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Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2020 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2020 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
State Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population		 Civilian labor force Not in
labor
force
Total Percent
of
population		 Employed Unemployed
Total Percent
of
population		 Total Percent
of
labor force

TOTAL VETERANS

Total, 18 years and over

 18,466 8,918 48.3 8,338 45.2 581 6.5 9,548

Alabama

 327 165 50.6 155 47.4 10 6.3 161

Alaska

 62 35 56.0 33 53.7 1 4.0 27

Arizona

 507 233 46.0 210 41.5 22 9.6 274

Arkansas

 198 83 41.7 79 40.0 3 4.0 115

California

 1,463 664 45.4 605 41.3 60 9.0 799

Colorado

 372 192 51.5 185 49.7 7 3.5 181

Connecticut

 149 72 48.0 68 45.3 4 5.5 78

Delaware

 75 35 46.1 32 42.8 2 7.2 41

District of Columbia

 25 13 51.4 12 47.9 1 6.9 12

Florida

 1,361 585 43.0 555 40.8 29 5.0 776

Georgia

 680 342 50.4 329 48.4 13 3.8 338

Hawaii

 97 50 51.7 47 48.4 3 6.5 47

Idaho

 111 51 46.5 49 44.2 3 5.0 59

Illinois

 559 249 44.6 230 41.1 19 7.8 310

Indiana

 413 219 52.9 202 48.9 17 7.6 195

Iowa

 210 115 54.5 106 50.4 9 7.6 96

Kansas

 169 93 55.2 88 52.3 5 5.2 76

Kentucky

 257 118 45.9 111 43.3 7 5.7 139

Louisiana

 272 136 50.1 128 47.0 9 6.4 135

Maine

 109 48 44.5 45 41.7 3 6.2 60

Maryland

 375 232 61.8 219 58.3 13 5.8 143

Massachusetts

 303 142 46.8 132 43.6 10 6.9 161

Michigan

 512 210 41.0 186 36.4 24 11.3 302

Minnesota

 305 147 48.3 135 44.3 12 8.3 157

Mississippi

 172 82 47.9 78 45.1 5 5.7 89

Missouri

 393 168 42.9 159 40.4 10 5.7 225

Montana

 90 43 47.5 41 45.4 2 4.4 47

Nebraska

 130 76 58.2 74 56.6 2 2.7 54

Nevada

 218 115 52.7 104 47.7 11 9.4 103

New Hampshire

 95 47 49.0 44 46.4 3 5.4 48

New Jersey

 337 141 41.9 130 38.5 11 8.1 196

New Mexico

 167 78 46.6 72 43.4 5 6.8 89

New York

 690 276 40.0 256 37.2 20 7.1 414

North Carolina

 708 320 45.1 302 42.6 18 5.6 389

North Dakota

 44 23 51.7 21 47.3 2 8.4 21

Ohio

 715 348 48.7 316 44.1 32 9.3 367

Oklahoma

 277 129 46.7 123 44.5 6 4.8 147

Oregon

 313 142 45.5 133 42.6 9 6.3 170

Pennsylvania

 757 314 41.5 290 38.4 24 7.6 443

Rhode Island

 53 24 46.0 22 42.5 2 7.7 29

South Carolina

 417 220 52.8 210 50.3 10 4.7 197

South Dakota

 56 31 55.7 30 54.4 1 - 25

Tennessee

 469 222 47.5 207 44.2 15 6.8 246

Texas

 1,574 875 55.6 828 52.6 47 5.4 699

Utah

 136 70 51.7 66 48.8 4 5.6 65

Vermont

 39 18 46.6 17 43.7 1 6.3 21

Virginia

 679 411 60.5 394 58.1 16 4.0 268

Washington

 512 262 51.1 239 46.8 22 8.5 250

West Virginia

 124 54 43.6 51 40.6 4 6.7 70

Wisconsin

 339 172 50.7 162 47.7 10 6.0 167

Wyoming

 49 26 53.1 25 49.6 2 6.5 23

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.

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Last Modified Date: March 18, 2021