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

Table 6B. Employment status of nonveterans 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 NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	234,176	150,143	64.1	142,161	60.7	7,982	5.3	84,033
Alabama	3,411	2,007	58.8	1,933	56.7	75	3.7	1,404
Alaska	469	314	67.0	293	62.4	22	6.9	155
Arizona	5,314	3,402	64.0	3,229	60.8	173	5.1	1,912
Arkansas	2,082	1,253	60.2	1,202	57.7	50	4.0	829
California	28,621	18,149	63.4	16,851	58.9	1,298	7.2	10,472
Colorado	4,128	2,899	70.2	2,757	66.8	142	4.9	1,229
Connecticut	2,626	1,738	66.2	1,626	61.9	112	6.5	888
Delaware	707	453	64.1	428	60.6	25	5.4	254
District of Columbia	544	386	71.0	363	66.6	24	6.1	158
Florida	15,972	9,723	60.9	9,283	58.1	440	4.5	6,249
Georgia	7,478	4,819	64.4	4,630	61.9	189	3.9	2,659
Hawaii	951	597	62.8	560	58.9	37	6.2	353
Idaho	1,279	840	65.6	809	63.2	31	3.7	440
Illinois	9,035	5,962	66.0	5,614	62.1	349	5.8	3,073
Indiana	4,691	3,039	64.8	2,925	62.3	114	3.8	1,653
Iowa	2,217	1,549	69.9	1,492	67.3	57	3.6	668
Kansas	1,987	1,370	68.9	1,326	66.7	43	3.2	617
Kentucky	3,116	1,856	59.6	1,767	56.7	89	4.8	1,260
Louisiana	3,187	1,913	60.0	1,810	56.8	103	5.4	1,274
Maine	989	626	63.3	597	60.4	28	4.5	363
Maryland	4,246	2,863	67.4	2,700	63.6	163	5.7	1,383
Massachusetts	5,160	3,472	67.3	3,274	63.4	198	5.7	1,689
Michigan	7,158	4,396	61.4	4,148	57.9	248	5.6	2,763
Minnesota	3,981	2,792	70.1	2,685	67.5	107	3.8	1,189
Mississippi	2,031	1,160	57.1	1,095	53.9	65	5.6	871
Missouri	4,310	2,833	65.7	2,718	63.0	116	4.1	1,477
Montana	751	492	65.5	476	63.4	16	3.2	259
Nebraska	1,308	950	72.6	925	70.7	25	2.7	358
Nevada	2,209	1,400	63.4	1,291	58.4	109	7.8	810
New Hampshire	1,002	673	67.2	648	64.7	25	3.7	329
New Jersey	6,511	4,246	65.2	3,983	61.2	263	6.2	2,265
New Mexico	1,443	854	59.2	797	55.2	57	6.7	589
New York	14,250	8,781	61.6	8,169	57.3	612	7.0	5,469
North Carolina	7,484	4,628	61.8	4,416	59.0	213	4.6	2,856
North Dakota	523	371	70.9	359	68.6	12	3.2	152
Ohio	8,245	5,233	63.5	4,975	60.3	258	4.9	3,012
Oklahoma	2,695	1,713	63.6	1,646	61.1	67	3.9	981
Oregon	3,046	1,988	65.3	1,883	61.8	105	5.3	1,058
Pennsylvania	9,211	5,878	63.8	5,495	59.7	383	6.5	3,333
Rhode Island	778	513	65.9	486	62.4	27	5.3	265
South Carolina	3,675	2,171	59.1	2,084	56.7	87	4.0	1,503
South Dakota	601	431	71.6	420	69.8	11	2.6	171
Tennessee	4,860	3,042	62.6	2,921	60.1	121	4.0	1,818
Texas	20,088	13,197	65.7	12,449	62.0	748	5.7	6,892
Utah	2,200	1,546	70.3	1,503	68.3	43	2.8	654
Vermont	467	301	64.4	290	62.1	11	3.6	166
Virginia	5,856	3,847	65.7	3,695	63.1	152	3.9	2,009
Washington	5,433	3,621	66.7	3,431	63.1	191	5.3	1,812
West Virginia	1,265	713	56.3	678	53.6	34	4.8	552
Wisconsin	4,191	2,879	68.7	2,775	66.2	104	3.6	1,311
Wyoming	394	264	67.1	253	64.2	12	4.4	130
NOTE: Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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