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EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS--2009
The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military since
September 2001--a group referred to as Gulf War-era II veterans--was
10.2 percent in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. The jobless rate for veterans of all eras combined was 8.1
percent. About 21 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans reported hav-
ing a service-connected disability in August 2009, compared with
about 13 percent of all veterans.
This information was obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS),
a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides offi-
cial statistics on employment and unemployment in the United States.
Data about veterans are collected monthly in the CPS; those monthly
data are the source of the 2009 annual averages presented in this re-
lease. In August 2009, a supplement to the CPS collected additional
information about veterans on topics such as service-connected disabil-
ity. Information from the supplement also is presented in this re-
lease. The supplement was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs and by the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Em-
ployment and Training Service. For more information, see the Techni-
cal Note, which provides definitions of terms used in this release.
Some highlights in this release are:
-- Young male veterans (those ages 18 to 24) who served during
Gulf War era II had an unemployment rate of 21.6 percent in
2009, not statistically different from the jobless rate of
young male nonveterans (19.1 percent).
-- Male veterans age 18 to 24 were more likely to participate
in the labor force in 2009 than were their nonveteran counter-
parts--79.1 percent versus 69.1 percent.
-- The unemployment rate for disabled veterans from all service
periods was 8.2 percent in August 2009, essentially the same as
the rate for nondisabled veterans (8.3 percent).
-- Nearly 1 in 3 of employed veterans with a service-connected
disability worked in the public sector; 1 in 5 disabled veter-
ans was employed by the federal government.
-- Gulf War-era II veterans who were current or past members of
the Reserve or National Guard had an unemployment rate of 10.6
percent, compared with a rate of 13.8 percent for those who had
not been members.
The Veteran Population
In 2009, 22.2 million men and women in the civilian noninstitutional
population ages 18 and over were veterans. (See table 1.) In the CPS,
veterans are defined as men and women who have previously served on
active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and who were civilians at the
time they were surveyed.
Veterans are more likely to be men and older than nonveterans. In part,
this reflects the characteristics of veterans who served during World
War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era. Veterans who served during
these wartime periods account for about one-half (11.4 million) of the
total veteran population. A total of 4.9 million veterans served during
Gulf War era I (August 1990 to August 2001) or Gulf War era II (Septem-
ber 2001 forward). Another 5.9 million served outside the designated
wartime periods. Because age and other demographic differences affect
labor force status, the groups of veterans listed above are examined
separately in the next sections.
Gulf War-era II Veterans
In 2009, about 1.9 million of the nation's veterans had served during
Gulf War era II. About 18 percent of these veterans were women, com-
pared with 3 percent of veterans from World War II, the Korean War,
and the Vietnam era. Nearly two-thirds of all Gulf War-era II veterans
were under the age of 35. (See tables 1 and 2.)
In 2009, a large majority (83.5 percent) of Gulf War-era II veterans
participated in the labor force, and their unemployment rate was 10.2
percent. For those ages 18 to 24, the unemployment rate was 21.1 per-
cent, twice that of Gulf War-era II veterans ages 25 to 34 (10.6 per-
cent). In general, Gulf War-era II veterans had unemployment rates
that were not statistically different from those of nonveterans of
the same age group and gender.
Gulf War-era II veterans were much more likely to work in the public
sector than were nonveterans--about 27 percent and 15 percent, respec-
tively. Nearly 15 percent of employed veterans of the era worked for
the federal government, compared with about 2 percent of nonveterans.
(See table 4.)
Veterans of Gulf War era II and nonveterans had similar occupational
profiles. About one-third of the men in both groups worked in manage-
ment and professional occupations, a higher proportion than in any
other major occupational group. Among women, 45 percent of Gulf War-
era II veterans and 41 percent of nonveterans were employed in these
occupations. (See tables 3.)
Gulf War-era I Veterans
For the 2.9 million veterans who served during Gulf War era I (August
1990 to August 2001), the proportion that were men (85 percent in
2009) was similar to that of Gulf War-era II veterans. About 78 per-
cent of the era's veterans were age 35 and over, compared with 35 per-
cent of Gulf War-era II veterans. (See tables 1 and 2.)
The labor force participation rate of veterans from Gulf War era I was
87.7 percent in 2009, somewhat higher than the rate of Gulf War-era II
veterans (83.5 percent). The unemployment rate for Gulf War-era I vet-
erans (7.6 percent) was lower than the rate for Gulf War-era II vet-
erans (10.2 percent). These differences in labor force participation
and unemployment reflect, at least in part, the older age profile of
veterans who served in Gulf War era I. In general, older workers tend
to have higher participation rates and lower unemployment rates than
younger workers. Unemployment rates of Gulf War-era I veterans were
similar to those of nonveterans of the same age group and gender; how-
ever, labor force participation rates were higher for female veterans
than female nonveterans.
Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Era
In 2009, about 11.4 million veterans had served during World War II,
the Korean War, or the Vietnam era. Nearly all of these veterans were
at least 55 years old, and more than half were at least 65 years old.
Virtually all (97 percent) of these veterans were men. In 2009, 38.4
percent of male veterans of these earlier wartime periods were in the
labor force, and their unemployment rate was 7.6 percent. Male veter-
ans of these wartime periods had lower labor force participation rates
compared with male nonveterans in the same age categories. The unem-
ployment rates of these veterans and nonveterans were similar, however.
(See tables 1 and 2.)
Veterans of Other Service Periods
In 2009, nearly 6 million veterans had served on active duty during
"other service periods," mainly between the Korean War and the Vietnam
era, and between the Vietnam era and Gulf War era I. Because these
veterans served between the major wartime periods, which span several
decades, this group has a diverse age profile. About 40 percent of
these veterans were 45 to 54 years old. Another 38 percent were 65
years and over, and 14 percent were 35 to 44 years old. (See tables 1
and 2.)
Nine in 10 veterans of other service periods were men. Among most age
groups, male veterans of service periods between the designated war-
time periods had labor force participation rates and unemployment
rates that were similar to those of male nonveterans.
Veterans with a Service-connected Disability
In August 2009, about 2.8 million veterans, or 13 percent of the total,
reported having a service-connected disability. (Some veterans did not
report whether they had a service-connected disability.) Veterans with
a service-connected disability are assigned a disability rating by the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ratings range from 0 to 100 per-
cent, in increments of 10 percentage points, depending on the severity
of the condition. About 4 in 10 disabled veterans reported a disability
rating of less than 30 percent, while about 1 in 4 had a rating of 60
percent or higher. (See table 5.)
Among veterans who served in Gulf War era II, about 21 percent
(413,000) reported having a service-connected disability. Of these,
80.5 percent were in the labor force, compared with 87.2 percent of
nondisabled veterans from this period. The unemployment rate of dis-
abled veterans from Gulf War era II was 11.8 percent, not statisti-
cally different from the rate for nondisabled veterans (12.7 percent).
