Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2023 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, 2023 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	257,687	164,666	63.9	158,863	61.6	5,803	3.5	93,021
Veterans	17,898	8,632	48.2	8,391	46.9	241	2.8	9,267
Gulf War era, total	7,995	6,136	76.7	5,955	74.5	181	2.9	1,859
Gulf War era II	5,039	4,008	79.5	3,877	76.9	131	3.3	1,031
Gulf War era I	2,956	2,128	72.0	2,079	70.3	50	2.3	828
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	5,968	808	13.5	787	13.2	21	2.5	5,160
Other service periods	3,935	1,688	42.9	1,648	41.9	40	2.4	2,247
Nonveterans	239,789	156,034	65.1	150,472	62.8	5,562	3.6	83,755

Men
Total, 18 years and over	125,793	87,694	69.7	84,468	67.1	3,226	3.7	38,099
Veterans	15,858	7,480	47.2	7,276	45.9	204	2.7	8,378
Gulf War era, total	6,627	5,164	77.9	5,012	75.6	152	2.9	1,463
Gulf War era II	4,118	3,342	81.2	3,234	78.5	109	3.2	776
Gulf War era I	2,509	1,822	72.6	1,779	70.9	43	2.4	687
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	5,715	786	13.8	768	13.4	19	2.4	4,929
Other service periods	3,516	1,530	43.5	1,496	42.5	34	2.2	1,986
Nonveterans	109,935	80,214	73.0	77,192	70.2	3,022	3.8	29,721

Women
Total, 18 years and over	131,894	76,972	58.4	74,394	56.4	2,578	3.3	54,922
Veterans	2,040	1,152	56.5	1,115	54.6	37	3.2	888
Gulf War era, total	1,368	972	71.0	943	68.9	29	3.0	396
Gulf War era II	920	665	72.3	643	69.8	22	3.4	255
Gulf War era I	447	306	68.5	300	67.0	6	2.1	141
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	253	22	8.6	20	7.9	2	-	231
Other service periods	419	158	37.7	152	36.2	6	3.9	261
Nonveterans	129,854	75,820	58.4	73,280	56.4	2,541	3.4	54,034

White
Total, 18 years and over	197,808	125,424	63.4	121,456	61.4	3,968	3.2	72,385
Veterans	14,542	6,765	46.5	6,583	45.3	182	2.7	7,777
Gulf War era, total	6,037	4,703	77.9	4,567	75.6	136	2.9	1,334
Gulf War era II	3,790	3,060	80.7	2,962	78.2	98	3.2	730
Gulf War era I	2,247	1,643	73.1	1,605	71.4	38	2.3	604
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	5,312	704	13.3	687	12.9	17	2.4	4,607
Other service periods	3,194	1,358	42.5	1,329	41.6	29	2.1	1,836
Nonveterans	183,266	118,659	64.7	114,873	62.7	3,786	3.2	64,608

Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over	33,325	21,653	65.0	20,490	61.5	1,163	5.4	11,672
Veterans	2,457	1,356	55.2	1,312	53.4	45	3.3	1,101
Gulf War era, total	1,402	1,026	73.2	990	70.6	36	3.5	376
Gulf War era II	862	653	75.7	624	72.4	28	4.3	209
Gulf War era I	541	373	69.1	366	67.6	8	2.1	167
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	470	67	14.2	63	13.5	3	4.8	404
Other service periods	584	263	45.1	258	44.2	5	2.0	321
Nonveterans	30,868	20,297	65.8	19,179	62.1	1,118	5.5	10,571

Asian
Total, 18 years and over	17,050	11,326	66.4	10,988	64.4	338	3.0	5,724
Veterans	309	194	62.9	189	61.3	5	2.5	114
Gulf War era, total	191	150	78.6	147	76.9	3	2.2	41
Gulf War era II	140	112	80.3	111	79.5	1	1.0	28
Gulf War era I	51	38	74.3	36	69.9	2	5.8	13
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	58	17	29.5	17	29.5	0	-	41
Other service periods	59	27	45.0	25	42.4	2	-	33
Nonveterans	16,741	11,131	66.5	10,798	64.5	333	3.0	5,610

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over	45,075	31,256	69.3	29,851	66.2	1,405	4.5	13,819
Veterans	1,471	916	62.3	889	60.4	27	2.9	555
Gulf War era, total	974	746	76.6	723	74.3	23	3.1	228
Gulf War era II	665	514	77.3	494	74.4	19	3.8	151
Gulf War era I	309	232	75.2	229	74.0	4	1.6	77
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	269	47	17.3	45	16.6	2	4.2	222
Other service periods	229	123	53.8	121	53.0	2	1.5	106
Nonveterans	43,604	30,340	69.6	28,962	66.4	1,378	4.5	13,264
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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