Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2012 annual averages

Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2012 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	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
Total, 18 years and over	234,393	153,022	65.3	141,050	60.2	11,972	7.8	81,371
Veterans	21,183	11,006	52.0	10,233	48.3	773	7.0	10,177
Gulf War era, total	5,615	4,618	82.3	4,263	75.9	355	7.7	997
Gulf War era II	2,566	2,071	80.7	1,866	72.7	205	9.9	496
Gulf War era I	3,049	2,548	83.6	2,398	78.6	150	5.9	501
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	9,872	3,165	32.1	2,964	30.0	201	6.4	6,707
Other service periods	5,696	3,222	56.6	3,006	52.8	217	6.7	2,473
Nonveterans	213,211	142,017	66.6	130,817	61.4	11,200	7.9	71,194

Men
Total, 18 years and over	112,793	81,377	72.1	74,896	66.4	6,481	8.0	31,417
Veterans	19,368	9,884	51.0	9,204	47.5	680	6.9	9,484
Gulf War era, total	4,703	3,958	84.2	3,669	78.0	289	7.3	745
Gulf War era II	2,136	1,774	83.1	1,606	75.2	168	9.5	362
Gulf War era I	2,567	2,184	85.1	2,063	80.4	121	5.6	383
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	9,554	3,063	32.1	2,866	30.0	197	6.4	6,491
Other service periods	5,112	2,863	56.0	2,669	52.2	194	6.8	2,248
Nonveterans	93,425	71,493	76.5	65,692	70.3	5,801	8.1	21,933

Women
Total, 18 years and over	121,600	71,645	58.9	66,154	54.4	5,492	7.7	49,955
Veterans	1,815	1,122	61.8	1,029	56.7	93	8.3	693
Gulf War era, total	912	660	72.4	594	65.1	66	10.0	252
Gulf War era II	431	297	68.9	259	60.2	37	12.5	134
Gulf War era I	482	364	75.5	335	69.5	29	8.0	118
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	318	102	32.1	98	30.7	4	4.1	216
Other service periods	584	359	61.5	337	57.7	22	6.2	225
Nonveterans	119,785	70,524	58.9	65,125	54.4	5,399	7.7	49,261

White
Total, 18 years and over	186,587	122,080	65.4	113,562	60.9	8,518	7.0	64,507
Veterans	17,923	9,051	50.5	8,467	47.2	584	6.4	8,872
Gulf War era, total	4,298	3,566	83.0	3,313	77.1	253	7.1	733
Gulf War era II	1,971	1,596	81.0	1,447	73.4	149	9.4	375
Gulf War era I	2,327	1,970	84.6	1,866	80.2	103	5.3	357
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	8,852	2,838	32.1	2,666	30.1	172	6.1	6,014
Other service periods	4,772	2,647	55.5	2,488	52.1	159	6.0	2,125
Nonveterans	168,664	113,029	67.0	105,094	62.3	7,934	7.0	55,635

Black or African American
Total, 18 years and over	28,562	18,219	63.8	15,768	55.2	2,451	13.5	10,342
Veterans	2,358	1,405	59.6	1,263	53.6	142	10.1	954
Gulf War era, total	918	729	79.4	657	71.6	72	9.8	189
Gulf War era II	389	314	80.7	273	70.2	41	13.0	75
Gulf War era I	528	415	78.5	384	72.7	31	7.4	113
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	720	229	31.8	206	28.6	23	10.1	491
Other service periods	720	447	62.0	400	55.5	47	10.5	274
Nonveterans	26,203	16,815	64.2	14,505	55.4	2,309	13.7	9,389

Asian
Total, 18 years and over	12,345	8,097	65.6	7,624	61.8	473	5.8	4,248
Veterans	293	170	58.0	160	54.7	10	5.8	123
Gulf War era, total	131	105	79.6	97	73.5	8	7.7	27
Gulf War era II	78	60	76.3	56	71.2	4	6.7	18
Gulf War era I	53	45	84.4	41	76.8	4	9.0	8
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	115	33	28.6	32	27.6	1	-	82
Other service periods	47	33	69.6	32	68.2	1	-	14
Nonveterans	12,052	7,927	65.8	7,464	61.9	463	5.8	4,125

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 18 years and over	34,792	23,999	69.0	21,602	62.1	2,396	10.0	10,793
Veterans	1,298	822	63.4	755	58.2	67	8.2	475
Gulf War era, total	582	480	82.4	434	74.6	46	9.5	102
Gulf War era II	308	246	79.9	217	70.5	29	11.7	62
Gulf War era I	274	234	85.3	217	79.2	17	7.2	40
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era	412	139	33.8	132	32.0	8	5.4	273
Other service periods	303	203	67.0	189	62.2	14	7.1	100
Nonveterans	33,494	23,176	69.2	20,848	62.2	2,329	10.0	10,318
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. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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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Table 1. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2012 annual averages

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