Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2017 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2017 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

 20,387 10,125 49.7 9,755 47.8 370 3.7 10,262

Alabama

 375 182 48.5 178 47.4 4 2.2 193

Alaska

 73 44 60.5 42 57.3 2 5.3 29

Arizona

 501 229 45.7 217 43.3 12 5.2 272

Arkansas

 244 108 44.3 103 42.4 5 4.4 136

California

 1,823 887 48.7 850 46.6 37 4.2 936

Colorado

 396 215 54.3 207 52.3 8 3.7 181

Connecticut

 191 93 48.9 90 47.3 3 3.4 97

Delaware

 78 36 46.0 34 44.2 1 4.0 42

District of Columbia

 27 14 49.6 13 46.5 1 6.3 14

Florida

 1,603 734 45.8 713 44.5 21 2.9 869

Georgia

 697 410 58.8 396 56.8 14 3.4 287

Hawaii

 105 55 52.5 53 50.7 2 3.5 50

Idaho

 121 54 44.4 52 42.8 2 3.4 67

Illinois

 624 295 47.3 283 45.4 12 4.1 329

Indiana

 446 239 53.4 233 52.1 6 2.4 208

Iowa

 217 113 52.2 108 49.6 6 5.0 104

Kansas

 173 88 50.7 86 49.5 2 2.5 85

Kentucky

 294 148 50.3 145 49.3 3 2.0 146

Louisiana

 306 149 48.7 145 47.3 4 3.0 157

Maine

 112 55 48.6 54 47.8 1 1.7 58

Maryland

 436 268 61.6 260 59.6 9 3.3 167

Massachusetts

 361 172 47.5 168 46.4 4 2.4 189

Michigan

 567 260 45.9 251 44.3 9 3.6 307

Minnesota

 337 178 52.8 169 50.2 9 5.1 159

Mississippi

 197 98 49.7 95 48.0 3 3.5 99

Missouri

 446 208 46.6 202 45.2 6 3.1 238

Montana

 103 51 49.3 49 47.2 2 4.4 52

Nebraska

 124 63 50.8 60 48.5 3 4.5 61

Nevada

 270 135 50.1 129 47.6 7 4.9 135

New Hampshire

 103 49 47.6 48 46.0 2 3.3 54

New Jersey

 339 150 44.1 144 42.4 6 4.0 190

New Mexico

 152 70 45.9 67 44.4 2 3.3 82

New York

 760 323 42.5 310 40.8 13 3.9 437

North Carolina

 720 365 50.7 348 48.3 17 4.7 355

North Dakota

 48 27 56.6 27 55.4 1 2.1 21

Ohio

 796 369 46.4 357 44.8 13 3.5 427

Oklahoma

 298 151 50.9 146 49.1 5 3.5 146

Oregon

 305 152 49.8 145 47.6 6 4.3 153

Pennsylvania

 837 382 45.7 363 43.4 19 5.0 454

Rhode Island

 71 32 44.5 29 41.3 2 7.3 39

South Carolina

 417 189 45.4 182 43.6 7 3.9 228

South Dakota

 77 46 59.5 45 58.0 1 2.5 31

Tennessee

 515 262 50.8 253 49.1 9 3.5 253

Texas

 1,678 905 53.9 870 51.9 35 3.8 773

Utah

 151 79 52.1 76 50.6 2 2.9 72

Vermont

 42 19 44.8 19 44.1 0 1.7 23

Virginia

 772 463 60.0 452 58.5 11 2.5 309

Washington

 508 245 48.2 237 46.6 8 3.2 263

West Virginia

 145 64 44.2 61 41.9 3 5.1 81

Wisconsin

 353 175 49.4 169 47.8 6 3.3 179

Wyoming

 51 28 53.9 26 51.4 1 4.6 24

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.

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Last Modified Date: March 22, 2018