232 | 14 | 5.8 | 84 Other war veterans.............| 613 | 101 | 16.4 | 98 | 3 | 2.9 | 512 Peacetime veterans................| 840 | 739 | 88.0 | 681 | 58 | 7.9 | 101 | | | | | | | Nonveterans..........................| 7,640 | 5,597 | 73.3 | 4,955 | 641 | 11.5 | 2,043 | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 8,939 | 7,339 | 82.1 | 6,704 | 635 | 8.7 | 1,600 | | | | | | | Veterans(1)..........................| 854 | 624 | 73.0 | 569 | 55 | 8.8 | 230 | | | | | | | War veterans......................| 502 | 313 | 62.4 | 289 | 24 | 7.7 | 189 Vietnam era....................| 291 | 259 | 89.1 | 237 | 22 | 8.4 | 32 Vietnam theater.............| 147 | 130 | 88.6 | 119 | 11 | 8.5 | 17 Outside the Vietnam theater.| 144 | 129 | 89.5 | 118 | 11 | 8.2 | 15 Other war veterans.............| 211 | 54 | 25.8 | 52 | 3 | (2) | 157 Peacetime veterans................| 352 | 310 | 88.1 | 280 | 30 | 9.8 | 42 | | | | | | | Nonveterans..........................| 8,085 | 6,716 | 83.1 | 6,136 | 580 | 8.6 | 1,370 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any Vietnam-era veterans under 35 years of age or any other war veterans under 55 years of age. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Table 2. Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and age, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | ______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Civilian | | | | Unemployed | Not in _____________________ Veteran status, period of service, and | noninsti-| | Percent | | | labor age | tutional | | of | | | | force |population| Total | populati-| Employed | | Percent | | | | on | | Number | of | | | | | | | labor | | | | | | | force | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VETERANS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 24,810 | 14,923 | 60.2 | 14,362 | 562 | 3.8 | 9,887 18 to 24 years......................| 308 | 294 | 95.4 | 277 | 17 | 5.6 | 14 25 to 34 years......................| 2,108 | 1,990 | 94.4 | 1,909 | 82 | 4.1 | 118 35 to 44 years......................| 3,174 | 2,889 | 91.0 | 2,731 | 158 | 5.5 | 285 45 to 54 years......................| 5,905 | 5,273 | 89.3 | 5,122 | 151 | 2.9 | 632 55 to 64 years......................| 4,986 | 3,085 | 61.9 | 2,997 | 89 | 2.9 | 1,900 65 years and over...................| 8,329 | 1,392 | 16.7 | 1,326 | 66 | 4.7 | 6,938 | | | | | | | War veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 35 years and over................| 17,941 | 9,252 | 51.6 | 8,931 | 322 | 3.5 | 8,689 35 to 44 years......................| 1,719 | 1,558 | 90.6 | 1,482 | 77 | 4.9 | 161 45 to 54 years......................| 5,106 | 4,611 | 90.3 | 4,478 | 133 | 2.9 | 495 55 to 64 years......................| 3,096 | 1,737 | 56.1 | 1,689 | 48 | 2.8 | 1,360 65 years and over...................| 8,020 | 1,347 | 16.8 | 1,283 | 64 | 4.8 | 6,673 | | | | | | | Vietnam era | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 35 years and over................| 7,903 | 6,780 | 85.8 | 6,551 | 229 | 3.4 | 1,123 35 to 44 years......................| 1,719 | 1,558 | 90.6 | 1,482 | 77 | 4.9 | 161 45 to 54 years......................| 5,106 | 4,611 | 90.3 | 4,478 | 133 | 2.9 | 495 55 to 64 years......................| 855 | 593 | 69.3 | 578 | 15 | 2.6 | 262 65 years and over...................| 223 | 18 | 8.1 | 14 | 4 | (1) | 205 | | | | | | | Vietnam theater | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 35 years and over................| 3,811 | 3,213 | 84.3 | 3,090 | 124 | 3.9 | 597 35 to 44 years......................| 614 | 554 | 90.2 | 522 | 31 | 5.7 | 60 45 to 54 years......................| 2,615 | 2,340 | 89.5 | 2,258 | 82 | 3.5 | 275 55 to 64 years......................| 445 | 313 | 70.3 | 306 | 7 | 2.1 | 132 65 years and over...................| 137 | 7 | 5.4 | 4 | 4 | (1) | 129 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Outside the Vietnam theater | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 35 years and over................| 4,092 | 3,566 | 87.1 | 3,462 | 105 | 2.9 | 526 35 to 44 years......................| 1,105 | 1,005 | 90.9 | 959 | 45 | 4.5 | 101 45 to 54 years......................| 2,491 | 2,271 | 91.2 | 2,220 | 51 | 2.2 | 220 55 to 64 years......................| 410 | 280 | 68.3 | 271 | 9 | 3.1 | 130 65 years and over...................| 86 | 11 | 12.5 | 11 | - | (1) | 75 | | | | | | | Other war veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 55 years and over................| 10,038 | 2,472 | 24.6 | 2,380 | 93 | 3.8 | 7,566 55 to 64 years......................