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	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,457	17,131	15,401	15,050	2,056	2,081
Civilian labor force	8,451	8,225	7,229	7,061	1,223	1,164
Participation rate	48.4	48.0	46.9	46.9	59.5	55.9
Employed	8,216	7,946	7,037	6,811	1,178	1,135
Employment-population ratio	47.1	46.4	45.7	45.3	57.3	54.5
Unemployed	236	279	191	250	44	29
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.4	2.6	3.5	3.6	2.5
Not in labor force	9,006	8,906	8,172	7,989	833	917

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,339	5,519	4,322	4,492	1,017	1,028
Civilian labor force	4,268	4,289	3,514	3,599	754	690
Participation rate	79.9	77.7	81.3	80.1	74.1	67.1
Employed	4,135	4,104	3,414	3,428	721	676
Employment-population ratio	77.5	74.4	79.0	76.3	70.9	65.7
Unemployed	133	185	100	171	33	14
Unemployment rate	3.1	4.3	2.9	4.7	4.3	2.1
Not in labor force	1,071	1,230	807	893	263	338

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,860	3,401	2,465	2,915	395	485
Civilian labor force	1,950	2,233	1,679	1,921	271	311
Participation rate	68.2	65.7	68.1	65.9	68.7	64.1
Employed	1,912	2,196	1,649	1,896	263	300
Employment-population ratio	66.8	64.6	66.9	65.0	66.7	61.8
Unemployed	38	37	30	26	8	11
Unemployment rate	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.3	3.0	3.6
Not in labor force	910	1,168	787	994	124	174

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,524	4,752	5,289	4,570	235	182
Civilian labor force	712	506	683	482	29	24
Participation rate	12.9	10.7	12.9	10.5	12.5	13.4
Employed	705	487	675	463	29	24
Employment-population ratio	12.8	10.3	12.8	10.1	12.5	13.4
Unemployed	8	19	8	19	0	0
Unemployment rate	1.1	3.7	1.1	3.9	-	-
Not in labor force	4,812	4,246	4,606	4,088	206	158

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,734	3,459	3,325	3,073	409	386
Civilian labor force	1,521	1,197	1,353	1,059	168	138
Participation rate	40.7	34.6	40.7	34.5	41.1	35.8
Employed	1,464	1,159	1,300	1,024	164	135
Employment-population ratio	39.2	33.5	39.1	33.3	40.2	34.9
Unemployed	57	38	53	35	4	3
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.2	3.9	3.3	2.2	2.4
Not in labor force	2,213	2,262	1,972	2,014	241	248

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	242,702	248,161	111,211	114,011	131,491	134,150
Civilian labor force	157,548	161,013	80,665	82,394	76,883	78,619
Participation rate	64.9	64.9	72.5	72.3	58.5	58.6
Employed	151,380	154,262	77,434	78,904	73,946	75,358
Employment-population ratio	62.4	62.2	69.6	69.2	56.2	56.2
Unemployed	6,168	6,751	3,231	3,490	2,937	3,261
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.2	3.8	4.1
Not in labor force	85,154	87,148	30,546	31,617	54,608	55,531
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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