Table 2A. Employment status of people 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and period of service, 2025 annual averages

Table 2A. Employment status of people 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and period of service, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, age, and period of service	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 VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	17,260	8,336	48.3	8,042	46.6	294	3.5	8,925
18 to 24 years	201	151	75.4	138	68.6	14	9.0	49
25 to 34 years	1,418	1,159	81.7	1,101	77.6	58	5.0	260
35 to 44 years	2,165	1,828	84.4	1,768	81.7	60	3.3	337
45 to 54 years	2,338	1,890	80.8	1,830	78.3	60	3.2	448
55 to 64 years	3,289	2,142	65.1	2,085	63.4	57	2.6	1,147
65 years and over	7,849	1,165	14.8	1,120	14.3	45	3.9	6,683
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over	8,869	6,524	73.6	6,296	71.0	228	3.5	2,346
18 to 24 years	201	151	75.4	138	68.6	14	9.0	49
25 to 34 years	1,418	1,159	81.7	1,101	77.6	58	5.0	260
35 to 44 years	2,165	1,828	84.4	1,768	81.7	60	3.3	337
45 to 54 years	2,302	1,862	80.9	1,802	78.3	60	3.2	440
55 to 64 years	1,948	1,325	68.0	1,295	66.5	31	2.3	623
65 years and over	835	198	23.8	193	23.1	6	2.9	637
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over	5,610	4,381	78.1	4,221	75.2	159	3.6	1,230
18 to 24 years	201	151	75.4	138	68.6	14	9.0	49
25 to 34 years	1,418	1,159	81.7	1,101	77.6	58	5.0	260
35 to 44 years	2,040	1,723	84.5	1,666	81.6	57	3.3	317
45 to 54 years	1,028	830	80.7	814	79.1	16	1.9	198
55 to 64 years	669	445	66.5	431	64.4	14	3.2	224
65 years and over	254	73	28.7	73	28.7	0	-	181
Gulf War era I
Total, 35 years and over	3,259	2,143	65.8	2,074	63.7	69	3.2	1,116
35 to 44 years	125	105	84.1	102	81.8	3	2.8	20
45 to 54 years	1,274	1,032	81.1	989	77.6	44	4.2	241
55 to 64 years	1,279	880	68.8	864	67.5	16	1.8	399
65 years and over	581	125	21.6	120	20.6	6	4.5	456
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total, 65 years and over	4,878	571	11.7	544	11.2	26	4.6	4,308
Other service periods
Total, 45 years and over	3,512	1,241	35.3	1,202	34.2	39	3.2	2,271
45 to 54 years	37	28	76.7	28	76.0	0	-	9
55 to 64 years	1,341	817	60.9	791	59.0	26	3.2	524
65 years and over	2,135	396	18.6	384	18.0	13	3.2	1,739

TOTAL NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	246,936	160,131	64.8	153,469	62.1	6,662	4.2	86,805
18 to 24 years	30,109	19,613	65.1	17,778	59.0	1,835	9.4	10,496
25 to 34 years	43,937	36,762	83.7	35,175	80.1	1,587	4.3	7,175
35 to 44 years	43,206	36,484	84.4	35,268	81.6	1,215	3.3	6,722
45 to 54 years	38,018	31,413	82.6	30,474	80.2	939	3.0	6,605
55 to 64 years	37,849	25,261	66.7	24,520	64.8	741	2.9	12,588
65 years and over	53,818	10,599	19.7	10,254	19.1	346	3.3	43,219
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. 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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Last Modified Date: April 28, 2026