Table 3. Employment status of people 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2024 annual averages

Table 3. Employment status of people 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2024 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	17,297	8,248	47.7	8,011	46.3	238	2.9	9,049
Less than a high school diploma	445	90	20.3	83	18.6	7	8.2	355
High school graduates, no college	4,780	1,936	40.5	1,870	39.1	66	3.4	2,844
Some college or associate degree	5,964	2,907	48.7	2,805	47.0	103	3.5	3,057
Bachelor's degree and higher	6,107	3,315	54.3	3,253	53.3	61	1.8	2,793
Gulf War era, total
Total, 25 years and over	7,871	5,966	75.8	5,797	73.6	169	2.8	1,905
Less than a high school diploma	61	36	59.6	34	56.2	2	5.7	25
High school graduates, no college	1,757	1,281	72.9	1,235	70.3	46	3.6	475
Some college or associate degree	2,885	2,112	73.2	2,036	70.6	76	3.6	774
Bachelor's degree and higher	3,168	2,536	80.1	2,491	78.6	45	1.8	631
Gulf War era II
Total, 25 years and over	5,022	4,008	79.8	3,884	77.4	124	3.1	1,014
Less than a high school diploma	38	25	64.5	24	62.9	1	-	14
High school graduates, no college	1,065	831	78.0	797	74.8	34	4.1	234
Some college or associate degree	1,843	1,421	77.1	1,364	74.0	56	4.0	423
Bachelor's degree and higher	2,075	1,731	83.4	1,699	81.9	32	1.9	343
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over	2,849	1,958	68.7	1,912	67.1	46	2.3	891
Less than a high school diploma	23	12	-	10	-	1	-	11
High school graduates, no college	691	450	65.1	438	63.3	12	2.7	241
Some college or associate degree	1,042	691	66.3	672	64.5	19	2.8	351
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,093	805	73.7	792	72.5	13	1.6	288
WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 25 years and over	5,640	710	12.6	687	12.2	24	3.4	4,930
Less than a high school diploma	250	21	8.3	17	6.9	4	-	230
High school graduates, no college	1,735	172	9.9	167	9.6	5	3.1	1,563
Some college or associate degree	1,791	216	12.1	207	11.6	9	4.1	1,575
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,863	302	16.2	296	15.9	6	2.0	1,562
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over	3,786	1,572	41.5	1,528	40.3	45	2.8	2,214
Less than a high school diploma	134	33	24.7	31	23.3	2	-	101
High school graduates, no college	1,289	483	37.5	468	36.3	15	3.1	806
Some college or associate degree	1,288	580	45.0	562	43.6	18	3.1	708
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,076	477	44.3	466	43.3	10	2.1	600

NONVETERANS
Total, 25 years and over	212,302	138,080	65.0	133,502	62.9	4,578	3.3	74,222
Less than a high school diploma	18,750	8,999	48.0	8,447	45.0	553	6.1	9,750
High school graduates, no college	58,870	34,294	58.3	32,830	55.8	1,464	4.3	24,576
Some college or associate degree	51,200	33,051	64.6	31,936	62.4	1,115	3.4	18,149
Bachelor's degree and higher	83,482	61,735	74.0	60,289	72.2	1,446	2.3	21,747
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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