About 18 percent (559,000) of veterans who served during Gulf War era
I reported a service-connected disability. Their labor force partici-
pation rate (77.8 percent) was lower than the rate for veterans from
the era who did not have a disability (92.8 percent). Unemployment
rates for the disabled and nondisabled were not statistically differ-
ent (9.3 and 8.1 percent, respectively).
Among the 1.4 million disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean
War, and the Vietnam era, 28.8 percent were in the labor force in
August 2009, compared with 37.0 percent of veterans from these periods
who did not have a service-connected disability. The unemployment rate
of disabled veterans from these wartime periods was 5.1 percent; for
their nondisabled peers, it was 7.9 percent.
Disabled veterans from other service periods had a labor force parti-
cipation rate of 51.3 percent, compared with 60.1 percent for nondis-
abled veterans from these periods. The unemployment rate of disabled
veterans from other service periods was 6.2 percent, essentially the
same as for the nondisabled--7.5 percent.
Many veterans with a service-connected disability worked in the public
sector. In August 2009, 32 percent of employed disabled veterans worked
in federal, state, or local government, compared with 21 percent of
nondisabled veterans and 14 percent of nonveterans. About 20 percent of
employed disabled veterans worked for the federal government, compared
with about 8 percent of nondisabled veterans and 2 percent of nonveter-
ans. (See table 6.)
Reserve and National Guard Membership
In both Gulf War era I and Gulf War era II, about one-third of veterans
were reported to be current or past members of the Reserve or National
Guard. One-half had never belonged to the Reserve or National Guard. In-
formation on Reserve or National Guard status was not reported for the
remainder. (See table 7.)
Among Gulf War-era II veterans, those who were current or past members
of the Reserve or National Guard had an unemployment rate of 10.6 percent
in August 2009, compared with 13.8 percent for those who had never been
members. Labor force participation rates did not differ significantly by
Reserve or National Guard membership for Gulf War-era II veterans. For
veterans of Gulf War era I, labor force participation rates as well as
unemployment rates were similar for Reserve or National Guard members and
nonmembers.
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| Upcoming Change to the Veterans Supplement Schedule |
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| In the previous news release on veterans (issued March 20, |
| 2009), BLS announced that the annual releases would contain |
| data from the veterans supplement in the even-numbered years, |
| reflecting the biennial collection schedule for the supple- |
| ment. Since that announcement, legislation was passed that |
| mandates an annual veterans supplement. As a result, the |
| future annual BLS news releases on veterans will feature both |
| supplement and annual average data. |
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Technical Note
The data in this release were collected through the Current Population
Survey (CPS), The CPS--a monthly survey of about 60,000 households con-
ducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics--obtains
information on employment and unemployment among the nation's civilian non-
institutional population age 16 and over.
Most of the data in this release are annual averages for 2009, compiled
from the results of the monthly survey. Some of the data, such as those
related to service-connected disability and Reserve or National Guard status,
are from special questions asked as part of the latest veterans supplement
to the CPS, which was conducted in August 2009. The supplement was co-spon-
sored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and by the U.S. Department
of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service. Questions were asked
of persons 17 years of age and older regarding their prior service in the U.S.
Armed Forces. Data are tabulated for persons 18 years of age and older.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired in-
dividuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service:
(800) 877-8339.
Definitions
The definitions underlying the data in this release are as follows:
Veterans are men and women who previously served on active duty in the U.S.
Armed Forces. Members of the Reserve and National Guard are counted as veterans
if they had ever been called to active duty. Persons who are on active duty at
the time of the survey are outside the scope of the survey and thus not in the
estimates shown here, as are persons who reside in institutions, such as nursing
homes and prisons.
Nonveterans are men and women who never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed
Forces.
World War II, Korean War, Vietnam-era, and Gulf War-era veterans are men and
women who served in the Armed Forces during these periods, regardless of where they
served. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the
most recent one.
Veterans of other service periods are men and women who served in the Armed Forces
at any time other than World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, or the Gulf
War era. Although U.S. Armed Forces were engaged in several armed conflicts during
other service periods, these conflicts were more limited in scope and included a
smaller proportion of the Armed Forces than the selected wartime periods. Veterans
who served during one of the selected wartime periods and during another period are
classified in the wartime period.
Veteran status is obtained from responses to the question, "Did you ever serve on
active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces?"
Period of service is obtained from answers to the question asked of veterans, "When
did you serve on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces?" The following service periods
are identified:
Gulf War era II -- September 2001-present
Gulf War era I -- August 1990-August 2001
Vietnam era -- August 1964-April 1975
Korean War -- July 1950-January 1955
World War II -- December 1941-December 1946
Other service periods -- All other time periods
Period-of-service definitions are modified occasionally to reflect changes in law,
regulations, and program needs of the survey sponsors.
Presence of service-connected disability is determined by answers to the question,
"Has the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or Department of Defense (DoD) deter-
mined that you have a service-connected disability, that is, a health condition or
impairment caused or made worse by any of your military service?"
Service-connected disability rating is based on answers to the question, "What
is your current service-connected disability rating?" Answers can range from 0 to
100 percent, in increments of 10 percentage points. Ratings are determined by the
VA or DoD from a rating schedule published in the Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 38, "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief," Part 4--"Schedule for Rating
Disabilities." The rating schedule is "primarily a guide in the evaluation of dis-
ability resulting from all types of diseases and injuries encountered as a result of
or incident to military service. The percentage ratings represent as far as can
practicably be determined the average impairment in earning capacity resulting from
such diseases and injuries and their residual conditions in civil occupations."
Part 4 contains a listing of hundreds of possible disorders and assigns ratings of
0 through 100 percent, with instructions for rating multiple disorders.
Reserve or National Guard status is obtained from answers to two questions. Gulf
War-era veterans were asked: "Was any of your active service the result of a call-up
from the Reserve or National Guard?" If the answer was no, they were asked, "Have you
ever been a member of the Reserve or National Guard?" A 'yes' response to either ques-
tion classified persons as "Current or past member of the Reserve or National Guard."
A 'no' response to the latter question classified persons as "Never a member of the
Reserve or National Guard." These questions were asked only of Gulf War-era veterans.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that
the sample estimates will differ from the "true" population values they represent.
The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate.
There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on
a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population
value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-per-
cent level of confidence.
The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur
for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, the
inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, the inability or
unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the
collection or processing of the data.
For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and information on
estimating standard errors, see the explanatory note for the household survey avail-
able online at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.
Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race,
and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
Veteran status, period of service, noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino tutional Percent labor
ethnicity population Total of force
population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor force
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over................ 226,857 151,915 67.0 138,227 60.9 13,688 9.0 74,942
Veterans............................... 22,182 12,102 54.6 11,119 50.1 983 8.1 10,080
Gulf War era, total................... 4,855 4,177 86.0 3,817 78.6 360 8.6 678
Gulf War era I....................... 2,915 2,556 87.7 2,361 81.0 195 7.6 358
Gulf War era II...................... 1,940 1,620 83.5 1,455 75.0 165 10.2 319
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 11,390 4,356 38.2 4,029 35.4 327 7.5 7,034
Other service periods................. 5,937 3,569 60.1 3,273 55.1 296 8.3 2,368
Nonveterans............................ 204,676 139,813 68.3 127,108 62.1 12,706 9.1 64,862
Men
Total, 18 years and over................ 109,588 81,020 73.9 72,884 66.5 8,136 10.0 28,568
Veterans............................... 20,425 10,968 53.7 10,076 49.3 892 8.1 9,457
Gulf War era, total................... 4,057 3,558 87.7 3,254 80.2 305 8.6 499
Gulf War era I....................... 2,464 2,195 89.1 2,026 82.2 169 7.7 269
Gulf War era II...................... 1,593 1,363 85.6 1,228 77.1 136 9.9 230
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 11,008 4,223 38.4 3,903 35.5 320 7.6 6,785
Other service periods................. 5,360 3,187 59.5 2,919 54.5 267 8.4 2,173
Nonveterans............................ 89,163 70,052 78.6 62,807 70.4 7,245 10.3 19,111
Women
Total, 18 years and over................ 117,269 70,895 60.5 65,343 55.7 5,552 7.8 46,374
Veterans............................... 1,757 1,134 64.5 1,042 59.3 91 8.0 623
Gulf War era, total................... 797 618 77.5 563 70.6 55 9.0 179
Gulf War era I....................... 451 361 80.1 335 74.4 26 7.1 90
Gulf War era II...................... 347 257 74.2 228 65.6 30 11.5 89
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 382 133 34.8 126 32.9 7 5.4 249
Other service periods................. 577 382 66.2 354 61.3 29 7.5 195
Nonveterans............................ 115,512 69,761 60.4 64,301 55.7 5,461 7.8 45,751
White
Total, 18 years and over................ 184,127 123,761 67.2 113,554 61.7 10,208 8.2 60,366
Veterans............................... 19,075 10,202 53.5 9,418 49.4 784 7.7 8,873
Gulf War era, total................... 3,856 3,347 86.8 3,082 79.9 265 7.9 510
Gulf War era I....................... 2,326 2,065 88.8 1,920 82.6 145 7.0 261
Gulf War era II...................... 1,530 1,282 83.8 1,162 75.9 120 9.4 248
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 10,243 3,935 38.4 3,647 35.6 288 7.3 6,308
Other service periods................. 4,976 2,920 58.7 2,689 54.0 231 7.9 2,056
Nonveterans............................ 165,052 113,559 68.8 104,136 63.1 9,424 8.3 51,493
Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over................ 26,812 17,432 65.0 14,923 55.7 2,509 14.4 9,380
Veterans............................... 2,326 1,422 61.1 1,262 54.2 160 11.3 905
Gulf War era, total................... 747 619 82.9 541 72.5 78 12.6 128
Gulf War era I....................... 459 382 83.2 336 73.2 46 12.0 77
Gulf War era II...................... 288 238 82.4 205 71.2 32 13.5 51
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 838 303 36.2 276 32.9 28 9.1 534
Other service periods................. 742 499 67.3 445 60.0 55 10.9 242
Nonveterans............................ 24,486 16,011 65.4 13,661 55.8 2,349 14.7 8,475
Asian
Total, 18 years and over................ 10,464 7,076 67.6 6,571 62.8 505 7.1 3,388
Veterans............................... 258 152 59.0 146 56.4 7 4.4 106
Gulf War era, total................... 80 66 83.0 64 79.9 2 3.8 14
Gulf War era I....................... 41 35 85.2 34 82.9 1 2.7 6
Gulf War era II...................... 39 32 80.6 30 76.7 2 (1) 8
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 111 36 32.7 34 30.6 2 6.4 74
Other service periods................. 68 50 73.6 48 70.9 2 3.7 18
Nonveterans............................ 10,205 6,923 67.8 6,425 63.0 498 7.2 3,282
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over................ 31,201 21,961 70.4 19,378 62.1 2,584 11.8 9,240
Veterans............................... 1,225 804 65.7 742 60.6 62 7.7 420
Gulf War era, total................... 446 375 84.2 342 76.6 34 9.0 70
Gulf War era I....................... 256 225 87.8 207 80.9 18 7.9 31
Gulf War era II...................... 190 151 79.4 135 70.9 16 10.7 39
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.... 452 204 45.0 188 41.5 16 7.8 249
Other service periods................. 327 225 69.0 213 65.2 12 5.5 101
Nonveterans............................ 29,976 21,157 70.6 18,635 62.2 2,522 11.9 8,819
1 Rates are not shown where base is less than 35,000.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf
War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods
include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and
the Gulf War era. More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Estimates for the above race groups (white,
black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is
identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race
Table 2. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, period of service, and sex,
2009 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
Veteran status, age, period of service, noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
and sex tutional Percent labor
population Total of force
population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor force
TOTAL
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 22,182 12,102 54.6 11,119 50.1 983 8.1 10,080
18 to 24 years...................... 309 238 77.0 188 60.7 50 21.1 71
25 to 34 years...................... 1,602 1,373 85.7 1,221 76.2 152 11.1 229
35 to 44 years...................... 2,519 2,273 90.3 2,106 83.6 167 7.3 245
45 to 54 years...................... 3,673 3,068 83.5 2,815 76.6 254 8.3 605
55 to 64 years...................... 5,481 3,521 64.2 3,269 59.6 252 7.2 1,960
65 years and over................... 8,597 1,628 18.9 1,520 17.7 108 6.6 6,969
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 4,855 4,177 86.0 3,817 78.6 360 8.6 678
18 to 24 years...................... 309 238 77.0 188 60.7 50 21.1 71
25 to 34 years...................... 1,602 1,373 85.7 1,221 76.2 152 11.1 229
35 to 44 years...................... 1,681 1,535 91.3 1,434 85.3 101 6.6 146
45 to 54 years...................... 856 751 87.7 711 83.0 40 5.3 105
55 to 64 years...................... 343 256 74.6 241 70.1 15 6.0 87
65 years and over................... 62 23 37.2 22 35.2 1 (1) 39
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over................ 2,915 2,556 87.7 2,361 81.0 195 7.6 358
25 to 34 years...................... 655 575 87.7 507 77.4 67 11.7 81
35 to 44 years...................... 1,371 1,264 92.2 1,180 86.0 85 6.7 107
45 to 54 years...................... 575 505 87.8 474 82.4 31 6.2 70
55 to 64 years...................... 259 192 74.4 181 70.2 11 5.7 66
