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Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2018 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2018 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

 19,201 9,453 49.2 9,127 47.5 326 3.5 9,748

Alabama

 342 166 48.5 161 47.1 5 2.8 176

Alaska

 67 41 60.3 39 58.1 1 3.6 27

Arizona

 474 238 50.2 227 47.9 11 4.6 236

Arkansas

 209 87 41.7 85 40.5 3 3.0 122

California

 1,713 820 47.8 798 46.6 22 2.7 894

Colorado

 357 191 53.6 180 50.5 11 5.8 166

Connecticut

 164 82 49.9 80 48.8 2 2.0 82

Delaware

 76 36 46.8 34 45.4 1 2.9 40

District of Columbia

 28 14 49.1 13 45.9 1 6.5 14

Florida

 1,405 622 44.3 606 43.1 17 2.7 783

Georgia

 697 390 56.0 380 54.4 11 2.8 307

Hawaii

 106 52 49.0 50 47.0 2 4.1 54

Idaho

 126 57 44.9 55 43.7 2 2.7 69

Illinois

 575 275 47.8 266 46.2 9 3.3 300

Indiana

 401 216 53.8 209 52.1 7 3.1 185

Iowa

 211 113 53.3 111 52.6 2 1.4 99

Kansas

 184 100 54.3 95 51.7 5 4.8 84

Kentucky

 281 125 44.4 121 43.2 3 2.8 156

Louisiana

 277 122 44.2 118 42.6 4 3.6 154

Maine

 112 53 47.2 52 46.2 1 2.0 59

Maryland

 409 259 63.4 251 61.3 8 3.2 150

Massachusetts

 306 154 50.4 149 48.8 5 3.3 152

Michigan

 577 274 47.5 263 45.6 11 3.9 303

Minnesota

 316 152 48.3 149 47.2 3 2.2 163

Mississippi

 185 99 53.4 95 51.3 4 3.9 86

Missouri

 422 195 46.2 187 44.4 8 4.0 227

Montana

 94 45 48.3 43 46.0 2 4.7 49

Nebraska

 122 66 53.8 64 52.4 2 2.6 56

Nevada

 244 118 48.6 114 46.9 4 3.6 125

New Hampshire

 98 48 48.9 46 47.4 1 3.1 50

New Jersey

 289 104 36.0 102 35.3 2 2.0 185

New Mexico

 154 70 45.7 67 43.7 3 4.5 83

New York

 752 310 41.2 295 39.2 15 5.0 442

North Carolina

 707 356 50.3 341 48.2 15 4.2 352

North Dakota

 49 28 56.4 27 54.9 1 2.7 21

Ohio

 764 361 47.2 344 45.0 17 4.8 403

Oklahoma

 278 142 51.2 138 49.4 5 3.4 136

Oregon

 296 134 45.2 128 43.1 6 4.8 162

Pennsylvania

 787 356 45.2 337 42.9 18 5.1 432

Rhode Island

 60 26 44.3 26 43.3 1 2.4 33

South Carolina

 391 177 45.3 171 43.8 6 3.3 214

South Dakota

 69 40 58.7 39 57.3 1 2.5 28

Tennessee

 500 255 51.1 249 49.9 6 2.4 244

Texas

 1,582 864 54.6 835 52.8 28 3.3 718

Utah

 138 71 51.5 68 49.1 3 4.6 67

Vermont

 37 17 45.6 16 44.6 0 2.3 20

Virginia

 699 411 58.8 400 57.2 11 2.7 288

Washington

 500 256 51.2 245 49.0 11 4.3 244

West Virginia

 138 60 43.3 57 41.6 2 3.9 78

Wisconsin

 386 182 47.1 176 45.7 5 3.0 204

Wyoming

 48 26 52.8 25 50.5 1 4.3 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.

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Last Modified Date: March 21, 2019