Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2019 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2019 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	18,822	9,270	49.2	8,986	47.7	284	3.1	9,552
Alabama	324	171	52.8	168	51.8	3	1.9	153
Alaska	61	35	57.1	34	55.0	1	3.6	26
Arizona	476	242	50.9	230	48.4	12	4.9	234
Arkansas	207	93	44.7	91	43.8	2	2.0	114
California	1,588	726	45.7	699	44.0	27	3.7	862
Colorado	334	169	50.7	164	49.2	5	3.0	164
Connecticut	169	81	48.2	79	46.6	3	3.3	87
Delaware	76	37	48.4	36	47.0	1	2.9	39
District of Columbia	26	11	44.9	11	42.8	1	4.7	14
Florida	1,367	616	45.0	598	43.8	17	2.8	752
Georgia	693	375	54.1	365	52.7	10	2.5	318
Hawaii	103	46	44.6	44	42.6	2	4.6	57
Idaho	119	54	45.7	53	44.9	1	1.7	65
Illinois	590	272	46.1	265	44.8	8	2.9	318
Indiana	408	209	51.3	206	50.4	4	1.8	199
Iowa	204	106	52.1	102	50.0	4	3.9	98
Kansas	167	85	51.1	84	50.5	1	1.2	82
Kentucky	268	112	41.9	108	40.2	5	4.0	156
Louisiana	266	118	44.5	115	43.1	4	3.2	148
Maine	110	51	46.2	49	44.8	2	3.2	59
Maryland	406	251	61.9	249	61.3	2	0.9	155
Massachusetts	293	135	46.1	128	43.8	7	5.1	158
Michigan	557	249	44.6	244	43.8	4	1.8	309
Minnesota	295	139	47.3	132	44.9	7	4.9	155
Mississippi	178	86	48.1	82	45.8	4	4.8	92
Missouri	396	170	43.1	167	42.3	3	1.8	225
Montana	93	45	48.2	42	45.3	3	6.1	48
Nebraska	126	69	54.7	67	53.4	2	2.2	57
Nevada	235	121	51.4	118	50.3	2	2.0	114
New Hampshire	88	46	51.7	45	50.9	1	1.5	43
New Jersey	311	125	40.1	122	39.2	3	2.3	186
New Mexico	165	79	48.3	77	46.8	2	3.0	85
New York	755	332	44.0	318	42.2	13	4.0	423
North Carolina	686	361	52.6	344	50.2	16	4.6	326
North Dakota	48	25	52.8	25	52.1	0	1.2	23
Ohio	735	362	49.2	351	47.7	11	3.0	374
Oklahoma	285	134	47.0	130	45.8	4	2.6	151
Oregon	294	129	43.9	126	43.0	3	2.2	165
Pennsylvania	813	358	44.0	339	41.7	18	5.1	456
Rhode Island	55	24	43.3	23	42.1	1	2.8	31
South Carolina	394	201	50.9	197	50.0	4	1.8	193
South Dakota	61	35	57.0	34	55.4	1	2.9	26
Tennessee	457	231	50.5	225	49.2	6	2.6	226
Texas	1,579	882	55.8	853	54.0	28	3.2	697
Utah	133	65	48.6	64	48.0	1	1.2	68
Vermont	39	18	45.4	17	44.2	0	2.6	21
Virginia	718	447	62.2	439	61.1	8	1.7	272
Washington	515	275	53.4	263	51.1	12	4.3	240
West Virginia	129	57	44.3	55	42.9	2	3.2	72
Wisconsin	380	186	49.0	182	48.0	4	2.0	194
Wyoming	47	26	53.9	25	51.8	1	4.0	22
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.

Last Modified Date: April 22, 2020

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2019 annual averages

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