HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 46. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Civilian | |noninstitutional | Civilian labor force | population | | | _________________ _______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total | Employed | Unemployed Veteran status and age | | | | | _________________ _________________ ___________________________________ | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | Number | Percent of | | | | | | | | labor force | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS | | | | | | | | | | Total, 40 years and over..................| 7,598 | 7,726 | 6,560 | 6,600 | 6,327 | 6,387 | 233 | 214 | 3.6 | 3.2 40 to 54 years .........................| 6,531 | 6,466 | 5,942 | 5,848 | 5,727 | 5,653 | 215 | 194 | 3.6 | 3.3 40 to 44 years ......................| 1,500 | 1,243 | 1,357 | 1,121 | 1,289 | 1,083 | 68 | 39 | 5.0 | 3.4 45 to 49 years ......................| 3,214 | 3,038 | 2,949 | 2,763 | 2,847 | 2,670 | 102 | 93 | 3.5 | 3.4 50 to 54 years ......................| 1,817 | 2,186 | 1,636 | 1,963 | 1,590 | 1,900 | 45 | 63 | 2.8 | 3.2 55 years and over ......................| 1,067 | 1,260 | 618 | 753 | 600 | 733 | 18 | 19 | 3.0 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NONVETERANS | | | | | | | | | | Total, 40 to 54 years ....................| 17,254 | 18,342 | 15,516 | 16,567 | 14,945 | 15,957 | 571 | 610 | 3.7 | 3.7 40 to 44 years .........................| 8,048 | 8,562 | 7,430 | 7,897 | 7,153 | 7,593 | 277 | 303 | 3.7 | 3.8 45 to 49 years .........................| 5,205 | 5,807 | 4,688 | 5,265 | 4,527 | 5,075 | 161 | 190 | 3.4 | 3.6 50 to 54 years .........................| 4,001 | 3,973 | 3,398 | 3,405 | 3,265 | 3,288 | 133 | 117 | 3.9 | 3.4 | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces.