Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted

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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Total		Men		Women
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,348	17,015	15,275	14,932	2,073	2,083
Civilian labor force	8,480	8,109	7,249	6,967	1,231	1,142
Participation rate	48.9	47.7	47.5	46.7	59.4	54.8
Employed	8,160	7,796	6,996	6,735	1,164	1,061
Employment-population ratio	47.0	45.8	45.8	45.1	56.2	50.9
Unemployed	320	314	253	233	67	81
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	3.5	3.3	5.4	7.1
Not in labor force	8,868	8,906	8,026	7,965	842	941

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,616	5,808	4,631	4,750	985	1,058
Civilian labor force	4,384	4,391	3,686	3,667	698	724
Participation rate	78.1	75.6	79.6	77.2	70.9	68.4
Employed	4,249	4,194	3,588	3,528	661	666
Employment-population ratio	75.7	72.2	77.5	74.3	67.1	62.9
Unemployed	135	197	97	139	38	58
Unemployment rate	3.1	4.5	2.6	3.8	5.4	8.0
Not in labor force	1,232	1,417	945	1,083	287	335

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,221	3,150	2,711	2,686	510	464
Civilian labor force	2,200	2,032	1,841	1,768	359	264
Participation rate	68.3	64.5	67.9	65.8	70.3	56.9
Employed	2,082	1,950	1,744	1,705	338	245
Employment-population ratio	64.6	61.9	64.3	63.5	66.3	52.8
Unemployed	118	82	98	64	21	19
Unemployment rate	5.4	4.1	5.3	3.6	5.7	7.2
Not in labor force	1,021	1,118	870	918	151	200

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,962	4,649	4,774	4,471	188	178
Civilian labor force	663	527	631	505	32	22
Participation rate	13.4	11.3	13.2	11.3	16.8	12.2
Employed	627	517	596	495	32	22
Employment-population ratio	12.6	11.1	12.5	11.1	16.8	12.2
Unemployed	36	10	36	10	0	0
Unemployment rate	5.4	1.9	5.7	2.0	-	-
Not in labor force	4,299	4,122	4,143	3,966	156	156

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,549	3,408	3,159	3,025	390	383
Civilian labor force	1,233	1,159	1,090	1,027	143	133
Participation rate	34.7	34.0	34.5	33.9	36.6	34.6
Employed	1,202	1,135	1,068	1,006	134	129
Employment-population ratio	33.9	33.3	33.8	33.3	34.4	33.6
Unemployed	31	25	22	21	9	4
Unemployment rate	2.5	2.1	2.0	2.0	6.1	3.1
Not in labor force	2,316	2,249	2,069	1,998	247	250

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	246,193	248,490	113,099	113,085	133,094	135,405
Civilian labor force	159,933	159,872	81,970	80,921	77,963	78,951
Participation rate	65.0	64.3	72.5	71.6	58.6	58.3
Employed	153,348	153,140	78,277	77,337	75,071	75,803
Employment-population ratio	62.3	61.6	69.2	68.4	56.4	56.0
Unemployed	6,585	6,732	3,694	3,584	2,891	3,147
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.4	3.7	4.0
Not in labor force	86,260	88,618	31,128	32,164	55,132	56,454
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: 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), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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