Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2022 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2022 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 population	Total	Percent of labor force
TOTAL VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	18,370	8,807	47.9	8,557	46.6	250	2.8	9,563
Alabama	352	180	51.1	177	50.2	3	1.8	172
Alaska	68	41	59.5	39	57.5	1	3.4	28
Arizona	436	210	48.2	203	46.6	7	3.2	226
Arkansas	225	91	40.6	89	39.4	3	3.0	134
California	1,383	632	45.7	604	43.7	28	4.4	751
Colorado	382	206	53.9	199	52.2	7	3.2	176
Connecticut	151	72	47.6	70	46.4	2	2.6	79
Delaware	69	28	40.6	27	39.6	1	2.6	41
District of Columbia	26	14	54.7	14	53.1	0	2.9	12
Florida	1,390	615	44.2	606	43.6	9	1.5	775
Georgia	668	332	49.7	322	48.1	11	3.2	336
Hawaii	98	48	49.4	46	47.4	2	4.0	50
Idaho	124	56	44.7	54	43.3	2	3.3	69
Illinois	522	221	42.3	213	40.9	7	3.4	301
Indiana	396	188	47.5	184	46.4	4	2.2	208
Iowa	202	104	51.5	102	50.6	2	1.8	98
Kansas	173	89	51.4	87	50.0	2	2.7	84
Kentucky	284	133	46.9	131	46.3	2	1.4	151
Louisiana	264	115	43.5	113	42.8	2	1.6	149
Maine	105	42	40.3	41	38.6	2	4.2	63
Maryland	419	231	55.3	228	54.3	4	1.7	187
Massachusetts	270	129	47.9	125	46.2	5	3.5	141
Michigan	555	251	45.2	247	44.5	4	1.6	304
Minnesota	276	131	47.5	129	46.7	2	1.7	145
Mississippi	190	84	44.5	81	42.6	4	4.2	105
Missouri	369	179	48.7	176	47.8	3	1.7	189
Montana	103	47	46.2	47	45.3	1	2.0	55
Nebraska	120	67	55.4	65	54.1	2	2.3	54
Nevada	244	119	48.9	113	46.4	6	5.2	125
New Hampshire	102	50	48.6	48	47.5	1	2.3	53
New Jersey	279	114	40.9	113	40.4	1	1.3	165
New Mexico	163	69	42.6	67	41.1	2	3.3	94
New York	681	287	42.2	277	40.7	10	3.5	394
North Carolina	685	302	44.1	296	43.1	7	2.2	383
North Dakota	49	27	55.5	27	55.1	0	0.7	22
Ohio	718	348	48.5	340	47.4	8	2.2	370
Oklahoma	275	117	42.5	115	41.6	2	2.1	158
Oregon	306	143	46.7	138	45.0	5	3.6	163
Pennsylvania	703	300	42.6	291	41.4	9	3.0	403
Rhode Island	64	26	41.3	26	40.6	0	1.9	37
South Carolina	386	182	47.1	175	45.5	6	3.5	204
South Dakota	63	37	59.2	37	58.5	0	1.2	26
Tennessee	497	227	45.7	220	44.3	7	3.1	270
Texas	1,636	932	57.0	893	54.6	39	4.2	704
Utah	150	78	51.9	76	50.6	2	2.4	72
Vermont	37	16	44.3	16	43.3	0	2.3	20
Virginia	703	420	59.7	413	58.7	7	1.7	283
Washington	492	244	49.6	237	48.2	7	2.9	248
West Virginia	144	67	46.4	65	45.2	2	2.5	77
Wisconsin	322	137	42.5	131	40.8	5	3.9	185
Wyoming	49	26	51.7	25	50.8	0	1.9	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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.

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Last Modified Date: March 21, 2023