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	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,211	16,884	15,132	14,795	2,079	2,089
Civilian labor force	8,276	8,247	7,039	7,064	1,237	1,182
Participation rate	48.1	48.8	46.5	47.7	59.5	56.6
Employed	8,020	7,964	6,837	6,809	1,182	1,154
Employment-population ratio	46.6	47.2	45.2	46.0	56.9	55.3
Unemployed	256	283	202	255	54	28
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.4	2.9	3.6	4.4	2.4
Not in labor force	8,935	8,637	8,093	7,731	842	907

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,624	5,661	4,633	4,688	991	974
Civilian labor force	4,384	4,395	3,640	3,729	744	666
Participation rate	77.9	77.6	78.6	79.5	75.0	68.4
Employed	4,254	4,240	3,533	3,589	721	651
Employment-population ratio	75.6	74.9	76.3	76.6	72.7	66.8
Unemployed	130	155	107	140	23	15
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.5	2.9	3.8	3.1	2.3
Not in labor force	1,241	1,267	993	959	248	308

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,266	3,351	2,750	2,789	516	561
Civilian labor force	2,058	2,188	1,751	1,849	307	339
Participation rate	63.0	65.3	63.7	66.3	59.5	60.5
Employed	2,007	2,099	1,725	1,762	282	338
Employment-population ratio	61.5	62.7	62.7	63.2	54.7	60.1
Unemployed	50	89	26	87	25	2
Unemployment rate	2.4	4.0	1.5	4.7	8.0	0.5
Not in labor force	1,208	1,163	999	941	209	222

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,831	4,520	4,646	4,346	185	174
Civilian labor force	561	502	539	473	22	28
Participation rate	11.6	11.1	11.6	10.9	12.0	16.4
Employed	518	489	496	466	22	23
Employment-population ratio	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.7	12.0	13.3
Unemployed	43	13	43	7	0	5
Unemployment rate	7.7	2.5	8.0	1.5	-	-
Not in labor force	4,270	4,018	4,107	3,873	163	146

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,490	3,352	3,103	2,972	387	380
Civilian labor force	1,273	1,162	1,109	1,013	164	148
Participation rate	36.5	34.7	35.7	34.1	42.4	39.1
Employed	1,240	1,135	1,083	992	157	143
Employment-population ratio	35.5	33.9	34.9	33.4	40.7	37.6
Unemployed	33	27	26	21	7	6
Unemployment rate	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.1	4.0	3.8
Not in labor force	2,217	2,190	1,994	1,959	223	232

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	247,438	249,555	113,862	113,555	133,576	136,000
Civilian labor force	160,272	159,403	82,934	81,387	77,338	78,016
Participation rate	64.8	63.9	72.8	71.7	57.9	57.4
Employed	153,144	152,641	79,400	77,939	73,744	74,702
Employment-population ratio	61.9	61.2	69.7	68.6	55.2	54.9
Unemployed	7,129	6,762	3,535	3,447	3,594	3,314
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.2
Not in labor force	87,166	90,152	30,927	32,168	56,238	57,984
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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