Table 2. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, period of service, and sex, 2008 annual averages
Table 2. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, period of service, and sex,
2008 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
Veteran status, age, period of tutional Percent labor
service, and sex population of force
Total population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor
force
TOTAL
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 22,429 12,368 55.1 11,795 52.6 573 4.6 10,061
18 to 24 years........................ 317 255 80.6 219 69.2 36 14.1 61
25 to 34 years........................ 1,582 1,378 87.1 1,294 81.8 84 6.1 204
35 to 44 years........................ 2,617 2,391 91.4 2,289 87.5 102 4.3 225
45 to 54 years........................ 3,661 3,092 84.5 2,951 80.6 141 4.6 569
55 to 64 years........................ 5,623 3,665 65.2 3,520 62.6 145 4.0 1,958
65 years and over..................... 8,630 1,587 18.4 1,522 17.6 65 4.1 7,043
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 4,592 3,989 86.9 3,782 82.4 207 5.2 604
18 to 24 years........................ 317 255 80.6 219 69.2 36 14.1 61
25 to 34 years........................ 1,582 1,378 87.1 1,294 81.8 84 6.1 204
35 to 44 years........................ 1,590 1,456 91.5 1,394 87.6 62 4.3 134
45 to 54 years........................ 747 653 87.4 634 84.9 19 2.9 94
55 to 64 years........................ 303 228 75.1 222 73.3 5 2.4 76
65 years and over..................... 52 19 35.8 18 35.0 - - 34
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 2,939 2,583 87.9 2,479 84.4 103 4.0 356
18 to 24 years........................ - - - - - - - -
25 to 34 years........................ 837 744 88.9 706 84.3 38 5.1 93
35 to 44 years........................ 1,286 1,181 91.8 1,132 88.0 49 4.1 106
45 to 54 years........................ 537 467 86.9 454 84.6 13 2.7 70
55 to 64 years........................ 237 177 74.8 173 73.2 4 2.1 60
65 years and over..................... 43 15 34.7 14 33.7 - - 28
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,653 1,406 85.0 1,303 78.8 103 7.3 247
18 to 24 years........................ 317 255 80.6 219 69.2 36 14.1 61
25 to 34 years........................ 745 634 85.1 588 78.9 46 7.3 111
35 to 44 years........................ 304 275 90.5 262 86.1 13 4.9 29
45 to 54 years........................ 211 186 88.5 180 85.6 6 3.3 24
55 to 64 years........................ 67 51 76.2 49 73.7 2 3.3 16
65 years and over..................... 10 4 (1) 4 (1) - - 6
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (2)
Total, 45 years and over................ 11,855 4,690 39.6 4,492 37.9 198 4.2 7,165
45 to 54 years........................ 628 494 78.7 469 74.7 25 5.1 134
55 to 64 years........................ 4,934 3,188 64.6 3,056 61.9 132 4.1 1,746
65 years and over..................... 6,293 1,008 16.0 968 15.4 40 4.0 5,285
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 5,983 3,690 61.7 3,522 58.9 168 4.6 2,293
25 to 34 years........................ - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years........................ 1,026 935 91.1 895 87.2 40 4.3 91
45 to 54 years........................ 2,286 1,945 85.1 1,848 80.9 97 5.0 341
55 to 64 years........................ 386 249 64.6 242 62.7 7 3.0 137
65 years and over..................... 2,284 560 24.5 536 23.5 24 4.3 1,724
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 202,226 139,366 68.9 131,578 65.1 7,788 5.6 62,859
18 to 24 years........................ 28,034 19,225 68.6 16,994 60.6 2,231 11.6 8,810
25 to 34 years........................ 38,411 31,954 83.2 30,089 78.3 1,865 5.8 6,457
35 to 44 years........................ 39,083 32,670 83.6 31,168 79.7 1,502 4.6 6,413