65 years and over................... 55 20 37.4 19 35.5 1 (1) 34
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,940 1,620 83.5 1,455 75.0 165 10.2 319
18 to 24 years...................... 309 238 77.0 188 60.7 50 21.1 71
25 to 34 years...................... 947 799 84.4 714 75.4 85 10.6 148
35 to 44 years...................... 310 271 87.5 255 82.2 16 6.0 39
45 to 54 years...................... 281 246 87.5 237 84.3 9 3.6 35
55 to 64 years...................... 85 64 75.1 59 69.9 4 7.0 21
65 years and over................... 8 3 (1) 3 (1) - (1) 5
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 45 years and over................ 11,390 4,356 38.2 4,029 35.4 327 7.5 7,034
45 to 54 years...................... 414 309 74.7 273 65.9 36 11.7 105
55 to 64 years...................... 4,713 2,986 63.4 2,764 58.6 223 7.5 1,727
65 years and over................... 6,263 1,061 16.9 993 15.9 68 6.4 5,203
Other service periods
Total, 35 years and over................ 5,937 3,569 60.1 3,273 55.1 296 8.3 2,368
35 to 44 years...................... 838 738 88.1 672 80.2 66 8.9 100
45 to 54 years...................... 2,404 2,009 83.6 1,831 76.2 177 8.8 395
55 to 64 years...................... 424 279 65.6 265 62.4 14 4.9 146
65 years and over................... 2,271 544 23.9 505 22.2 39 7.2 1,728
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 204,676 139,813 68.3 127,108 62.1 12,706 9.1 64,862
18 to 24 years...................... 28,315 18,896 66.7 15,762 55.7 3,133 16.6 9,419
25 to 34 years...................... 38,678 31,925 82.5 28,793 74.4 3,131 9.8 6,753
35 to 44 years...................... 38,401 31,965 83.2 29,410 76.6 2,555 8.0 6,436
45 to 54 years...................... 40,694 33,139 81.4 30,798 75.7 2,341 7.1 7,555
55 to 64 years...................... 29,192 18,986 65.0 17,749 60.8 1,237 6.5 10,205
65 years and over................... 29,397 4,902 16.7 4,594 15.6 308 6.3 24,494
MEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 20,425 10,968 53.7 10,076 49.3 892 8.1 9,457
18 to 24 years...................... 243 193 79.1 151 62.0 42 21.6 51
25 to 34 years...................... 1,296 1,146 88.4 1,018 78.5 129 11.2 150
35 to 44 years...................... 2,160 1,982 91.8 1,836 85.0 146 7.3 178
45 to 54 years...................... 3,186 2,682 84.2 2,453 77.0 229 8.5 504
55 to 64 years...................... 5,213 3,366 64.6 3,125 59.9 241 7.2 1,847
65 years and over................... 8,326 1,599 19.2 1,494 17.9 105 6.6 6,727
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 4,057 3,558 87.7 3,254 80.2 305 8.6 499
18 to 24 years...................... 243 193 79.1 151 62.0 42 21.6 51
25 to 34 years...................... 1,296 1,146 88.4 1,018 78.5 129 11.2 150
35 to 44 years...................... 1,432 1,328 92.8 1,242 86.7 87 6.5 103
45 to 54 years...................... 713 630 88.4 595 83.5 35 5.6 83
55 to 64 years...................... 314 238 75.8 226 71.9 12 5.1 76
65 years and over................... 59 23 38.5 22 37.6 1 (1) 36
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over................ 2,464 2,195 89.1 2,026 82.2 169 7.7 269
25 to 34 years...................... 532 479 90.0 420 78.9 59 12.3 53
35 to 44 years...................... 1,169 1,096 93.7 1,022 87.4 74 6.7 73
45 to 54 years...................... 473 422 89.1 395 83.4 27 6.4 51
55 to 64 years...................... 238 179 75.4 170 71.7 9 4.9 59
65 years and over................... 52 20 38.1 19 37.5 - (1) 32
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,593 1,363 85.6 1,228 77.1 136 9.9 230
18 to 24 years...................... 243 193 79.1 151 62.0 42 21.6 51
25 to 34 years...................... 764 668 87.4 598 78.2 70 10.5 97
35 to 44 years...................... 262 233 88.6 220 83.8 13 5.5 30
45 to 54 years...................... 239 208 87.0 200 83.8 8 3.8 31
55 to 64 years...................... 77 59 77.2 56 72.7 3 5.7 18
65 years and over................... 7 3 (1) 3 (1) - (1) 4
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 45 years and over................ 11,008 4,223 38.4 3,903 35.5 320 7.6 6,785
45 to 54 years...................... 386 292 75.7 256 66.4 36 12.3 94
55 to 64 years...................... 4,543 2,886 63.5 2,669 58.7 217 7.5 1,658
65 years and over................... 6,079 1,046 17.2 979 16.1 67 6.4 5,034
Other service periods
Total, 35 years and over................ 5,360 3,187 59.5 2,919 54.5 267 8.4 2,173
35 to 44 years...................... 728 653 89.7 594 81.6 59 9.0 75
45 to 54 years...................... 2,088 1,761 84.3 1,602 76.7 159 9.0 328
55 to 64 years...................... 355 242 68.1 230 64.6 12 5.1 114
65 years and over................... 2,188 531 24.3 493 22.5 38 7.1 1,658
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 89,163 70,052 78.6 62,807 70.4 7,245 10.3 19,111
18 to 24 years...................... 14,136 9,770 69.1 7,901 55.9 1,869 19.1 4,366
25 to 34 years...................... 18,870 17,064 90.4 15,206 80.6 1,859 10.9 1,806
35 to 44 years...................... 18,039 16,536 91.7 15,082 83.6 1,455 8.8 1,503
45 to 54 years...................... 18,547 16,320 88.0 14,990 80.8 1,331 8.2 2,227
55 to 64 years...................... 11,487 8,366 72.8 7,766 67.6 601 7.2 3,121
65 years and over................... 8,084 1,994 24.7 1,863 23.0 131 6.6 6,089
WOMEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,757 1,134 64.5 1,042 59.3 91 8.0 623
18 to 24 years...................... 66 45 69.1 37 55.8 9 19.2 20
25 to 34 years...................... 306 227 74.2 203 66.5 23 10.3 79
35 to 44 years...................... 359 291 81.1 270 75.2 21 7.3 68
45 to 54 years...................... 487 386 79.2 362 74.3 24 6.3 101
55 to 64 years...................... 268 155 57.9 145 53.9 11 7.0 113
65 years and over................... 271 29 10.5 26 9.5 3 (1) 242
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 797 618 77.5 563 70.6 55 9.0 179
18 to 24 years...................... 66 45 69.1 37 55.8 9 19.2 20
25 to 34 years...................... 306 227 74.2 203 66.5 23 10.3 79
35 to 44 years...................... 250 207 82.8 192 77.1 14 6.9 43
45 to 54 years...................... 143 121 84.2 116 80.7 5 4.2 23
55 to 64 years...................... 29 18 (1) 14 (1) 3 (1) 11
65 years and over................... 4 1 (1) - (1) 1 (1) 3
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over................ 451 361 80.1 335 74.4 26 7.1 90
25 to 34 years...................... 123 96 77.7 88 71.1 8 8.5 27
35 to 44 years...................... 202 168 83.3 158 78.0 11 6.4 34
45 to 54 years...................... 101 83 81.7 79 77.8 4 4.7 19
55 to 64 years...................... 21 13 (1) 11 (1) 2 (1) 8
65 years and over................... 3 1 (1) - - 1 (1) 2
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 347 257 74.2 228 65.6 30 11.5 89
18 to 24 years...................... 66 45 69.1 37 55.8 9 19.2 20
25 to 34 years...................... 183 131 71.8 116 63.5 15 11.6 52
35 to 44 years...................... 47 38 81.0 35 73.5 4 9.3 9
45 to 54 years...................... 42 38 90.4 37 87.7 1 3.0 4
55 to 64 years...................... 8 4 (1) 3 (1) 1 (1) 4
65 years and over................... 1 - - - - - - 1
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 45 years and over................ 382 133 34.8 126 32.9 7 5.4 249
