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Unemployment rate of veterans 18 to 64: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Unemployment rate 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: 4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 6.4 %
RI 7.1 %
DE 6.2 %
CT 6.5 %
NJ 6.5 %
MD 1.9 %
MA 3.1 %
VT 4.2 %
NH 2 %

Lowest: 1.1 to 2.7 %
Group 2: 2.7 to 3.3 %
Group 3: 3.3 to 3.9 %
Group 4: 3.9 to 5 %
Highest: 5 to 7.1 %

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	Rhode Island	7.1
2	Connecticut	6.5
2	New Jersey	6.5
4	District of Columbia	6.4
5	Wyoming	6.3
6	Delaware	6.2
7	Montana	5.8
8	California	5.6
8	Texas	5.6
10	Colorado	5.1
11	Arizona	5
11	Washington	5
13	Utah	4.8
14	Illinois	4.7
14	New York	4.7
16	West Virginia	4.5
17	Nevada	4.2
17	Vermont	4.2
19	New Mexico	4
19	North Carolina	4
21	Minnesota	3.9
22	Georgia	3.8
22	Michigan	3.8
24	Arkansas	3.6
24	Florida	3.6
26	Pennsylvania	3.5
27	Alabama	3.4
27	Hawaii	3.4
27	Kentucky	3.4
27	Louisiana	3.4
31	Missouri	3.3
32	Mississippi	3.2
32	Ohio	3.2
32	South Carolina	3.2
35	Massachusetts	3.1
35	Wisconsin	3.1
37	Indiana	3
37	Maine	3
39	Virginia	2.9
40	Iowa	2.8
41	Idaho	2.7
42	Oklahoma	2.6
43	Oregon	2.4
44	Tennessee	2.3
45	Alaska	2.2
46	Kansas	2
46	New Hampshire	2
48	Maryland	1.9
48	Nebraska	1.9
50	South Dakota	1.6
51	North Dakota	1.1

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 unemployment rate 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-unemployment-rate-of-veterans-18-to-64/

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