U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by presence of service-connected disability, reported disability rating,
period of service, and sex, July 2010, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Presence of disability, reported disability Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in
rating, noninsti- labor
period of service, and sex tutional Percent force
population Total of Percent Percent
population Total of Total of
population labor
force
TOTAL
VETERANS
Total........................................... 21,997 11,857 53.9 10,863 49.4 994 8.4 10,140
With service-connected disability................. 2,798 1,427 51.0 1,297 46.4 130 9.1 1,371
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 1,077 667 61.9 609 56.5 59 8.8 410
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 732 435 59.4 394 53.8 41 9.5 297
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 729 204 27.9 185 25.4 19 9.1 526
Disability rating not reported.................. 260 122 46.7 110 42.3 12 9.5 139
Without service-connected disability.............. 15,783 8,399 53.2 7,669 48.6 730 8.7 7,384
Presence of disability not reported............... 3,415 2,031 59.5 1,896 55.5 135 6.6 1,385
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 5,058 4,298 85.0 3,902 77.2 396 9.2 760
With service-connected disability................. 1,078 844 78.3 760 70.5 84 10.0 234
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 424 372 87.7 335 79.1 37 9.8 52
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 340 268 78.7 242 71.0 26 9.8 72
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 233 131 56.3 117 50.4 14 10.6 102
Disability rating not reported.................. 81 73 90.6 66 81.2 8 (1) 8
Without service-connected disability.............. 3,070 2,692 87.7 2,438 79.4 254 9.4 377
Presence of disability not reported............... 910 761 83.6 704 77.3 57 7.5 149
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 2,897 2,473 85.4 2,293 79.2 180 7.3 423
With service-connected disability................. 548 415 75.8 379 69.1 36 8.8 133
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 267 241 90.1 222 83.2 18 7.6 26
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 134 89 66.4 86 64.2 3 3.4 45
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 119 59 49.3 45 38.1 13 (1) 60
Disability rating not reported.................. 27 26 (1) 25 (1) 2 (1) 1
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,855 1,645 88.7 1,533 82.6 112 6.8 210
Presence of disability not reported............... 494 413 83.6 382 77.2 32 7.7 81
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 2,161 1,824 84.4 1,609 74.5 215 11.8 336
With service-connected disability................. 530 429 81.0 381 72.0 48 11.2 101
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 157 131 83.7 113 72.0 18 13.9 26
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 206 179 86.8 155 75.5 23 13.0 27
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 114 72 63.7 72 63.2 1 (1) 41
Disability rating not reported.................. 54 47 (1) 41 (1) 6 (1) 7
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,215 1,047 86.2 905 74.5 142 13.6 167
Presence of disability not reported............... 416 348 83.6 322 77.4 26 7.4 68
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 10,971 3,985 36.3 3,654 33.3 331 8.3 6,986
With service-connected disability................. 1,235 324 26.2 291 23.6 33 10.1 912
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 447 163 36.5 146 32.6 17 10.6 284
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 271 87 32.1 81 29.7 7 7.5 184
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 385 46 12.1 42 10.8 5 (1) 338
Disability rating not reported.................. 132 27 20.4 23 17.4 4 (1) 105
Without service-connected disability.............. 8,237 3,003 36.5 2,746 33.3 257 8.6 5,234
Presence of disability not reported............... 1,499 659 43.9 618 41.2 41 6.2 840
Other service periods
Total........................................... 5,968 3,574 59.9 3,306 55.4 268 7.5 2,394
With service-connected disability................. 485 260 53.5 246 50.8 13 5.1 226
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 206 132 64.2 128 61.9 5 3.5 74
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 120 80 66.4 71 59.3 9 10.8 40
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 112 26 23.3 26 23.3 - (1) 86
Disability rating not reported.................. 47 21 (1) 21 (1) - (1) 26
Without service-connected disability.............. 4,477 2,704 60.4 2,485 55.5 218 8.1 1,773
Presence of disability not reported............... 1,006 611 60.7 574 57.1 37 6.0 395
MEN
VETERANS
Total........................................... 20,210 10,739 53.1 9,809 48.5 930 8.7 9,471
With service-connected disability................. 2,524 1,288 51.0 1,177 46.6 111 8.6 1,237
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 981 597 60.9 546 55.7 51 8.5 384
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 636 400 62.9 362 57.0 37 9.3 236
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 659 176 26.7 162 24.6 14 7.9 483
Disability rating not reported.................. 249 115 46.2 106 42.4 9 8.2 134
Without service-connected disability.............. 14,541 7,608 52.3 6,921 47.6 687 9.0 6,933
Presence of disability not reported............... 3,145 1,844 58.6 1,712 54.4 132 7.1 1,301
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 4,199 3,654 87.0 3,315 79.0 339 9.3 545
With service-connected disability................. 882 729 82.7 662 75.1 67 9.2 153
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 348 314 90.3 286 82.1 29 9.1 34
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 270 238 87.9 214 79.2 24 9.9 33
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 189 110 58.5 101 53.6 9 8.4 79
Disability rating not reported.................. 75 67 89.8 61 82.3 6 (1) 8
