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Labor force participation of veterans 18–64: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Labor force participation of veterans 18 to 64 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Veterans' education, work, poverty and disability by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 76.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 81.1 %
RI 82.7 %
DE 83.4 %
CT 78.4 %
NJ 80.6 %
MD 80.4 %
MA 78 %
VT 76.5 %
NH 81 %

Lowest: 66.2 to 75.1 %
Group 2: 75.1 to 76.4 %
Group 3: 76.4 to 78.3 %
Group 4: 78.3 to 80.8 %
Highest: 80.8 to 83.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Veterans are older on average than nonveterans; small-state estimates have wide margins of error.


1	Delaware	83.4
2	Minnesota	82.9
3	Rhode Island	82.7
4	Iowa	82.6
5	South Dakota	82.2
6	Virginia	81.6
7	Nebraska	81.5
8	District of Columbia	81.1
9	New Hampshire	81
10	Utah	80.8
10	Wyoming	80.8
12	Colorado	80.6
12	New Jersey	80.6
14	Maryland	80.4
15	Idaho	79.8
16	Indiana	79.1
17	Ohio	78.9
18	Washington	78.5
19	Connecticut	78.4
20	Hawaii	78.3
20	Pennsylvania	78.3
22	Massachusetts	78
22	Wisconsin	78
24	Kansas	77.6
25	Missouri	77.2
26	Illinois	77
26	Texas	77
28	Arizona	76.5
28	Vermont	76.5
30	California	76.4
30	Nevada	76.4
32	Oregon	76.2
33	North Dakota	76
33	South Carolina	76
35	Alaska	75.9
36	Louisiana	75.8
37	Michigan	75.7
38	Tennessee	75.5
39	North Carolina	75.2
40	Florida	75.1
40	Maine	75.1
42	New York	74.6
43	Georgia	74.5
44	Montana	73.7
45	Kentucky	73
46	Oklahoma	72.1
47	Alabama	71
48	Mississippi	70.8
49	New Mexico	69.2
50	West Virginia	67.5
51	Arkansas	66.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2101: Veteran Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by labor force participation of veterans 18 to 64 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2101; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-labor-force-participation-of-veterans-18-to-64/

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