45 to 54 years...................... 28 17 (1) 17 (1) - (1) 11
55 to 64 years...................... 170 101 59.3 95 55.7 6 6.1 69
65 years and over................... 184 15 8.1 14 7.8 1 (1) 169
Other service periods
Total, 35 years and over................ 577 382 66.2 354 61.3 29 7.5 195
35 to 44 years...................... 109 85 77.3 78 70.9 7 8.2 25
45 to 54 years...................... 315 248 78.6 229 72.7 19 7.5 67
55 to 64 years...................... 69 37 53.1 35 50.9 1 4.0 32
65 years and over................... 83 13 15.6 12 13.9 1 (1) 70
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 115,512 69,761 60.4 64,301 55.7 5,461 7.8 45,751
18 to 24 years...................... 14,179 9,125 64.4 7,861 55.4 1,265 13.9 5,054
25 to 34 years...................... 19,808 14,860 75.0 13,588 68.6 1,273 8.6 4,947
35 to 44 years...................... 20,362 15,429 75.8 14,329 70.4 1,100 7.1 4,933
45 to 54 years...................... 22,147 16,819 75.9 15,809 71.4 1,010 6.0 5,328
55 to 64 years...................... 17,704 10,620 60.0 9,984 56.4 636 6.0 7,084
65 years and over................... 21,313 2,908 13.6 2,731 12.8 177 6.1 18,405
1 Rates are not shown where base is less than 35,000.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf
War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods
include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and
the Gulf War era. More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Table 3. Employed persons 18 years and over by occupation, sex, veteran status, and period of service,
2009 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean War, Other Non-
Occupation Veterans and Vietnam service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War era periods
era I era II
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 11,119 3,817 2,361 1,455 4,029 3,273 127,108
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 37.6 36.5 37.8 34.5 40.2 35.5 37.7
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations.............................................. 18.4 15.8 16.6 14.5 21.7 17.3 15.3
Professional and related occupations..................... 19.2 20.7 21.1 20.0 18.5 18.3 22.4
Service occupations........................................ 13.6 16.1 14.8 18.3 11.0 13.9 17.6
Sales and office occupations............................... 17.5 16.9 16.6 17.4 18.6 16.8 24.6
Sales and related occupations............................ 9.2 7.3 7.1 7.5 11.2 8.9 11.2
Office and administrative support occupations............ 8.3 9.6 9.4 9.9 7.4 7.8 13.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations.............................................. 14.6 15.4 15.5 15.2 13.4 15.3 9.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... .4 .2 .2 .2 .4 .4 .7
Construction and extraction occupations.................. 7.0 6.7 7.3 5.8 7.0 7.5 5.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 7.2 8.5 8.0 9.2 6.0 7.3 3.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 16.7 15.1 15.4 14.6 16.8 18.5 11.0
Production occupations................................... 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.0 6.3 7.3 5.4
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 10.1 8.8 8.9 8.6 10.5 11.3 5.6
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 10,076 3,254 2,026 1,228 3,903 2,919 62,807
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 36.3 34.3 35.4 32.5 39.8 33.7 34.5
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations.............................................. 18.4 15.6 16.3 14.6 21.9 16.8 16.6
Professional and related occupations..................... 17.9 18.7 19.1 18.0 17.9 16.9 17.9
Service occupations........................................ 13.5 16.1 15.0 17.8 11.0 13.9 14.1
Sales and office occupations............................... 16.5 15.1 15.0 15.3 18.2 15.7 16.9
Sales and related occupations............................ 9.3 7.3 7.2 7.4 11.3 9.1 10.8
Office and administrative support occupations............ 7.1 7.8 7.8 7.9 6.9 6.6 6.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations.............................................. 16.0 17.8 17.8 17.7 13.8 16.8 17.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... .4 .2 .3 .2 .5 .4 1.0
Construction and extraction occupations.................. 7.7 7.7 8.3 6.8 7.2 8.3 10.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 7.9 9.8 9.3 10.7 6.2 8.0 6.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 17.8 16.7 16.9 16.6 17.2 19.9 16.9
Production occupations................................... 7.0 7.0 7.2 6.7 6.4 7.8 7.6
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 10.8 9.7 9.6 9.8 10.7 12.1 9.3
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 1,042 563 335 228 126 354 64,301
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 50.0 49.2 52.1 45.0 52.2 50.5 40.9
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations.............................................. 18.1 16.8 18.4 14.3 16.0 20.9 14.0
Professional and related occupations..................... 31.9 32.5 33.7 30.7 36.2 29.6 26.8
Service occupations........................................ 14.9 16.6 13.6 21.0 9.4 14.2 21.0
Sales and office occupations............................... 26.9 27.2 26.3 28.5 30.4 25.3 32.1
Sales and related occupations............................ 7.6 7.3 6.9 7.9 9.5 7.4 11.5
Office and administrative support occupations............ 19.3 19.8 19.4 20.6 20.9 17.9 20.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations.............................................. 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 2.6 .9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... - - - - - .1 .3
Construction and extraction occupations.................. .8 .8 1.2 .4 .5 .9 .3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 1.0 .7 .5 1.0 .8 1.6 .3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 6.3 5.4 6.4 4.1 6.7 7.5 5.2
Production occupations................................... 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.4 2.9 3.3
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 3.8 3.4 4.3 2.0 3.3 4.6 1.9
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service,
2009 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean War, Other Non-
Industry and class of worker Veterans and Vietnam service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War era periods
era I era II
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 11,119 3,817 2,361 1,455 4,029 3,273 127,108
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 1.9 .7 .7 .8 3.1 1.7 1.4
Wage and salary workers.................................. .7 .5 .4 .5 .8 .8 .9
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.2 .3 .3 .3 2.2 .9 .5
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.1 99.3 99.3 99.2 96.9 98.3 98.6
Wage and salary workers.................................. 90.9 95.8 95.2 96.7 86.0 91.0 92.1
Private industries..................................... 69.5 70.1 70.4 69.5 67.9 70.7 77.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .8 1.0 1.2 .7 .6 .7 .5
Construction......................................... 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.0 6.0 6.8 5.3
Manufacturing........................................ 13.1 12.0 12.7 10.9 12.8 14.6 9.7
