Table 3. Employment status of persons 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2023 annual averages

Table 3. Employment status of persons 25 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment, 2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, period of service, and educational attainment	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
VETERANS
Total, 25 years and over	17,629	8,456	48.0	8,229	46.7	227	2.7	9,173
Less than a high school diploma	474	79	16.7	78	16.4	2	2.0	395
High school graduates, no college	4,939	2,058	41.7	1,999	40.5	59	2.9	2,881
Some college or associate degree	6,112	2,999	49.1	2,910	47.6	89	3.0	3,113
Bachelor's degree and higher	6,104	3,320	54.4	3,242	53.1	78	2.3	2,784
Gulf War era, total
Total, 25 years and over	7,726	5,960	77.1	5,794	75.0	167	2.8	1,766
Less than a high school diploma	52	30	57.8	30	57.6	0	-	22
High school graduates, no college	1,748	1,291	73.9	1,247	71.3	45	3.5	457
Some college or associate degree	2,826	2,137	75.6	2,071	73.3	66	3.1	689
Bachelor's degree and higher	3,100	2,501	80.7	2,445	78.9	56	2.2	598
Gulf War era II
Total, 25 years and over	4,770	3,832	80.3	3,715	77.9	117	3.1	938
Less than a high school diploma	30	18	-	18	-	0	-	11
High school graduates, no college	1,005	790	78.6	759	75.5	31	3.9	215
Some college or associate degree	1,769	1,386	78.4	1,335	75.5	51	3.7	383
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,966	1,637	83.3	1,602	81.5	35	2.1	329
Gulf War era I
Total, 25 years and over	2,956	2,128	72.0	2,079	70.3	50	2.3	828
Less than a high school diploma	23	12	-	12	-	0	-	11
High school graduates, no college	743	501	67.4	487	65.6	14	2.7	242
Some college or associate degree	1,057	751	71.0	736	69.6	15	2.0	306
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,134	864	76.2	844	74.4	21	2.4	269
WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total, 25 years and over	5,968	808	13.5	787	13.2	21	2.5	5,160
Less than a high school diploma	266	20	7.5	19	7.3	1	-	246
High school graduates, no college	1,872	214	11.5	211	11.3	3	1.5	1,657
Some college or associate degree	1,922	252	13.1	244	12.7	8	3.1	1,670
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,908	322	16.9	313	16.4	9	2.7	1,586
Other service periods
Total, 25 years and over	3,935	1,688	42.9	1,648	41.9	40	2.4	2,247
Less than a high school diploma	155	29	18.7	28	18.2	1	-	126
High school graduates, no college	1,320	552	41.9	541	41.0	11	2.0	767
Some college or associate degree	1,364	610	44.7	595	43.6	15	2.4	754
Bachelor's degree and higher	1,097	497	45.3	484	44.1	13	2.6	600

NONVETERANS
Total, 25 years and over	209,974	136,531	65.0	132,435	63.1	4,096	3.0	73,442
Less than a high school diploma	18,878	9,023	47.8	8,517	45.1	506	5.6	9,855
High school graduates, no college	58,428	33,840	57.9	32,503	55.6	1,337	4.0	24,588
Some college or associate degree	51,030	32,957	64.6	31,951	62.6	1,006	3.1	18,074
Bachelor's degree and higher	81,637	60,711	74.4	59,464	72.8	1,247	2.1	20,925
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. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans are counted in only one period of service, their most recent wartime period. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the most recent one. Veterans who served in both a wartime period and any other service period are classified in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

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