45 to 54 years........................ 40,300 32,912 81.7 31,578 78.4 1,334 4.1 7,388
55 to 64 years........................ 27,868 17,951 64.4 17,292 62.1 658 3.7 9,917
65 years and over..................... 28,530 4,654 16.3 4,457 15.6 197 4.2 23,875
MEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 20,712 11,253 54.3 10,739 51.8 515 4.6 9,458
18 to 24 years........................ 249 211 84.7 181 72.9 29 13.9 38
25 to 34 years........................ 1,276 1,153 90.4 1,086 85.1 67 5.8 123
35 to 44 years........................ 2,242 2,086 93.0 1,996 89.0 90 4.3 157
45 to 54 years........................ 3,207 2,736 85.3 2,612 81.4 124 4.5 471
55 to 64 years........................ 5,377 3,515 65.4 3,374 62.7 141 4.0 1,862
65 years and over..................... 8,361 1,553 18.6 1,491 17.8 63 4.0 6,807
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 3,848 3,425 89.0 3,256 84.6 169 4.9 423
18 to 24 years........................ 249 211 84.7 181 72.9 29 13.9 38
25 to 34 years........................ 1,276 1,153 90.4 1,086 85.1 67 5.8 123
35 to 44 years........................ 1,354 1,262 93.2 1,210 89.3 53 4.2 92
45 to 54 years........................ 647 574 88.8 561 86.6 14 2.4 73
55 to 64 years........................ 274 208 75.8 203 73.8 5 2.6 66
65 years and over..................... 47 17 35.3 16 34.4 - - 31
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 2,488 2,231 89.7 2,147 86.3 84 3.8 257
18 to 24 years........................ - - - - - - - -
25 to 34 years........................ 677 622 91.8 591 87.2 31 5.0 55
35 to 44 years........................ 1,098 1,029 93.7 990 90.1 40 3.9 69
45 to 54 years........................ 459 405 88.3 396 86.3 9 2.2 54
55 to 64 years........................ 215 161 75.1 158 73.3 4 2.3 54
65 years and over..................... 38 13 34.9 13 33.7 - - 25
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,359 1,193 87.8 1,109 81.6 84 7.1 166
18 to 24 years........................ 249 211 84.7 181 72.9 29 13.9 38
25 to 34 years........................ 598 531 88.7 495 82.7 36 6.8 68
35 to 44 years........................ 255 233 91.1 220 86.1 13 5.5 23
45 to 54 years........................ 188 169 90.0 164 87.5 5 2.8 19
55 to 64 years........................ 59 47 78.6 45 75.8 2 3.6 13
65 years and over..................... 9 3 (1) 3 (1) - - 6
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (2)
Total, 45 years and over................ 11,455 4,542 39.7 4,349 38.0 193 4.3 6,913
45 to 54 years........................ 588 464 78.9 440 74.9 23 5.0 124
55 to 64 years........................ 4,762 3,085 64.8 2,955 62.1 130 4.2 1,677
65 years and over..................... 6,105 993 16.3 953 15.6 40 4.0 5,112
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 5,409 3,287 60.8 3,134 57.9 153 4.6 2,123
25 to 34 years........................ - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years........................ 889 824 92.7 786 88.5 37 4.5 65
45 to 54 years........................ 1,972 1,698 86.1 1,611 81.7 87 5.1 274
55 to 64 years........................ 340 222 65.2 216 63.4 6 2.7 118
65 years and over..................... 2,208 543 24.6 521 23.6 22 4.1 1,665
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 87,776 70,028 79.8 65,821 75.0 4,207 6.0 17,748
18 to 24 years........................ 14,035 10,089 71.9 8,773 62.5 1,316 13.0 3,946
25 to 34 years........................ 18,723 17,149 91.6 16,098 86.0 1,052 6.1 1,574
35 to 44 years........................ 18,325 16,886 92.1 16,101 87.9 785 4.6 1,439
45 to 54 years........................ 18,307 16,193 88.5 15,512 84.7 681 4.2 2,113
55 to 64 years........................ 10,747 7,830 72.9 7,545 70.2 285 3.6 2,917
