Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2022 annual averages

Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over	254,820	161,824	63.5	156,080	61.3	5,744	3.5	92,996
Veterans	18,370	8,807	47.9	8,557	46.6	250	2.8	9,563
Gulf War era, total	8,138	6,222	76.5	6,053	74.4	169	2.7	1,916
Gulf War era II	4,903	3,918	79.9	3,796	77.4	121	3.1	985
Gulf War era I	3,235	2,304	71.2	2,256	69.8	48	2.1	931
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	6,237	924	14.8	888	14.2	36	3.9	5,314
Other service periods	3,995	1,662	41.6	1,617	40.5	45	2.7	2,333
Nonveterans	236,451	153,017	64.7	147,523	62.4	5,494	3.6	83,434

Men
Total, 18 years and over	123,998	86,245	69.6	83,155	67.1	3,090	3.6	37,753
Veterans	16,342	7,616	46.6	7,400	45.3	217	2.8	8,726
Gulf War era, total	6,768	5,250	77.6	5,107	75.4	144	2.7	1,518
Gulf War era II	4,008	3,257	81.3	3,155	78.7	102	3.1	751
Gulf War era I	2,760	1,993	72.2	1,951	70.7	42	2.1	767
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	5,989	882	14.7	848	14.2	34	3.8	5,107
Other service periods	3,585	1,484	41.4	1,445	40.3	39	2.7	2,101
Nonveterans	107,655	78,628	73.0	75,756	70.4	2,873	3.7	29,027

Women
Total, 18 years and over	130,823	75,579	57.8	72,925	55.7	2,654	3.5	55,243
Veterans	2,027	1,191	58.7	1,158	57.1	33	2.8	837
Gulf War era, total	1,369	971	70.9	946	69.1	25	2.6	398
Gulf War era II	895	660	73.8	641	71.6	19	2.9	235
Gulf War era I	474	311	65.5	305	64.3	6	1.8	164
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	248	42	16.8	39	15.9	2	5.3	207
Other service periods	410	178	43.4	172	42.0	6	3.1	232
Nonveterans	128,795	74,389	57.8	71,768	55.7	2,621	3.5	54,406

White
Total, 18 years and over	196,550	124,022	63.1	120,153	61.1	3,869	3.1	72,528
Veterans	14,916	6,915	46.4	6,740	45.2	175	2.5	8,001
Gulf War era, total	6,154	4,769	77.5	4,655	75.6	115	2.4	1,385
Gulf War era II	3,685	2,978	80.8	2,891	78.5	86	2.9	707
Gulf War era I	2,470	1,792	72.6	1,763	71.4	28	1.6	678
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	5,511	804	14.6	774	14.0	30	3.8	4,707
Other service periods	3,251	1,342	41.3	1,312	40.3	31	2.3	1,909
Nonveterans	181,634	117,107	64.5	113,413	62.4	3,694	3.2	64,527

Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over	32,839	21,010	64.0	19,754	60.2	1,256	6.0	11,830
Veterans	2,511	1,360	54.2	1,308	52.1	52	3.9	1,151
Gulf War era, total	1,420	1,021	71.9	984	69.3	37	3.7	399
Gulf War era II	850	638	75.0	614	72.2	24	3.7	212
Gulf War era I	570	383	67.3	369	64.9	14	3.6	186
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	500	84	16.9	81	16.2	4	4.3	415
Other service periods	591	255	43.1	244	41.2	11	4.4	337
Nonveterans	30,328	19,649	64.8	18,445	60.8	1,204	6.1	10,679

Asian
Total, 18 years and over	16,400	10,795	65.8	10,495	64.0	300	2.8	5,605
Veterans	324	194	59.7	186	57.5	7	3.7	131
Gulf War era, total	197	158	80.1	152	77.4	5	3.4	39
Gulf War era II	139	114	82.3	110	79.0	5	4.1	25
Gulf War era I	58	43	74.6	42	73.4	1	1.6	15
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	74	14	18.4	14	18.4	0	-	60
Other service periods	53	22	42.0	21	38.6	2	-	31
Nonveterans	16,076	10,601	65.9	10,308	64.1	293	2.8	5,475

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over	43,796	30,049	68.6	28,810	65.8	1,238	4.1	13,747
Veterans	1,407	880	62.5	850	60.4	29	3.3	527
Gulf War era, total	877	706	80.5	684	77.9	22	3.2	171
Gulf War era II	588	472	80.2	453	77.0	19	4.1	116
Gulf War era I	289	234	81.0	231	79.9	3	1.4	55
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	294	43	14.6	39	13.4	3	8.0	251
Other service periods	236	130	55.3	127	53.8	3	2.6	105
Nonveterans	42,389	29,169	68.8	27,960	66.0	1,209	4.1	13,220
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who 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 are counted in only one period of service, their most recent wartime period. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the most recent one. Veterans who served in both a wartime period and any other service period are classified in the wartime period. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

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Last Modified Date: March 21, 2023