2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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	2015
	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	21,209	10,757	50.7	10,263	48.4	495	4.6	10,452
18 to 24 years	264	199	75.3	173	65.6	26	13.0	65
25 to 34 years	1,764	1,457	82.6	1,356	76.9	101	6.9	307
35 to 44 years	2,332	2,020	86.6	1,936	83.1	83	4.1	312
45 to 54 years	3,334	2,779	83.4	2,684	80.5	95	3.4	554
55 to 64 years	3,871	2,382	61.5	2,270	58.6	112	4.7	1,489
65 years and over	9,645	1,921	19.9	1,843	19.1	77	4.0	7,724
Men, 18 years and over	19,212	9,517	49.5	9,089	47.3	428	4.5	9,695
18 to 24 years	209	159	75.7	137	65.5	21	13.6	51
25 to 34 years	1,440	1,231	85.5	1,146	79.6	85	6.9	209
35 to 44 years	1,923	1,701	88.4	1,637	85.1	64	3.8	223
45 to 54 years	2,858	2,418	84.6	2,335	81.7	83	3.4	440
55 to 64 years	3,472	2,144	61.8	2,043	58.8	102	4.7	1,328
65 years and over	9,309	1,864	20.0	1,791	19.2	74	4.0	7,444
Women, 18 years and over	1,997	1,241	62.1	1,174	58.8	67	5.4	757
18 to 24 years	55	40	73.9	36	66.0	4	10.7	14
25 to 34 years	324	226	69.7	210	64.6	17	7.3	98
35 to 44 years	408	319	78.2	300	73.4	19	6.1	89
45 to 54 years	476	361	76.0	349	73.4	12	3.5	114
55 to 64 years	398	237	59.5	227	57.0	10	4.2	161
65 years and over	336	57	16.8	53	15.7	4	6.6	280

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	3,594	2,913	81.0	2,745	76.4	168	5.8	681
18 to 24 years	264	199	75.3	173	65.6	26	13.0	65
25 to 34 years	1,669	1,381	82.7	1,287	77.1	94	6.8	288
35 to 44 years	829	700	84.5	672	81.1	28	4.0	129
45 to 54 years	565	469	83.1	456	80.7	14	2.9	95
55 to 64 years	210	144	68.7	138	65.8	6	4.3	66
65 years and over	58	19	33.9	19	32.3	1	-	38
Men, 18 years and over	2,959	2,462	83.2	2,322	78.5	140	5.7	497
18 to 24 years	209	159	75.7	137	65.5	21	13.6	51
25 to 34 years	1,367	1,169	85.6	1,090	79.8	79	6.8	197
35 to 44 years	685	593	86.6	571	83.3	22	3.8	92
45 to 54 years	476	402	84.4	391	82.2	11	2.6	74
55 to 64 years	177	126	70.8	120	67.8	5	4.3	52
65 years and over	44	13	29.6	13	28.3	1	-	31
Women, 18 years and over	635	451	71.0	422	66.4	29	6.4	184
18 to 24 years	55	40	73.9	36	66.0	4	10.7	14
25 to 34 years	302	212	69.9	197	65.1	14	6.8	91
35 to 44 years	143	106	74.3	101	70.2	6	5.4	37
45 to 54 years	89	67	76.1	64	72.6	3	4.6	21
55 to 64 years	33	19	-	18	-	1	-	14
65 years and over	13	6	-	6	-	0	-	7

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	220,740	144,385	65.4	136,947	62.0	7,439	5.2	76,355
18 to 24 years	29,474	19,037	64.6	16,959	57.5	2,078	10.9	10,438
25 to 34 years	41,007	33,190	80.9	31,386	76.5	1,803	5.4	7,818
35 to 44 years	37,369	30,583	81.8	29,316	78.4	1,267	4.1	6,786
45 to 54 years	39,303	31,123	79.2	29,959	76.2	1,164	3.7	8,180
55 to 64 years	36,725	23,574	64.2	22,706	61.8	869	3.7	13,151
65 years and over	36,862	6,879	18.7	6,621	18.0	258	3.7	29,984
Men, 18 years and over	97,380	73,107	75.1	69,243	71.1	3,864	5.3	24,273
18 to 24 years	14,723	9,767	66.3	8,591	58.4	1,177	12.0	4,955
25 to 34 years	19,703	17,545	89.1	16,600	84.3	946	5.4	2,157
35 to 44 years	17,520	15,856	90.5	15,225	86.9	631	4.0	1,665
45 to 54 years	17,980	15,475	86.1	14,909	82.9	566	3.7	2,505
55 to 64 years	16,048	11,486	71.6	11,049	68.8	437	3.8	4,563
65 years and over	11,406	2,978	26.1	2,870	25.2	108	3.6	8,428
Women, 18 years and over	123,360	71,278	57.8	67,704	54.9	3,574	5.0	52,082
18 to 24 years	14,751	9,269	62.8	8,368	56.7	901	9.7	5,482
25 to 34 years	21,305	15,644	73.4	14,787	69.4	858	5.5	5,660
35 to 44 years	19,849	14,728	74.2	14,091	71.0	636	4.3	5,121
45 to 54 years	21,323	15,648	73.4	15,050	70.6	598	3.8	5,675
55 to 64 years	20,677	12,089	58.5	11,657	56.4	432	3.6	8,588
65 years and over	25,456	3,900	15.3	3,751	14.7	149	3.8	21,556
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: February 10, 2016