| 2,241 | 1,144 | 51.0 | 1,111 | 33 | 2.8 | 1,097 65 years and over...................| 7,797 | 1,329 | 17.0 | 1,268 | 60 | 4.5 | 6,468 | | | | | | | Peacetime veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 6,869 | 5,671 | 82.6 | 5,431 | 240 | 4.2 | 1,198 18 to 24 years......................| 308 | 294 | 95.4 | 277 | 17 | 5.6 | 14 25 to 34 years......................| 2,108 | 1,990 | 94.4 | 1,909 | 82 | 4.1 | 118 35 to 44 years......................| 1,455 | 1,331 | 91.5 | 1,250 | 81 | 6.1 | 124 45 to 54 years......................| 799 | 663 | 82.9 | 645 | 18 | 2.7 | 136 55 to 64 years......................| 1,889 | 1,348 | 71.4 | 1,308 | 41 | 3.0 | 541 65 years and over...................| 310 | 45 | 14.5 | 43 | 2 | (1) | 265 | | | | | | | NONVETERANS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over................| 66,698 | 55,221 | 82.8 | 52,343 | 2,878 | 5.2 | 11,477 18 to 24 years......................| 12,135 | 10,054 | 82.9 | 8,958 | 1,097 | 10.9 | 2,081 25 to 34 years......................| 17,913 | 16,638 | 92.9 | 15,887 | 750 | 4.5 | 1,276 35 to 44 years......................| 17,685 | 16,314 | 92.2 | 15,702 | 612 | 3.8 | 1,371 45 to 54 years......................| 9,263 | 8,156 | 88.1 | 7,890 | 266 | 3.3 | 1,106 55 to 64 years......................| 4,882 | 3,356 | 68.7 | 3,242 | 114 | 3.4 | 1,526 65 years and over...................| 4,819 | 702 | 14.6 | 664 | 38 | 5.5 | 4,117 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents zero. Table 3. Employed men 18 years and over by occupation, veteran status, and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Percent distribution) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Veterans | ______________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | War veterans | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Nonvet- Occupation | | | Vietnam era | | Peace- | erans __________________________ | Total | | | | time | | | | | | | Other |veterans| | | Total | | | Outside| war | | | | | Total | Vietnam| the |veterans| | | | | | theater| Vietnam| | | | | | | | theater| | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over (thousands)......................| 14,362 | 8,931 | 6,551 | 3,090 | 3,462 | 2,380 | 5,431 | 52,343 Percent..............................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..................| 28.9 | 32.0 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 35.5 | 32.6 | 23.7 | 27.4 Executive, adminstrative, and managerial............| 17.2 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 13.5 | 14.5 Professional specialty..............................| 11.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 12.8 | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support...........| 21.6 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 24.8 | 20.8 | 18.6 Technicians and related support.....................| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 Sales occupations...................................| 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 10.7 Administrative support, including clerical..........| 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.2 | | | | | | | | Service occupations....................................| 9.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 Protective service..................................| 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 2.4 Other service occupations...........................| 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair................| 19.6 | 19.1 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 20.8 | 12.0 | 20.4 | 18.3 Mechanics and repairers.............................| 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 6.1 Construction trades.................................| 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 Other precision production, craft, and repair.......| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers...................| 17.3 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......| 6.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 Transportation and material moving occupations......| 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 6.4 | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing.........................