Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2023 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2023 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	17,898	8,632	48.2	8,391	46.9	241	2.8	9,267
Alabama	355	174	49.2	172	48.6	2	1.1	180
Alaska	62	36	58.1	35	56.3	1	3.1	26
Arizona	458	222	48.5	216	47.1	6	2.9	236
Arkansas	207	95	45.8	94	45.1	1	1.6	112
California	1,324	601	45.4	584	44.1	17	2.9	723
Colorado	376	193	51.3	189	50.3	4	1.8	183
Connecticut	149	61	40.9	60	40.7	0	0.4	88
Delaware	75	34	44.7	32	42.3	2	5.4	41
District of Columbia	24	11	48.1	11	47.0	0	2.2	12
Florida	1,400	625	44.7	610	43.6	15	2.5	775
Georgia	634	325	51.2	317	50.0	8	2.5	309
Hawaii	87	40	45.7	39	44.8	1	2.0	47
Idaho	124	54	44.0	53	42.6	2	3.3	69
Illinois	499	215	43.2	209	41.9	6	3.0	284
Indiana	403	191	47.3	185	46.0	6	2.9	212
Iowa	204	114	56.0	110	54.0	4	3.6	90
Kansas	164	80	48.7	77	47.1	3	3.3	84
Kentucky	261	125	48.1	124	47.3	2	1.5	136
Louisiana	279	124	44.5	121	43.2	4	3.1	155
Maine	104	47	44.9	45	43.0	2	4.2	57
Maryland	340	190	56.0	186	54.8	4	2.0	150
Massachusetts	243	113	46.4	111	45.7	2	1.7	130
Michigan	515	254	49.3	247	48.0	7	2.7	261
Minnesota	275	121	43.9	116	42.3	5	3.7	154
Mississippi	183	77	42.2	75	41.2	2	2.5	106
Missouri	382	177	46.4	173	45.4	4	2.1	205
Montana	101	51	51.0	50	49.7	1	2.7	49
Nebraska	114	56	48.8	55	48.1	1	1.3	58
Nevada	216	112	51.8	106	49.1	6	5.2	104
New Hampshire	103	48	46.4	46	44.7	2	3.6	55
New Jersey	282	106	37.8	103	36.6	3	3.2	175
New Mexico	153	64	41.5	59	38.6	5	7.1	90
New York	666	280	42.0	270	40.5	10	3.6	386
North Carolina	684	320	46.8	315	46.1	5	1.7	364
North Dakota	47	27	57.4	26	56.8	0	1.1	20
Ohio	684	317	46.3	309	45.2	8	2.4	368
Oklahoma	258	140	54.3	139	53.7	1	1.0	118
Oregon	276	121	43.8	116	42.2	5	3.8	155
Pennsylvania	684	295	43.1	289	42.2	6	2.0	390
Rhode Island	55	25	44.9	24	43.8	1	2.5	30
South Carolina	437	200	45.8	193	44.3	7	3.4	237
South Dakota	59	32	54.5	32	53.2	1	2.5	27
Tennessee	475	222	46.7	213	44.9	9	3.9	253
Texas	1,603	915	57.1	885	55.2	30	3.2	688
Utah	147	81	55.3	80	54.2	2	2.0	66
Vermont	37	17	45.4	16	44.6	0	1.7	20
Virginia	735	447	60.8	431	58.6	16	3.7	288
Washington	473	238	50.4	229	48.5	9	3.8	234
West Virginia	123	55	44.7	54	43.8	1	2.2	68
Wisconsin	312	138	44.4	135	43.3	3	2.4	173
Wyoming	47	24	49.8	23	49.3	0	1.2	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.

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Last Modified Date: March 20, 2024