Table 1. Employment status of people 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2025 annual averages

Table 1. Employment status of people 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2025 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	264,197	168,467	63.8	161,510	61.1	6,956	4.1	95,730
Veterans	17,260	8,336	48.3	8,042	46.6	294	3.5	8,925
Gulf War era, total	8,869	6,524	73.6	6,296	71.0	228	3.5	2,346
Gulf War era II	5,610	4,381	78.1	4,221	75.2	159	3.6	1,230
Gulf War era I	3,259	2,143	65.8	2,074	63.7	69	3.2	1,116
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	4,878	571	11.7	544	11.2	26	4.6	4,308
Other service periods	3,512	1,241	35.3	1,202	34.2	39	3.2	2,271
Nonveterans	246,936	160,131	64.8	153,469	62.1	6,662	4.2	86,805

Men
Total, 18 years and over	128,678	89,378	69.5	85,611	66.5	3,767	4.2	39,301
Veterans	15,184	7,133	47.0	6,895	45.4	238	3.3	8,050
Gulf War era, total	7,367	5,489	74.5	5,309	72.1	180	3.3	1,878
Gulf War era II	4,599	3,646	79.3	3,522	76.6	124	3.4	953
Gulf War era I	2,768	1,843	66.6	1,787	64.5	56	3.1	925
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	4,692	548	11.7	522	11.1	26	4.8	4,144
Other service periods	3,124	1,096	35.1	1,065	34.1	32	2.9	2,028
Nonveterans	113,495	82,244	72.5	78,716	69.4	3,529	4.3	31,250

Women
Total, 18 years and over	135,518	79,089	58.4	75,900	56.0	3,189	4.0	56,429
Veterans	2,077	1,202	57.9	1,147	55.2	56	4.6	874
Gulf War era, total	1,502	1,035	68.9	987	65.7	48	4.6	468
Gulf War era II	1,012	735	72.6	699	69.1	35	4.8	277
Gulf War era I	491	300	61.2	288	58.6	12	4.1	191
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	186	22	12.1	22	11.9	0	-	163
Other service periods	388	145	37.3	138	35.4	7	5.1	243
Nonveterans	133,442	77,887	58.4	74,753	56.0	3,134	4.0	55,555

White
Total, 18 years and over	200,764	126,796	63.2	122,210	60.9	4,587	3.6	73,968
Veterans	13,897	6,431	46.3	6,220	44.8	211	3.3	7,467
Gulf War era, total	6,644	4,938	74.3	4,781	72.0	157	3.2	1,707
Gulf War era II	4,099	3,228	78.7	3,125	76.2	103	3.2	872
Gulf War era I	2,545	1,710	67.2	1,657	65.1	53	3.1	835
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	4,347	507	11.7	484	11.1	23	4.5	3,840
Other service periods	2,907	986	33.9	954	32.8	32	3.2	1,920
Nonveterans	186,866	120,365	64.4	115,990	62.1	4,375	3.6	66,501

Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over	34,421	22,127	64.3	20,642	60.0	1,485	6.7	12,293
Veterans	2,307	1,275	55.3	1,211	52.5	64	5.0	1,032
Gulf War era, total	1,509	1,043	69.1	988	65.4	55	5.3	466
Gulf War era II	972	726	74.7	682	70.1	44	6.1	246
Gulf War era I	537	317	59.0	306	56.9	11	3.5	220
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	353	41	11.7	39	11.0	3	6.5	312
Other service periods	444	190	42.9	184	41.5	6	3.3	254
Nonveterans	32,113	20,852	64.9	19,431	60.5	1,421	6.8	11,261

Asian
Total, 18 years and over	18,734	12,550	67.0	12,103	64.6	447	3.6	6,184
Veterans	318	191	60.0	186	58.4	5	2.7	127
Gulf War era, total	214	159	74.5	154	72.1	5	3.2	55
Gulf War era II	169	127	75.1	122	72.4	5	3.6	42
Gulf War era I	45	32	72.1	32	71.1	0	-	13
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	54	10	18.5	10	18.5	0	-	44
Other service periods	50	22	43.5	22	43.3	0	-	28
Nonveterans	18,416	12,359	67.1	11,918	64.7	441	3.6	6,057

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over	48,876	34,023	69.6	32,334	66.2	1,689	5.0	14,853
Veterans	1,552	938	60.4	901	58.0	37	4.0	614
Gulf War era, total	1,092	811	74.3	780	71.4	31	3.9	280
Gulf War era II	779	595	76.3	567	72.8	28	4.6	185
Gulf War era I	312	216	69.3	213	68.1	4	1.7	96
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods	258	38	14.9	35	13.6	3	8.6	219
Other service periods	203	88	43.4	86	42.2	2	2.7	115
Nonveterans	47,324	33,085	69.9	31,433	66.4	1,652	5.0	14,239
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. People 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). Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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