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.4 3.1 2.6
Retail trade......................................... 8.2 7.9 7.6 8.3 8.9 7.8 10.7
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.0 6.7 7.2 6.0 6.7 7.7 3.6
Information.......................................... 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.5 1.6 2.5 2.1
Financial activities................................. 4.5 4.5 4.9 3.8 4.5 4.6 6.4
Professional and business services................... 9.1 10.3 9.4 11.8 8.8 8.0 9.1
Education and health services........................ 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.4 7.4 8.1 14.8
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 4.0 4.8 4.5 5.4 3.3 3.9 8.3
Other services....................................... 3.2 2.7 2.3 3.3 3.8 2.9 4.3
Government............................................. 21.4 25.7 24.8 27.2 18.2 20.4 14.8
Federal.............................................. 8.5 11.9 10.2 14.7 5.9 7.6 2.1
State................................................ 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.6
Local................................................ 8.5 9.0 9.5 8.3 8.0 8.5 8.1
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.2 3.4 4.1 2.4 10.9 7.2 6.4
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - - -
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 10,076 3,254 2,026 1,228 3,903 2,919 62,807
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 2.0 .8 .7 .9 3.1 1.9 2.2
Wage and salary workers.................................. .7 .5 .4 .5 .8 .9 1.4
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.3 .3 .3 .4 2.3 1.0 .8
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.0 99.2 99.3 99.1 96.9 98.1 97.8
Wage and salary workers.................................. 90.4 95.6 95.0 96.5 85.9 90.7 90.3
Private industries..................................... 70.0 70.9 71.1 70.7 68.0 71.8 79.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .8 1.1 1.3 .8 .6 .7 .8
Construction......................................... 6.9 7.3 7.5 6.8 6.1 7.5 9.6
Manufacturing........................................ 13.8 13.3 14.1 11.9 13.0 15.3 13.4
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.5
Retail trade......................................... 8.2 7.7 7.4 8.2 8.9 7.9 10.5
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.5 7.5 7.9 6.9 6.8 8.4 5.6
Information.......................................... 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.7 1.7 2.8 2.4
Financial activities................................. 4.4 4.3 4.6 3.6 4.5 4.3 5.5
Professional and business services................... 9.2 10.5 9.7 11.9 9.0 8.2 10.1
Education and health services........................ 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.8 6.6 6.2
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.9 4.7 4.3 5.3 3.3 3.9 7.8
Other services....................................... 3.2 2.8 2.3 3.6 3.8 2.8 3.9
Government............................................. 20.4 24.6 23.9 25.8 18.0 18.9 11.2
Federal.............................................. 7.9 11.2 9.6 13.8 5.9 6.9 2.0
State................................................ 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.4
Local................................................ 8.3 8.9 9.3 8.1 7.9 8.1 5.8
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.6 3.6 4.3 2.6 11.0 7.4 7.5
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - - -
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 1,042 563 335 228 126 354 64,301
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... .7 .4 .3 .6 2.4 .6 .7
Wage and salary workers.................................. .3 .4 .3 .6 .8 - .4
Self-employed workers.................................... .4 - - - 1.6 .5 .3
Nonagricultural industries................................. 99.3 99.6 99.7 99.4 97.6 99.4 99.3
Wage and salary workers.................................. 95.1 97.1 96.7 97.8 89.5 93.8 93.9
Private industries..................................... 63.9 65.3 66.6 63.3 64.9 61.5 75.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .5 .6 1.0 .1 - .6 .1
Construction......................................... 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.7 .7 1.2 1.2
Manufacturing........................................ 6.4 4.7 4.2 5.5 8.5 8.3 6.0
Wholesale trade...................................... 1.6 1.4 2.1 .4 1.9 1.7 1.6
Retail trade......................................... 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.5 6.7 11.0
Transportation and utilities......................... 2.4 2.2 2.8 1.3 5.2 1.9 1.7
Information.......................................... 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 - .5 1.8
Financial activities................................. 5.8 5.6 6.4 4.4 3.6 6.9 7.4
Professional and business services................... 7.8 9.0 7.8 10.9 5.1 6.7 8.0
Education and health services........................ 21.9 22.2 23.0 21.0 25.2 20.1 23.3
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 4.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 4.1 3.1 8.7
Other services....................................... 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.3 3.8 4.6
Government............................................. 31.2 31.9 30.1 34.6 24.6 32.3 18.4
Federal.............................................. 14.4 16.3 13.9 19.9 6.6 14.1 2.3
State................................................ 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.2 7.2 6.1 5.7
Local................................................ 10.8 9.9 10.2 9.5 10.8 12.2 10.4
Self-employed workers.................................... 4.2 2.4 3.0 1.6 8.1 5.6 5.3
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - - .1
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction
of the 2007 Census industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Classification System. The self employed refer to
the unincorporated self employed. The incorporated self employed are considered wage and salary workers. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Table 5. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by presence of service-connected disability, reported disability rating,
period of service, and sex, August 2009, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Presence of disability, reported disability Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in
rating, noninsti- labor
period of service, and sex tutional Percent force
population Total of Percent Percent
population Total of Total of
population labor
force
TOTAL
VETERANS
Total........................................... 22,137 12,063 54.5 11,130 50.3 933 7.7 10,074
With service-connected disability................. 2,824 1,397 49.5 1,283 45.4 114 8.2 1,427
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 1,163 682 58.6 638 54.8 45 6.5 481
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 685 416 60.6 377 54.9 39 9.4 270
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 747 198 26.5 180 24.1 18 8.9 549
Disability rating not reported.................. 228 101 44.4 88 38.7 13 13.0 127
Without service-connected disability.............. 16,215 8,749 54.0 8,020 49.5 729 8.3 7,465