| 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 4.9 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. Table 4. Employment status of male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and reported disability rating, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | ______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Civilian | | | | Unemployed | Not in _____________________ Period of service, presence of disability, and | noninsti-| | Percent | | | labor reported disability rating | tutional | | of | | | | force |population| Total | populati-| Employed | | Percent | | | | on | | Number | of | | | | | | | labor | | | | | | | force | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VETERANS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 2,257 | 1,004 | 44.5 | 954 | 50 | 5.0 | 1,253 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 1,281 | 666 | 52.0 | 635 | 31 | 4.6 | 615 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 461 | 193 | 41.9 | 178 | 15 | 7.9 | 268 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 338 | 71 | 20.9 | 67 | 4 | (1) | 267 Disability rating not reported...............| 177 | 74 | 41.9 | 74 | - | (1) | 102 Without service-connected disability..............| 19,891 | 12,314 | 61.9 | 11,849 | 465 | 3.8 | 7,576 Presence of disability not reported...............| 2,662 | 1,605 | 60.3 | 1,558 | 47 | 2.9 | 1,057 | | | | | | | War veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 1,842 | 711 | 38.6 | 689 | 22 | 3.0 | 1,131 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 1,042 | 473 | 45.4 | 463 | 10 | 2.1 | 569 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 382 | 145 | 37.8 | 134 | 11 | 7.4 | 237 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 277 | 48 | 17.4 | 47 | 1 | (1) | 229 Disability rating not reported...............| 142 | 45 | 31.9 | 45 | - | (1) | 96 Without service-connected disability..............| 14,272 | 7,613 | 53.3 | 7,328 | 284 | 3.7 | 6,659 Presence of disability not reported...............| 1,827 | 929 | 50.8 | 913 | 16 | 1.7 | 899 | | | | | | | Vietnam era | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 812 | 541 | 66.6 | 522 | 19 | 3.5 | 271 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 467 | 365 | 78.1 | 357 | 8 | 2.2 | 102 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 201 | 109 | 54.3 | 99 | 10 | 9.2 | 92 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 88 | 31 | 35.7 | 31 | 1 | (1) | 57 Disability rating not reported...............| 55 | 36 | (1) | 36 | - | (1) | 20 Without service-connected disability..............| 6,203 | 5,543 | 89.4 | 5,349 | 194 | 3.5 | 660 Presence of disability not reported...............| 888 | 696 | 78.4 | 681 | 16 | 2.2 | 192 | | | | | | | Vietnam theater | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 567 | 365 | 64.4 | 353 | 12 | 3.4 | 202 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 294 | 240 | 81.5 | 234 | 5 | 2.2 | 54 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 157 | 76 | 48.6 | 70 | 6 | 8.0 | 81 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 80 | 28 | 35.6 | 28 | 1 | (1) | 51 | | | | | | | Disability rating not reported...............| 36 | 21 | (1) | 21 | - | (1) | 16 Without service-connected disability..............| 2,810 | 2,503 | 89.1 | 2,397 | 106 | 4.2 | 307 Presence of disability not reported...............| 434 | 346 | 79.8 | 340 | 6 | 1.7 | 88 | | | | | | | Outside the Vietnam theater | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 245 | 176 | 71.9 | 169 | 7 | 3.9 | 69 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 173 | 125 | 72.3 | 122 | 3 | 2.3 | 48 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 45 | 33 | (1) | 29 | 4 | (1) | 11 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 8 | 3 | (1) | 3 | - | (1) | 5 Disability rating not reported...............| 19 | 15 | (1) | 15 | - | (1) | 4 Without service-connected disability..............| 3,393 | 3,040 | 89.6 | 2,952 | 88 | 2.9 | 353 Presence of disability not reported...............| 454 | 350 | 77.1 | 340 | 10 | 2.8 | 104 | | | | | | | Other war veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 1,030 | 170 | 16.5 | 168 | 2 | 1.4 | 860 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 574 | 108 | 18.8 | 107 | 2 | 1.5 | 466 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 180 | 35 | 19.5 | 35 | 1 | (1) | 145 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 189 | 17 | 8.9 | 17 | - | (1) | 172 Disability rating not reported...............| 87 | 10 | 11.3 | 10 | - | (1) | 77 Without service-connected disability..............| 8,069 | 2,070 | 25.7 | 1,980 | 91 | 4.4 | 5,999 Presence of disability not reported...............