Table 3. Employment status of persons 25 years and over by veteran status, and educational attainment, 2010 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
Period of service and educational noninsti- Employed Unemployed Not in
attainment tutional Percent labor
population Total of force
population Percent Percent
Total of Total of
population labor force
VETERANS
Total, 25 years and over................ 21,713 11,539 53.1 10,565 48.7 974 8.4 10,174
Less than a high school diploma....... 1,539 321 20.9 283 18.4 38 11.8 1,218
High school graduates, no college..... 7,221 3,606 49.9 3,210 44.5 396 11.0 3,615
Some college or associate degree...... 7,349 4,402 59.9 3,996 54.4 406 9.2 2,947
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 5,902 3,429 58.1 3,249 55.0 180 5.3 2,473
Gulf War era, total
Total, 25 years and over................ 4,792 4,091 85.4 3,738 78.0 353 8.6 701
Less than a high school diploma....... 56 37 66.1 30 53.5 7 19.1 19
High school graduates, no college..... 1,429 1,200 84.0 1,047 73.3 153 12.7 229
Some college or associate degree...... 2,198 1,832 83.3 1,646 74.9 186 10.2 366
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 1,408 1,242 88.2 1,189 84.4 53 4.3 166
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over................ 2,922 2,528 86.5 2,334 79.9 194 7.7 394
Less than a high school diploma....... 32 21 (1) 18 (1) 3 (1) 10
High school graduates, no college..... 796 679 85.3 606 76.1 73 10.8 117
Some college or associate degree...... 1,216 1,052 86.5 967 79.5 85 8.1 164
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 878 775 88.3 743 84.7 32 4.1 103
Gulf War era II
Total, 25 years and over................ 1,870 1,564 83.6 1,404 75.1 160 10.2 307
Less than a high school diploma....... 25 16 (1) 12 (1) 4 (1) 9
High school graduates, no college..... 632 520 82.3 441 69.7 80 15.3 112
Some college or associate degree...... 982 780 79.4 679 69.2 101 12.9 202
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 530 467 88.1 446 84.1 21 4.6 63
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 25 years and over................ 11,006 3,993 36.3 3,662 33.3 331 8.3 7,013
Less than a high school diploma....... 1,064 159 15.0 143 13.4 16 10.2 905
High school graduates, no college..... 3,639 1,197 32.9 1,081 29.7 117 9.7 2,442
Some college or associate degree...... 3,243 1,344 41.4 1,222 37.7 121 9.0 1,899
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 3,059 1,293 42.3 1,216 39.8 76 5.9 1,767
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over................ 5,914 3,455 58.4 3,165 53.5 290 8.4 2,459
Less than a high school diploma....... 418 125 29.8 110 26.3 15 11.7 294
High school graduates, no college..... 2,153 1,209 56.2 1,083 50.3 127 10.5 943
Some college or associate degree...... 1,909 1,227 64.3 1,128 59.1 98 8.0 682
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 1,435 894 62.3 844 58.8 50 5.6 540
NONVETERANS
Total, 25 years and over................ 178,169 121,416 68.1 111,422 62.5 9,994 8.2 56,754
Less than a high school diploma....... 28,978 13,955 48.2 11,503 39.7 2,453 17.6 15,022
High school graduates, no college..... 63,860 40,872 64.0 35,961 56.3 4,911 12.0 22,988
Some college or associate degree...... 57,085 40,367 70.7 36,714 64.3 3,653 9.0 16,718
Bachelor's degree and higher.......... 56,953 44,936 78.9 42,730 75.0 2,206 4.9 12,017
1 Rates are not shown where base is less than 35,000.
NOTE: More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
United States Department of Labor
