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Table 6B. Employment status of nonveterans 18 years and over by state, 2025 annual averages

Table 6B. Employment status of nonveterans 18 years and over by state, 2025 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 NONVETERANS

Total, 18 years and over

 246,936 160,131 64.8 153,469 62.1 6,662 4.2 86,805

Alabama

 3,667 2,219 60.5 2,159 58.9 60 2.7 1,448

Alaska

 478 329 68.9 313 65.4 17 5.0 149

Arizona

 5,434 3,560 65.5 3,418 62.9 142 4.0 1,874

Arkansas

 2,155 1,334 61.9 1,276 59.2 59 4.4 820

California

 29,402 19,133 65.1 18,144 61.7 989 5.2 10,269

Colorado

 4,361 3,028 69.4 2,910 66.7 118 3.9 1,333

Connecticut

 2,763 1,830 66.2 1,747 63.2 83 4.5 933

Delaware

 774 488 63.0 461 59.5 27 5.5 287

District of Columbia

 549 408 74.3 383 69.8 25 6.1 141

Florida

 17,303 10,383 60.0 9,992 57.7 390 3.8 6,921

Georgia

 7,923 5,012 63.3 4,852 61.2 160 3.2 2,911

Hawaii

 998 637 63.8 621 62.3 16 2.5 361

Idaho

 1,414 934 66.1 904 63.9 30 3.2 480

Illinois

 9,415 6,216 66.0 5,946 63.2 271 4.4 3,198

Indiana

 4,953 3,274 66.1 3,163 63.9 112 3.4 1,679

Iowa

 2,320 1,633 70.4 1,568 67.6 65 4.0 687

Kansas

 2,077 1,448 69.7 1,398 67.3 50 3.5 629

Kentucky

 3,238 1,974 61.0 1,889 58.3 85 4.3 1,264

Louisiana

 3,211 1,937 60.3 1,852 57.7 84 4.3 1,274

Maine

 1,036 649 62.7 629 60.8 20 3.1 386

Maryland

 4,483 2,978 66.4 2,853 63.6 125 4.2 1,505

Massachusetts

 5,458 3,748 68.7 3,581 65.6 166 4.4 1,711

Michigan

 7,487 4,755 63.5 4,533 60.5 223 4.7 2,731

Minnesota

 4,189 2,940 70.2 2,818 67.3 122 4.2 1,249

Mississippi

 2,058 1,193 58.0 1,147 55.7 47 3.9 865

Missouri

 4,425 2,950 66.7 2,843 64.2 107 3.6 1,475

Montana

 806 525 65.2 508 63.0 18 3.4 280

Nebraska

 1,400 1,023 73.0 992 70.8 31 3.0 378

Nevada

 2,379 1,597 67.1 1,522 64.0 74 4.7 782

New Hampshire

 1,071 712 66.5 690 64.4 22 3.1 359

New Jersey

 7,089 4,664 65.8 4,438 62.6 226 4.9 2,425

New Mexico

 1,504 900 59.8 863 57.3 37 4.2 604

New York

 15,061 9,561 63.5 9,158 60.8 403 4.2 5,500

North Carolina

 7,995 4,946 61.9 4,777 59.8 169 3.4 3,049

North Dakota

 550 397 72.2 387 70.3 10 2.6 153

Ohio

 8,536 5,553 65.1 5,299 62.1 255 4.6 2,982

Oklahoma

 2,835 1,851 65.3 1,785 63.0 66 3.6 984

Oregon

 3,145 2,063 65.6 1,954 62.1 109 5.3 1,082

Pennsylvania

 9,563 6,140 64.2 5,882 61.5 258 4.2 3,423

Rhode Island

 848 556 65.5 530 62.4 26 4.7 293

South Carolina

 3,915 2,462 62.9 2,365 60.4 97 3.9 1,453

South Dakota

 635 448 70.6 437 68.8 11 2.4 187

Tennessee

 5,112 3,213 62.9 3,104 60.7 109 3.4 1,899

Texas

 21,991 14,792 67.3 14,200 64.6 593 4.0 7,198

Utah

 2,435 1,725 70.8 1,664 68.3 61 3.6 710

Vermont

 491 321 65.5 312 63.6 9 2.8 170

Virginia

 6,137 4,032 65.7 3,864 63.0 167 4.1 2,106

Washington

 5,777 3,764 65.2 3,577 61.9 187 5.0 2,013

West Virginia

 1,277 725 56.8 697 54.6 28 3.9 552

Wisconsin

 4,403 2,907 66.0 2,810 63.8 97 3.3 1,496

Wyoming

 409 261 63.8 253 61.8 8 3.2 148

NOTE: Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.
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Last Modified Date: April 28, 2026