Without service-connected disability.............. 2,515 2,262 89.9 2,044 81.3 218 9.6 253
Presence of disability not reported............... 802 663 82.7 609 75.9 54 8.2 139
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 2,441 2,125 87.1 1,969 80.7 156 7.3 316
With service-connected disability................. 448 353 78.9 325 72.7 28 7.9 94
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 224 206 91.7 188 84.1 17 8.3 19
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 102 77 75.7 77 75.3 - - 25
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 96 46 48.0 37 38.9 9 (1) 50
Disability rating not reported.................. 25 24 (1) 22 (1) 2 (1) 1
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,562 1,416 90.6 1,320 84.5 96 6.8 146
Presence of disability not reported............... 430 355 82.5 324 75.2 32 8.9 75
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 1,758 1,529 87.0 1,346 76.6 183 12.0 229
With service-connected disability................. 434 376 86.5 337 77.6 39 10.4 58
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 124 109 87.6 97 78.4 11 10.5 15
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 168 160 95.3 137 81.5 23 14.5 8
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 93 64 69.3 64 68.7 1 (1) 28
Disability rating not reported.................. 49 43 (1) 39 (1) 4 (1) 7
Without service-connected disability.............. 952 846 88.8 724 76.0 122 14.4 107
Presence of disability not reported............... 372 308 82.8 285 76.8 22 7.3 64
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 10,596 3,879 36.6 3,551 33.5 328 8.5 6,717
With service-connected disability................. 1,216 321 26.4 289 23.7 33 10.1 895
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 446 163 36.5 145 32.6 17 10.7 283
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 262 85 32.5 79 30.0 7 7.7 177
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 379 46 12.2 42 11.0 5 (1) 333
Disability rating not reported.................. 129 27 20.9 23 17.9 4 (1) 102
Without service-connected disability.............. 7,928 2,915 36.8 2,660 33.6 255 8.7 5,013
Presence of disability not reported............... 1,452 643 44.3 602 41.5 41 6.4 809
Other service periods
Total........................................... 5,415 3,206 59.2 2,943 54.4 262 8.2 2,209
With service-connected disability................. 426 237 55.7 226 52.9 12 4.9 189
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 186 120 64.4 115 61.9 5 3.9 66
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 103 77 74.7 70 67.9 7 9.0 26
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 91 19 21.1 19 21.1 - (1) 72
Disability rating not reported.................. 46 21 (1) 21 (1) - (1) 25
Without service-connected disability.............. 4,097 2,431 59.3 2,217 54.1 214 8.8 1,667
Presence of disability not reported............... 891 538 60.3 501 56.2 37 6.8 354
WOMEN
VETERANS
Total........................................... 1,787 1,118 62.6 1,053 58.9 65 5.8 669
With service-connected disability................. 274 140 51.0 121 44.1 19 13.6 134
Less than 30 percent disability rating.......... 97 70 72.7 62 64.4 8 (1) 26
30 to 50 percent disability rating.............. 96 35 36.8 31 32.3 4 (1) 61
60 percent or higher disability rating.......... 70 28 (1) 23 (1) 5 (1) 42
Disability rating not reported.................. 11 7 (1) 4 (1) 2 (1) 5
Without service-connected disability.............. 1,242 791 63.7 749 60.3 43 5.4 451
Presence of disability not reported............... 270 187 69.2 184 68.0 3 1.7 83
Gulf War era, total
Total........................................... 859 644 74.9 587 68.3 57 8.8 215
With service-connected disability................. 196 115 58.7 98 49.9 17 15.1 81
Without service-connected disability.............. 555 431 77.6 395 71.1 36 8.4 124
Presence of disability not reported............... 108 98 90.5 95 87.6 3 3.2 10
Gulf War era I
Total........................................... 456 349 76.4 325 71.1 24 6.9 108
With service-connected disability................. 100 61 61.5 53 53.1 8 (1) 39
Without service-connected disability.............. 292 229 78.3 213 72.9 16 6.9 63
Presence of disability not reported............... 64 58 (1) 58 (1) - (1) 6
Gulf War era II
Total........................................... 402 295 73.3 262 65.2 32 11.0 108
With service-connected disability................. 96 54 55.9 45 46.5 9 (1) 42
Without service-connected disability.............. 262 202 76.9 181 69.1 20 10.1 61
Presence of disability not reported............... 44 40 (1) 37 (1) 3 (1) 5
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total........................................... 375 106 28.3 104 27.6 2 2.2 269
With service-connected disability................. 19 2 (1) 2 (1) - - 17
Without service-connected disability.............. 308 88 28.4 85 27.7 2 2.6 221
Presence of disability not reported............... 47 16 (1) 16 (1) - - 31
Other service periods
Total........................................... 553 368 66.6 363 65.5 6 1.6 185
With service-connected disability................. 59 22 (1) 21 (1) 2 (1) 37
Without service-connected disability.............. 380 273 71.9 269 70.8 4 1.5 107
Presence of disability not reported............... 115 73 63.7 73 63.7 - - 42
1 Rates not shown where the base is less than 75,000. Small estimated levels are based on a small number of survey responses and, thus,
are subject to relatively large standard errors.
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf
War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods
include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and
the Gulf War era. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The
associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of
Federal Regulations, "Title 38." More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to
zero.