HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
46. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |    Civilian     |
                                          |noninstitutional |                         Civilian labor force
                                          |   population    |
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                                          |        |        |     Total       |    Employed     |            Unemployed
          Veteran status and age          |        |        |                 |                 |
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                                          |  1995  |  1996  |        |        |        |        |     Number      |   Percent of
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           VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
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Total, 40 years and over..................|  7,598 |  7,726 |  6,560 |  6,600 |  6,327 |  6,387 |    233 |    214 |   3.6  |   3.2
  40 to 54 years .........................|  6,531 |  6,466 |  5,942 |  5,848 |  5,727 |  5,653 |    215 |    194 |   3.6  |   3.3
     40 to 44 years ......................|  1,500 |  1,243 |  1,357 |  1,121 |  1,289 |  1,083 |     68 |     39 |   5.0  |   3.4
     45 to 49 years ......................|  3,214 |  3,038 |  2,949 |  2,763 |  2,847 |  2,670 |    102 |     93 |   3.5  |   3.4
     50 to 54 years ......................|  1,817 |  2,186 |  1,636 |  1,963 |  1,590 |  1,900 |     45 |     63 |   2.8  |   3.2
  55 years and over ......................|  1,067 |  1,260 |    618 |    753 |    600 |    733 |     18 |     19 |   3.0  |   2.6
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               NONVETERANS
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Total, 40 to 54 years ....................| 17,254 | 18,342 | 15,516 | 16,567 | 14,945 | 15,957 |    571 |    610 |   3.7  |   3.7
  40 to 44 years .........................|  8,048 |  8,562 |  7,430 |  7,897 |  7,153 |  7,593 |    277 |    303 |   3.7  |   3.8
  45 to 49 years .........................|  5,205 |  5,807 |  4,688 |  5,265 |  4,527 |  5,075 |    161 |    190 |   3.4  |   3.6
  50 to 54 years .........................|  4,001 |  3,973 |  3,398 |  3,405 |  3,265 |  3,288 |    133 |    117 |   3.9  |   3.4
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   NOTE:  Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are
men who have never served in the Armed Forces.