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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following individuals who have contributed to the success of this effort: 

Andrew Houtenville, Ph.D., Debra Brucker, Ph.D., Penny Gould, Eric Lauer, Joshua Santoro, Anna Brennan-Curry, 

and Matthew Gianino.

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The Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC), is funded by the 

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In Memoriam: S. Antonito Ruiz-Quintanilla, Ph.D.

It is with great sadness that we recognize the unexpected passing of Dr. Tony Ruiz, 

our colleague and a Senior Research Associate, on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 

his home in New York. Tony deeply believed in the abilities and value of all people, 

and that workplace tasks and environment, not individuals, were the sources of 

disabilities. His unexpected passing is a tremendous loss to the UNH Institute on 

Disability (IOD) and the larger disability community. 

Research on Disability and Employment

Tony played an integral part in our work to make disability statistics more 

accessible, sharing his understanding of how the effective dissemination of statistics could be helpful in highlighting 

opportunities for increasing the employment of people with disabilities. Each year, while developing the 

Compendium and its related products, Tony would always ask difficult questions, pressing to expand functionality 

and increase clarity. His employment research focused on how individuals interact with the environment, 

particularly the workplace environment, and he was a strong advocate for making workplaces more accommodating 

for all persons. 

Research on the Meaning of Work

Before focusing on disability research, Tony was an internationally distinguished scholar in the field of management. 

His research centered on the meaning of work and the social environment of the workplace. He was a lead 

investigator of the federally-funded Global Leadership and Organization Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) Research 

Program, which won the 2005 M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, given in recognition 

of a project or product representing an outstanding example of the practice of industrial and organizational 

psychology in the workplace. 

In 2003, his article, “Cultural Socialization as a Source of Intrinsic Work Motivation,” in the journal Group and 

Organization Management won the 2003 Sage Award for Best Paper. Its abstract reads, “Intrinsic motivation 

depends not only on innate qualities common to all people, but also on socialization into aspects of national 

culture that support proactive work behavior. Constructs from comparative research from the Meaning of Working 

project—work centrality, work goals, and societal norms—predict attitudes and aspects of performance that reflect 

intrinsic motivation beyond what is predicted by constructs based on traditional cognitive evaluation and job 

characteristics approaches to intrinsic motivation.”

Personal Note

Tony will be remembered for his kindness, mentorship, and keen intellect, as well as his passion for meaningful 

dialogue. He had incredible insights into all things, great and small. He could see both the forest and the trees. He 

was a lot of fun to work with and a consummate scholar. I will miss him dearly. 

Andrew J. Houtenville, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics and

Research Director of the Institute on Disability

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Iconography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Sample Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Section 1: Population and Prevalence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Section 2: Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Section 3: Time Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Section 4: Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Section 5: Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Section 6: Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Section 7: Health and Insurance Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Section 8: Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Section 9: Social Security Administration Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Section 10: Medicaid and Medicare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Section 11: Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Section 12: Vocational Rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Section 13: Federal Government Spending and Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Section 14: International Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Section 15: Disability Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

About the Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
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Introduction

Overview. Statistics are a powerful tool—in 

research, policymaking, program evaluation, 

and advocacy. They are used to frame the issues, 

monitor current circumstances and progress, 

judge the effectiveness of policies and programs, 

make projections about the future, and predict 

the costs of potential policy changes. 

Statistics about the population with disabilities 

and the government programs that serve people 

with disabilities are often difficult to find. 

Numerous government agencies generate and 

publish disability statistics, and as a result, 

disability statistics are scattered and buried 

in documents and websites across the federal 

government. 

The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium 

is a publication of statistics about people with 

disabilities and the government programs 

which serve them. It is modeled after the U.S. 

Department of Commerce’s annual Statistical 

Abstracts of the United States. The Compendium 

is designed to serve as a reference guide to 

government publications. At the bottom of each 

table, the source of data appearing in each table 

is presented. These referenced sources contain 

additional statistical information about the ways 

the data were collected and the statistics were 

generated. Each year, the Compendium reflects 

the statistics published over the year. 

Topics. As in previous years, the fifth annual 

Compendium provides national, state-level 

statistics and monthly time-trend statistics 

published by federal agencies. Topics covered in 

this year’s Compendium include:

•	 population size,

•	 prevalence of disability,

•	 labor force participation,

•	 unemployment, 

•	 employment,

•	 poverty,

•	 earnings from work,

•	 enrollment in education,

•	 educational attainment,

•	 self-reported health status, 

•	 health behaviors,

•	 health care coverage,

•	 Supplemental Security Income,

•	 Social Security Disability Insurance, 

•	 special education, and

•	 vocational rehabilitation.

Additional Resources. At the end of the 

Compendium is a glossary, which will help 

you interpret the statistics contained in the 

Compendium. In addition, assistance in 

interpreting statistics and locating additional 

statistics is available via our toll-free number, 

866.538.9521, or by e-mail, disability.statistics@

unh.edu. 

Suggested Citation. Houtenville, Andrew J. 

(2013). 2013 Annual Compendium of Disability 

Statistics. Durham, NH: University of New 

Hampshire, Institute on Disability.
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Iconography

Icons have been added to facilitate navigation. These were created or derived based on the icons 

available at http://thenounproject.com. Derived icons are free from copyright restrictions under 

the Creative Commons Organization Public Domain Mark 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/

publicdomain/mark/1.0/) unless otherwise noted.

Icon Icon Representation and Attribution (if necessary)

Population and Prevalence ("Bar Graph" symbol by Nicolas Hue, from the Noun Project collection)

Employment

Time Trends

Poverty

Earnings

Veterans ("Flag" symbol by the Noun Project, from the Noun Project collection)

Health Insurance Coverage ("Medical Clipboard" symbol by the Noun Project, altered by Nichole Guntz)

Health

Social Security Administration

Medicaid and Medicare

Special Education ("Graduate Cap" symbol by Ben Langholz, from the Noun Project collection, altered by Nichole Guntz)

Vocational Rehabilitation

Federal Government Spending and Employment ("Institution" symbol by Spencer Cohen, from the Noun Project 

collection, altered by Nichole Guntz)

International Patterns ("Globe" symbol by Marco Davanzo, from the Noun Project collection, altered by Nichole Guntz)

Disability Type
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Table 1.5: Civilians Ages Five to 17 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2011

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 24 September 2012). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 54,368,870 2,848,678 5.2 51,520,192 94.8AL 823,660 52,492 6.4 771,168 93.6AK 133,677 5,135 3.8 128,542 96.2AZ 1,174,002 52,427 4.5 1,121,575 95.5AR 511,463 36,137 7.1 475,326 92.9CA 6,719,141 269,309 4.0 6,449,832 96.0CO 885,793 42,706 4.8 843,087 95.2CT 606,158 28,234 4.7 577,924 95.3DE 149,047 7,925 5.3 141,122 94.7DC 69,107 5,408 7.8 63,699 92.2FL 2,912,888 146,414 5.0 2,766,474 95.0GA 1,810,734 91,189 5.0 1,719,545 95.0HI 216,057 9,164 4.2 206,893 95.8ID 308,578 18,687 6.1 289,891 93.9IL 2,264,924 94,898 4.2 2,170,026 95.8IN 1,165,403 69,489 6.0 1,095,914 94.0IA 523,359 27,232 5.2 496,127 94.8KS 519,171 28,280 5.4 490,891 94.6KY 743,879 51,763 7.0 692,116 93.0LA 804,318 57,482 7.1 746,836 92.9ME 203,804 16,620 8.2 187,184 91.8MD 981,377 42,123 4.3 939,254 95.7MA 1,039,358 60,791 5.8 978,567 94.2MI 1,706,138 106,112 6.2 1,600,026 93.8MN 923,586 45,812 5.0 877,774 95.0MS 544,175 32,162 5.9 512,013 94.1MO 1,027,638 59,685 5.8 967,953 94.2

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 161,653 7,092 4.4 154,561 95.6

NE 328,209 15,253 4.6 312,956 95.4NV 477,173 19,402 4.1 457,771 95.9NH 211,604 12,438 5.9 199,166 94.1NJ 1,502,866 66,820 4.4 1,436,046 95.6NM 372,506 16,020 4.3 356,486 95.7NY 3,113,506 148,637 4.8 2,964,869 95.2NC 1,660,149 94,227 5.7 1,565,922 94.3ND 104,587 3,311 3.2 101,276 96.8

OH 1,979,897 121,426 6.1 1,858,471 93.9OK 669,875 41,220 6.2 628,655 93.8OR 622,411 38,809 6.2 583,602 93.8PA 2,033,780 126,456 6.2 1,907,324 93.8RI 163,178 6,880 4.2 156,298 95.8

SC 776,755 38,475 5.0 738,280 95.0SD 142,156 5,952 4.2 136,204 95.8

TN 1,087,991 65,489 6.0 1,022,502 94.0TX 4,993,657 255,315 5.1 4,738,342 94.9UT 615,514 24,253 3.9 591,261 96.1VT 94,832 6,460 6.8 88,372 93.2

VA 1,340,990 63,348 4.7 1,277,642 95.3WA 1,138,832 64,688 5.7 1,074,144 94.3WV 281,324 19,086 6.8 262,238 93.2WI 973,721 57,985 6.0 915,736 94.0WY 95,572 3,440 3.6 92,132 96.4

PR 658,697 68,520 10.4 590,177 89.6

Sample Table

Table Title

Data Source & Link

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List of Tables

Table 1.1 Resident Population—States: 2009 to 

2012

Table 1.2 State Resident Population—

Projections: 2015 to 2030

Table 1.3 Civilians Living in the Community for 

the United States and States, by Disability Status: 

2012

Table 1.4 Civilians Ages Under 5 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States, 

by Disability Status: 2012

Table 1.5 Civilians Ages 5 to 17 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States, 

by Disability Status: 2012

Table 1.6 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States, 

by Disability Status: 2012

Table 1.7 Civilians Ages 65 Years and Over 

Living in the Community for the United States 

and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Table 1.8 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Hearing Disability: 2012

Table 1.9 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Vision Disability: 2012

Table 1.10 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Cognitive Disability: 2012

Table 1.11 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Ambulatory Disability: 2012

Table 1.12 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Self-Care Disability: 2012

Table 1.13 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States—Independent Living Disability: 2012

Table 1.14 Change in Civilians with Disabilities 

Living in the Community for the United States 

and States: 2011 to 2012

Table 2.1 Employment—Civilians with 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012 

Table 2.2 Employment—Civilians without 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012

Table 2.3 Employment—Civilians with Hearing 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012

Table 2.4 Employment—Civilians with Vision 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012

Table 2.5 Employment—Civilians with 

Cognitive Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living 

in the Community for the United States and 

States: 2012

Table 2.6 Employment—Civilians with 

Ambulatory Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years 

Living in the Community for the United States 

and States: 2012

Table 2.7 Employment—Civilians with SelfCare Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States: 

2012

Table 2.8 Employment—Civilians with 

Independent Living Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 

Years Living in the Community for the United 

States and States: 2012

Table 2.9 Employment Gap—Civilians Ages 

18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the 

United States and States, by Disability Status: 

2012

Table 2.10 Change in Employment Gap—

Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States, by 

Disability Status: 2011 to 2012

Table 2.10 Change in Employment Gap—

Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States, by 

Disability Status: 2011 to 2012

Table 2.11 Employment: Full-Time, Year-Round 
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(FTYR) —Civilians with Disabilities Ages 16 

to 64 Years Living in the Community for the 

United States and States: 2012

Table 2.12 Employment: FTYR —Civilians 

without Disabilities Ages 16 to 64 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States: 

2012

Table 2.13 Employment: FTYR Gap—Civilians 

Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for 

the United States and States, by Disability Status: 

2012

Table 3.1 Monthly Employment of Civilians 

Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status: June 2011 

through August 2013

Table 3.2 Monthly Labor Force Participation of 

Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status

Table 3.3 Monthly Unemployment of Civilians 

Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status

Table 3.4 Number of Civilians with Disabilities 

Ages 16 to 64, by Definition of Disability, 

Disability Status, and Year: March 1981-2013 

Table 3.5 Labor Force Participation Rate among 

Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and 

Year: March 1981-2013 

Table 3.6 Employment Rate among Civilians 

Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: 

March, 1981-2013 

Table 3.7 Labor Market Attachment Rate among 

Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and 

Year: 1981-2013 

Table 3.8 Full-Time, Full-Year Rate among 

Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and 

Year: 1981-2013 

Table 3.9 Poverty Rate among Civilians Ages 16 

to 64 by Disability Status and Year: 1981-2013 

Table 4.1 Poverty—Civilians with Disabilities 

Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for 

the United States and States: 2012 

Table 4.2 Poverty—Civilians without Disabilities 

Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for 

the United States and States: 2012 

Table 4.3 Poverty Gap—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 

Years Living in the Community for the United 

States and States by Disability Status: 2012 

Table 4.4 Change in Poverty Gap—Civilians 

Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for 

the United States and States, by Disability Status: 

2011 to 2012 

Table 5.1 Earnings-Median Earnings of Civilians 

16 Years and Over in the Past 12 Months for the 

United States and States, by Disability Status (in 

2012 inflation-adjusted dollars): 2012 

Table 6.1 Service-Connected Disability RatingCivilian Veterans Ages 18 Years and Over Living 

in the Community, by Disability Status: 2012 

Table 6.2 Civilian Veterans Ages 18 Years and 

Over Living in the Community for the United 

States and States, by Disability Status: 2012 

Table 6.3 Poverty—Civilian Veterans with 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012 

Table 6.4 Poverty—Civilian Veterans without 

Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the 

Community for the United States and States: 

2012 

Table 6.5 Poverty Gap—Civilian Veterans Ages 

18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the 

United States and States by Disability Status: 

2012 

Table 6.6 Veterans Benefits Administration— 

Compensation and Pension Benefits Paid to 

Disabled Veterans (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 

2012 

Table 7.1 Health Insurance Coverage—Civilians 

Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for 

the United States and States by Disability Status: 

2012 

Table 7.2 Health Insurance Coverage—Civilians 

with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in 

the Community for the United States and States 

by Type of Coverage: 2012 

Table 8.1 Persons Ages 18 and Over Living in 

the Community, by Disability Status: 2012 

Table 8.2 Persons Ages 18 and Over Who 

Experience Disability, by Age: 2012 
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Table 8.3 Health Behavior—Smoking among 

Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 

2012 

Table 8.4 Health Behavior—Obesity among 

Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 

2012 

Table 8.5 Health Behavior—Binge Drinking 

among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability 

Status: 2012 

Table 8.6 Health Care Coverage—Among 

Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 

2012 

Table 9.1 Supplemental Security Income— 

Number of Recipients of Federally Administered 

Payments: December 2011 

Table 9.2 Supplemental Security Income—Total 

Federally Administered Payments (in thousands 

of dollars): December 2011 

Table 9.3 Supplemental Security Income— 

Number of Recipients of Federally Administered 

Payments under Age 18: December 2011 

Table 9.4 Supplemental Security Income— 

Number of Recipients of Federally Administered 

Payments, by Age: December 2011 

Table 9.5 Social Security Disability Insurance— 

Number of Beneficiaries: December 2011 

Table 9.6 Social Security Disability Insurance— 

Total Annual Benefits (in thousands of dollars): 

December 2011 

Table 9.7 Social Security Disability Insurance 

and Supplemental Security Income—Number of 

Total and Concurrent Beneficiaries, Ages 18 to 

64: December 2011 

Table 9.8a Supplemental Security Income— 

Change in the Number of Recipients of Federally 

Administered Payments, Total, and Age Eligible: 

