Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2024 annual averages

Table 6A. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state, 2024 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	17,569	8,440	48.0	8,190	46.6	250	3.0	9,129
Alabama	334	156	46.7	155	46.2	2	1.1	178
Alaska	58	33	56.7	32	54.2	1	4.4	25
Arizona	472	215	45.4	211	44.7	4	1.8	258
Arkansas	201	90	45.1	88	44.0	2	2.4	110
California	1,294	558	43.1	532	41.2	25	4.5	736
Colorado	331	175	52.8	169	51.1	6	3.2	156
Connecticut	135	61	45.4	58	43.1	3	5.0	74
Delaware	66	28	42.1	27	41.4	0	1.7	38
District of Columbia	23	12	53.6	12	52.2	0	2.7	10
Florida	1,484	694	46.8	676	45.5	18	2.6	790
Georgia	698	352	50.4	339	48.5	13	3.7	346
Hawaii	95	46	47.8	44	46.3	1	3.1	50
Idaho	122	59	48.1	57	46.5	2	3.4	63
Illinois	489	196	40.1	186	38.1	10	4.9	293
Indiana	343	178	52.1	175	51.2	3	1.7	164
Iowa	178	88	49.4	86	48.2	2	2.4	90
Kansas	170	91	53.6	85	49.8	7	7.2	79
Kentucky	225	106	46.9	104	46.0	2	2.0	120
Louisiana	271	118	43.5	115	42.3	3	2.7	153
Maine	108	48	44.3	47	43.0	1	3.1	60
Maryland	309	181	58.5	177	57.5	3	1.8	128
Massachusetts	256	124	48.5	122	47.6	2	1.8	132
Michigan	493	209	42.4	199	40.4	10	4.7	284
Minnesota	280	127	45.3	121	43.3	5	4.3	153
Mississippi	168	69	41.0	68	40.4	1	1.5	99
Missouri	395	175	44.4	171	43.2	5	2.7	220
Montana	93	45	49.1	44	47.8	1	2.7	47
Nebraska	112	62	55.3	61	54.5	1	1.6	50
Nevada	208	98	47.0	95	45.9	2	2.2	110
New Hampshire	83	39	47.8	39	47.7	0	0.2	43
New Jersey	274	116	42.4	109	39.9	7	6.0	158
New Mexico	157	71	45.5	70	44.4	2	2.4	85
New York	650	284	43.7	273	41.9	11	4.0	366
North Carolina	629	297	47.3	290	46.1	8	2.6	331
North Dakota	48	29	59.9	28	58.5	1	2.4	19
Ohio	654	289	44.2	284	43.4	5	1.9	365
Oklahoma	265	136	51.3	133	50.3	2	1.8	129
Oregon	271	114	42.1	109	40.3	5	4.2	157
Pennsylvania	715	307	42.9	293	41.0	13	4.3	409
Rhode Island	50	27	53.6	26	51.0	1	4.8	23
South Carolina	399	176	44.1	173	43.4	3	1.7	223
South Dakota	59	30	51.6	30	50.8	0	1.5	28
Tennessee	515	260	50.5	251	48.8	8	3.2	255
Texas	1,606	916	57.0	901	56.1	15	1.6	690
Utah	141	73	51.9	71	50.4	2	3.0	68
Vermont	35	16	45.8	15	44.4	0	3.0	19
Virginia	704	426	60.5	414	58.8	12	2.8	278
Washington	446	223	50.1	214	48.1	9	4.1	222
West Virginia	117	50	42.8	48	41.0	2	4.2	67
Wisconsin	296	145	49.0	142	47.8	3	2.4	151
Wyoming	45	22	48.0	21	46.5	1	3.1	23
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, 2025