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	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,400	17,071	15,329	14,990	2,071	2,081
Civilian labor force	8,606	8,191	7,344	7,052	1,261	1,139
Participation rate	49.5	48.0	47.9	47.0	60.9	54.7
Employed	8,244	7,822	7,044	6,749	1,200	1,073
Employment-population ratio	47.4	45.8	46.0	45.0	57.9	51.6
Unemployed	362	368	300	303	62	66
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.5	4.1	4.3	4.9	5.8
Not in labor force	8,794	8,880	7,985	7,938	810	942

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,512	5,748	4,509	4,694	1,003	1,054
Civilian labor force	4,328	4,360	3,583	3,647	745	713
Participation rate	78.5	75.9	79.5	77.7	74.2	67.7
Employed	4,123	4,107	3,420	3,445	702	662
Employment-population ratio	74.8	71.4	75.9	73.4	70.0	62.8
Unemployed	205	253	163	202	43	51
Unemployment rate	4.7	5.8	4.5	5.5	5.7	7.2
Not in labor force	1,184	1,388	925	1,047	259	340

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,302	3,194	2,815	2,730	487	464
Civilian labor force	2,311	2,147	1,987	1,869	324	278
Participation rate	70.0	67.2	70.6	68.5	66.6	59.9
Employed	2,233	2,090	1,913	1,824	320	265
Employment-population ratio	67.6	65.4	67.9	66.8	65.7	57.2
Unemployed	78	57	74	44	4	13
Unemployment rate	3.4	2.6	3.7	2.4	1.3	4.5
Not in labor force	991	1,047	828	861	163	186

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,014	4,698	4,824	4,519	190	179
Civilian labor force	665	520	637	492	28	28
Participation rate	13.3	11.1	13.2	10.9	14.7	15.9
Employed	620	500	592	472	28	28
Employment-population ratio	12.4	10.6	12.3	10.4	14.7	15.6
Unemployed	44	21	44	20	0	1
Unemployment rate	6.7	4.0	7.0	4.1	-	-
Not in labor force	4,349	4,178	4,187	4,027	162	151

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,572	3,431	3,181	3,047	391	384
Civilian labor force	1,302	1,163	1,138	1,044	165	119
Participation rate	36.5	33.9	35.8	34.3	42.2	31.0
Employed	1,268	1,126	1,119	1,008	150	118
Employment-population ratio	35.5	32.8	35.2	33.1	38.3	30.6
Unemployed	34	38	19	36	15	1
Unemployment rate	2.6	3.2	1.6	3.5	9.2	1.2
Not in labor force	2,270	2,268	2,043	2,003	226	265

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	245,633	248,478	112,775	114,428	132,858	134,050
Civilian labor force	159,139	160,734	81,527	82,252	77,612	78,482
Participation rate	64.8	64.7	72.3	71.9	58.4	58.5
Employed	152,306	153,480	77,710	78,335	74,596	75,145
Employment-population ratio	62.0	61.8	68.9	68.5	56.1	56.1
Unemployed	6,833	7,253	3,817	3,917	3,016	3,337
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.8	3.9	4.3
Not in labor force	86,494	87,744	31,248	32,177	55,246	55,568
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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