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

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 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 VETERANS

Total, 18 years and over

 17,260 8,336 48.3 8,042 46.6 294 3.5 8,925

Alabama

 326 146 44.9 144 44.0 3 2.0 180

Alaska

 65 38 58.7 37 56.7 1 3.5 27

Arizona

 513 219 42.7 208 40.6 11 4.9 294

Arkansas

 203 95 46.6 92 45.4 2 2.5 108

California

 1,274 557 43.7 532 41.7 26 4.7 717

Colorado

 320 173 54.1 168 52.4 5 3.1 147

Connecticut

 149 66 44.1 64 43.2 - - 83

Delaware

 64 24 38.3 23 36.7 - - 39

District of Columbia

 23 13 57.7 13 55.7 - - 10

Florida

 1,486 690 46.4 671 45.1 19 2.8 796

Georgia

 633 329 52.0 322 50.9 7 2.1 304

Hawaii

 96 46 47.8 44 46.3 1 3.0 50

Idaho

 117 52 44.7 51 43.3 2 2.9 65

Illinois

 461 204 44.3 195 42.3 9 4.5 257

Indiana

 308 159 51.6 156 50.7 3 1.7 149

Iowa

 163 71 43.9 69 42.7 - - 91

Kansas

 171 87 50.8 84 49.1 3 3.2 84

Kentucky

 238 104 43.6 102 42.6 - - 134

Louisiana

 249 122 48.9 120 48.2 2 1.5 127

Maine

 102 44 42.8 43 41.8 - - 59

Maryland

 358 189 52.7 182 50.8 7 3.6 170

Massachusetts

 269 136 50.6 130 48.2 6 4.7 133

Michigan

 446 164 36.9 151 33.8 14 8.2 281

Minnesota

 289 143 49.3 134 46.5 - - 147

Mississippi

 169 77 45.4 75 44.3 2 2.4 92

Missouri

 385 180 46.7 171 44.3 9 5.0 205

Montana

 92 45 48.5 44 47.8 1 1.4 47

Nebraska

 102 61 59.5 59 57.8 2 2.8 41

Nevada

 192 85 44.1 81 42.1 4 4.5 108

New Hampshire

 81 43 52.5 41 50.8 1 3.1 39

New Jersey

 295 129 43.8 124 42.1 - - 166

New Mexico

 157 72 45.7 69 44.3 2 3.1 85

New York

 603 275 45.6 269 44.7 6 2.2 328

North Carolina

 628 312 49.6 300 47.7 12 3.9 317

North Dakota

 44 28 62.5 27 62.1 0 0.6 17

Ohio

 645 298 46.2 278 43.1 19 6.5 347

Oklahoma

 247 129 52.2 124 50.1 5 3.9 118

Oregon

 260 115 44.2 110 42.2 5 4.6 145

Pennsylvania

 712 324 45.6 311 43.7 14 4.2 387

Rhode Island

 49 22 45.1 22 44.4 - - 27

South Carolina

 376 163 43.4 158 42.0 5 3.2 213

South Dakota

 56 30 52.9 29 51.8 1 2.1 27

Tennessee

 498 269 54.0 259 52.0 10 3.7 229

Texas

 1,607 914 56.9 886 55.1 28 3.1 693

Utah

 153 87 56.8 83 54.5 4 4.0 66

Vermont

 36 17 46.9 17 46.3 0 1.1 19

Virginia

 646 369 57.1 357 55.3 12 3.2 277

Washington

 458 223 48.6 216 47.2 6 2.8 236

West Virginia

 118 49 41.9 48 40.9 1 2.2 69

Wisconsin

 282 130 46.0 128 45.3 - - 152

Wyoming

 46 22 47.9 21 45.8 1 4.5 24

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. 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