| 939 | 232 | 24.7 | 232 | - | - | 707 | | | | | | | Peacetime veterans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.................| 415 | 293 | 70.6 | 265 | 28 | 9.6 | 122 Less then 30 percent disability rating.......| 240 | 193 | 80.4 | 172 | 21 | 10.8 | 47 30- to 50- percent disability rating.........| 80 | 49 | 61.2 | 44 | 4 | (1) | 31 60 percent or higher disability rating.......| 61 | 22 | (1) | 20 | 3 | (1) | 38 Disability rating not reported...............| 35 | 29 | (1) | 29 | - | (1) | 6 Without service-connected disability..............| 5,619 | 4,701 | 83.7 | 4,521 | 180 | 3.8 | 918 Presence of disability not reported...............| 835 | 677 | 81.1 | 646 | 31 | 4.6 | 158 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represnets zero. Table 5. Employed men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and class of worker, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Percent distribution by class of worker ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural wage and salary workers |Agricultural ___________________________________________ | Total | | | wage and Veteran status, period of service, and presence | employed(1)| | | | salary, of disability | (thousands)| | | Government |self-employ- ________________________________ | | Total | | | ed, | | | Private | | | | and unpaid | | | sector | | | State | family | | | | Total | Federal | and | workers | | | | | | local | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All veterans....................................| 14,362 | 100.0 | 69.4 | 17.3 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 13.3 With service-connected disability.............| 954 | 100.0 | 60.2 | 26.1 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 13.7 Without service-connected disability..........| 11,849 | 100.0 | 69.9 | 16.9 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 13.2 | | | | | | | War veterans..................................| 8,931 | 100.0 | 66.2 | 18.0 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 15.8 With service-connected disability...........| 689 | 100.0 | 58.5 | 26.8 | 16.2 | 10.6 | 14.8 Without service-connected disability........| 7,328 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 15.7 | | | | | | | Vietnam era.................................| 6,551 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 20.7 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 With service-connected disability.........| 522 | 100.0 | 60.9 | 29.5 | 18.9 | 10.6 | 9.6 Without service-connected disability......| 5,349 | 100.0 | 69.2 | 20.2 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 10.6 | | | | | | | Vietnam theater...........................| 3,090 | 100.0 | 67.8 | 22.2 | 8.6 | 13.6 | 10.0 With service-connected disability.......| 353 | 100.0 | 65.3 | 27.1 | 17.3 | 9.8 | 7.6 Without service-connected disability....| 2,397 | 100.0 | 68.0 | 22.0 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 10.0 | | | | | | | Outside the Vietnam theater...............| 3,462 | 100.0 | 69.3 | 19.3 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 11.5 With service-connected disability.......| 169 | 100.0 | 51.7 | 34.5 | 22.2 | 12.3 | 13.7 Without service-connected disability....| 2,952 | 100.0 | 70.3 | 18.7 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 11.0 | | | | | | | Other war veterans..........................| 2,380 | 100.0 | 59.7 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 29.5 With service-connected disability.........| 168 | 100.0 | 50.8 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 30.9 Without service-connected disability......| 1,980 | 100.0 | 59.8 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 29.7 | | | | | | | Peacetime veterans............................| 5,431 | 100.0 | 74.7 | 16.1 | 5.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 With service-connected disability...........| 265 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 24.3 | 15.9 | 8.4 | 11.0 Without service-connected disability........| 4,521 | 100.0 | 75.1 | 15.9 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 9.0 | | | | | | | Nonveterans.....................................| 52,343 | 100.0 | 77.1 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 11.