2010 to 2011 

Table 9.8b Supplemental Security Income— 

Change in the Number of Recipients of Federally 

Administered Payments, Blind, and Disabled 

Eligible: 2010 to 2011 

Table 9.9a Social Security Disability Insurance— 

Change in the Number of Beneficiaries of 

Federally Administered Payments, Total, and 

Disabled Worker Eligible: 2010 to 2011 

Table 9.9b Social Security Disability Insurance— 

Change in the Number of Beneficiaries of 

Federally Administered Payments from 2010 to 

2011 

Table 9.10 Monthly Number of Social Security 

Disability Insurance (SSDI) Participants 

Table 10.1 Medicaid—Medicaid Payments by 

Disability Status (in millions of dollars): Fiscal 

Year 2010 

Table 10.2 Medicaid—Medicaid Persons with 

Disabilities Served (Disabled Beneficiaries): Fiscal 

Year 2010 

Table 10.3 Medicare—Medicare Payments by 

Type of Entitlement (in millions of dollars, 

unadjusted): 1974-2011 

Table 10.4 Medicare—Medicare Enrollment by 

Type of Entitlement: July 1, 2011 

Table 10.5 Medicaid—Change in Percent of 

Total Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Fiscal Year 

2009 to Fiscal Year 2010 

Table 10.6 Medicare—Change in Percent of 

Total Enrollees with Disabilities: 2010 to 2011

Table 11.1 Special Education—Students Ages 6 

to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, as a Percentage 

of Population: Fall 2011 

Table 11.2 Special Education—Children and 

Students Served under IDEA, Part B, by Age: 

Fall 2011 

Table 11.3a Special Education—Students Ages 

6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select 

Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011 

Table 11.3b Special Education—Students Ages 

6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select 

Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011 

Table 11.3c Special Education—Students Ages 

6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select 

Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011 

Table 11.3d Special Education—Students Ages 

6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select 

Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011
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Table 11.4 Special Education—Educational 

Environment—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served 

under IDEA, Part B that Spent 40 Percent or 

More Time Inside Regular Class: Fall 2011 

Table 11.5 Special Education—Students Ages 14 

to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, Left School, 

by Reason: 2010-2011 

Table 11.6 Special Education—Graduation Rate 

among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under 

IDEA, Part B: 2010-2011 

Table 11.7 Special Education—Dropout Rate 

among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under 

IDEA, Part B: 2010-2011 

Table 11.8 Special Education—Change in 

Graduation Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 

Served under IDEA, Part B: Fall 2010 School 

Year to Fall 2011 School Year 

Table 11.9 Special Education—Change in 

Dropout Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 

Served under IDEA, Part B: Fall 2010 School 

Year to Fall 2011 School Year 

Table 12.1 Vocational Rehabilitation— 

Applicants: Federal Fiscal Year 2011 

Table 12.2 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures 

after Services Initiated or Completed: Federal 

Fiscal Year 2011 

Table 12.3 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures 

with Successful Employment Outcomes: Federal 

Fiscal Year 2011 

Table 12.4 Vocational Rehabilitation— 

Rehabilitation Rate: Federal Fiscal Year 2011 

Table 12.5 Vocational Rehabilitation—Total 

Expenditures (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 

2011 

Table 12.6 Vocational Rehabilitation— 

Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education 

Expenditures (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 

2011 

Table 12.7 Vocational Rehabilitation—State 

Agencies on Order of Selection: 2008 to 2012 

Table 12.8 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change 

in the Number of Applicants: 2010 to 2011 

Table 12.9 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change 

in the Rehabilitation Rate: 2010 to 2011 

Table 13.1 Federal Government Spending and 

Employment—Federal Expenditures on Income 

Maintenance Programs 

Table 13.2 Federal Government Spending and 

Employment—Federal Expenditures on Housing 

and Food Assistance 

Table 13.3 Federal Government Spending and 

Employment—Federal Expenditures on Health 

Care Programs 

Table 13.4 Federal Government Spending 

and Employment—Federal Expenditures on 

Education, Training, and Employment Readiness 

Table 13.5 Federal Government Spending and 

Employment—Federal Expenditures on Other 

Services 

Table 13.6 Federal Government Spending and 

Employment—Federal Employment of People 

with Disabilities and People with Targeted 

Disabilities (PWTD): As of September 30, 2006 

Table 14.1 International Disability Statistics— 

Employment Rates of Working-Age People with 

Disabilities in Selected OECD Countries 

Table 14.2 International Disability Statistics— 

Disability Benefit Recipients as Percent of the 

Working-Age Population in Selected OECD 

Countries 

Table 15.1 Civilians Living in the Community 

for the United States and States, by Age, 

Disability Status, and Severity: 2010 

Table 15.2 Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Living in the 

Community for the United States and States, by 

Disability Status and Type: 2010 

Table 15.3 Employment—Civilians Ages 21 

to 64 Years Living in the Community for the 

United States, by Disability Type: 2010 

Table 15.4 Median Monthly Earnings and 

Family Income—Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Years 

Living in the Community for the United States, 

by Disability Type: 2010
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Section 1: Population and 

Prevalence

This section presents statistics on the United 

States resident population and projected 

population, as well as disability prevalence. The 

prevalence statistics describe disability prevalence 

by age and by disability type. The principal 

source of these data is the U.S. Census Bureau, 

specifically the American Community Survey.

Tables

Table 1.1: In 2012, the resident population 

in the United States was estimated to be 

313,914,040 individuals, up from 307,006,550 

individuals in 2009—a 2.2 percent increase. The 

state with the largest population in 2012 was 

California, with 38,041,430 individuals. The 

state with the smallest population in 2012 was 

Wyoming, with 576,412 individuals. The largest 

percentage increase in population from 2009 

to 2012 was in North Dakota—an 8.2 percent 

increase, while the largest decrease in population 

was in Michigan—a 0.9 percent decrease.

Table 1.2: The projected 2030 resident 

population in the United States is 363,584,435 

individuals—a projected 15.8 percent increase 

from 2012. The state with the largest projected 

population in 2030 is California, with 

46,444,861 individuals. The largest projected 

percentage increase in population from 2012 

to 2030 is in Arizona—a 63.5 percent increase, 

while the largest projected decrease in population 

was in the District of Columbia—a 31.5 percent 

decrease.

Table 1.3: Based on data from the American 

Community Survey (ACS), in 2012, there 

were 312,538,222 individuals living in the 

community, 38,397,863 of which were 

individuals with disabilities—a prevalence rate of 

12.3 percent. The state with the largest number 

of individuals with disabilities was California, 

with 3,821,538 individuals with disabilities, 

while the state with the smallest number of 

individuals with disabilities was Wyoming, 

with 66,426 individuals with disabilities. West 

Virginia had the highest prevalence rate, 19.0 

percent, while Utah had the lowest prevalence 

rate, 9.2 percent.

Table 1.4: In 2012, there were 20,116,444 

individuals under 5 years old living in the 

community, 170,667 of which were individuals 

with disabilities—a prevalence rate of 0.8 

percent. For this age range, Oklahoma had 

the highest prevalence rate, 2.0 percent, while 

Hawaii had the lowest prevalence rate, 0.1 

percent.

Table 1.5: In 2012, there were 54,309,790 

individuals ages 5 to 17 years living in the 

community, 2,917,699 of which were individuals 

with disabilities—a prevalence rate of 5.4 

percent. For this age range, Maine had the 

highest prevalence rate, 9.2 percent, while Alaska 

had the lowest prevalence rate, 3.2 percent.

Table 1.6: In 2012, there were 195,697,202 

individuals ages 18 to 64 years living in 

the community, 20,007,119 of which were 

individuals with disabilities—a prevalence rate of 

10.2 percent. For this age range, West Virginia 

had the highest prevalence rate, 17.0 percent, 

while New Jersey had the lowest prevalence rate, 

7.7 percent.

Table 1.7: In 2012, there were 42,414,786 

individuals ages 65 years and over living in 

the community, 15,302,378 of which were 

individuals with disabilities—a prevalence rate of 

36.1 percent. For this age range, Mississippi had 

the highest prevalence rate, 44.5 percent, while 

Vermont and New Hampshire had the lowest 

prevalence rates, 31.4 percent.

Tables 1.8-1.13: In 2012, of the 195,697,202 

individuals ages 18 to 64 years living in the 

community,

•	 4,022,334 individuals (or 2.1 percent) had a 

hearing disability,

•	 3,532,888 individuals (or 1.8 percent) had a 

vision disability,

•	 8,458,332 individuals (or 4.3 percent) had a 

cognitive disability,

•	 10,211,188 individuals (or 5.2 percent) had 

an ambulatory disability,
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•	 3,666,174 individuals (or 1.9 percent) had a 

self-care disability, and

•	 7,142,749 individuals (or 3.6 percent) had 

an independent living disability.

Table 1.14: In 2011, there were 37,954,360 

individuals with disabilities living in the 

community. In 2012, there were 38,397,863 

individuals with disabilities living in the 

community, a 1.2 percent increase. The largest 

percentage increase in the population of 

individuals with disabilities from 2011 to 2012 

was in New Mexico, a 9.6 percent increase. 

Washington had the largest decrease in the 

population of individuals with disabilities from 

2011 to 2012, a 3.3 percent decrease.
12 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 State 2009 2010 2011 2012 U.S. 307,006,550 309,326,225 311,587,816 313,914,040 AL 4,708,708 4,784,762 4,803,689 4,822,023 AK 698,473 714,046 723,860 731,449 AZ 6,595,778 6,410,810 6,467,315 6,553,255 AR 2,889,450 2,922,750 2,938,582 2,949,131 CA 36,961,664 37,334,410 37,683,933 38,041,430 CO 5,024,748 5,048,472 5,116,302 5,187,582 CT 3,518,288 3,576,616 3,586,717 3,590,347 DE 885,122 899,824 908,137 917,092 DC 599,657 604,989 619,020 632,323 FL 18,537,969 18,845,967 19,082,262 19,317,568 GA 9,829,211 9,714,748 9,812,460 9,919,945 HI 1,295,178 1,364,274 1,378,129 1,392,313 ID 1,545,801 1,570,784 1,583,744 1,595,728 IL 12,910,409 12,840,459 12,859,752 12,875,255

IN 6,423,113 6,489,856 6,516,353 6,537,334IA 3,007,856 3,050,321 3,064,097 3,074,186KS 2,818,747 2,858,837 2,870,386 2,885,905KY 4,314,113 4,346,655 4,366,814 4,380,415LA 4,492,076 4,544,125 4,574,766 4,601,893ME 1,318,301 1,327,585 1,328,544 1,329,192MD 5,699,478 5,787,998 5,839,572 5,884,563MA 6,593,587 6,563,259 6,607,003 6,646,144MI 9,969,727 9,877,670 9,876,801 9,883,360MN 5,266,214 5,310,737 5,347,299 5,379,139MS 2,951,996 2,969,137 2,977,457 2,984,926

State 2009 2010 2011 2012

MO 5,987,580 5,996,092 6,008,984 6,021,988MT 974,989 990,735 997,667 1,005,141NE 1,796,619 1,829,696 1,842,234 1,855,525NV 2,643,085 2,703,758 2,720,028 2,758,931NH 1,324,575 1,316,843 1,317,807 1,320,718NJ 8,707,739 8,803,388 8,834,773 8,864,590NM 2,009,671 2,064,767 2,078,674 2,085,538NY 19,541,453 19,399,242 19,501,616 19,570,261NC 9,380,884 9,559,048 9,651,103 9,752,073ND 646,844 674,363 684,740 699,628OH 11,542,645 11,538,290 11,541,007 11,544,225OK 3,687,050 3,759,482 3,784,163 3,814,820OR 3,825,657 3,838,212 3,868,229 3,899,353PA 12,604,767 12,711,308 12,743,948 12,763,536RI 1,053,209 1,052,769 1,050,646 1,050,292SC 4,561,242 4,635,835 4,673,348 4,723,723SD 812,383 816,223 823,593 833,354TN 6,296,254 6,356,673 6,399,787 6,456,243TX 24,782,302 25,242,683 25,631,778 26,059,203UT 2,784,572 2,775,093 2,814,347 2,855,287VT 621,760 625,916 626,592 626,011VA 7,882,590 8,025,105 8,104,384 8,185,867WA 6,664,195 6,743,636 6,823,267 6,897,012WV 1,819,777 1,854,019 1,854,908 1,855,413WI 5,654,774 5,689,591 5,709,843 5,726,398WY 544,270 564,367 567,356 576,412

Table 1.1 Resident Population—States: 2009 to 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates, Table NST-EST2012-01; <https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/totals/2012/index.html>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.
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Table 1.2 State Resident Population— Projections: 2015 to 2030

Projections for July 1. These state projections were produced in correspondence with the U.S. interim projections released in March 2004. Projections in this table were developed for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia by age and sex for the years 2000 to 2030, based on Census 2000 results.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 Interim State Population Projections, Table 6. Internet Release Date: April 21, 2005; <http://www.census.gov/population/projections/PressTab6.xls>; (accessed 16 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State 2015 2020 2025 2030

U.S. 322,365,787 335,804,546 349,439,199 363,584,435AL 4,663,111 4,728,915 4,800,092 4,874,243AK 732,544 774,421 820,881 867,674AZ 7,495,238 8,456,448 9,531,537 10,712,397AR 2,968,913 3,060,219 3,151,005 3,240,208CA 40,123,232 42,206,743 44,305,177 46,444,861CO 5,049,493 5,278,867 5,522,803 5,792,357CT 3,635,414 3,675,650 3,691,016 3,688,630DE 927,400 963,209 990,694 1,012,658DC 506,323 480,540 455,108 433,414FL 21,204,132 23,406,525 25,912,458 28,685,769GA 10,230,578 10,843,753 11,438,622 12,017,838HI 1,385,952 1,412,373 1,438,720 1,466,046ID 1,630,045 1,741,333 1,852,627 1,969,624IL 13,097,218 13,236,720 13,340,507 13,432,892IN 6,517,631 6,627,008 6,721,322 6,810,108IA 3,026,380 3,020,496 2,993,222 2,955,172KS 2,852,690 2,890,566 2,919,002 2,940,084KY 4,351,188 4,424,431 4,489,662 4,554,998LA 4,673,721 4,719,160 4,762,398 4,802,633ME 1,388,878 1,408,665 1,414,402 1,411,097MD 6,208,392 6,497,626 6,762,732 7,022,251MA 6,758,580 6,855,546 6,938,636 7,012,009MI 10,599,122 10,695,993 10,713,730 10,694,172MN 5,668,211 5,900,769 6,108,787 6,306,130MS 3,014,409 3,044,812 3,069,420 3,092,410

