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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
48. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, age, and sex	2021
	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	18,506	8,818	47.7	8,433	45.6	386	4.4	9,688
18 to 24 years	272	205	75.4	187	68.8	18	8.7	67
25 to 34 years	1,503	1,232	82.0	1,159	77.2	72	5.9	271
35 to 44 years	2,098	1,761	83.9	1,685	80.3	76	4.3	337
45 to 54 years	2,559	2,099	82.0	2,031	79.4	69	3.3	459
55 to 64 years	3,463	2,143	61.9	2,049	59.2	94	4.4	1,320
65 years and over	8,613	1,379	16.0	1,322	15.4	56	4.1	7,234
Men, 18 years and over	16,533	7,670	46.4	7,332	44.3	337	4.4	8,863
18 to 24 years	206	163	79.1	150	72.5	14	8.3	43
25 to 34 years	1,219	1,030	84.4	966	79.3	63	6.1	190
35 to 44 years	1,698	1,458	85.9	1,394	82.1	64	4.4	240
45 to 54 years	2,190	1,827	83.4	1,767	80.7	59	3.3	363
55 to 64 years	3,011	1,881	62.5	1,797	59.7	84	4.5	1,130
65 years and over	8,208	1,311	16.0	1,258	15.3	53	4.1	6,897
Women, 18 years and over	1,973	1,148	58.2	1,100	55.8	48	4.2	824
18 to 24 years	65	41	63.6	37	57.1	4	10.3	24
25 to 34 years	283	202	71.4	193	68.2	9	4.5	81
35 to 44 years	400	303	75.7	290	72.7	12	4.1	97
45 to 54 years	369	273	73.9	263	71.5	9	3.4	96
55 to 64 years	452	262	57.9	252	55.7	10	3.8	190
65 years and over	405	68	16.8	65	15.9	3	4.9	337

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	4,670	3,673	78.7	3,502	75.0	171	4.6	997
18 to 24 years	272	205	75.4	187	68.8	18	8.7	67
25 to 34 years	1,503	1,232	82.0	1,159	77.2	72	5.9	271
35 to 44 years	1,605	1,343	83.6	1,289	80.3	54	4.0	263
45 to 54 years	695	556	80.0	540	77.8	16	2.8	139
55 to 64 years	456	305	66.7	295	64.6	10	3.2	152
65 years and over	139	34	24.1	32	23.0	2	-	106
Men, 18 years and over	3,858	3,113	80.7	2,970	77.0	144	4.6	745
18 to 24 years	206	163	79.1	150	72.5	14	8.3	43
25 to 34 years	1,219	1,030	84.4	966	79.3	63	6.1	190
35 to 44 years	1,309	1,117	85.3	1,074	82.0	44	3.9	192
45 to 54 years	597	495	82.9	482	80.8	13	2.6	102
55 to 64 years	402	277	68.9	268	66.7	9	3.2	125
65 years and over	124	31	25.0	29	23.8	2	-	93
Women, 18 years and over	812	560	69.0	533	65.6	27	4.9	252
18 to 24 years	65	41	63.6	37	57.1	4	10.3	24
25 to 34 years	283	202	71.4	193	68.2	9	4.5	81
35 to 44 years	296	225	76.0	215	72.6	10	4.5	71
45 to 54 years	98	61	62.3	58	59.3	3	4.8	37
55 to 64 years	55	28	51.0	27	49.3	1	-	27
65 years and over	15	3	-	3	-	0	-	13

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	234,176	150,143	64.1	142,161	60.7	7,982	5.3	84,033
18 to 24 years	28,227	18,240	64.6	16,501	58.5	1,739	9.5	9,987
25 to 34 years	43,248	35,438	81.9	33,419	77.3	2,019	5.7	7,810
35 to 44 years	39,745	32,559	81.9	31,050	78.1	1,510	4.6	7,185
45 to 54 years	36,956	29,778	80.6	28,523	77.2	1,255	4.2	7,178
55 to 64 years	38,425	24,910	64.8	23,863	62.1	1,046	4.2	13,516
65 years and over	47,574	9,217	19.4	8,805	18.5	412	4.5	38,357
Men, 18 years and over	105,515	76,752	72.7	72,539	68.7	4,213	5.5	28,763
18 to 24 years	14,053	9,320	66.3	8,347	59.4	973	10.4	4,733
25 to 34 years	21,139	18,580	87.9	17,476	82.7	1,103	5.9	2,559
35 to 44 years	18,934	17,033	90.0	16,245	85.8	789	4.6	1,901
45 to 54 years	17,122	14,890	87.0	14,263	83.3	626	4.2	2,233
55 to 64 years	17,185	12,339	71.8	11,817	68.8	522	4.2	4,847
65 years and over	17,081	4,591	26.9	4,391	25.7	200	4.4	12,490
Women, 18 years and over	128,661	73,391	57.0	69,622	54.1	3,769	5.1	55,270
18 to 24 years	14,174	8,920	62.9	8,154	57.5	766	8.6	5,254
25 to 34 years	22,109	16,858	76.2	15,942	72.1	916	5.4	5,251
35 to 44 years	20,811	15,526	74.6	14,805	71.1	721	4.6	5,284
45 to 54 years	19,834	14,889	75.1	14,260	71.9	629	4.2	4,945
55 to 64 years	21,240	12,571	59.2	12,046	56.7	525	4.2	8,669
65 years and over	30,493	4,626	15.2	4,414	14.5	212	4.6	25,867
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. Gulf War-era II veterans served on active duty anywhere in the world sometime since September 2001. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022