Table 3. Employment status of people 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2025 annual averages

Table 3. Employment status of people 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment	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
Total, 25 years and over	17,060	8,184	48.0	7,904	46.3	280	3.4	8,875
Less than a high school diploma	412	98	23.8	92	22.4	6	5.7	314
High school graduates, no college	4,607	1,901	41.3	1,840	39.9	61	3.2	2,706
Some college or associate degree	5,903	2,837	48.1	2,715	46.0	122	4.3	3,066
Bachelor's degree and higher	6,138	3,349	54.6	3,257	53.1	92	2.7	2,789
Gulf War era, total
Total, 25 years and over	8,669	6,373	73.5	6,158	71.0	214	3.4	2,296
Less than a high school diploma	77	52	67.7	51	65.8	1	2.8	25
High school graduates, no college	1,936	1,396	72.1	1,352	69.8	44	3.1	541
Some college or associate degree	3,105	2,178	70.1	2,083	67.1	95	4.4	927
Bachelor's degree and higher	3,551	2,747	77.4	2,673	75.3	74	2.7	804
Gulf War era II
Total, 25 years and over	5,410	4,229	78.2	4,084	75.5	146	3.4	1,180
Less than a high school diploma	40	25	63.3	24	59.9	1	-	15
High school graduates, no college	1,180	916	77.7	882	74.7	34	3.7	264
Some college or associate degree	1,955	1,457	74.5	1,386	70.9	71	4.9	498
Bachelor's degree and higher	2,235	1,830	81.9	1,791	80.2	39	2.1	404
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over	3,259	2,143	65.8	2,074	63.7	69	3.2	1,116
Less than a high school diploma	37	27	72.5	27	72.2	0	-	10
High school graduates, no college	756	479	63.4	470	62.2	9	2.0	277
Some college or associate degree	1,150	721	62.7	697	60.6	24	3.3	429
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,316	916	69.6	881	66.9	35	3.9	400
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total, 25 years and over	4,878	571	11.7	544	11.2	26	4.6	4,308
Less than a high school diploma	198	15	7.6	12	6.2	3	-	183
High school graduates, no college	1,432	128	9.0	121	8.5	7	5.4	1,304
Some college or associate degree	1,605	182	11.3	171	10.7	11	5.9	1,423
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,644	245	14.9	239	14.5	6	2.5	1,398
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over	3,512	1,241	35.3	1,202	34.2	39	3.2	2,271
Less than a high school diploma	137	31	22.4	29	21.3	1	-	106
High school graduates, no college	1,239	377	30.4	366	29.6	10	2.7	862
Some college or associate degree	1,194	477	40.0	462	38.7	16	3.3	716
Bachelor's degree and higher	943	357	37.8	345	36.6	12	3.2	587

NONVETERANS
Total, 25 years and over	216,827	140,518	64.8	135,690	62.6	4,828	3.4	76,309
Less than a high school diploma	18,502	8,842	47.8	8,304	44.9	538	6.1	9,661
High school graduates, no college	59,455	34,542	58.1	33,053	55.6	1,489	4.3	24,912
Some college or associate degree	52,070	33,516	64.4	32,391	62.2	1,125	3.4	18,554
Bachelor's degree and higher	86,801	63,618	73.3	61,942	71.4	1,676	2.6	23,183
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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