State 2015 2020 2025 2030

MO 6,069,556 6,199,882 6,315,366 6,430,173 MT 999,489 1,022,735 1,037,387 1,044,898 NE 1,788,508 1,802,678 1,812,787 1,820,247 NV 3,058,190 3,452,283 3,863,298 4,282,102 NH 1,456,679 1,524,751 1,586,348 1,646,471 NJ 9,255,769 9,461,635 9,636,644 9,802,440 NM 2,041,539 2,084,341 2,106,584 2,099,708 NY 19,546,699 19,576,920 19,540,179 19,477,429 NC 10,010,770 10,709,289 11,449,153 12,227,739 ND 635,133 630,112 620,777 606,566 OH 11,635,446 11,644,058 11,605,738 11,550,528 OK 3,661,694 3,735,690 3,820,994 3,913,251 OR 4,012,924 4,260,393 4,536,418 4,833,918 PA 12,710,938 12,787,354 12,801,945 12,768,184 RI 1,139,543 1,154,230 1,157,855 1,152,941 SC 4,642,137 4,822,577 4,989,550 5,148,569 SD 796,954 801,939 801,845 800,462 TN 6,502,017 6,780,670 7,073,125 7,380,634 TX 26,585,801 28,634,896 30,865,134 33,317,744 UT 2,783,040 2,990,094 3,225,680 3,485,367 VT 673,169 690,686 703,288 711,867 VA 8,466,864 8,917,395 9,364,304 9,825,019 WA 6,950,610 7,432,136 7,996,400 8,624,801 WV 1,822,758 1,801,112 1,766,435 1,719,959 WI 5,882,760 6,004,954 6,088,374 6,150,764 WY 528,005 530,948 529,031 522,979 
14 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.3 Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September, 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count % Count % 

U.S. 312,538,222 38,397,863 12.3 274,140,359 87.7AL 4,741,698 778,043 16.4 3,963,655 83.6AK 708,946 77,964 11.0 630,982 89.0AZ 6,443,654 755,997 11.7 5,687,657 88.3AR 2,896,297 474,442 16.4 2,421,855 83.6CA 37,524,274 3,821,538 10.2 33,702,736 89.8CO 5,094,766 512,538 10.1 4,582,228 89.9CT 3,534,619 376,618 10.7 3,158,001 89.3DE 902,915 108,147 12.0 794,768 88.0DC 621,380 71,091 11.4 550,289 88.6FL 19,011,070 2,460,338 12.9 16,550,732 87.1GA 9,719,411 1,168,485 12.0 8,550,926 88.0HI 1,341,708 146,622 10.9 1,195,086 89.1ID 1,575,682 195,294 12.4 1,380,388 87.6IL 12,698,371 1,356,613 10.7 11,341,758 89.3IN 6,437,142 827,447 12.9 5,609,695 87.1IA 3,028,864 342,671 11.3 2,686,193 88.7KS 2,825,416 337,784 12.0 2,487,632 88.0KY 4,292,718 728,473 17.0 3,564,245 83.0LA 4,498,884 686,272 15.3 3,812,612 84.7ME 1,315,703 208,773 15.9 1,106,930 84.1MD 5,788,196 597,983 10.3 5,190,213 89.7MA 6,566,851 752,323 11.5 5,814,528 88.5MI 9,772,550 1,355,718 13.9 8,416,832 86.1MN 5,319,783 544,764 10.2 4,775,019 89.8MS 2,918,405 481,117 16.5 2,437,288 83.5MO 5,908,769 846,015 14.3 5,062,754 85.7

State Total Disability No Disability

Count % Count % 

MT 989,823 127,304 12.9 862,519 87.1NE 1,826,832 193,061 10.6 1,633,771 89.4NV 2,723,965 330,999 12.2 2,392,966 87.8NH 1,306,026 153,863 11.8 1,152,163 88.2NJ 8,756,542 895,912 10.2 7,860,630 89.8NM 2,051,805 303,325 14.8 1,748,480 85.2NY 19,316,728 2,099,458 10.9 17,217,270 89.1NC 9,552,529 1,246,427 13.0 8,306,102 87.0ND 684,776 71,901 10.5 612,875 89.5OH 11,371,766 1,543,263 13.6 9,828,503 86.4OK 3,733,058 569,999 15.3 3,163,059 84.7OR 3,860,452 537,043 13.9 3,323,409 86.1PA 12,559,315 1,677,908 13.4 10,881,407 86.6RI 1,034,895 129,386 12.5 905,509 87.5SC 4,623,171 648,953 14.0 3,974,218 86.0SD 816,425 98,196 12.0 718,229 88.0TN 6,354,629 961,025 15.1 5,393,604 84.9TX 25,584,499 2,965,439 11.6 22,619,060 88.4UT 2,829,001 259,045 9.2 2,569,956 90.8VT 619,928 83,148 13.4 536,780 86.6VA 7,973,466 859,088 10.8 7,114,378 89.2WA 6,793,078 812,306 12.0 5,980,772 88.0WV 1,826,512 346,708 19.0 1,479,804 81.0WI 5,652,085 639,767 11.3 5,012,318 88.7WY 567,082 66,426 11.7 500,656 88.3PR 3,641,762 764,843 21.0 2,876,919 79.0
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Table 1.4 Civilians Ages Under 5 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

ource: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 20,116,444 170,667 0.8 19,945,777 99.2AL 301,603 1,838 0.6 299,765 99.4AK 53,934 378 0.7 53,556 99.3AZ 437,587 3,818 0.9 433,769 99.1AR 191,633 2,287 1.2 189,346 98.8CA 2,536,684 18,193 0.7 2,518,491 99.3CO 336,995 3,905 1.2 333,090 98.8CT 193,070 1,406 0.7 191,664 99.3DE 56,185 1,050 1.9 55,135 98.1DC 38,949 301 0.8 38,648 99.2FL 1,068,960 6,962 0.7 1,061,998 99.3GA 671,105 5,964 0.9 665,141 99.1HI 89,013 131 0.1 88,882 99.9ID 113,736 471 0.4 113,265 99.6IL 814,027 6,577 0.8 807,450 99.2IN 424,157 4,485 1.1 419,672 98.9IA 195,997 717 0.4 195,280 99.6KS 201,418 2,215 1.1 199,203 98.9KY 276,673 1,747 0.6 274,926 99.4LA 309,280 4,281 1.4 304,999 98.6ME 66,190 455 0.7 65,735 99.3MD 364,621 2,549 0.7 362,072 99.3MA 363,859 2,861 0.8 360,998 99.2MI 571,596 5,972 1.0 565,624 99.0MN 347,349 1,740 0.5 345,609 99.5MS 202,396 1,777 0.9 200,619 99.1MO 374,574 3,298 0.9 371,276 99.1

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 58,839 160 0.3 58,679 99.7NE 132,001 532 0.4 131,469 99.6NV 182,912 2,284 1.2 180,628 98.8NH 65,506 561 0.9 64,945 99.1NJ 526,587 3,176 0.6 523,411 99.4NM 143,036 1,120 0.8 141,916 99.2NY 1,163,871 10,259 0.9 1,153,612 99.1NC 611,384 5,053 0.8 606,331 99.2ND 45,041 683 1.5 44,358 98.5OH 690,055 5,820 0.8 684,235 99.2OK 262,146 5,234 2.0 256,912 98.0OR 232,113 3,217 1.4 228,896 98.6PA 718,316 5,688 0.8 712,628 99.2RI 56,147 92 0.2 56,055 99.8SC 294,537 1,988 0.7 292,549 99.3SD 58,683 662 1.1 58,021 98.9TN 400,023 2,958 0.7 397,065 99.3TX 1,932,848 19,410 1.0 1,913,438 99.0UT 257,925 1,776 0.7 256,149 99.3VT 31,011 485 1.6 30,526 98.4VA 507,031 2,710 0.5 504,321 99.5WA 440,973 4,311 1.0 436,662 99.0WV 105,263 1,682 1.6 103,581 98.4WI 351,235 2,399 0.7 348,836 99.3WY 38,016 209 0.5 37,807 99.5PR 209,354 2,820 1.3 206,534 98.7
16 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.5 Civilians Ages 5 to 17 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 54,309,790 2,917,699 5.4 51,392,091 94.6AL 821,397 48,203 5.9 773,194 94.1AK 133,138 4,260 3.2 128,878 96.8AZ 1,179,793 53,698 4.6 1,126,095 95.4AR 517,774 37,521 7.2 480,253 92.8CA 6,686,804 264,088 3.9 6,422,716 96.1CO 892,013 38,746 4.3 853,267 95.7CT 598,755 29,839 5.0 568,916 95.0DE 148,309 6,761 4.6 141,548 95.4DC 70,233 5,415 7.7 64,818 92.3FL 2,922,183 152,362 5.2 2,769,821 94.8GA 1,821,056 92,243 5.1 1,728,813 94.9HI 213,552 8,500 4.0 205,052 96.0ID 310,190 18,816 6.1 291,374 93.9IL 2,245,028 102,902 4.6 2,142,126 95.4IN 1,161,278 71,678 6.2 1,089,600 93.8IA 524,430 27,659 5.3 496,771 94.7KS 518,499 25,910 5.0 492,589 95.0KY 739,353 58,404 7.9 680,949 92.1LA 808,147 59,896 7.4 748,251 92.6ME 199,305 18,301 9.2 181,004 90.8MD 976,497 46,490 4.8 930,007 95.2MA 1,034,113 61,550 6.0 972,563 94.0MI 1,692,075 108,840 6.4 1,583,235 93.6MN 928,160 46,707 5.0 881,453 95.0MS 543,207 36,286 6.7 506,921 93.3MO 1,025,100 66,323 6.5 958,777 93.5

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 160,359 8,294 5.2 152,065 94.8NE 329,308 15,813 4.8 313,495 95.2NV 480,569 24,115 5.0 456,454 95.0NH 209,057 14,208 6.8 194,849 93.2NJ 1,497,563 70,977 4.7 1,426,586 95.3NM 372,305 21,719 5.8 350,586 94.2NY 3,088,950 145,123 4.7 2,943,827 95.3NC 1,670,160 94,433 5.7 1,575,727 94.3ND 108,664 4,587 4.2 104,077 95.8OH 1,966,645 124,512 6.3 1,842,133 93.7OK 672,471 41,079 6.1 631,392 93.9OR 627,733 35,365 5.6 592,368 94.4PA 2,012,673 132,769 6.6 1,879,904 93.4RI 160,528 7,926 4.9 152,602 95.1SC 783,485 41,496 5.3 741,989 94.7SD 144,350 6,663 4.6 137,687 95.4TN 1,090,226 65,713 6.0 1,024,513 94.0TX 5,039,030 278,798 5.5 4,760,232 94.5UT 626,087 26,660 4.3 599,427 95.7VT 92,552 6,335 6.8 86,217 93.2VA 1,344,814 63,616 4.7 1,281,198 95.3WA 1,142,622 53,496 4.7 1,089,126 95.3WV 277,717 19,788 7.1 257,929 92.9WI 964,041 50,690 5.3 913,351 94.7WY 98,116 4,895 5.0 93,221 95.0PR 639,376 67,231 10.5 572,145 89.5
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Table 1.6 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 10.2 175,690,083 89.8AL 2,937,335 436,803 14.9 2,500,532 85.1AK 460,946 48,882 10.6 412,064 89.4AZ 3,866,694 374,420 9.7 3,492,274 90.3AR 1,761,365 258,318 14.7 1,503,047 85.3CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 7.9 21,906,986 92.1CO 3,270,163 276,771 8.5 2,993,392 91.5CT 2,233,159 183,789 8.2 2,049,370 91.8DE 561,217 56,402 10.0 504,815 90.0DC 442,390 41,945 9.5 400,445 90.5FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 10.0 10,424,839 90.0GA 6,117,277 645,732 10.6 5,471,545 89.4HI 833,610 67,268 8.1 766,342 91.9ID 944,959 103,489 11.0 841,470 89.0IL 8,006,505 675,093 8.4 7,331,412 91.6IN 3,998,258 442,927 11.1 3,555,331 88.9IA 1,862,753 171,340 9.2 1,691,413 90.8KS 1,729,836 177,988 10.3 1,551,848 89.7KY 2,685,735 416,672 15.5 2,269,063 84.5LA 2,804,831 375,698 13.4 2,429,133 86.6ME 830,767 112,279 13.5 718,488 86.5MD 3,708,246 307,020 8.3 3,401,226 91.7MA 4,246,935 377,194 8.9 3,869,741 91.1MI 6,104,749 735,371 12.0 5,369,378 88.0MN 3,344,084 274,359 8.2 3,069,725 91.8MS 1,783,844 270,135 15.1 1,513,709 84.9MO 3,661,457 454,722 12.4 3,206,735 87.6

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 616,796 63,344 10.3 553,452 89.7NE 1,121,006 94,120 8.4 1,026,886 91.6NV 1,705,729 177,524 10.4 1,528,205 89.6NH 844,577 80,481 9.5 764,096 90.5NJ 5,520,629 425,486 7.7 5,095,143 92.3NM 1,246,884 160,703 12.9 1,086,181 87.1NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 8.4 11,358,974 91.6NC 5,966,410 669,022 11.2 5,297,388 88.8ND 436,041 35,636 8.2 400,405 91.8OH 7,076,483 835,213 11.8 6,241,270 88.2OK 2,281,244 312,480 13.7 1,968,764 86.3OR 2,428,162 284,068 11.7 2,144,094 88.3PA 7,867,912 861,195 10.9 7,006,717 89.1RI 666,700 70,691 10.6 596,009 89.4SC 2,868,533 354,289 12.4 2,514,244 87.6SD 499,064 51,001 10.2 448,063 89.8TN 3,971,009 537,176 13.5 3,433,833 86.5TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 10.0 14,268,395 90.0UT 1,677,068 137,854 8.2 1,539,214 91.8VT 401,075 46,401 11.6 354,674 88.4VA 5,085,461 444,154 8.7 4,641,307 91.3WA 4,321,655 441,951 10.2 3,879,704 89.8WV 1,140,973 193,943 17.0 947,030 83.0WI 3,542,388 331,686 9.4 3,210,702 90.6WY 358,028 34,620 9.7 323,408 90.3PR 2,218,215 400,613 18.1 1,817,602 81.9
18 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.7 Civilians Ages 65 Years and Over Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 42,414,786 15,302,378 36.1 27,112,408 63.9AL 681363 291199 42.7 390164 57.3AK 60,928 24,444 40.1 36,484 59.9AZ 959,580 324,061 33.8 635,519 66.2AR 425,525 176,316 41.4 249,209 58.6CA 4,502,405 1,647,862 36.6 2,854,543 63.4CO 595,595 193,116 32.4 402,479 67.6CT 509,635 161,584 31.7 348,051 68.3DE 137,204 43,934 32.0 93,270 68.0DC 69,808 23,430 33.6 46,378 66.4FL 3,441,314 1,147,240 33.3 2,294,074 66.7GA 1,109,973 424,546 38.2 685,427 61.8HI 205,533 70,723 34.4 134,810 65.6ID 206,797 72,518 35.1 134,279 64.9IL 1,632,811 572,041 35.0 1,060,770 65.0IN 853,449 308,357 36.1 545,092 63.9IA 445,684 142,955 32.1 302,729 67.9KS 375,663 131,671 35.1 243,992 64.9KY 590,957 251,650 42.6 339,307 57.4LA 576,626 246,397 42.7 330,229 57.3ME 219,441 77,738 35.4 141,703 64.6MD 738,832 241,924 32.7 496,908 67.3MA 921,944 310,718 33.7 611,226 66.3MI 1,404,130 505,535 36.0 898,595 64.0MN 700,190 221,958 31.7 478,232 68.3MS 388,958 172,919 44.5 216,039 55.5MO 847,638 321,672 37.9 525,966 62.1