65 years and over..................... 7,639 1,880 24.6 1,792 23.5 89 4.7 5,759
WOMEN
VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 1,718 1,115 64.9 1,057 61.5 58 5.2 603
18 to 24 years........................ 68 44 65.6 38 55.7 7 15.1 23
25 to 34 years........................ 306 225 73.5 208 68.0 17 7.5 81
35 to 44 years........................ 374 306 81.6 293 78.3 12 4.0 69
45 to 54 years........................ 454 356 78.4 340 74.8 17 4.7 98
55 to 64 years........................ 246 150 60.9 146 59.3 4 2.5 96
65 years and over..................... 269 33 12.5 32 11.8 2 (1) 235
Gulf War era, total
Total, 18 years and over................ 745 564 75.7 526 70.6 38 6.8 181
18 to 24 years........................ 68 44 65.6 38 55.7 7 15.1 23
25 to 34 years........................ 306 225 73.5 208 68.0 17 7.5 81
35 to 44 years........................ 236 194 82.0 184 77.9 10 4.9 43
45 to 54 years........................ 100 79 78.5 74 73.6 5 6.2 22
55 to 64 years........................ 29 20 (1) 20 (1) - - 9
65 years and over..................... 5 2 (1) 2 (1) - - 3
Gulf War era I
Total, 18 years and over................ 451 351 77.9 332 73.7 19 5.5 99
18 to 24 years........................ - - - - - - - -
25 to 34 years........................ 159 122 76.3 115 72.1 7 5.6 38
35 to 44 years........................ 188 151 80.6 142 75.8 9 6.0 36
45 to 54 years........................ 78 61 79.1 58 74.7 3 5.6 16
55 to 64 years........................ 22 16 (1) 16 (1) - - 6
65 years and over..................... 4 2 (1) 2 (1) - - 3
Gulf War era II
Total, 18 years and over................ 294 212 72.3 194 65.9 19 8.9 81
18 to 24 years........................ 68 44 65.6 38 55.7 7 15.1 23
25 to 34 years........................ 147 104 70.5 93 63.6 10 9.8 43
35 to 44 years........................ 49 42 87.2 42 86.2 1 1.2 6
45 to 54 years........................ 23 17 (1) 16 (1) 1 (1) 5
55 to 64 years........................ 7 4 (1) 4 (1) - - 3
65 years and over..................... 1 1 (1) 1 (1) - - -
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era (2)
Total, 45 years and over................ 399 148 37.0 143 35.8 5 3.2 252
45 to 54 years........................ 40 30 75.9 29 71.2 2 (1) 10
55 to 64 years........................ 172 103 59.9 100 58.4 2 2.4 69
65 years and over..................... 188 15 7.8 14 7.6 - (1) 173
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 574 403 70.3 388 67.6 16 3.8 170
25 to 34 years........................ - - - - - - - -
35 to 44 years........................ 138 112 81.1 109 79.1 3 2.5 26
45 to 54 years........................ 314 247 78.8 237 75.6 10 4.0 67
55 to 64 years........................ 46 27 60.2 26 57.3 1 (1) 18
65 years and over..................... 76 17 22.1 15 20.1 2 (1) 59
NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over................ 114,450 69,338 60.6 65,757 57.5 3,581 5.2 45,112
18 to 24 years........................ 13,999 9,136 65.3 8,220 58.7 915 10.0 4,863
25 to 34 years........................ 19,688 14,805 75.2 13,992 71.1 813 5.5 4,883
35 to 44 years........................ 20,758 15,784 76.0 15,067 72.6 717 4.5 4,974
45 to 54 years........................ 21,994 16,719 76.0 16,066 73.0 653 3.9 5,274
55 to 64 years........................ 17,121 10,120 59.1 9,747 56.9 373 3.7 7,001
65 years and over..................... 20,891 2,774 13.3 2,665 12.8 109 3.9 18,117
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.
2 Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any veterans of these eras under 45 years of age.
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. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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