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	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,433	17,092	15,376	15,013	2,057	2,079
Civilian labor force	8,403	8,239	7,202	7,155	1,201	1,084
Participation rate	48.2	48.2	46.8	47.7	58.4	52.1
Employed	8,171	7,918	7,014	6,883	1,157	1,035
Employment-population ratio	46.9	46.3	45.6	45.8	56.2	49.8
Unemployed	232	322	188	273	44	49
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.9	2.6	3.8	3.7	4.5
Not in labor force	9,030	8,853	8,174	7,858	856	995

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,255	5,659	4,305	4,596	950	1,063
Civilian labor force	4,121	4,338	3,456	3,641	665	698
Participation rate	78.4	76.7	80.3	79.2	70.1	65.6
Employed	3,961	4,117	3,331	3,452	630	665
Employment-population ratio	75.4	72.8	77.4	75.1	66.3	62.6
Unemployed	160	221	125	188	35	33
Unemployment rate	3.9	5.1	3.6	5.2	5.3	4.7
Not in labor force	1,134	1,320	849	955	284	365

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,956	3,269	2,492	2,817	464	452
Civilian labor force	2,064	2,206	1,753	1,942	311	264
Participation rate	69.8	67.5	70.4	68.9	67.1	58.4
Employed	2,039	2,159	1,737	1,906	302	253
Employment-population ratio	69.0	66.0	69.7	67.7	65.2	55.9
Unemployed	25	48	16	36	9	11
Unemployment rate	1.2	2.2	0.9	1.9	2.9	4.2
Not in labor force	891	1,063	738	875	153	188

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,498	4,723	5,264	4,543	234	180
Civilian labor force	736	507	694	494	42	13
Participation rate	13.4	10.7	13.2	10.9	17.9	7.4
Employed	715	493	673	480	42	13
Employment-population ratio	13.0	10.4	12.8	10.6	17.9	7.4
Unemployed	21	14	21	14	0	0
Unemployment rate	2.9	2.7	3.0	2.8	-	-
Not in labor force	4,762	4,216	4,570	4,049	192	167

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,724	3,441	3,315	3,057	409	384
Civilian labor force	1,481	1,188	1,298	1,079	183	109
Participation rate	39.8	34.5	39.2	35.3	44.6	28.3
Employed	1,455	1,149	1,273	1,045	183	103
Employment-population ratio	39.1	33.4	38.4	34.2	44.6	26.9
Unemployed	26	39	26	34	0	5
Unemployment rate	1.7	3.3	2.0	3.1	0.0	4.8
Not in labor force	2,243	2,253	2,017	1,978	226	275

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	242,764	248,183	111,307	114,104	131,458	134,079
Civilian labor force	157,161	160,287	80,467	82,000	76,694	78,286
Participation rate	64.7	64.6	72.3	71.9	58.3	58.4
Employed	151,197	153,955	77,215	78,634	73,981	75,321
Employment-population ratio	62.3	62.0	69.4	68.9	56.3	56.2
Unemployed	5,964	6,332	3,252	3,367	2,713	2,965
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.1	3.5	3.8
Not in labor force	85,603	87,896	30,839	32,104	54,764	55,792
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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