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 153,829 55,506 36.1 98,323 63.9NE 244,517 82,596 33.8 161,921 66.2NV 354,755 127,076 35.8 227,679 64.2NH 186,886 58,613 31.4 128,273 68.6NJ 1,211,763 396,273 32.7 815,490 67.3NM 289,580 119,783 41.4 169,797 58.6NY 2,661,330 900,473 33.8 1,760,857 66.2NC 1,304,575 477,919 36.6 826,656 63.4ND 95,030 30,995 32.6 64,035 67.4OH 1,638,583 577,718 35.3 1,060,865 64.7OK 517,197 211,206 40.8 305,991 59.2OR 572,444 214,393 37.5 358,051 62.5PA 1,960,414 678,256 34.6 1,282,158 65.4RI 151,520 50,677 33.4 100,843 66.6SC 676,616 251,180 37.1 425,436 62.9SD 114,328 39,870 34.9 74,458 65.1TN 893,371 355,178 39.8 538,193 60.2TX 2,754,147 1,077,152 39.1 1,676,995 60.9UT 267,921 92,755 34.6 175,166 65.4VT 95,290 29,927 31.4 65,363 68.6VA 1,036,160 348,608 33.6 687,552 66.4WA 887,828 312,548 35.2 575,280 64.8WV 302,559 131,295 43.4 171,264 56.6WI 794,421 254,992 32.1 539,429 67.9WY 72,922 26,702 36.6 46,220 63.4PR 574,817 294,179 51.2 280,638 48.8
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Table 1.8 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Hearing Disability: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability Hearing Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 4,022,334 2.1 20.1AL 2,937,335 436,803 83,376 2.8 19.1AK 460,946 48,882 16,552 3.6 33.9AZ 3,866,694 374,420 82,244 2.1 22.0AR 1,761,365 258,318 52,197 3.0 20.2CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 363,508 1.5 19.2CO 3,270,163 276,771 67,322 2.1 24.3CT 2,233,159 183,789 36,730 1.6 20.0DE 561,217 56,402 9,656 1.7 17.1DC 442,390 41,945 4,412 1.0 10.5FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 211,049 1.8 18.3GA 6,117,277 645,732 118,214 1.9 18.3HI 833,610 67,268 15,857 1.9 23.6ID 944,959 103,489 27,539 2.9 26.6IL 8,006,505 675,093 126,710 1.6 18.8IN 3,998,258 442,927 98,209 2.5 22.2IA 1,862,753 171,340 37,882 2.0 22.1KS 1,729,836 177,988 42,974 2.5 24.1KY 2,685,735 416,672 82,461 3.1 19.8LA 2,804,831 375,698 78,451 2.8 20.9ME 830,767 112,279 25,705 3.1 22.9MD 3,708,246 307,020 55,235 1.5 18.0MA 4,246,935 377,194 70,648 1.7 18.7MI 6,104,749 735,371 137,702 2.3 18.7MN 3,344,084 274,359 63,688 1.9 23.2MS 1,783,844 270,135 49,323 2.8 18.3MO 3,661,457 454,722 99,982 2.7 22.0

State Total Disability Hearing Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 16,554 2.7 26.1NE 1,121,006 94,120 24,715 2.2 26.3NV 1,705,729 177,524 38,405 2.3 21.6NH 844,577 80,481 18,443 2.2 22.9NJ 5,520,629 425,486 69,426 1.3 16.3NM 1,246,884 160,703 38,856 3.1 24.2NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 185,731 1.5 17.8NC 5,966,410 669,022 130,610 2.2 19.5ND 436,041 35,636 9,476 2.2 26.6OH 7,076,483 835,213 159,184 2.2 19.1OK 2,281,244 312,480 71,442 3.1 22.9OR 2,428,162 284,068 68,016 2.8 23.9PA 7,867,912 861,195 164,601 2.1 19.1RI 666,700 70,691 12,427 1.9 17.6SC 2,868,533 354,289 67,246 2.3 19.0SD 499,064 51,001 14,074 2.8 27.6TN 3,971,009 537,176 103,809 2.6 19.3TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 357,574 2.3 22.5UT 1,677,068 137,854 30,716 1.8 22.3VT 401,075 46,401 10,868 2.7 23.4VA 5,085,461 444,154 79,940 1.6 18.0WA 4,321,655 441,951 105,878 2.4 24.0WV 1,140,973 193,943 47,463 4.2 24.5WI 3,542,388 331,686 70,800 2.0 21.3WY 358,028 34,620 10,256 2.9 29.6PR 2,218,215 400,613 58,198 2.6 14.5
20 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.9 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Vision Disability: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability

Vision

Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 3,532,888 1.8 17.7 AL 2,937,335 436,803 82,635 2.8 18.9 AK 460,946 48,882 8,730 1.9 17.9 AZ 3,866,694 374,420 64,719 1.7 17.3 AR 1,761,365 258,318 49,104 2.8 19.0 CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 343,928 1.4 18.2 CO 3,270,163 276,771 46,963 1.4 17.0 CT 2,233,159 183,789 25,467 1.1 13.9 DE 561,217 56,402 9,421 1.7 16.7 DC 442,390 41,945 9,437 2.1 22.5 FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 201,055 1.7 17.4 GA 6,117,277 645,732 136,135 2.2 21.1 HI 833,610 67,268 10,219 1.2 15.2 ID 944,959 103,489 16,535 1.7 16.0 IL 8,006,505 675,093 120,871 1.5 17.9 IN 3,998,258 442,927 77,619 1.9 17.5 IA 1,862,753 171,340 24,336 1.3 14.2 KS 1,729,836 177,988 25,119 1.5 14.1 KY 2,685,735 416,672 71,105 2.6 17.1 LA 2,804,831 375,698 81,670 2.9 21.7 ME 830,767 112,279 14,067 1.7 12.5 MD 3,708,246 307,020 49,432 1.3 16.1 MA 4,246,935 377,194 56,577 1.3 15.0 MI 6,104,749 735,371 106,017 1.7 14.4 MN 3,344,084 274,359 34,320 1.0 12.5 MS 1,783,844 270,135 58,257 3.3 21.6 MO 3,661,457 454,722 71,710 2.0 15.8 

State Total Disability

Vision

Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 9,859 1.6 15.6 NE 1,121,006 94,120 14,644 1.3 15.6 NV 1,705,729 177,524 33,607 2.0 18.9 NH 844,577 80,481 8,678 1.0 10.8 NJ 5,520,629 425,486 83,230 1.5 19.6 NM 1,246,884 160,703 32,196 2.6 20.0 NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 172,292 1.4 16.5 NC 5,966,410 669,022 126,439 2.1 18.9 ND 436,041 35,636 5,531 1.3 15.5 OH 7,076,483 835,213 125,198 1.8 15.0 OK 2,281,244 312,480 60,658 2.7 19.4 OR 2,428,162 284,068 46,741 1.9 16.5 PA 7,867,912 861,195 130,230 1.7 15.1 RI 666,700 70,691 10,690 1.6 15.1 SC 2,868,533 354,289 64,518 2.2 18.2 SD 499,064 51,001 8,340 1.7 16.4 TN 3,971,009 537,176 102,762 2.6 19.1 TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 338,059 2.1 21.3 UT 1,677,068 137,854 20,577 1.2 14.9 VT 401,075 46,401 6,556 1.6 14.1 VA 5,085,461 444,154 71,382 1.4 16.1 WA 4,321,655 441,951 66,032 1.5 14.9 WV 1,140,973 193,943 37,745 3.3 19.5 WI 3,542,388 331,686 47,632 1.3 14.4 WY 358,028 34,620 5,081 1.4 14.7 PR 2,218,215 400,613 108,763 4.9 27.1 
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Table 1.10 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Cognitive Disability: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability Cognitive Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 8,458,332 4.3 42.3AL 2,937,335 436,803 182,515 6.2 41.8AK 460,946 48,882 18,132 3.9 37.1AZ 3,866,694 374,420 157,281 4.1 42.0AR 1,761,365 258,318 99,083 5.6 38.4CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 807,868 3.4 42.7CO 3,270,163 276,771 107,578 3.3 38.9CT 2,233,159 183,789 82,632 3.7 45.0DE 561,217 56,402 20,871 3.7 37.0DC 442,390 41,945 20,554 4.6 49.0FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 492,637 4.3 42.7GA 6,117,277 645,732 265,745 4.3 41.2HI 833,610 67,268 28,129 3.4 41.8ID 944,959 103,489 45,286 4.8 43.8IL 8,006,505 675,093 273,413 3.4 40.5IN 3,998,258 442,927 186,782 4.7 42.2IA 1,862,753 171,340 73,542 3.9 42.9KS 1,729,836 177,988 75,732 4.4 42.5KY 2,685,735 416,672 181,420 6.8 43.5LA 2,804,831 375,698 153,946 5.5 41.0ME 830,767 112,279 53,394 6.4 47.6MD 3,708,246 307,020 126,891 3.4 41.3MA 4,246,935 377,194 178,639 4.2 47.4MI 6,104,749 735,371 326,740 5.4 44.4MN 3,344,084 274,359 126,049 3.8 45.9MS 1,783,844 270,135 116,093 6.5 43.0MO 3,661,457 454,722 201,500 5.5 44.3

State Total Disability Cognitive Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 23,808 3.9 37.6NE 1,121,006 94,120 39,204 3.5 41.7NV 1,705,729 177,524 64,051 3.8 36.1NH 844,577 80,481 34,876 4.1 43.3NJ 5,520,629 425,486 170,569 3.1 40.1NM 1,246,884 160,703 73,541 5.9 45.8NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 420,953 3.4 40.3NC 5,966,410 669,022 268,516 4.5 40.1ND 436,041 35,636 14,418 3.3 40.5OH 7,076,483 835,213 368,902 5.2 44.2OK 2,281,244 312,480 123,543 5.4 39.5OR 2,428,162 284,068 124,693 5.1 43.9PA 7,867,912 861,195 385,390 4.9 44.8RI 666,700 70,691 31,888 4.8 45.1SC 2,868,533 354,289 144,033 5.0 40.7SD 499,064 51,001 20,325 4.1 39.9TN 3,971,009 537,176 232,920 5.9 43.4TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 612,111 3.9 38.5UT 1,677,068 137,854 63,112 3.8 45.8VT 401,075 46,401 21,586 5.4 46.5VA 5,085,461 444,154 186,877 3.7 42.1WA 4,321,655 441,951 195,927 4.5 44.3WV 1,140,973 193,943 84,165 7.4 43.4WI 3,542,388 331,686 144,021 4.1 43.4WY 358,028 34,620 13,942 3.9 40.3PR 2,218,215 400,613 192509 8.7 48.1
22 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.11 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Ambulatory Disability: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability Ambulatory Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 10,211,188 5.2 51.0AL 2,937,335 436,803 253,663 8.6 58.1AK 460,946 48,882 21,072 4.6 43.1AZ 3,866,694 374,420 193,542 5.0 51.7AR 1,761,365 258,318 144,847 8.2 56.1CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 924,653 3.9 48.9CO 3,270,163 276,771 131,354 4.0 47.5CT 2,233,159 183,789 83,191 3.7 45.3DE 561,217 56,402 30,589 5.5 54.2DC 442,390 41,945 22,319 5.0 53.2FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 609,455 5.3 52.8GA 6,117,277 645,732 341,052 5.6 52.8HI 833,610 67,268 33,558 4.0 49.9ID 944,959 103,489 44,344 4.7 42.8IL 8,006,505 675,093 347,069 4.3 51.4IN 3,998,258 442,927 223,922 5.6 50.6IA 1,862,753 171,340 77,650 4.2 45.3KS 1,729,836 177,988 86,758 5.0 48.7KY 2,685,735 416,672 230,887 8.6 55.4LA 2,804,831 375,698 194,491 6.9 51.8ME 830,767 112,279 50,810 6.1 45.3MD 3,708,246 307,020 153,273 4.1 49.9MA 4,246,935 377,194 171,696 4.0 45.5MI 6,104,749 735,371 384,516 6.3 52.3MN 3,344,084 274,359 123,947 3.7 45.2MS 1,783,844 270,135 153,874 8.6 57.0MO 3,661,457 454,722 240,077 6.6 52.8

State Total Disability Ambulatory Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 32,688 5.3 51.6NE 1,121,006 94,120 41,757 3.7 44.4NV 1,705,729 177,524 92,016 5.4 51.8NH 844,577 80,481 37,982 4.5 47.2NJ 5,520,629 425,486 206,987 3.7 48.6NM 1,246,884 160,703 83,501 6.7 52.0NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 543,684 4.4 52.1NC 5,966,410 669,022 359,652 6.0 53.8ND 436,041 35,636 16,334 3.7 45.8OH 7,076,483 835,213 431,800 6.1 51.7OK 2,281,244 312,480 170,292 7.5 54.5OR 2,428,162 284,068 128,988 5.3 45.4PA 7,867,912 861,195 420,125 5.3 48.8RI 666,700 70,691 32,992 4.9 46.7SC 2,868,533 354,289 200,686 7.0 56.6SD 499,064 51,001 22,655 4.5 44.4TN 3,971,009 537,176 300,690 7.6 56.0TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 807,675 5.1 50.8UT 1,677,068 137,854 61,429 3.7 44.6VT 401,075 46,401 19,636 4.9 42.3VA 5,085,461 444,154 226,460 4.5 51.0WA 4,321,655 441,951 206,249 4.8 46.7WV 1,140,973 193,943 114,505 10.0 59.0WI 3,542,388 331,686 157,417 4.4 47.5WY 358,028 34,620 16,034 4.5 46.3PR 2,218,215 400,613 206,345 9.3 51.5
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Table 1.12 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Self-Care Disability: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability

Self-Care

Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 3,666,174 1.9 18.3AL 2,937,335 436,803 82,763 2.8 18.9AK 460,946 48,882 7,573 1.6 15.5AZ 3,866,694 374,420 66,740 1.7 17.8AR 1,761,365 258,318 44,455 2.5 17.2CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 378,111 1.6 20.0CO 3,270,163 276,771 45,422 1.4 16.4CT 2,233,159 183,789 31,956 1.4 17.4DE 561,217 56,402 10,503 1.9 18.6DC 442,390 41,945 7,270 1.6 17.3FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 225,017 1.9 19.5GA 6,117,277 645,732 119,933 2.0 18.6HI 833,610 67,268 12,449 1.5 18.5ID 944,959 103,489 17,915 1.9 17.3IL 8,006,505 675,093 133,491 1.7 19.8IN 3,998,258 442,927 79,031 2.0 17.8IA 1,862,753 171,340 27,512 1.5 16.1KS 1,729,836 177,988 30,344 1.8 17.0KY 2,685,735 416,672 74,021 2.8 17.8LA 2,804,831 375,698 66,076 2.4 17.6ME 830,767 112,279 17,415 2.1 15.5MD 3,708,246 307,020 50,836 1.4 16.6MA 4,246,935 377,194 68,609 1.6 18.2MI 6,104,749 735,371 147,153 2.4 20.0MN 3,344,084 274,359 51,181 1.5 18.7MS 1,783,844 270,135 49,683 2.8 18.4MO 3,661,457 454,722 80,114 2.2 17.6