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability. NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings also appears in the Technical Note of this release. Table 6. Male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and use of veterans' education and training programs, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent distribution | Percent reporting use of | | by reported use of | specific programs(2) | | programs | ________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | U.S. Department of |U.S. Department of | | | | | Veterans Affairs | Labor-sponsored | Total(1) | | | | | programs _____________________________________________ Period of service and presence of disability |(thousands)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | Used no|Used any| | Veter- | | | | | | program| program| | ans | Voca- | State | | | | | | GI | Educa- | tional | job | Other | | | | | Bill(3)| tional |rehabil-| service|programs- | | | | | | Assist-| itation|offices-| (5) | | | | | | ance | | (4) | | | | | | |Programs| | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All veterans.................................| 24,810 | 100.0 | 56.6 | 43.4 | 37.8 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 With service-connected disability..........| 2,257 | 100.0 | 45.5 | 54.5 | 46.3 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 2.4 Without service-connected disability.......| 19,891 | 100.0 | 57.9 | 42.1 | 36.8 | 4.9 | .5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | | | | | | | | | War veterans...............................| 17,941 | 100.0 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 43.3 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 With service-connected disability........| 1,842 | 100.0 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 49.8 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 Without service-connected disability.....| 14,272 | 100.0 | 53.8 | 46.2 | 42.5 | 3.7 | .6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | | | | | | | | | Vietnam era..............................| 7,903 | 100.0 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 47.2 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 With service-connected disability......| 812 | 100.0 | 30.4 | 69.6 | 61.4 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 2.8 Without service-connected disability...| 6,203 | 100.0 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 45.4 | 3.9 | .6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Vietnam theater........................| 3,811 | 100.0 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 51.1 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.1 With service-connected disability....| 567 | 100.0 | 31.6 | 68.4 | 59.6 | 8.3 | 14.9 | 5.5 | 2.7 Without service-connected disability.| 2,810 | 100.0 | 45.6 | 54.4 | 49.4 | 5.0 | .7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | Outside the Vietnam theater............| 4,092 | 100.0 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 43.7 | 3.3 | .9 | 3.1 | 2.5 With service-connected disability....| 245 | 100.0 | 27.7 | 72.3 | 65.3 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 2.9 Without service-connected disability.| 3,393 | 100.0 | 54.2 | 45.8 | 42.1 | 3.0 | .5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | Other war veterans.......................| 10,038 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 43.7 | 40.3 | 3.6 | .9 | .9 | .5 With service-connected disability......| 1,030 | 100.0 | 54.3 | 45.7 | 40.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 1.8 | .3 Without service-connected disability...| 8,069 | 100.0 | 56.5 | 43.5 | 40.3 | 3.6 | .6 | .8 | .6 | | | | | | | | | Peacetime veterans.........................| 6,869 | 100.0 | 67.1 | 32.9 | 22.8 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 With service-connected disability........| 415 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 30.7 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 6.9 Without service-connected disability.....| 5,619 | 100.0 | 68.1 | 31.9 | 22.3 | 7.7 | .3 | 3.8 | 3.0 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability and/or information on use of programs. 2 The sum of the percentages using specific programs will not equal the percentages for "used any program" because some veterans used more than one program. 3 Includes educational assistance, on-the-job training, and apprenticeship. 4 Provides such services as job counseling, testing, and employment referral and placement. 