HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 47. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, race, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Veterans | Nonveterans | | _________________________________________ _________________________________________ | | | | | | Employment status and age | White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic | | | origin | | | origin | | | | | | _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 40 to 54 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 5,815| 5,735| 588| 601| 264| 259|14,540|15,490| 1,829| 1,915| 1,680| 1,753 Civilian labor force.........................| 5,335| 5,233| 496| 501| 238| 227|13,279|14,212| 1,451| 1,525| 1,475| 1,564 Employed...................................| 5,160| 5,070| 462| 474| 229| 219|12,837|13,751| 1,362| 1,413| 1,379| 1,473 Unemployed.................................| 174| 163| 35| 28| 9| 8| 442| 461| 89| 113| 95| 91 Unemployment rate........................| 3.3| 3.1| 7.0| 5.5| 4.0| 3.6| 3.3| 3.2| 6.2| 7.4| 6.5| 5.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 to 44 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 1,288| 1,055| 176| 154| 76| 75| 6,828| 7,260| 848| 885| 759| 835 Civilian labor force.........................| 1,178| 955| 150| 136| 69| 67| 6,389| 6,795| 702| 729| 694| 760 Employed...................................| 1,126| 925| 137| 127| 65| 63| 6,175| 6,564| 655| 672| 651| 714 Unemployed.................................| 52| 30| 14| 8| 4| 4| 214| 231| 47| 57| 42| 46 Unemployment rate........................| 4.4| 3.1| 9.1| 6.1| 6.3| 5.3| 3.3| 3.4| 6.7| 7.8| 6.1| 6.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45 to 49 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 2,884| 2,694| 276| 291| 131| 108| 4,334| 4,906| 562| 604| 540| 528 Civilian labor force.........................| 2,666| 2,474| 236| 243| 118| 91| 3,959| 4,513| 454| 489| 471| 478 Employed...................................| 2,584| 2,396| 218| 230| 115| 88| 3,838| 4,369| 428| 454| 442| 450 Unemployed.................................| 82| 78| 18| 13| 3| 4| 121| 144| 27| 35| 29| 28 Unemployment rate........................| 3.1| 3.2| 7.6| 5.3| 2.4| 4.1| 3.1| 3.2| 5.9| 7.2| 6.2| 5.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 50 to 54 years | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 1,642| 1,987| 137| 156| 58| 76| 3,378| 3,324| 420| 426| 382| 391 Civilian labor force.........................| 1,491| 1,804| 110| 123| 51| 69| 2,931| 2,904| 295| 307| 310| 325 Employed...................................| 1,451| 1,749| 107| 116| 49| 68| 2,824| 2,818| 279| 287| 286| 310 Unemployed.................................| 40| 55| 3| 7| 2| 1| 107| 87| 16| 20| 24| 16 Unemployment rate........................| 2.7| 3.0| 2.6| 5.4| 4.4| 1.4| 3.6| 3.0| 5.3| 6.6| 7.7| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.