State Total Disability

Self-Care

Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 12,048 2.0 19.0NE 1,121,006 94,120 12,693 1.1 13.5NV 1,705,729 177,524 28,692 1.7 16.2NH 844,577 80,481 13,501 1.6 16.8NJ 5,520,629 425,486 77,022 1.4 18.1NM 1,246,884 160,703 33,137 2.7 20.6NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 189,646 1.5 18.2NC 5,966,410 669,022 124,888 2.1 18.7ND 436,041 35,636 4,499 1.0 12.6OH 7,076,483 835,213 149,353 2.1 17.9OK 2,281,244 312,480 54,385 2.4 17.4OR 2,428,162 284,068 45,539 1.9 16.0PA 7,867,912 861,195 152,375 1.9 17.7RI 666,700 70,691 12,680 1.9 17.9SC 2,868,533 354,289 68,559 2.4 19.4SD 499,064 51,001 8,331 1.7 16.3TN 3,971,009 537,176 104,195 2.6 19.4TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 292,754 1.8 18.4UT 1,677,068 137,854 21,441 1.3 15.6VT 401,075 46,401 7,334 1.8 15.8VA 5,085,461 444,154 75,451 1.5 17.0WA 4,321,655 441,951 74,402 1.7 16.8WV 1,140,973 193,943 36,687 3.2 18.9WI 3,542,388 331,686 64,667 1.8 19.5WY 358,028 34,620 6,214 1.7 17.9PR 2,218,215 400,613 70,108 3.2 17.5
24 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 1.13 Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States—Independent Living Disability: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder.census2.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability Independent Living Disability Count % Total % Disability

U.S. 195,697,202 20,007,119 7,142,749 3.6 35.7AL 2,937,335 436,803 158,601 5.4 36.3AK 460,946 48,882 12,814 2.8 26.2AZ 3,866,694 374,420 133,461 3.5 35.6AR 1,761,365 258,318 87,056 4.9 33.7CA 23,798,381 1,891,395 718,497 3.0 38.0CO 3,270,163 276,771 87,197 2.7 31.5CT 2,233,159 183,789 63,518 2.8 34.6DE 561,217 56,402 19,338 3.4 34.3DC 442,390 41,945 13,424 3.0 32.0FL 11,578,613 1,153,774 429,575 3.7 37.2GA 6,117,277 645,732 237,637 3.9 36.8HI 833,610 67,268 23,609 2.8 35.1ID 944,959 103,489 35,417 3.7 34.2IL 8,006,505 675,093 250,760 3.1 37.1IN 3,998,258 442,927 155,860 3.9 35.2IA 1,862,753 171,340 55,645 3.0 32.5KS 1,729,836 177,988 56,884 3.3 32.0KY 2,685,735 416,672 154,699 5.8 37.1LA 2,804,831 375,698 125,983 4.5 33.5ME 830,767 112,279 36,980 4.5 32.9MD 3,708,246 307,020 103,148 2.8 33.6MA 4,246,935 377,194 144,643 3.4 38.3MI 6,104,749 735,371 278,915 4.6 37.9MN 3,344,084 274,359 98,549 2.9 35.9MS 1,783,844 270,135 93,554 5.2 34.6MO 3,661,457 454,722 159,888 4.4 35.2

State Total Disability Independent Living Disability Count % Total % Disability

MT 616,796 63,344 23,577 3.8 37.2NE 1,121,006 94,120 28,177 2.5 29.9NV 1,705,729 177,524 55,151 3.2 31.1NH 844,577 80,481 26,268 3.1 32.6NJ 5,520,629 425,486 158,514 2.9 37.3NM 1,246,884 160,703 58,164 4.7 36.2NY 12,402,577 1,043,603 370,959 3.0 35.5NC 5,966,410 669,022 236,208 4.0 35.3ND 436,041 35,636 10,141 2.3 28.5OH 7,076,483 835,213 299,652 4.2 35.9OK 2,281,244 312,480 103,450 4.5 33.1OR 2,428,162 284,068 94,554 3.9 33.3PA 7,867,912 861,195 317,356 4.0 36.9RI 666,700 70,691 23,975 3.6 33.9SC 2,868,533 354,289 124,525 4.3 35.1SD 499,064 51,001 15,959 3.2 31.3TN 3,971,009 537,176 201,974 5.1 37.6TX 15,858,474 1,590,079 528,737 3.3 33.3UT 1,677,068 137,854 44,762 2.7 32.5VT 401,075 46,401 15,512 3.9 33.4VA 5,085,461 444,154 159,908 3.1 36.0WA 4,321,655 441,951 147,023 3.4 33.3WV 1,140,973 193,943 74,522 6.5 38.4WI 3,542,388 331,686 119,014 3.4 35.9WY 358,028 34,620 10,506 2.9 30.3PR 2,218,215 400,613 158,509 7.1 39.6
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Table 1.14 Change in Civilians with Disabilities Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2011 to 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 and 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18101; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State 2010 2011 % Change

U.S. 37,954,360 38,397,863 1.2AL 764,988 778,043 1.7AK 73,731 77,964 5.7AZ 732,730 755,997 3.2AR 485,364 474,442 -2.3CA 3,749,792 3,821,538 1.9CO 516,135 512,538 -0.7CT 377,847 376,618 -0.3DE 107,659 108,147 0.5DC 67,435 71,091 5.4FL 2,420,035 2,460,338 1.7GA 1,161,966 1,168,485 0.6HI 140,996 146,622 4.0ID 200,237 195,294 -2.5IL 1,317,307 1,356,613 3.0IN 842,673 827,447 -1.8IA 342,642 342,671 0.0KS 345,718 337,784 -2.3

State 2010 2011 % Change

KY 720,354 728,473 1.1LA 680,573 686,272 0.8ME 203,389 208,773 2.6MD 586,467 597,983 2.0MA 737,748 752,323 2.0MI 1,356,359 1,355,718 0.0MN 532,902 544,764 2.2MS 471,504 481,117 2.0MO 822,470 846,015 2.9MT 130,582 127,304 -2.5NE 189,914 193,061 1.7NV 303,879 330,999 8.9NH 151,658 153,863 1.5NJ 871,783 895,912 2.8NM 276,797 303,325 9.6NY 2,091,270 2,099,458 0.4NC 1,257,117 1,246,427 -0.9ND 69,721 71,901 3.1

State 2010 2011 % Change

OH 1,517,210 1,543,263 1.7OK 577,032 569,999 -1.2OR 523,018 537,043 2.7PA 1,671,648 1,677,908 0.4RI 123,240 129,386 5.0SC 630,828 648,953 2.9SD 93,987 98,196 4.5TN 961,894 961,025 -0.1TX 2,906,416 2,965,439 2.0UT 246,570 259,045 5.1VT 80,300 83,148 3.5VA 867,558 859,088 -1.0WA 839,747 812,306 -3.3WV 345,931 346,708 0.2WI 637,141 639,767 0.4WY 63,853 66,426 4.0PR 766,245 764,843 -0.2
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Section 2: Employment

This section presents statistics on employment 

and full-time, year-round employment. For both 

categories of employment, data are presented 

concerning those with disabilities, those 

without disabilities, and the employment gap 

(difference in employment rate) between these 

two populations. The principal source of these 

data is the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the 

American Community Survey.

Tables

Tables 2.1 and 2.2: In 2012, of the 20,007,119 

individuals with disabilities ages 18 to 64 years 

living in the community, 6,551,987 individuals 

were employed—an employment rate of 32.7 

percent. In contrast, of the 175,690,083 

individuals without disabilities ages 18 to 64 

years living in the community, 129,274,939 

individuals were employed—an employment rate 

of 73.6 percent. The employment rate for people 

with disabilities was highest in South Dakota 

(52.0 percent) and lowest in the West Virginia 

(24.3 percent).

Table 2.3: In 2012, of the 4,022,334 individuals 

with hearing disabilities ages 18 to 64 years 

living in the community, 1,975,853 individuals 

were employed—an employment rate of 49.1 

percent. The employment rate for people with 

hearing disabilities was highest in South Dakota 

(70.8 percent) and lowest in West Virginia (32.7 

percent).

Table 2.4: In 2012, of the 3,532,888 individuals 

with vision disabilities ages 18 to 64 years living 

in the community, 1,289,897individuals were 

employed—an employment rate of 36.5 percent. 

The employment rate for people with vision 

disabilities was highest in South Dakota (62.2 

percent) and lowest in the West Virginia (23.8 

percent).

Table 2.5: In 2012, of the 8,458,332 individuals 

with cognitive disabilities ages18 to 64 years 

living in the community, 1,924,807 individuals 

were employed—an employment rate of 22.8 

percent. The employment rate for people with 

cognitive disabilities was highest in South Dakota 

(44.3 percent) and lowest in the West Virginia 

(14.4 percent).

Table 2.6: In 2012, of the 10,211,188 

individuals with ambulatory disabilities ages

18 to 64 years living in the community, 

2,424,480 individuals were employed—

an employment rate of 23.7 percent. The 

employment rate for people with ambulatory 

disabilities was highest in North Dakota (42.1 

percent) and lowest in West Virginia (17.3 

percent).

Table 2.7: In 2012, of the 3,666,174 individuals 

with self-care disabilities ages18 to 64 years living 

in the community, 585,349 individuals were 

employed—an employment rate of 16.0 percent. 

The employment rate for people with ambulatory 

disabilities was highest in South Dakota (26.5 

percent) and lowest in Rhode Island (7.6 

percent).

Table 2.8: In 2012, of the 7,142,749 individuals 

with independent living disabilities ages 18 to 

64 years living in the community, 1,102,254 

individuals were employed—an employment 

rate of 15.4 percent. The employment rate for 

people with independent living disabilities was 

highest in Minnesota (27.7 percent) and lowest 

in Mississippi (10.1 percent).

Table 2.9: In 2012, the employment rate for 

individuals with disabilities ages 18 to

64 years living in the community was 32.7 

percent, while the employment rate for 

individuals without disabilities ages 18 to 

64 years living in the community was 73.6 

percent—an employment gap of 40.8 percentage 

points. The employment gap was greatest in 

Rhode Island (48.3 percentage points) and 

smallest in South Dakota (29.8 percentage 

points).

Table 2.10: In 2012, the employment gap 

between individuals with and without disabilities 

ages 18 to 64 years living in the community was 

40.8 percent, while the comparable measure was 

40.2 in 2011.

Tables 2.11 and 2.12: In 2012, of the 

21,375,660 individuals with disabilities ages
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16 to 64 years living in the community, 

4,051,610 individuals were employed fulltime, year-round—a full-time, year-round 

employment rate of 19.0 percent. In contrast, of 

the 186,427,887 individuals without disabilities 

ages 16 to 64 years living in the community, 

93,298,740 individuals were employed full-time, 

year-round—a full-time, year-round employment 

rate of 50.0 percent. The full-time, year-round 

employment rate for people with disabilities was 

highest in North Dakota (31.1 percent) and 

lowest in West Virginia (14.3 percent).

Table 2.13: In 2012, the full-time, year-round 

employment rate for individuals with disabilities 

ages 18 to 64 years living in the community 

was 19.0 percent, while the full-time, yearround employment rate for individuals without 

disabilities ages 18 to 64 years living in the 

community was 50.0 percent—a full-time, 

year-round employment gap of 31.1 percentage 

points. The full-time, year-round employment 

gap was greatest in the District of Columbia 

(36.3 percentage points) and smallest in Alaska 

(25.4 percentage points).
28 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.1 Employment—Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count %

U.S. 20,007,119 6,551,987 32.7AL 436,803 116,875 26.8AK 48,882 19,059 39.0AZ 374,420 128,086 34.2AR 258,318 81,174 31.4CA 1,891,395 600,599 31.8CO 276,771 111,570 40.3CT 183,789 73,000 39.7DE 56,402 19,489 34.6DC 41,945 13,194 31.5FL 1,153,774 333,952 28.9GA 645,732 195,356 30.3HI 67,268 25,089 37.3ID 103,489 39,926 38.6IL 675,093 225,623 33.4IN 442,927 148,509 33.5IA 171,340 71,891 42.0KS 177,988 71,387 40.1

State Total Employed

Count %

KY 416,672 108,991 26.2LA 375,698 129,115 34.4ME 112,279 37,327 33.2MD 307,020 121,275 39.5MA 377,194 124,287 33.0MI 735,371 205,205 27.9MN 274,359 115,467 42.1MS 270,135 71,192 26.4MO 454,722 146,616 32.2MT 63,344 24,533 38.7NE 94,120 40,907 43.5NV 177,524 63,084 35.5NH 80,481 30,492 37.9NJ 425,486 148,968 35.0NM 160,703 53,237 33.1NY 1,043,603 322,875 30.9NC 669,022 201,872 30.2ND 35,636 18,385 51.6

State Total Employed

Count %

OH 835,213 274,316 32.8OK 312,480 107,373 34.4OR 284,068 97,418 34.3PA 861,195 283,983 33.0RI 70,691 20,298 28.7SC 354,289 95,775 27.0SD 51,001 26,529 52.0TN 537,176 150,276 28.0TX 1,590,079 587,548 37.0UT 137,854 56,649 41.1VT 46,401 15,905 34.3VA 444,154 161,438 36.3WA 441,951 157,705 35.7WV 193,943 47,073 24.3WI 331,686 124,829 37.6WY 34,620 15,212 43.9PR 400,613 91,053 22.7
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Table 2.2 Employment—Civilians without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count

%

U.S. 175,690,083 129,274,939 73.6AL 2,500,532 1,770,431 70.8AK 412,064 314,493 76.3AZ 3,492,274 2,480,145 71.0AR 1,503,047 1,093,039 72.7CA 21,906,986 15,382,765 70.2CO 2,993,392 2,307,963 77.1CT 2,049,370 1,569,202 76.6DE 504,815 379,282 75.1DC 400,445 297,558 74.3FL 10,424,839 7,445,688 71.4GA 5,471,545 3,871,469 70.8HI 766,342 579,533 75.6ID 841,470 629,066 74.8IL 7,331,412 5,472,719 74.6IN 3,555,331 2,683,323 75.5IA 1,691,413 1,377,449 81.4KS 1,551,848 1,222,307 78.8

State Total Employed

Count

%

KY 2,269,063 1,653,749 72.9LA 2,429,133 1,762,757 72.6ME 718,488 561,079 78.1MD 3,401,226 2,634,031 77.4MA 3,869,741 2,986,029 77.2MI 5,369,378 3,851,440 71.7MN 3,069,725 2,506,152 81.6MS 1,513,709 1,053,817 69.6MO 3,206,735 2,443,811 76.2MT 553,452 423,095 76.4NE 1,026,886 843,697 82.2NV 1,528,205 1,103,998 72.2NH 764,096 615,232 80.5NJ 5,095,143 3,795,976 74.5NM 1,086,181 764,787 70.4NY 11,358,974 8,260,794 72.7NC 5,297,388 3,822,770 72.2ND 400,405 333,458 83.3

State Total Employed

Count

%

OH 6,241,270 4,686,161 75.1OK 1,968,764 1,478,103 75.1OR 2,144,094 1,545,796 72.1PA 7,006,717 5,259,277 75.1RI 596,009 458,868 77.0SC 2,514,244 1,795,694 71.4SD 448,063 366,510 81.8TN 3,433,833 2,512,568 73.2TX 14,268,395 10,537,118 73.8UT 1,539,214 1,187,606 77.2VT 354,674 282,989 79.8VA 4,641,307 3,549,810 76.5WA 3,879,704 2,884,341 74.3WV 947,030 663,488 70.1WI 3,210,702 2,553,029 79.5WY 323,408 253,986 78.5PR 1,817,602 966,491 53.2
30 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.3 Employment—Civilians with Hearing Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count %

