Veterans Day 2016: Facts about Oregon’s Veterans

In 2015, the unemployment rate for veterans in Oregon (5.6%) was about the same as Oregon’s overall unemployment rate (5.4%), according to the Current Population Survey. Across the U.S., veterans had a lower unemployment rate (4.6%).About 9,000 veterans were unemployed, which accounted for 9.4 percent of the unemployed population (105,000) in the state. Over the last decade, unemployed veterans

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