Presence of disability not reported............... 3,098 1,916 61.9 1,827 59.0 89 4.7 1,182
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 4,974 4,327 87.0 3,948 79.4 379 8.8 647
With service-connected disability................. 972 767 78.9 687 70.7 80 10.4 205
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 429 365 85.1 332 77.3 33 9.1 64
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 299 255 85.4 226 75.7 29 11.4 44
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 187 115 61.4 105 55.8 10 9.1 72
Disability rating not reported.................. 56 32 (1) 25 (1) 7 (1) 25
Without service-connected disability.............. 3,147 2,856 90.7 2,578 81.9 277 9.7 292
Presence of disability not reported............... 855 704 82.4 682 79.8 22 3.1 150
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 3,027 2,683 88.6 2,490 82.2 193 7.2 344
With service-connected disability................. 559 434 77.8 394 70.5 41 9.3 124
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 285 237 83.2 219 77.0 18 7.4 48
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 145 125 86.3 109 74.9 16 13.1 20
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 100 52 52.3 48 48.6 4 (1) 48
Disability rating not reported.................. 29 20 (1) 18 (1) 3 (1) 9
Without service-connected disability.............. 2,003 1,858 92.8 1,708 85.3 150 8.1 145
Presence of disability not reported............... 465 390 83.9 388 83.3 3 .6 75
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 1,947 1,644 84.5 1,459 74.9 185 11.3 302
With service-connected disability................. 413 333 80.5 293 71.0 39 11.8 80
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 144 128 88.7 112 77.9 16 12.2 16
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 154 131 84.6 118 76.3 13 9.8 24
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 88 63 71.7 56 64.1 7 (1) 25
Disability rating not reported.................. 27 11 (1) 7 (1) 4 (1) 16
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,144 997 87.2 871 76.1 127 12.7 147
Presence of disability not reported............... 389 314 80.7 295 75.7 19 6.2 75
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 11,338 4,239 37.4 3,930 34.7 309 7.3 7,099
With service-connected disability................. 1,421 409 28.8 388 27.3 21 5.1 1,012
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 544 209 38.5 201 37.0 8 3.8 335
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 276 90 32.6 85 30.8 5 5.6 186
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 476 64 13.4 59 12.4 4 (1) 412
Disability rating not reported.................. 125 46 36.6 42 34.0 3 (1) 79
Without service-connected disability.............. 8,509 3,152 37.0 2,905 34.1 248 7.9 5,357
Presence of disability not reported............... 1,408 678 48.1 637 45.2 41 6.0 730
Other service periods
Total........................................... 5,825 3,497 60.0 3,252 55.8 245 7.0 2,328
With service-connected disability................. 432 221 51.3 208 48.1 14 6.2 210
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 191 108 56.7 105 54.9 3 3.1 83
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 110 70 63.6 65 59.3 5 (1) 40
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 84 19 23.1 17 19.8 3 (1) 65
Disability rating not reported.................. 47 24 (1) 21 (1) 3 (1) 23
Without service-connected disability.............. 4,558 2,741 60.1 2,537 55.7 204 7.5 1,817
Presence of disability not reported............... 835 534 63.9 508 60.8 26 5.0 301
MEN
VETERANS
Total........................................... 20,378 10,916 53.6 10,065 49.4 851 7.8 9,462
With service-connected disability................. 2,568 1,234 48.1 1,133 44.1 101 8.2 1,334
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 1,075 621 57.8 583 54.2 38 6.2 454
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 613 363 59.3 324 53.0 39 10.7 249
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 680 161 23.7 147 21.6 15 9.1 519
Disability rating not reported.................. 200 88 44.1 79 39.5 9 10.2 112
Without service-connected disability.............. 14,996 7,946 53.0 7,285 48.6 661 8.3 7,050
Presence of disability not reported............... 2,814 1,736 61.7 1,647 58.5 89 5.1 1,078
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 4,127 3,651 88.5 3,332 80.7 319 8.7 476
With service-connected disability................. 806 639 79.3 572 71.0 67 10.5 167
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 375 314 83.9 287 76.5 28 8.8 60
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 254 224 88.1 194 76.6 29 13.0 30
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 149 82 55.3 75 50.3 7 9.0 67
Disability rating not reported.................. 28 18 (1) 15 (1) 3 (1) 10
Without service-connected disability.............. 2,607 2,413 92.6 2,183 83.7 230 9.5 193
Presence of disability not reported............... 714 599 83.9 577 80.8 22 3.6 115
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 2,546 2,297 90.2 2,131 83.7 166 7.2 249
With service-connected disability................. 461 356 77.1 324 70.2 32 9.0 106
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 248 203 81.8 191 77.0 12 5.9 45
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 119 100 84.4 84 70.5 16 16.4 19
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 82 40 48.6 39 47.7 1 (1) 42
Disability rating not reported.................. 13 13 (1) 10 (1) 3 (1) -
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,700 1,605 94.4 1,473 86.7 132 8.2 95
Presence of disability not reported............... 384 337 87.5 334 86.9 3 .7 48
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 1,581 1,354 85.7 1,201 76.0 153 11.3 227
With service-connected disability................. 344 283 82.2 248 72.0 35 12.4 61
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 126 111 88.1 96 75.7 16 14.0 15
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 135 124 91.3 111 81.9 13 10.3 12
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 68 43 (1) 36 (1) 7 (1) 25
Disability rating not reported.................. 15 5 (1) 5 (1) - - 10
Without service-connected disability.............. 907 809 89.2 710 78.3 99 12.2 98
Presence of disability not reported............... 330 262 79.6 243 73.7 19 7.4 67
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 10,952 4,115 37.6 3,817 34.9 298 7.2 6,837
With service-connected disability................. 1,383 399 28.8 378 27.3 21 5.2 985
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 524 206 39.3 198 37.8 8 3.9 318
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 264 83 31.4 78 29.5 5 6.1 181
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 470 64 13.6 59 12.6 4 (1) 406
Disability rating not reported.................. 125 46 36.6 42 34.0 3 (1) 79
Without service-connected disability.............. 8,222 3,056 37.2 2,820 34.3 236 7.7 5,167
Presence of disability not reported............... 1,346 661 49.1 620 46.1 41 6.2 685
Other service periods
Total........................................... 5,300 3,150 59.4 2,916 55.0 235 7.4 2,149
With service-connected disability................. 379 197 52.0 184 48.5 13 6.7 182
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 177 101 57.3 98 55.7 3 2.7 75
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 94 57 60.3 52 55.3 5 (1) 37