U.S. 4,022,334 1,975,853 49.1AL 83,376 36,550 43.8AK 16,552 8,888 53.7AZ 82,244 41,662 50.7AR 52,197 25,725 49.3CA 363,508 169,171 46.5CO 67,322 38,203 56.7CT 36,730 20,721 56.4DE 9,656 5,131 53.1DC 4,412 1,719 39.0FL 211,049 97,494 46.2GA 118,214 56,849 48.1HI 15,857 9,145 57.7ID 27,539 14,899 54.1IL 126,710 63,541 50.1IN 98,209 50,221 51.1IA 37,882 23,305 61.5KS 42,974 25,752 59.9

State Total Employed

Count %

KY 82,461 34,173 41.4LA 78,451 38,897 49.6ME 25,705 13,611 53.0MD 55,235 32,265 58.4MA 70,648 36,615 51.8MI 137,702 60,392 43.9MN 63,688 37,421 58.8MS 49,323 20,459 41.5MO 99,982 47,589 47.6MT 16,554 9,518 57.5NE 24,715 16,186 65.5NV 38,405 19,003 49.5NH 18,443 11,010 59.7NJ 69,426 33,114 47.7NM 38,856 16,585 42.7NY 185,731 85,499 46.0NC 130,610 59,934 45.9ND 9,476 6,524 68.8

State Total Employed

Count %

OH 159,184 78,876 49.6OK 71,442 37,003 51.8OR 68,016 35,641 52.4PA 164,601 85,370 51.9RI 12,427 6,166 49.6SC 67,246 28,629 42.6SD 14,074 9,964 70.8TN 103,809 45,582 43.9TX 357,574 182,971 51.2UT 30,716 17,102 55.7VT 10,868 5,449 50.1VA 79,940 41,548 52.0WA 105,878 55,901 52.8WV 47,463 15,519 32.7WI 70,800 39,804 56.2WY 10,256 7,043 68.7PR 58,198 15,514 26.7
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Table 2.4 Employment—Civilians with Vision Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count

%

U.S. 3,532,888 1,289,897 36.5AL 82,635 23,649 28.6AK 8,730 2,774 31.8AZ 64,719 27,200 42.0AR 49,104 16,399 33.4CA 343,928 129,368 37.6CO 46,963 21,916 46.7CT 25,467 11,396 44.7DE 9,421 2,992 31.8DC 9,437 3,355 35.6FL 201,055 69,229 34.4GA 136,135 49,120 36.1HI 10,219 3,935 38.5ID 16,535 6,987 42.3IL 120,871 45,882 38.0IN 77,619 31,022 40.0IA 24,336 10,519 43.2KS 25,119 11,808 47.0

State Total Employed

Count

%

KY 71,105 21,746 30.6LA 81,670 30,709 37.6ME 14,067 5,481 39.0MD 49,432 21,400 43.3MA 56,577 19,094 33.7MI 106,017 34,080 32.1MN 34,320 15,601 45.5MS 58,257 16,188 27.8MO 71,710 24,299 33.9MT 9,859 3,710 37.6NE 14,644 6,767 46.2NV 33,607 14,222 42.3NH 8,678 4,158 47.9NJ 83,230 36,369 43.7NM 32,196 11,143 34.6NY 172,292 63,405 36.8NC 126,439 42,372 33.5ND 5,531 2,935 53.1

State Total Employed

Count

%

OH 125,198 44,612 35.6OK 60,658 22,531 37.1OR 46,741 17,641 37.7PA 130,230 44,714 34.3RI 10,690 3,319 31.0SC 64,518 20,347 31.5SD 8,340 5,189 62.2TN 102,762 30,586 29.8TX 338,059 134,719 39.9UT 20,577 9,230 44.9VT 6,556 1,990 30.4VA 71,382 26,814 37.6WA 66,032 28,406 43.0WV 37,745 8,968 23.8WI 47,632 18,438 38.7WY 5,081 3,110 61.2PR 108,763 28,053 25.8
32 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.5 Employment—Civilians with Cognitive Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count %

U.S. 8,458,332 1,924,807 22.8AL 182,515 32,208 17.6AK 18,132 4,054 22.4AZ 157,281 40,944 26.0AR 99,083 24,221 24.4CA 807,868 164,689 20.4CO 107,578 28,951 26.9CT 82,632 26,218 31.7DE 20,871 4,677 22.4DC 20,554 4,585 22.3FL 492,637 94,783 19.2GA 265,745 56,438 21.2HI 28,129 5,694 20.2ID 45,286 12,860 28.4IL 273,413 62,758 23.0IN 186,782 43,842 23.5IA 73,542 25,380 34.5KS 75,732 23,400 30.9

State Total Employed

Count %

KY 181,420 32,584 18.0LA 153,946 37,818 24.6ME 53,394 12,057 22.6MD 126,891 35,834 28.2MA 178,639 43,353 24.3MI 326,740 69,894 21.4MN 126,049 43,601 34.6MS 116,093 20,602 17.7MO 201,500 44,252 22.0MT 23,808 6,194 26.0NE 39,204 12,144 31.0NV 64,051 16,275 25.4NH 34,876 8,642 24.8NJ 170,569 38,206 22.4NM 73,541 16,753 22.8NY 420,953 88,122 20.9NC 268,516 55,893 20.8ND 14,418 6,071 42.1

State Total Employed

Count %

OH 368,902 91,059 24.7OK 123,543 29,215 23.6OR 124,693 30,330 24.3PA 385,390 91,008 23.6RI 31,888 5,776 18.1SC 144,033 24,739 17.2SD 20,325 8,994 44.3TN 232,920 39,797 17.1TX 612,111 150,083 24.5UT 63,112 19,464 30.8VT 21,586 4,641 21.5VA 186,877 52,021 27.8WA 195,927 45,455 23.2WV 84,165 12,121 14.4WI 144,021 43,634 30.3WY 13,942 4,074 29.2PR 192,509 28,399 14.8
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Table 2.6 Employment—Civilians with Ambulatory Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count

%

U.S. 10,211,188 2,424,480 23.7AL 253,663 49,938 19.7AK 21,072 6,483 30.8AZ 193,542 46,633 24.1AR 144,847 31,649 21.8CA 924,653 225,849 24.4CO 131,354 37,164 28.3CT 83,191 25,621 30.8DE 30,589 7,730 25.3DC 22,319 6,249 28.0FL 609,455 135,255 22.2GA 341,052 72,851 21.4HI 33,558 9,834 29.3ID 44,344 12,828 28.9IL 347,069 85,265 24.6IN 223,922 50,151 22.4IA 77,650 22,912 29.5KS 86,758 24,588 28.3

State Total Employed

Count

%

KY 230,887 40,034 17.3LA 194,491 47,519 24.4ME 50,810 10,997 21.6MD 153,273 48,395 31.6MA 171,696 43,006 25.0MI 384,516 72,114 18.8MN 123,947 35,519 28.7MS 153,874 27,738 18.0MO 240,077 55,267 23.0MT 32,688 7,523 23.0NE 41,757 12,071 28.9NV 92,016 23,383 25.4NH 37,982 9,780 25.7NJ 206,987 57,295 27.7NM 83,501 18,448 22.1NY 543,684 126,229 23.2NC 359,652 76,971 21.4ND 16,334 6,882 42.1

State Total Employed

Count

%

OH 431,800 97,713 22.6OK 170,292 41,093 24.1OR 128,988 29,735 23.1PA 420,125 100,610 23.9RI 32,992 6,875 20.8SC 200,686 40,459 20.2SD 22,655 8,623 38.1TN 300,690 62,537 20.8TX 807,675 219,776 27.2UT 61,429 18,643 30.3VT 19,636 5,165 26.3VA 226,460 63,417 28.0WA 206,249 55,426 26.9WV 114,505 19,818 17.3WI 157,417 40,446 25.7WY 16,034 4,465 27.8PR 206345 39508 19.1
34 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.7 Employment—Civilians with Self- Care Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count %

U.S. 3,666,174 585,349 16.0AL 82,763 9,887 11.9AK 7,573 1,345 17.8AZ 66,740 10,683 16.0AR 44,455 6,204 14.0CA 378,111 60,793 16.1CO 45,422 10,698 23.6CT 31,956 7,929 24.8DE 10,503 1,469 14.0DC 7,270 1,409 19.4FL 225,017 31,628 14.1GA 119,933 18,777 15.7HI 12,449 2,222 17.8ID 17,915 2,735 15.3IL 133,491 23,027 17.2IN 79,031 13,242 16.8IA 27,512 6,542 23.8KS 30,344 5,842 19.3

State Total Employed

Count %

KY 74,021 8,100 10.9LA 66,076 9,983 15.1ME 17,415 3,043 17.5MD 50,836 11,616 22.8MA 68,609 13,161 19.2MI 147,153 19,015 12.9MN 51,181 12,074 23.6MS 49,683 5,303 10.7MO 80,114 13,001 16.2MT 12,048 1,915 15.9NE 12,693 2,633 20.7NV 28,692 5,165 18.0NH 13,501 2,813 20.8NJ 77,022 13,946 18.1NM 33,137 4,515 13.6NY 189,646 32,755 17.3NC 124,888 16,658 13.3ND 4,499 1,123 25.0

State Total Employed

Count %

OH 149,353 24,932 16.7OK 54,385 8,408 15.5OR 45,539 6,136 13.5PA 152,375 24,868 16.3RI 12,680 961 7.6SC 68,559 10,376 15.1SD 8,331 2,211 26.5TN 104,195 11,740 11.3TX 292,754 47,954 16.4UT 21,441 4,239 19.8VT 7,334 1,220 16.6VA 75,451 15,407 20.4WA 74,402 13,357 18.0WV 36,687 3,221 8.8WI 64,667 10,959 16.9WY 6,214 1,157 18.6PR 70108 6952 9.9
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Table 2.8 Employment—Civilians with Independent Living Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Employed

Count

%

U.S. 7,142,749 1,102,254 15.4AL 158,601 16,350 10.3AK 12,814 1,740 13.6AZ 133,461 22,891 17.2AR 87,056 12,365 14.2CA 718,497 103,674 14.4CO 87,197 16,654 19.1CT 63,518 16,628 26.2DE 19,338 3,449 17.8DC 13,424 1,901 14.2FL 429,575 55,936 13.0GA 237,637 34,041 14.3HI 23,609 3,601 15.3ID 35,417 6,016 17.0IL 250,760 43,125 17.2IN 155,860 26,064 16.7IA 55,645 13,927 25.0KS 56,884 10,904 19.2

State Total Employed

Count

%

KY 154,699 16,937 10.9LA 125,983 16,703 13.3ME 36,980 5,207 14.1MD 103,148 21,437 20.8MA 144,643 26,581 18.4MI 278,915 34,328 12.3MN 98,549 27,331 27.7MS 93,554 9,469 10.1MO 159,888 23,212 14.5MT 23,577 3,957 16.8NE 28,177 6,550 23.2NV 55,151 8,354 15.1NH 26,268 4,816 18.3NJ 158,514 27,166 17.1NM 58,164 8,063 13.9NY 370,959 59,004 15.9NC 236,208 32,030 13.6ND 10,141 2,673 26.4

State Total Employed

Count

%

OH 299,652 49,521 16.5OK 103,450 17,122 16.6OR 94,554 16,053 17.0PA 317,356 51,677 16.3RI 23,975 3,408 14.2SC 124,525 13,990 11.2SD 15,959 4,239 26.6TN 201,974 23,839 11.8TX 528,737 82,688 15.6UT 44,762 9,954 22.2VT 15,512 2,557 16.5VA 159,908 28,820 18.0WA 147,023 27,643 18.8WV 74,522 8,189 11.0WI 119,014 25,875 21.7WY 10,506 1,952 18.6PR 158509 11643 7.3
36 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.9 Employment Gap—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Employment Rate (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

U.S. 32.7 73.6 40.8AL 26.8 70.8 44.0AK 39.0 76.3 37.3AZ 34.2 71.0 36.8AR 31.4 72.7 41.3CA 31.8 70.2 38.5CO 40.3 77.1 36.8CT 39.7 76.6 36.9DE 34.6 75.1 40.6DC 31.5 74.3 42.9FL 28.9 71.4 42.5GA 30.3 70.8 40.5HI 37.3 75.6 38.3ID 38.6 74.8 36.2IL 33.4 74.6 41.2IN 33.5 75.5 41.9IA 42.0 81.4 39.5KS 40.1 78.8 38.7

State Employment Rate (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

KY 26.2 72.9 46.7LA 34.4 72.6 38.2ME 33.2 78.1 44.8MD 39.5 77.4 37.9MA 33.0 77.2 44.2MI 27.9 71.7 43.8MN 42.1 81.6 39.6MS 26.4 69.6 43.3MO 32.2 76.2 44.0MT 38.7 76.4 37.7NE 43.5 82.2 38.7NV 35.5 72.2 36.7NH 37.9 80.5 42.6NJ 35.0 74.5 39.5NM 33.1 70.4 37.3NY 30.9 72.7 41.8NC 30.2 72.2 42.0ND 51.6 83.3 31.7

State Employment Rate (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

OH 32.8 75.1 42.2OK 34.4 75.1 40.7OR 34.3 72.1 37.8PA 33.0 75.1 42.1RI 28.7 77.0 48.3SC 27.0 71.4 44.4SD 52.0 81.8 29.8TN 28.0 73.2 45.2TX 37.0 73.8 36.9UT 41.1 77.2 36.1VT 34.3 79.8 45.5VA 36.3 76.5 40.1WA 35.7 74.3 38.7WV 24.3 70.1 45.8WI 37.6 79.5 41.9WY 43.9 78.5 34.6PR 22.7 53.2 30.4
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Table 2.10 Change in Employment Gap— Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2011 to 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 and 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18120; <http://factfinder.census2.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

2010 (%) 2011 (%) Gap Change (% pts)

U.S. 40.2 40.8 0.6AL 43.6 44.0 0.4AK 34.0 37.3 3.3AZ 37.1 36.8 -0.3AR 40.8 41.3 0.5CA 38.1 38.5 0.4CO 34.8 36.8 2.0CT 38.1 36.9 -1.2DE 38.6 40.6 2.0DC 41.5 42.9 1.4FL 41.4 42.5 1.1GA 40.7 40.5 -0.2HI 39.7 38.3 -1.4ID 36.8 36.2 -0.6IL 39.0 41.2 2.2IN 40.0 41.9 1.9IA 39.1 39.5 0.4KS 36.5 38.7 2.2

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

2010 (%) 2011 (%) Gap Change (% pts)

KY 46.4 46.7 0.3LA 39.7 38.2 -1.5ME 46.7 44.8 -1.9MD 40.2 37.9 -2.3MA 45.2 44.2 -1.0MI 41.3 43.8 2.5MN 37.6 39.6 2.0MS 39.2 43.3 4.1MO 43.1 44.0 0.9MT 33.4 37.7 4.3NE 36.7 38.7 2.0NV 35.0 36.7 1.7NH 42.7 42.6 -0.1NJ 38.7 39.5 0.8NM 37.7 37.3 -0.4NY 40.8 41.8 1.0NC 42.1 42.0 -0.1ND 33.9 31.7 -2.2

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

2010 (%) 2011 (%) Gap Change (% pts)

