Table 2C. Employment status of women 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and period of service, 2024 annual averages

Table 2C. Employment status of women 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and period of service, 2024 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	2,050	1,174	57.3	1,133	55.3	42	3.5	876
18 to 24 years	67	40	60.2	39	57.9	2	3.9	26
25 to 34 years	269	181	67.4	169	63.0	12	6.6	87
35 to 44 years	408	330	80.8	321	78.6	9	2.8	78
45 to 54 years	390	294	75.5	287	73.7	7	2.4	96
55 to 64 years	400	239	59.7	232	57.9	7	3.0	161
65 years and over	517	90	17.5	85	16.5	5	5.3	427
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over	1,400	977	69.8	941	67.2	36	3.6	423
18 to 24 years	67	40	60.2	39	57.9	2	3.9	26
25 to 34 years	269	181	67.4	169	63.0	12	6.6	87
35 to 44 years	408	330	80.8	321	78.6	9	2.8	78
45 to 54 years	367	276	75.2	269	73.2	7	2.6	91
55 to 64 years	198	128	64.7	123	62.4	5	3.6	70
65 years and over	91	22	23.7	20	22.4	1	-	70
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over	956	693	72.5	668	69.8	26	3.7	263
18 to 24 years	67	40	60.2	39	57.9	2	3.9	26
25 to 34 years	269	181	67.4	169	63.0	12	6.6	87
35 to 44 years	373	301	80.7	294	78.7	8	2.5	72
45 to 54 years	151	114	76.0	111	73.6	4	3.1	36
55 to 64 years	67	47	70.5	47	70.4	0	0.2	20
65 years and over	30	9	-	8	-	1	-	21
Gulf War era I
Total, 35 years and over	444	283	63.9	273	61.7	10	3.5	160
35 to 44 years	35	28	81.8	27	77.8	1	-	6
45 to 54 years	216	161	74.6	158	72.9	4	2.2	55
55 to 64 years	131	81	61.7	76	58.2	5	5.6	50
65 years and over	61	13	20.6	12	20.0	0	-	49
WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 65 years and over	239	28	11.6	25	10.5	2	-	211
Other service periods
Total, 45 years and over	412	170	41.3	167	40.4	4	2.2	242
45 to 54 years	22	18	-	18	-	0	-	4
55 to 64 years	202	111	54.9	109	53.6	3	2.3	91
65 years and over	187	41	21.9	40	21.3	1	2.7	146

NONVETERANS, WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over	130,977	76,706	58.6	73,796	56.3	2,910	3.8	54,271
18 to 24 years	14,649	9,408	64.2	8,687	59.3	720	7.7	5,241
25 to 34 years	22,040	17,247	78.3	16,524	75.0	724	4.2	4,793
35 to 44 years	21,778	17,130	78.7	16,561	76.0	569	3.3	4,648
45 to 54 years	19,844	15,243	76.8	14,831	74.7	412	2.7	4,601
55 to 64 years	20,668	12,489	60.4	12,162	58.8	327	2.6	8,179
65 years and over	31,997	5,189	16.2	5,030	15.7	158	3.0	26,809
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).

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