5 Includes the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings also appears in the Technical Note of this release. Table 7. Disabled male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, disability rating, and effect of disability on jobholding, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Disabled veterans _______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Unemployed or not in the | | | labor force ___________________________________ Period of service and disability rating | | Percent whose | | Total | disability | | | (thousands) | affected | | Percent whose | | past job- | Total | disability | | holding | (thousands) | currently | | | | affects job- | | | | holding _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | All veterans(1)........................................| 2,257 | 28.8 | 1,303 | 30.4 Less than 30 percent disability rating...............| 1,281 | 16.9 | 646 | 15.2 30- to 50- percent disability rating.................| 461 | 40.7 | 283 | 34.7 60 percent or higher disability rating...............| 338 | 60.1 | 271 | 63.0 | | | | War veterans.........................................| 1,842 | 28.0 | 1,153 | 27.9 Less than 30 percent disability rating.............| 1,042 | 16.1 | 578 | 15.0 30- to 50- percent disability rating...............| 382 | 40.3 | 248 | 30.4 60 percent or higher disability rating.............| 277 | 57.6 | 230 | 57.1 | | | | Vietnam era........................................| 812 | 29.2 | 290 | 39.6 Less than 30 percent disability rating...........| 467 | 16.8 | 111 | 31.4 30- to 50- percent disability rating.............| 201 | 41.6 | 102 | 30.8 60 percent or higher disability rating...........| 88 | 69.2 | 58 | (2) | | | | Vietnam theater..................................| 567 | 28.2 | 214 | 40.5 Less than 30 percent disability rating.........| 294 | 13.5 | 60 | (2) 30- to 50- percent disability rating...........| 157 | 36.6 | 87 | 27.8 60 percent or higher disability rating.........| 80 | 67.2 | 52 | (2) | | | | Outside the Vietnam theater......................| 245 | 31.4 | 76 | 36.9 Less than 30 percent disability rating.........| 173 | 22.4 | 51 | (2) 30- to 50- percent disability rating...........| 45 | (2) | 15 | (2) 60 percent or higher disability rating.........| 8 | (2) | 5 | (2) | | | | Other war veterans.................................| 1,030 | 27.0 | 863 | 23.9 Less than 30 percent disability rating...........| 574 | 15.5 | 468 | 11.2 30- to 50- percent disability rating.............| 180 | 38.8 | 146 | 30.1 60 percent or higher disability rating...........| 189 | 52.2 | 172 | 51.4 | | | | Peacetime veterans...................................| 415 | 32.5 | 150 | 50.3 Less than 30 percent disability rating.............| 240 | 20.3 | 68 | (2) 30- to 50- percent disability rating...............| 80 | 42.8 | 35 | (2) 60 percent or higher disability rating.............| 61 | (2) | 41 | (2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Includes veterans who did not report disability rating, as well as those who did not respond to the question on the effect of disability on jobholding. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings also appears in the Technical Note of this release. Table 8. Employment status of women 18 years and over by veteran status and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Civilian | | | | Unemployed | Not in _______________________ Veteran status and period of service | noninsti- | | | | | labor | tutional | | Percent | | | | force | population| Total | of | Employed | | Percent | | | | population| | Number | of | | | | | | | labor | | | | | | | force | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 18 years and over......................| 99,846 | 59,449 | 59.5 | 56,088 | 3,361 | 5.7 | 40,397 | | | | | | | Veterans(1).................................| 1,356 | 793 | 58.5 | 724 | 69 | 8.7 | 563 | | | | | | | War veterans..............................| 573 | 217 | 37.9 | 204 | 13 | 5.8 | 356 Vietnam era.............................| 173 | 143 | 82.4 | 137 | 5 | 3.6 | 30 Vietnam theater.......................| 26 | 24 | (2) | 24 | - | (2) | 2 Outside the Vietnam theater...........| 147 | 119 | 80.7 | 114 | 5 | 4.4 | 28 Other war veterans......................| 400 | 75 | 18.6 | 67 | 7 | 9.9 | 325 Peacetime veterans........................| 783 | 576 | 73.6 | 519 | 57 | 9.9 | 207 | | | | | | | With service-connected disability.........| 105 | 69 | 65.8 | 61 | 8 | (2) | 36 Without service-connected disability......| 1,088 | 644 | 59.2 | 594 | 50 | 7.8 | 444 Presence of disability not reported.......| 163 | 80 | 49.3 | 69 | 11 | 13.7 | 83 | | | | | | | Nonveterans.................................