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 61 15 (1) 12 (1) 3 (1) 46
Disability rating not reported.................. 47 24 (1) 21 (1) 3 (1) 23
Without service-connected disability.............. 4,167 2,477 59.4 2,282 54.8 195 7.9 1,690
Presence of disability not reported............... 754 476 63.1 450 59.6 26 5.6 278
WOMEN
VETERANS
Total........................................... 1,759 1,147 65.2 1,065 60.5 82 7.1 612
With service-connected disability................. 256 163 63.6 149 58.3 13 8.2 93
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 88 61 69.0 54 61.9 6 (1) 27
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 73 52 (1) 52 (1) - - 21
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 67 37 (1) 34 (1) 3 (1) 30
Disability rating not reported.................. 28 13 (1) 9 (1) 4 (1) 15
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,219 803 65.9 735 60.3 68 8.5 416
Presence of disability not reported............... 284 180 63.5 180 63.5 - - 103
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 847 676 79.8 616 72.7 60 8.9 171
With service-connected disability................. 166 128 77.3 115 69.6 13 10.0 38
Without service-connected disability.............. 540 442 81.8 395 73.1 47 10.6 98
Presence of disability not reported............... 140 105 75.0 105 75.0 - - 35
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 481 386 80.2 358 74.5 27 7.1 95
With service-connected disability................. 97 79 81.1 70 72.2 9 11.0 18
Without service-connected disability.............. 303 253 83.6 235 77.4 19 7.4 50
Presence of disability not reported............... 81 54 66.4 54 66.4 - - 27
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 366 290 79.3 257 70.4 33 11.2 76
With service-connected disability................. 69 50 (1) 45 (1) 4 (1) 19
Without service-connected disability.............. 237 189 79.6 161 67.7 28 15.0 48
Presence of disability not reported............... 60 52 (1) 52 (1) - - 8
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 387 124 32.1 113 29.1 12 9.3 263
With service-connected disability................. 38 10 (1) 10 (1) - - 28
Without service-connected disability.............. 287 97 33.7 85 29.7 12 11.9 190
Presence of disability not reported............... 62 17 (1) 17 (1) - - 45
Other service periods
Total........................................... 525 347 66.0 337 64.1 10 2.9 179
With service-connected disability................. 53 24 (1) 24 (1) 1 (1) 28
Without service-connected disability.............. 391 264 67.5 255 65.1 10 3.6 127
Presence of disability not reported............... 81 58 71.3 58 71.3 - - 23
1 Rates not shown where the base is less than 75,000. Small estimated levels are based on a small number of survey responses and, thus,
are subject to relatively large standard errors.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf
War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods
include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and
the Gulf War era. 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." More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to
zero.
Table 6. Employed persons 18 years and over by veteran status, presence of service-connected disability, period of service,
and class of worker, August 2009, not seasonally adjusted
Percent distribution by class of worker
Nonagricultural industries
Total
Veteran status, presence of disability, and employed Wage and salary workers
period of service (thou- Agricul-
sands) Total ture and Self-
related Government employed
industries Total and unpaid
Private family
sector State workers
Total Federal and
local
Veterans, total (1).......................... 11,130 100.0 1.9 98.1 68.5 22.3 9.0 13.3 7.3
With service-connected disability.......... 1,283 100.0 .8 99.2 61.1 32.3 19.9 12.4 5.8
Without service-connected disability....... 8,020 100.0 2.3 97.7 68.9 21.4 7.6 13.8 7.5
Gulf War era, total (1).................... 3,948 100.0 .9 99.1 68.4 27.2 12.5 14.7 3.6
With service-connected disability........ 687 100.0 .4 99.6 60.9 34.6 23.2 11.4 4.1
Without service-connected disability..... 2,578 100.0 .9 99.1 70.1 25.7 10.1 15.6 3.3
Gulf War era I (1)....................... 2,490 100.0 1.1 98.9 67.7 26.4 12.4 14.0 4.8
With service-connected disability...... 394 100.0 .1 99.9 58.0 36.7 28.1 8.7 5.2
Without service-connected disability... 1,708 100.0 1.1 98.9 69.5 24.9 9.2 15.7 4.5
Gulf War era II (1)...................... 1,459 100.0 .5 99.5 69.5 28.4 12.6 15.8 1.5
With service-connected disability...... 293 100.0 .8 99.2 64.7 31.8 16.7 15.1 2.7
Without service-connected disability... 871 100.0 .6 99.4 71.4 27.2 11.8 15.3 .9
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (1)..... 3,930 100.0 2.7 97.3 68.8 17.6 6.1 11.5 10.9
With service-connected disability........ 388 100.0 1.4 98.6 63.5 25.5 11.2 14.4 9.6
Without service-connected disability..... 2,905 100.0 3.3 96.7 68.5 17.2 5.6 11.6 10.9
Other service periods (1).................. 3,252 100.0 2.2 97.8 68.4 22.0 8.3 13.7 7.4
With service-connected disability........ 208 100.0 1.1 98.9 57.4 37.5 25.4 12.1 4.0
Without service-connected disability..... 2,537 100.0 2.4 97.6 68.0 21.8 7.2 14.5 7.8
Nonveterans.................................. 126,995 100.0 1.5 98.5 77.5 14.3 2.1 12.2 6.6
1 Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
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." More
detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release.
Table 7. Employment status of Gulf War era veterans by Reserve or National Guard status, August 2009, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in
Period of service and noninsti- labor
Reserve or National Guard status tutional Percent force
population Total of Percent Percent
population Total of Total of
population labor
force
VETERANS
Gulf War era, total
Total............................................... 4,974 4,327 87.0 3,948 79.4 379 8.8 647
Current or past member of Reserve or National Guard... 1,628 1,428 87.7 1,304 80.1 124 8.7 199
Never a member of Reserve or National Guard .......... 2,487 2,198 88.4 1,966 79.1 232 10.5 289
Reserve or National Guard membership not reported..... 859 701 81.6 678 78.9 23 3.3 158
Gulf War era I
Total............................................... 3,027 2,683 88.6 2,490 82.2 193 7.2 344
Current or past member of Reserve or National Guard... 960 852 88.7 789 82.2 63 7.4 108
Never a member of Reserve or National Guard .......... 1,588 1,435 90.3 1,308 82.4 127 8.8 153
Reserve or National Guard membership not reported..... 478 396 82.7 392 82.0 3 .9 83
Gulf War era II
Total............................................... 1,947 1,644 84.5 1,459 74.9 185 11.3 302
Current or past member of Reserve or National Guard... 667 576 86.3 515 77.2 61 10.6 91
Never a member of Reserve or National Guard .......... 898 763 84.9 658 73.2 105 13.8 136
Reserve or National Guard membership not reported..... 381 305 80.2 286 75.1 19 6.3 75
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War
era, and all other service periods. The Gulf War era began in August 1990 and continues to the present day. More detailed information
appears in the Technical Note of this release.
United States Department of Labor
