Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
Veteran status, period of service, noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino tutional Percent labor
ethnicity population of force
Total population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor
force
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over................ 224,655 151,735 67.5 143,373 63.8 8,361 5.5 72,920
Veterans.............................. 22,429 12,368 55.1 11,795 52.6 573 4.6 10,061
Gulf War era, total................. 4,592 3,989 86.9 3,782 82.4 207 5.2 604
Gulf War era I.................... 2,939 2,583 87.9 2,479 84.4 103 4.0 356
Gulf War era II................... 1,653 1,406 85.0 1,303 78.8 103 7.3 247
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 11,855 4,690 39.6 4,492 37.9 198 4.2 7,165
Other service periods............... 5,983 3,690 61.7 3,522 58.9 168 4.6 2,293
Nonveterans........................... 202,226 139,366 68.9 131,578 65.1 7,788 5.6 62,859
Men
Total, 18 years and over................ 108,488 81,282 74.9 76,560 70.6 4,722 5.8 27,206
Veterans.............................. 20,712 11,253 54.3 10,739 51.8 515 4.6 9,458
Gulf War era, total................. 3,848 3,425 89.0 3,256 84.6 169 4.9 423
Gulf War era I.................... 2,488 2,231 89.7 2,147 86.3 84 3.8 257
Gulf War era II................... 1,359 1,193 87.8 1,109 81.6 84 7.1 166
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 11,455 4,542 39.7 4,349 38.0 193 4.3 6,913
Other service periods............... 5,409 3,287 60.8 3,134 57.9 153 4.6 2,123
Nonveterans........................... 87,776 70,028 79.8 65,821 75.0 4,207 6.0 17,748
Women
Total, 18 years and over................ 116,167 70,453 60.6 66,813 57.5 3,639 5.2 45,715
Veterans.............................. 1,718 1,115 64.9 1,057 61.5 58 5.2 603
Gulf War era, total................. 745 564 75.7 526 70.6 38 6.8 181
Gulf War era I.................... 451 351 77.9 332 73.7 19 5.5 99
Gulf War era II................... 294 212 72.3 194 65.9 19 8.9 81
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 399 148 37.0 143 35.8 5 3.2 252
Other service periods............... 574 403 70.3 388 67.6 16 3.8 170
Nonveterans........................... 114,450 69,338 60.6 65,757 57.5 3,581 5.2 45,112
White
Total, 18 years and over................ 182,578 123,509 67.6 117,422 64.3 6,087 4.9 59,069
Veterans.............................. 19,256 10,355 53.8 9,920 51.5 435 4.2 8,900
Gulf War era, total................. 3,566 3,101 87.0 2,961 83.0 141 4.5 465
Gulf War era I.................... 2,298 2,023 88.0 1,958 85.2 65 3.2 275
Gulf War era II................... 1,268 1,078 85.0 1,003 79.1 76 7.0 190
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 10,655 4,232 39.7 4,064 38.1 168 4.0 6,423
Other service periods............... 5,034 3,022 60.0 2,895 57.5 127 4.2 2,013
Nonveterans........................... 163,322 113,153 69.3 107,502 65.8 5,651 5.0 50,169
Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over................ 26,421 17,505 66.3 15,814 59.9 1,690 9.7 8,917
Veterans.............................. 2,383 1,515 63.6 1,408 59.1 108 7.1 868
Gulf War era, total................. 758 650 85.8 602 79.4 49 7.5 108
Gulf War era I.................... 482 422 87.5 394 81.7 28 6.6 60
Gulf War era II................... 276 228 82.7 208 75.3 20 9.0 48
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 892 334 37.4 310 34.7 24 7.3 558
Other service periods............... 733 531 72.4 496 67.7 35 6.6 202
Nonveterans........................... 24,038 15,989 66.5 14,407 59.9 1,583 9.9 8,049
Asian
Total, 18 years and over................ 10,363 7,101 68.5 6,828 65.9 274 3.9 3,261
Veterans.............................. 254 154 60.5 149 58.6 5 3.1 100
Gulf War era, total................. 89 77 85.7 74 83.1 2 3.1 13
Gulf War era I.................... 58 46 79.7 45 76.9 2 3.5 12
Gulf War era II................... 31 30 (1) 29 (1) 1 (1) 1
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 98 34 34.7 32 32.6 2 (1) 64
Other service periods............... 67 43 64.5 43 63.9 - - 24
Nonveterans........................... 10,109 6,948 68.7 6,678 66.1 269 3.9 3,161
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over................ 30,444 21,600 71.0 20,033 65.8 1,567 7.3 8,844
Veterans.............................. 1,177 808 68.7 767 65.2 41 5.1 369
Gulf War era, total................. 429 374 87.1 352 81.9 22 5.9 55
Gulf War era I.................... 268 240 89.6 226 84.3 14 5.9 28
Gulf War era II................... 161 133 82.9 125 77.9 8 6.0 28
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era.. 440 213 48.5 202 45.9 12 5.5 226
Other service periods............... 309 221 71.7 214 69.3 7 3.4 87
Nonveterans........................... 29,266 20,792 71.0 19,266 65.8 1,526 7.3 8,475
1 Ratios are not shown where the denominator is less than 35,000. Small estimated levels are based on a small number
of survey responses and, thus, are subject to relatively large standard errors.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the
Vietnam era, the Gulf War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the
U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the
Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era. More detailed information appears in
the Technical Note of this release. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian)
do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or
Latino may be of any race. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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Last Modified Date: March 23, 2009
