Media Advisory
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics                              March 12, 2010
San Francisco

BLS NEWS RELEASE: Veteran’s Employment Status for Arizona- 2009

BLS released employment figures on veterans for the State of Arizona in 2009.

Highlights:

· The civilian, non-institutional veteran population in Arizona was 525,000 in 2009.

· Of those veterans, roughly 266,000 or 50.6-percent were employed in 2009.

· In 2009, the unemployment rate for veterans in Arizona stood at 6.7-percent.

· Nationally, the veteran unemployment rate was 8.1-percent in 2009.

· On average, veterans in Arizona had lower unemployment rates than the general population in Arizona.

For questions or media interviews, please contact BLS staff at 415-625-2270 and select option ‘1’.

Amar Mann
Regional Economist – Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mann.amar@bls.gov
415-625-2270

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