| 98,490 | 58,656 | 59.6 | 55,364 | 3,292 | 5.6 | 39,834 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any Vietnam-era veterans under 35 years of age or any other war veterans under 55 years of age. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Female veterans are women who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are women who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings also appears in the Technical Note of this release. Table 9. Employment status of veterans 18 years old and over by year of discharge from the Armed Forces, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Civilian labor force | _______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Civilian | | | | | Year of discharge, sex, race, | noninsti- | | | Employed | Unemployed | Not in _______________________________________________ and Hispanic origin | tutional | | Percent | | | labor | population | Total | of | | | | | force | | | population| | Percent | | Percent | | | | | Total | of | Number | of | | | | | | population| |labor force| ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 11,273 | 3,870 | 34.3 | 3,724 | 33.0 | 146 | 3.8 | 7,402 1965 to 1974..................| 5,351 | 4,509 | 84.3 | 4,350 | 81.3 | 159 | 3.5 | 842 1975 to 1984..................| 2,654 | 2,285 | 86.1 | 2,171 | 81.8 | 114 | 5.0 | 368 1985 to 1990..................| 1,560 | 1,404 | 90.0 | 1,344 | 86.2 | 59 | 4.2 | 156 1991 to 1995..................| 1,465 | 1,328 | 90.6 | 1,252 | 85.4 | 77 | 5.8 | 137 Year not available............| 3,864 | 2,320 | 60.1 | 2,245 | 58.1 | 75 | 3.2 | 1,544 | | | | | | | | Men | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 10,871 | 3,769 | 34.7 | 3,635 | 33.4 | 134 | 3.6 | 7,102 1965 to 1974..................| 5,263 | 4,433 | 84.2 | 4,278 | 81.3 | 155 | 3.5 | 829 1975 to 1984..................| 2,425 | 2,111 | 87.0 | 2,004 | 82.6 | 107 | 5.1 | 314 1985 to 1990..................| 1,350 | 1,232 | 91.3 | 1,188 | 88.0 | 44 | 3.6 | 118 1991 to 1995..................| 1,257 | 1,170 | 93.1 | 1,111 | 88.4 | 58 | 5.0 | 87 Year not available............| 3,644 | 2,208 | 60.6 | 2,146 | 58.9 | 63 | 2.8 | 1,436 | | | | | | | | Women | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 401 | 101 | 25.1 | 89 | 22.1 | 12 | 12.0 | 300 1965 to 1974..................| 88 | 76 | 86.0 | 72 | 82.0 | 4 | 4.7 | 12 1975 to 1984..................| 228 | 174 | 76.3 | 167 | 73.1 | 7 | 4.2 | 54 1985 to 1990..................| 210 | 172 | 81.9 | 156 | 74.5 | 15 | 9.0 | 38 1991 to 1995..................| 209 | 159 | 76.1 | 140 | 67.3 | 18 | 11.6 | 50 Year not available............| 220 | 112 | 50.9 | 99 | 45.2 | 13 | 11.3 | 108 | | | | | | | | White | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 10,603 | 3,665 | 34.6 | 3,533 | 33.3 | 132 | 3.6 | 6,937 1965 to 1974..................| 4,850 | 4,114 | 84.8 | 3,978 | 82.0 | 136 | 3.3 | 737 1975 to 1984..................| 2,230 | 1,921 | 86.1 | 1,846 | 82.8 | 75 | 3.9 | 309 1985 to 1990..................| 1,251 | 1,122 | 89.7 | 1,086 | 86.8 | 36 | 3.2 | 129 1991 to 1995..................| 1,150 | 1,043 | 90.7 | 991 | 86.2 | 51 | 4.9 | 107 Year not available............| 3,247 | 1,957 | 60.3 | 1,907 | 58.7 | 51 | 2.6 | 1,290 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 564 | 156 | 27.7 | 144 | 25.5 | 12 | 7.8 | 408 1965 to 1974..................| 408 | 317 | 77.6 | 298 | 72.9 | 19 | 6.0 | 92 1975 to 1984..................| 351 | 298 | 85.0 | 263 | 74.9 | 35 | 11.9 | 53 1985 to 1990..................| 268 | 247 | 92.2 | 228 | 85.1 | 19 | 7.7 | 21 1991 to 1995..................| 271 | 246 | 90.9 | 226 | 83.4 | 20 | 8.2 | 25 Year not available............| 540 | 319 | 59.1 | 295 | 54.8 | 23 | 7.4 | 221 | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prior to 1965.................| 235 | 88 | 37.2 | 80 | 34.1 | 7 | 8.4 | 148 1965 to 1974..................| 192 | 172 | 89.6 | 155 | 81.0 | 16 | 9.6 | 20 1975 to 1984..................| 110 | 95 | 87.1 | 85 | 77.7 | 10 | 10.8 | 14 1985 to 1990..................| 44 | 38 | (1) | 33 | (1) | 5 | (1) | 6 1991 to 1995..................| 135 | 125 | 92.8 | 112 | 83.0 | 13 | 10.6 | 10 Year not available............| 182 | 132 | 72.7 | 125 | 68.6 | 7 | 5.6 | 50 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and all other service periods. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Technical Note of this release. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.
Last Modified Date: October 16, 2001