OH 41.7 42.2 0.5OK 39.5 40.7 1.2OR 36.9 37.8 0.9PA 41.9 42.1 0.2RI 45.7 48.3 2.6SC 43.4 44.4 1.0SD 33.2 29.8 -3.4TN 44.9 45.2 0.3TX 36.6 36.9 0.3UT 34.7 36.1 1.4VT 43.8 45.5 1.7VA 42.6 40.1 -2.5WA 38.1 38.7 0.6WV 44.9 45.8 0.9WI 39.9 41.9 2.0WY 32.3 34.6 2.3PR 28.8 30.4 1.6
38 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.11 Employment: Full-Time, Year-Round (FTYR) —Civilians with Disabilities Ages 16 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table C23023; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 30 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Disability

Total Employed FTYR %

U.S. 21,375,660 4,051,610 19.0 AL 459,081 76,911 16.8 AK 52,435 12,419 23.7 AZ 399,550 78,137 19.6 AR 272,364 55,312 20.3 CA 2,029,845 351,800 17.3 CO 303,858 71,219 23.4 CT 200,029 37,458 18.7 DE 61,359 11,510 18.8 DC 45,207 8,553 18.9 FL 1,229,386 205,924 16.8 GA 692,035 130,544 18.9 HI 72,579 17,748 24.5 ID 110,904 23,361 21.1 IL 727,262 140,609 19.3 IN 474,380 90,037 19.0 IA 182,306 40,191 22.0 KS 192,419 45,167 23.5 

State Disability

Total Employed FTYR %

KY 438,164 70,948 16.2 LA 404,847 84,147 20.8 ME 118,500 21,591 18.2 MD 332,155 83,462 25.1 MA 402,278 69,715 17.3 MI 778,170 112,694 14.5 MN 290,816 60,579 20.8 MS 289,968 47,124 16.3 MO 490,918 92,073 18.8 MT 67,750 15,949 23.5 NE 99,943 25,045 25.1 NV 187,820 39,875 21.2 NH 83,823 16,515 19.7 NJ 453,189 94,312 20.8 NM 170,604 32,841 19.2 NY 1,119,417 199,070 17.8 NC 709,256 131,258 18.5 ND 38,013 11,831 31.1 

State Disability

Total Employed FTYR %

OH 891,440 163,066 18.3 OK 334,033 72,018 21.6 OR 300,140 55,777 18.6 PA 919,945 173,261 18.8 RI 74,972 11,957 15.9 SC 372,021 62,849 16.9 SD 54,573 15,263 28.0 TN 568,382 95,519 16.8 TX 1,723,183 386,908 22.5 UT 147,999 33,296 22.5 VT 49,029 9,494 19.4 VA 476,311 99,373 20.9 WA 469,390 98,326 20.9 WV 204,189 29,293 14.3 WI 355,281 71,395 20.1 WY 37,095 10,350 27.9 PR 417,047 57536 13.8 
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Table 2.12 Employment: FTYR —Civilians without Disabilities Ages 16 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table C23023; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 30 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State No Disability

Total Employed FTYR

%

U.S. 186,427,887 93,298,740 50.0 AL 2,665,669 1,318,546 49.5 AK 449,684 220,618 49.1 AZ 3,740,127 1,794,452 48.0 AR 1,598,763 824,134 51.5 CA 23,255,745 10,545,351 45.3 CO 3,170,667 1,657,206 52.3 CT 2,161,477 1,109,767 51.3 DE 532,309 281,104 52.8 DC 416,539 229,936 55.2 FL 11,046,150 5,371,483 48.6 GA 5,861,132 2,891,931 49.3 HI 839,844 441,925 52.6 ID 894,894 421,518 47.1 IL 7,746,084 3,941,370 50.9 IN 3,762,967 1,901,515 50.5 IA 1,778,364 1,004,367 56.5 KS 1,655,848 915,548 55.3 

State No Disability

Total Employed FTYR

%

KY 2,419,187 1,216,440 50.3 LA 2,601,365 1,315,329 50.6 ME 751,772 382,842 50.9 MD 3,602,251 2,010,803 55.8 MA 4,052,854 2,067,485 51.0 MI 5,676,960 2,604,728 45.9 MN 3,222,036 1,764,226 54.8 MS 1,627,713 783,989 48.2 MO 3,401,026 1,786,016 52.5 MT 583,515 290,323 49.8 NE 1,085,680 630,871 58.1 NV 1,620,099 783,543 48.4 NH 801,872 439,165 54.8 NJ 5,374,175 2,769,416 51.5 NM 1,162,689 562,137 48.3 NY 11,943,751 5,999,373 50.2 NC 5,664,951 2,813,604 49.7 ND 422,076 253,431 60.0 

State No Disability

Total Employed FTYR

%

OH 6,597,295 3,340,742 50.6 OK 2,105,361 1,133,307 53.8 OR 2,255,033 1,010,028 44.8 PA 7,404,692 3,800,244 51.3 RI 626,311 317,570 50.7 SC 2,695,196 1,319,987 49.0 SD 476,836 278,847 58.5 TN 3,642,735 1,845,094 50.7 TX 15,267,213 7,977,763 52.3 UT 1,634,995 800,304 48.9 VT 370,589 193,753 52.3 VA 5,002,895 2,753,181 55.0 WA 4,109,393 2,030,206 49.4 WV 997,922 489,272 49.0 WI 3,383,643 1,798,812 53.2 WY 341,849 187,669 54.9 PR 1,925,694 677,469 35.2 
40 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 2.13 Employment: FTYR Gap—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table C23023; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 30 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

Disability (%) No Disability (%) Gap Change (% pts)

U.S. 19.0 50.0 31.1AL 16.8 49.5 32.7AK 23.7 49.1 25.4AZ 19.6 48.0 28.4AR 20.3 51.5 31.2CA 17.3 45.3 28.0CO 23.4 52.3 28.8CT 18.7 51.3 32.6DE 18.8 52.8 34.0DC 18.9 55.2 36.3FL 16.8 48.6 31.9GA 18.9 49.3 30.5HI 24.5 52.6 28.2ID 21.1 47.1 26.0IL 19.3 50.9 31.5IN 19.0 50.5 31.6IA 22.0 56.5 34.4KS 23.5 55.3 31.8

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

Disability (%) No Disability (%) Gap Change (% pts)

KY 16.2 50.3 34.1LA 20.8 50.6 29.8ME 18.2 50.9 32.7MD 25.1 55.8 30.7MA 17.3 51.0 33.7MI 14.5 45.9 31.4MN 20.8 54.8 33.9MS 16.3 48.2 31.9MO 18.8 52.5 33.8MT 23.5 49.8 26.2NE 25.1 58.1 33.0NV 21.2 48.4 27.1NH 19.7 54.8 35.1NJ 20.8 51.5 30.7NM 19.2 48.3 29.1NY 17.8 50.2 32.4NC 18.5 49.7 31.2ND 31.1 60.0 28.9

State

Gap (Between No Disability and Disability)

Disability (%) No Disability (%) Gap Change (% pts)

OH 18.3 50.6 32.3OK 21.6 53.8 32.3OR 18.6 44.8 26.2PA 18.8 51.3 32.5RI 15.9 50.7 34.8SC 16.9 49.0 32.1SD 28.0 58.5 30.5TN 16.8 50.7 33.8TX 22.5 52.3 29.8UT 22.5 48.9 26.5VT 19.4 52.3 32.9VA 20.9 55.0 34.2WA 20.9 49.4 28.5WV 14.3 49.0 34.7WI 20.1 53.2 33.1WY 27.9 54.9 27.0PR 13.8 35.2 21.4
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Section 3: Time Trend Population 

Statistics

This section presents monthly and annual time 

trends for employment and poverty statistics. 

There are two sources used in this section. 

Monthly time trends are from the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Data Retrieval System and are 

based on data from the Current Population 

Survey-Basic Monthly Survey (CPS-BMS). 

Annual time trends were produced by the authors 

using data from the Current Population SurveyAnnual Social and Economic Supplement (CPSASEC), which is fielded annually in March.

Tables

Table 3.1: In August 2013, there were 

15,642,000 non-institutionalized civilians 

with disabilities, and of these individuals 

4,127,000 were employed, for an employmentto-population ratio of 26.4 percent. The 

employment-to-population ratio has slightly 

decreased since August 2012, but is higher than 

its lowest value of 25.2 percent in February, 

2012. By comparison, in August 2013, there 

were 186,710,000 non-institutionalized civilians 

without disabilities, 132,619,000 of which were 

employed, for an employment-to-population 

ratio of 71.0 percent.

Table 3.2: In August 2013, there were 

15,642,000 non-institutionalized civilians with 

disabilities, and of these individuals, 4,910,000 

participated in the labor force (by either 

working or looking for work), for a labor force 

participation rate of 31.4 percent. This labor 

force participation rate has declined from a labor 

force participation rate of 31.9 percent in August 

2012. By comparison, in August 2013, there 

were 186,710,000 non-institutionalized civilians 

without disabilities, 142,903,000 of which 

participated in the labor force, for a labor force 

participation rate of 76.5 percent.

Table 3.3: In August 2013, of the 4,910,000 

non-institutionalized civilians with disabilities 

participating in the labor force, 781,000 were 

not working but actively looking for work, for 

an unemployment rate of 15.9 percent. This is 

higher than the unemployment rate in August 

2012 (15.2 percent), but lower than the peak 

unemployment rate in June 2011 of 18.6 

percent. By comparison, in August 2013, of 

the 142,903,000 non-institutionalized civilians 

without disabilities participating in the labor 

force, 10,284,000 were not working but actively 

looking for work, for an unemployment rate of 

7.2 percent. 

Table 3.4: In 2013, of the 201,706,000 noninstitutionalized civilians ages 16-64, 7.9 percent 

(15,977,000) had a work limitation, 7.6 percent 

(15,344,000) had a broad disability and 11.2 

percent (22,503,000) had work limitation and/

or a broad disability. These percentages have 

remained quite similar for the last four years.

Table 3.5: In 2013, the labor force participation 

rate among non-institutionalized civilians ages 

16-64 was 18.0 percent for persons with a work 

limitation and 77.2 percent for people without 

a work limitation. The labor force participation 

rate was 31.8 percent for persons with abroad 

disability as compared to 75.9 percent for 

persons without a broad disability. The labor 

force participation rate was 29.6 percent for 

person with a work limitation and/or a broad 

disability as compared to 77.9 percent for 

persons without a work limitation and/or a broad 

disability.

Table 3.6: In 2013, the employment rate among 

non-institutionalized civilians ages 16-64 was 

14.2 percent for persons with a work limitation 

and 71.3 percent for people without a work 

limitation. The employment rate was 27.3 

percent for persons with a broad disability as 

compared to 70.0 percent for persons without a 

broad disability. The employment rate was 24.8 

percent for person with a work limitation and/

or a broad disability as compared to 72.1 percent 

for persons without a work limitation and/or a 

broad disability.

Table 3.7: In 2013, the labor market attachment 

rate among non-institutionalized civilians ages 

16-64 was 20.8 percent for persons with a work 

limitation and 76.5 percent for people without 

a work limitation. The labor market attachment 

rate was 34.1 percent for persons with a broad 
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disability as compared to 75.2 percent for 

persons without a broad disability. The labor 

market attachment rate was 31.8 percent for 

person with a work limitation and/or a broad 

disability as compared to 77.2 percent for 

persons without a work limitation and/or a broad 

disability.

Table 3.8: In 2013, the full-time, full-year 

rate among non-institutionalized civilians ages 

16-64 was 5.4 percent for persons with a work 

limitation and 52.3 percent for people without a 

work limitation. The full-time, full-year rate was 

16.8 percent for persons with a broad disability 

as compared to 51.2 percent for persons without 

a broad disability. The full-time, full-year rate was 

13.9 percent for persons with a work limitation 

and/or a broad disability as compared to 52.9 

percent for persons without a work limitation 

and/or a broad disability.

Table 3.9: In 2013, the poverty rate among 

non-institutionalized civilians ages 16-64 was 

31.2 percent for persons with a work limitation 

and 12.4 percent for people without a work 

limitation. The poverty rate was 28.5 percent 

for persons with a broad disability as compared 

to 12.7 percent for persons without a broad 

disability. The poverty rate was 28.8 percent 

for person with a work limitation and/or a 

broad disability as compared to 12.0 percent for 

persons without a work limitation and/or a broad 

disability.
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Table 3.1 Monthly Employment of Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status: June 2011 through August 2013 

Source: Calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Basic Monthly Survey, <http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab6.htm>; (Accessed 05 October 2012). Also see the Office of Disability and Employment Policy (ODEP), <http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/index.htm>. Statistics are not seasonally adjusted. Data represents the civilian, noninstitutional popluation.[1] In thousands (14,928 represents 14,928,000), except as indicated. [2] Employed as a percent of the total. The Bureau of Labor Statistics calls this statistic the Employment-Population Ratio. Others call it the Employment Rate. 

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1]

Disability 

as % of No 

Disability Total Emp’d % [2] Total Emp’d % [2]

Jun 2011 15,308 4,090 26.7 184,606 129,520 70.2 38.1Jul 2011 14,925 4,031 27.0 185,112 129,821 70.1 38.5Aug 2011 15,158 4,074 26.9 184,936 129,761 70.2 38.3Sep 2011 14,904 4,032 27.1 185,229 129,734 70.0 38.6Oct 2011 14,958 4,222 28.2 185,266 129,905 70.1 40.3Nov 2011 14,924 4,116 27.6 185,309 130,124 70.2 39.3Dec 2011 14,961 4,103 27.4 185,259 129,684 70.0 39.2Jan 2012 15,011 4,006 26.7 186,173 129,001 69.3 38.5Feb 2012 15,282 3,849 25.2 185,923 129,683 69.8 36.1Mar 2012 15,402 3,986 25.9 185,824 130,202 70.1 36.9Apr 2012 15,327 4,127 26.9 185,977 130,637 70.2 38.3May 2012 15,251 4,189 27.5 186,113 131,238 70.5 39.0Jun 2012 15,111 4,144 27.4 186,292 131,936 70.8 38.7Jul 2012 15,277 4,106 26.9 186,200 131,968 70.9 37.9

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1]

Disability 

as % of No 

Disability Total Emp’d % [2] Total Emp’d % [2]

Aug 2012 15,357 4,154 27.0 186,127 131,192 70.5 38.4Sep 2012 15,529 4,300 27.7 185,966 131,629 70.8 39.1Oct 2012 15,409 4,379 28.4 186,161 132,253 71.0 40.0Nov 2012 15,609 4,273 27.4 186,009 131,789 70.9 38.6Dec 2012 15,500 4,243 27.4 186,154 131,404 70.6 38.8Jan 2013 15,476 4,173 27.0 186,463 130,017 69.7 38.7Feb 2013 15,517 4,275 27.6 186,459 130,384 69.9 39.4Mar 2013 15,599 4,264 27.3 186,410 130,857 70.2 38.9Apr 2013 15,586 4,255 27.3 186,518 131,738 70.6 38.7May 2013 15,332 4,165 27.2 186,838 132,369 70.8 38.3Jun 2013 15,349 4,050 26.4 186,896 133,118 71.2 37.0Jul 2013 15,223 4,018 26.4 187,081 133,552 71.4 37.0Aug 2013 15,642 4,127 26.4 186,710 132,619 71.0 37.1
44 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 3.2 Monthly Labor Force Participation of Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status

Source: Calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Basic Monthly Survey, <http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab6.htm>; (accessed 05 October 2012 ). Also see the Office of Disability and Employment Policy (ODEP), <http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/index.htm>. Statistics are not seasonally adjusted. Data represents the civilian, noninstitutional popluation.[1] In thousands (14,928 represents 14,928,000), except as indicated.[2] Participating in the Labor Force. Those participating in the labor force generally include those that are working plus those that are actively looking for work in the past four weeks.[3] Participating as a percent of the total. This statistic is often called the Labor Force Participation Rate.

