Table 590.

Employment Status of Veterans by Period of Service and Sex: 2010

[In thousands (228,886 represents 228,886,000). For civilian noninstitutional population 18 years old and over. Veterans are defined
as men and women who have previously served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and who were civilians at the time they
were surveyed. See text, Section 10. Annual averages of monthly figures. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1
and Appendix III]

Veteran status,
period of service,
and sex
Total, 18 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era II 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era 3 . . .
Other service periods 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonveterans 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Male, 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . .
Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era II 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era 3 . . .
Other service periods 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonveterans 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Female, 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . .
Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gulf War era II 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era 3 . . .
Other service periods 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonveterans 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Civilian
noninstitutionalized
population
228,886
22,011
5,091
2,922
2,169
11,006
5,914
206,875
110,634
20,225
4,272
2,472
1,800
10,638
5,315
90,409
118,252
1,786
819
450
369
368
599
116,466

Total
151,888
11,758
4,311
2,528
1,783
3,993
3,455
140,130
80,995
10,650
3,703
2,181
1,523
3,880
3,067
70345
70,893
1,108
607
347
260
113
388
69,785

Percent
of
population
66.4
53.4
84.7
86.5
82.2
36.3
58.4
67.7
73.2
52.7
86.7
88.2
84.6
36.5
57.7
77.8
60.0
62.1
74.2
77.1
70.6
30.7
64.8
59.9

Civilian labor force

Employed
Percent
of
populaTotal
tion
137,646
60.1
10,738
48.8
3,911
76.8
2,334
79.9
1,577
72.7
3,662
33.3
3,165
53.5
126,908
61.3
72,684
65.7
9,717
48.0
3,358
78.6
2,009
81.3
1,348
74.9
3,555
33.4
2,804
52.8
62,967
69.6
64,962
54.9
1,021
57.2
554
67.6
325
72.1
229
62.2
107
29.0
361
60.2
63,941
54.9

Unemployed
Percent
of
labor
Total
force
14,242
9.4
1,020
8.7
399
9.3
194
7.7
205
11.5
331
8.3
290
8.4
13,222
9.4
8,311
10.3
933
8.8
345
9.3
171
7.8
174
11.4
324
8.4
263
8.6
7,378
10.5
5,931
8.4
87
7.9
54
8.9
23
6.5
31
12.0
6
5.5
27
7.0
5,844
8.4

Not in
labor
force
76,998
10,253
780
394
386
7,013
2,459
66,745
29,639
9,575
569
291
278
6,758
2,248
20,064
47,359
678
212
103
108
255
211
46,681

1
Gulf War era I: August 1990August 2001. 2 Gulf War era II: September 2001present. 3 World War II: December 1941
December 1945. Korean War: July 1950January 1955. Vietnam era: August 1964April 1975. 4 Other service periods; all other
time periods. 5 Nonveterans are men and women who never served on active duty in the U.S Armed Forces.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation of Veterans2010, New Release, USDL-11-0306, March 2011.
See also <http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm>.

Table 591. Labor Force Status of Persons With and Without a Disability: 2010
[26,592 represents 26,592,000. For civilian noninstitutionalized population 16 years old and over, except as indicated. Persons with
a disability are those who have a physical, mental, or emotional condition that causes serious difficulty with their daily activities.
Annual averages of monthly figures. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1 and Appendix III]

Characteristic

Civilian noninstitutionalized population (1,000)

Civilian labor force

Total Participation
(1,000)
rate 1

Employed
(1,000)

Unemployed
Number
Unemploy(1,000)
ment rate

Not in the
labor force

WITH DISABILITY
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Male 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Female 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both Sexes 65 and over. . . .

26,592
12,147
14,445
11,862

5,795
3,142
2,653
800

21.8
25.9
18.4
6.7

4,939
2,665
2,274
729

857
477
379
71

14.8
15.2
14.3
8.9

20,797
9,005
11,792
11,062

WITHOUT DISABILITY
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Male 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Female 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both Sexes 65 and over. . . .

211,238
103,027
108,211
26,844

148,094
78,842
69,251
5,918

70.1
76.5
64.0
22.0

134,125
70,694
63,431
5,539

13,968
8,148
5,820
378

9.4
10.3
8.4
6.4

63,144
24,184
38,960
20,926

Civilian labor force as a percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. 2 For ages 16 to 64.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Data on the Employment Status of People With a
Disability, <http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm>, and unpublished data.
1

380 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012