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	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,375	17,045	15,302	14,962	2,073	2,083
Civilian labor force	8,412	8,139	7,151	7,017	1,261	1,122
Participation rate	48.4	47.7	46.7	46.9	60.8	53.9
Employed	8,069	7,807	6,865	6,743	1,204	1,063
Employment-population ratio	46.4	45.8	44.9	45.1	58.1	51.1
Unemployed	343	332	286	273	57	58
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	4.5	5.2
Not in labor force	8,963	8,906	8,151	7,945	812	961

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,594	5,763	4,599	4,711	995	1,051
Civilian labor force	4,448	4,381	3,681	3,685	767	696
Participation rate	79.5	76.0	80.0	78.2	77.1	66.2
Employed	4,256	4,172	3,530	3,529	726	643
Employment-population ratio	76.1	72.4	76.8	74.9	73.0	61.2
Unemployed	192	209	151	156	42	53
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.8	4.1	4.2	5.4	7.6
Not in labor force	1,146	1,381	918	1,026	228	355

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,231	3,188	2,733	2,719	498	470
Civilian labor force	2,146	2,078	1,829	1,793	317	285
Participation rate	66.4	65.2	66.9	65.9	63.7	60.7
Employed	2,048	2,015	1,736	1,730	313	285
Employment-population ratio	63.4	63.2	63.5	63.6	62.8	60.7
Unemployed	98	63	94	63	5	0
Unemployment rate	4.6	3.0	5.1	3.5	1.4	0.0
Not in labor force	1,085	1,111	904	926	181	185

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,988	4,674	4,799	4,495	189	179
Civilian labor force	589	543	570	514	19	29
Participation rate	11.8	11.6	11.9	11.4	10.2	16.4
Employed	569	526	550	497	19	29
Employment-population ratio	11.4	11.3	11.5	11.0	10.2	16.4
Unemployed	20	17	20	17	0	0
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.2	3.6	3.4	-	-
Not in labor force	4,399	4,131	4,229	3,981	170	150

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,562	3,420	3,171	3,037	391	383
Civilian labor force	1,229	1,136	1,071	1,025	157	111
Participation rate	34.5	33.2	33.8	33.7	40.2	29.0
Employed	1,197	1,094	1,050	988	147	106
Employment-population ratio	33.6	32.0	33.1	32.5	37.5	27.6
Unemployed	32	42	22	37	10	6
Unemployment rate	2.6	3.7	2.0	3.6	6.6	5.0
Not in labor force	2,333	2,284	2,100	2,012	234	272

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	245,953	248,376	112,950	113,013	133,003	135,363
Civilian labor force	159,573	159,963	81,581	80,850	77,992	79,113
Participation rate	64.9	64.4	72.2	71.5	58.6	58.4
Employed	152,685	152,584	77,793	76,923	74,892	75,660
Employment-population ratio	62.1	61.4	68.9	68.1	56.3	55.9
Unemployed	6,888	7,379	3,788	3,927	3,100	3,452
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.6	4.6	4.9	4.0	4.4
Not in labor force	86,380	88,413	31,369	32,162	55,011	56,250
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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