Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2021 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2021 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	18,506	8,818	47.7	8,433	45.6	386	4.4	9,688
Alabama	359	179	49.9	176	48.8	4	2.1	180
Alaska	60	35	58.9	33	55.9	2	5.2	25
Arizona	503	240	47.7	230	45.8	10	4.0	263
Arkansas	215	83	38.5	80	36.9	3	4.1	132
California	1,357	625	46.1	585	43.1	40	6.4	732
Colorado	384	216	56.2	204	53.1	12	5.4	168
Connecticut	145	69	47.6	68	46.5	2	2.3	76
Delaware	72	31	42.9	29	40.2	2	6.3	41
District of Columbia	27	17	63.1	16	60.5	1	4.2	10
Florida	1,396	611	43.8	586	42.0	25	4.0	785
Georgia	617	314	50.8	301	48.8	13	4.0	304
Hawaii	91	42	46.7	41	45.0	2	3.8	48
Idaho	119	55	46.6	53	44.9	2	3.8	64
Illinois	531	216	40.7	206	38.8	11	4.9	315
Indiana	411	201	48.9	195	47.5	6	2.9	210
Iowa	206	104	50.4	99	47.9	5	5.0	102
Kansas	175	91	51.9	87	49.8	4	4.1	84
Kentucky	266	123	46.2	121	45.4	2	1.6	143
Louisiana	257	126	49.1	120	46.6	6	5.1	131
Maine	110	43	39.0	42	38.0	1	2.6	67
Maryland	402	241	59.9	236	58.6	5	2.2	161
Massachusetts	286	136	47.8	128	44.7	9	6.4	149
Michigan	551	217	39.4	208	37.7	9	4.2	334
Minnesota	304	147	48.5	144	47.3	4	2.4	157
Mississippi	179	81	45.1	79	43.9	2	2.6	98
Missouri	381	164	43.2	155	40.8	9	5.5	217
Montana	99	49	50.0	48	48.4	2	3.1	49
Nebraska	139	78	55.9	76	54.5	2	2.4	61
Nevada	238	109	45.8	101	42.4	8	7.4	129
New Hampshire	100	44	43.9	43	42.4	1	3.4	56
New Jersey	304	132	43.4	125	41.1	7	5.4	172
New Mexico	169	75	44.7	70	41.6	5	6.8	93
New York	656	254	38.7	240	36.6	14	5.4	402
North Carolina	732	338	46.2	329	44.9	9	2.8	394
North Dakota	46	24	53.0	23	50.8	1	4.1	21
Ohio	720	352	48.8	338	47.0	14	3.9	368
Oklahoma	267	116	43.6	111	41.6	5	4.7	150
Oregon	325	150	46.1	145	44.6	5	3.3	175
Pennsylvania	728	293	40.2	277	38.0	16	5.6	435
Rhode Island	61	29	47.2	27	43.9	2	7.0	32
South Carolina	412	201	48.7	194	47.0	7	3.5	211
South Dakota	59	33	56.1	33	54.8	1	-	26
Tennessee	474	225	47.4	218	46.0	7	3.0	249
Texas	1,673	937	56.0	886	53.0	50	5.4	736
Utah	132	66	49.8	63	48.2	2	-	66
Vermont	34	15	43.3	14	41.5	1	4.2	20
Virginia	703	412	58.6	402	57.1	10	2.5	291
Washington	519	250	48.3	231	44.6	19	7.6	268
West Virginia	137	64	46.6	62	45.0	2	3.4	73
Wisconsin	328	140	42.7	135	41.1	5	-	188
Wyoming	51	25	49.2	24	46.3	1	5.8	26
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: April 21, 2022