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

Table 2C. Employment status of women 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
VETERANS, WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over	2,077	1,202	57.9	1,147	55.2	56	4.6	874
18 to 24 years	54	37	67.7	34	62.1	3	8.2	18
25 to 34 years	258	175	67.7	161	62.2	14	8.1	83
35 to 44 years	410	332	80.9	320	78.0	12	3.5	79
45 to 54 years	420	319	75.9	304	72.5	15	4.6	101
55 to 64 years	448	253	56.6	244	54.5	10	3.8	194
65 years and over	487	87	17.9	85	17.4	3	2.9	400
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over	1,502	1,035	68.9	987	65.7	48	4.6	468
18 to 24 years	54	37	67.7	34	62.1	3	8.2	18
25 to 34 years	258	175	67.7	161	62.2	14	8.1	83
35 to 44 years	410	332	80.9	320	78.0	12	3.5	79
45 to 54 years	410	312	76.1	297	72.5	15	4.7	98
55 to 64 years	266	153	57.4	148	55.8	4	2.9	113
65 years and over	104	27	26.1	27	26.1	0	-	77
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over	1,012	735	72.6	699	69.1	35	4.8	277
18 to 24 years	54	37	67.7	34	62.1	3	8.2	18
25 to 34 years	258	175	67.7	161	62.2	14	8.1	83
35 to 44 years	396	319	80.5	308	77.8	11	3.3	77
45 to 54 years	177	146	82.1	140	78.8	6	4.0	32
55 to 64 years	92	52	56.3	50	54.2	2	3.7	40
65 years and over	34	7	-	7	-	0	-	27
Gulf War era I
Total, 35 years and over	491	300	61.2	288	58.6	12	4.1	191
35 to 44 years	14	13	-	12	-	1	-	1
45 to 54 years	232	166	71.5	157	67.7	9	5.3	66
55 to 64 years	175	101	58.0	99	56.6	2	2.4	73
65 years and over	70	20	28.6	20	28.6	0	-	50
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total, 65 years and over	186	22	12.1	22	11.9	0	-	163
Other service periods
Total, 45 years and over	388	145	37.3	138	35.4	7	5.1	243
45 to 54 years	10	7	-	7	-	0	-	3
55 to 64 years	181	101	55.5	95	52.6	5	5.3	81
65 years and over	197	37	19.0	35	17.9	2	5.7	160

NONVETERANS, WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over	133,442	77,887	58.4	74,753	56.0	3,134	4.0	55,555
18 to 24 years	14,977	9,564	63.9	8,765	58.5	799	8.4	5,412
25 to 34 years	22,504	17,550	78.0	16,811	74.7	739	4.2	4,954
35 to 44 years	22,357	17,471	78.1	16,857	75.4	615	3.5	4,886
45 to 54 years	19,991	15,459	77.3	15,006	75.1	453	2.9	4,532
55 to 64 years	20,580	12,662	61.5	12,305	59.8	357	2.8	7,919
65 years and over	33,033	5,180	15.7	5,009	15.2	171	3.3	27,853
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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