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1]

Disability 

as % of No 

Disability Total LFP [2] % [3] Total LFP [2] % [3]

Jun 2011 15,308 5,020 32.8 184,606 142,553 77.2 42.5Jul 2011 14,925 4,919 33.0 185,112 142,893 77.2 42.7Aug 2011 15,158 4,913 32.4 184,936 142,451 77.0 42.1Sep 2011 14,904 4,865 32.6 185,229 141,930 76.6 42.6Oct 2011 14,958 4,906 32.8 185,266 141,815 76.5 42.9Nov 2011 14,924 4,790 32.1 185,309 141,571 76.4 42.0Dec 2011 14,961 4,803 32.1 185,259 141,210 76.2 42.1Jan 2012 15,011 4,668 31.1 186,173 141,421 76.0 40.9Feb 2012 15,282 4,652 30.4 185,923 141,826 76.3 39.8Mar 2012 15,402 4,794 31.1 185,824 141,847 76.3 40.8Apr 2012 15,327 4,784 31.2 185,977 141,440 76.1 41.0May 2012 15,251 4,868 31.9 186,113 142,323 76.5 41.7Jun 2012 15,111 4,827 31.9 186,292 143,886 77.2 41.4Jul 2012 15,277 4,819 31.5 186,200 144,106 77.4 40.8

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1]

Disability 

as % of No 

Disability Total LFP [2] % [3] Total LFP [2] % [3]

Aug 2012 15,357 4,897 31.9 186,127 142,654 76.6 41.6Sep 2012 15,529 5,047 32.5 185,966 142,151 76.4 42.5Oct 2012 15,409 5,088 33.0 186,161 142,839 76.7 43.0Nov 2012 15,609 4,938 31.6 186,009 142,072 76.4 41.4Dec 2012 15,500 4,873 31.4 186,154 142,153 76.4 41.1Jan 2013 15,476 4,907 31.7 186,463 141,923 76.1 41.7Feb 2013 15,517 4,936 31.8 186,459 141,754 76.0 41.8Mar 2013 15,599 4,966 31.8 186,410 141,482 75.9 41.9Apr 2013 15,586 4,961 31.8 186,518 141,607 75.9 41.9May 2013 15,332 4,919 32.1 186,838 142,519 76.3 42.1Jun 2013 15,349 4,812 31.4 186,896 144,150 77.1 40.7Jul 2013 15,223 4,826 31.7 187,081 144,434 77.2 41.1Aug 2013 15,642 4,910 31.4 186,710 142,903 76.5 41.0
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Table 3.3 Monthly Unemployment of Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status 

Source: Calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Basic Monthly Survey, <http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab6.htm>; (accessed 05 October 2012). Also see the Office of Disability and Employment Policy (ODEP), <http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/index.htm>. Statistics are not seasonally adjusted. Data represents the civilian, noninstitutional popluation.[1] In thousands (5,376 represents 5,376,000), except as indicated.[2] Participating in the Labor Force. Those participating in the labor force generally include those that are working plus those that are actively looking for work in the past four weeks.[3] Unemployed as a percent of the total participating. This statistic is often called the Unemployment Rate.

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1] Disability as % of No 

Disability LFP [2] Unemp’d % [3] LFP [2] Unemp’d % [3]

Jun 2011 5,020 932 18.6 142,553 13,033 9.1 203.1Jul 2011 4,919 888 18.1 142,893 13,071 9.1 197.4Aug 2011 4,913 838 17.1 142,451 12,690 8.9 191.5Sep 2011 4,865 832 17.1 141,930 12,196 8.6 199.0Oct 2011 4,906 684 13.9 141,815 11,910 8.4 166.0Nov 2011 4,790 673 14.1 141,571 11,447 8.1 173.8Dec 2011 4,803 700 14.6 141,210 11,526 8.2 178.6Jan 2012 4,668 661 14.2 141,421 12,420 8.8 161.2Feb 2012 4,652 804 17.3 141,826 12,144 8.6 201.8Mar 2012 4,794 808 16.9 141,847 11,643 8.2 205.3Apr 2012 4,784 657 13.7 141,440 10,802 7.6 179.8May 2012 4,868 680 14.0 142,323 11,084 7.8 179.4Jun 2012 4,827 684 14.2 143,886 11,951 8.3 170.6Jul 2012 4,819 713 14.8 144,106 12,138 8.4 175.7

Month / Year

People with a 

Disability [1]

People with 

No Disability [1] Disability as % of No 

Disability LFP [2] Unemp’d % [3] LFP [2] Unemp’d % [3]

Aug 2012 4,897 742 15.2 142,654 11,462 8.0 188.6Sep 2012 5,047 745 14.8 142,151 10,522 7.4 199.4Oct 2012 5,088 709 13.9 142,839 10,586 7.4 188.0Nov 2012 4,938 666 13.5 142,072 10,283 7.2 186.3Dec 2012 4,873 629 12.9 142,153 10,749 7.6 170.7Jan 2013 4,907 734 15.0 141,923 11,905 8.4 178.3Feb 2013 4,936 662 13.4 141,754 11,370 8.0 167.2Mar 2013 4,966 701 14.1 141,482 10,625 7.5 188.0Apr 2013 4,961 705 14.2 141,607 9,870 7.0 203.9May 2013 4,919 753 15.3 142,519 10,151 7.1 214.9Jun 2013 4,812 763 15.9 144,150 11,030 7.7 207.2Jul 2013 4,826 808 16.7 144,434 10,882 7.5 222.2Aug 2013 4,910 781 15.9 142,903 10,284 7.2 221.0
46 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 3.4 Number of Civilians with Disabilities Ages 16 to 64, by Definition of Disability, Disability Status, and Year: March 1981-2013 

Source: Authors’ calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC). [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year Total

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation Broad Either [1]

Number % Number % Number %

1981 144,766 10,370 7.2 --- --- --- ---1982 146,435 10,501 7.2 --- --- --- ---1983 147,918 10,253 6.9 --- --- --- ---1984 149,533 10,515 7.0 --- --- --- ---1985 150,843 11,151 7.4 --- --- --- ---1986 152,622 11,114 7.3 --- --- --- ---1987 154,222 11,032 7.2 --- --- --- ---1988 155,624 10,565 6.8 --- --- --- ---1989 156,875 10,561 6.7 --- --- --- ---1990 157,958 10,818 6.8 --- --- --- ---1991 159,154 11,025 6.9 --- --- --- ---1992 160,431 11,474 7.2 --- --- --- ---1993 162,085 11,916 7.4 --- --- --- ---1994 165,445 12,903 7.8 --- --- --- ---1995 166,756 12,930 7.8 --- --- --- ---1996 168,266 12,882 7.7 --- --- --- ---1997 170,638 13,165 7.7 --- --- --- ---

Year Total

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation Broad Either [1]

Number % Number % Number %

1998 172,468 12,986 7.5 --- --- --- ---1999 174,644 12,717 7.3 --- --- --- ---2000 176,446 12,896 7.3 --- --- --- ---2001 178,202 12,740 7.1 --- --- --- ---2002 183,017 13,577 7.4 --- --- --- ---2003 186,051 13,258 7.1 --- --- --- ---2004 187,850 14,363 7.6 --- --- --- ---2005 190,027 14,711 7.7 --- --- --- ---2006 192,470 14,934 7.8 --- --- --- ---2007 194,998 14,287 7.3 --- --- --- ---2008 196,206 14,234 7.3 --- --- --- ---2009 197,298 15,376 7.8 15,155 7.7 22,016 11.22010 198,545 15,279 7.7 14,945 7.5 21,750 11.02011 199,820 15,718 7.9 15,217 7.6 22,373 11.22012 201,096 15,959 7.9 15,300 7.6 22,536 11.22013 201,706 15,977 7.9 15,344 7.6 22,503 11.2
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Table 3.5 Labor Force Participation Rate among Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: March 1981-2013 

Source: Authors' calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement. [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1981 28.7 75.6 --- --- --- ---1982 29.2 75.5 --- --- --- ---1983 29.4 75.3 --- --- --- ---1984 29.4 76.2 --- --- --- ---1985 29.9 77.3 --- --- --- ---1986 29.8 77.5 --- --- --- ---1987 31.1 78.0 --- --- --- ---1988 32.4 78.0 --- --- --- ---1989 32.9 78.7 --- --- --- ---1990 32.7 79.1 --- --- --- ---1991 31.1 79.0 --- --- --- ---1992 31.9 79.3 --- --- --- ---1993 32.2 79.4 --- --- --- ---1994 28.5 79.8 --- --- --- ---1995 28.4 80.3 --- --- --- ---1996 28.2 80.3 --- --- --- ---1997 29.2 80.9 --- --- --- ---

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1998 26.6 81.3 --- --- --- ---1999 25.2 80.8 --- --- --- ---2000 27.0 81.0 --- --- --- ---2001 24.8 81.0 --- --- --- ---2002 24.3 80.5 --- --- --- ---2003 23.3 79.7 --- --- --- ---2004 22.9 79.3 --- --- --- ---2005 21.7 79.3 --- --- --- ---2006 21.9 79.5 --- --- --- ---2007 21.7 79.3 --- --- --- ---2008 20.4 79.1 --- --- --- ---2009 20.9 78.9 34.8 77.6 33.3 79.52010 20.1 78.5 35.1 77.1 32.6 79.12011 19.0 77.6 32.2 76.3 30.4 78.32012 18.6 77.5 30.7 76.3 29.3 78.32013 18.0 77.2 31.8 75.9 29.6 77.9
48 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 3.6 Employment Rate among Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: March, 1981-2013 

Source: Authors' calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement. [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1981 24.5 69.7 --- --- --- ---1982 23.8 68.3 --- --- --- ---1983 23.5 67.1 --- --- --- ---1984 24.7 70.0 --- --- --- ---1985 25.0 71.5 --- --- --- ---1986 25.1 71.8 --- --- --- ---1987 26.2 72.6 --- --- --- ---1988 27.8 73.4 --- --- --- ---1989 28.7 74.5 --- --- --- ---1990 28.6 74.8 --- --- --- ---1991 26.4 73.4 --- --- --- ---1992 26.4 73.3 --- --- --- ---1993 26.9 73.6 --- --- --- ---1994 23.8 74.4 --- --- --- ---1995 24.5 75.8 --- --- --- ---1996 24.6 75.7 --- --- --- ---1997 25.4 76.6 --- --- --- ---

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1998 23.3 77.3 --- --- --- ---1999 22.3 77.2 --- --- --- ---2000 24.4 77.6 --- --- --- ---2001 22.3 77.4 --- --- --- ---2002 20.8 75.5 --- --- --- ---2003 19.2 74.7 --- --- --- ---2004 19.2 74.6 --- --- --- ---2005 18.4 75.0 --- --- --- ---2006 18.8 75.6 --- --- --- ---2007 18.7 75.6 --- --- --- ---2008 17.6 74.9 --- --- --- ---2009 16.7 71.6 29.8 70.5 27.8 72.32010 16.0 70.4 29.4 69.2 27.0 71.12011 15.0 70.3 26.5 69.2 24.9 71.12012 14.5 71.0 25.6 69.8 24.0 71.82013 14.2 71.3 27.3 70.0 24.8 72.1
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Table 3.7 Labor Market Attachment Rate among Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: 1981-2013 

Source: Authors' calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement. [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1980 34.7 79.2 --- --- --- ---1981 34.5 79.1 --- --- --- ---1982 33.7 77.8 --- --- --- ---1983 33.4 78.1 --- --- --- ---1984 34.4 80.0 --- --- --- ---1985 35.8 80.5 --- --- --- ---1986 36.1 81.1 --- --- --- ---1987 37.3 81.7 --- --- --- ---1988 37.8 82.3 --- --- --- ---1989 39.3 82.6 --- --- --- ---1990 36.9 82.6 --- --- --- ---1991 36.8 82.1 --- --- --- ---1992 36.7 81.8 --- --- --- ---1993 33.9 81.8 --- --- --- ---1994 35.3 82.3 --- --- --- ---1995 33.6 82.5 --- --- --- ---1996 35.2 82.8 ------ ------ ------ ------

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1997 35.2 82.8 --- --- --- ---1998 32.7 83.2 --- --- --- ---1999 31.3 83.1 --- --- --- ---2000 32.9 83.5 --- --- --- ---2001 32.3 83.3 --- --- --- ---2002 30.8 82.3 --- --- --- ---2003 28.7 81.1 --- --- --- ---2004 27.3 80.4 --- --- --- ---2005 26.5 80.3 --- --- --- ---2006 26.3 80.5 --- --- --- ---2007 26.1 80.3 --- --- --- ---2008 25.4 80.1 --- --- --- ---2009 24.9 79.6 37.9 78.5 36.6 80.22010 22.8 77.3 36.4 76.1 34.4 77.82011 22.0 75.8 33.9 74.7 32.4 76.52012 19.9 75.9 31.7 74.7 30.3 76.62013 20.8 76.5 34.1 75.2 31.8 77.2
50 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 3.8 Full-Time, Full-Year Rate among Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: 1981-2013

Source: Authors' calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement. [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1980 12.0 46.5 --- --- --- ---1981 12.4 46.2 --- --- --- ---1982 11.7 44.7 --- --- --- ---1983 12.6 46.3 --- --- --- ---1984 12.9 48.6 --- --- --- ---1985 13.2 49.3 --- --- --- ---1986 13.1 50.1 --- --- --- ---1987 11.9 51.2 --- --- --- ---1988 12.2 52.5 --- --- --- ---1989 12.5 52.6 --- --- --- ---1990 12.5 52.1 --- --- --- ---1991 11.9 51.5 --- --- --- ---1992 12.0 51.9 --- --- --- ---1993 11.0 52.2 --- --- --- ---1994 11.4 53.3 --- --- --- ---1995 11.7 54.3 --- --- --- ---1996 11.4 54.8 ------ ------ ------ ------

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1997 11.4 54.8 --- --- --- ---1998 10.5 55.8 --- --- --- ---1999 10.9 56.9 --- --- --- ---2000 11.7 57.3 --- --- --- ---2001 11.0 58.2 --- --- --- ---2002 10.4 56.7 --- --- --- ---2003 9.5 55.8 --- --- --- ---2004 8.7 55.5 --- --- --- ---2005 8.8 55.9 --- --- --- ---2006 8.9 56.4 --- --- --- ---2007 8.2 57.0 --- --- --- ---2008 7.9 56.9 --- --- --- ---2009 7.1 54.4 19.9 53.2 17.0 54.92010 7.0 51.3 18.7 50.3 16.0 51.82011 6.0 51.0 16.4 50.0 14.0 51.72012 5.5 51.8 15.8 50.8 13.3 52.52013 5.4 52.3 16.8 51.2 13.9 52.9
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Table 3.9 Poverty Rate among Civilians Ages 16 to 64 by Disability Status and Year: 1981-2013 

Source: Authors' calculations using the Current Population Survey-Annual Social and Economic Supplement. [1] Work Limitation and/or broad disability definition.

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1980 24.7 9.6 --- --- --- ---1981 26.5 10.8 --- --- --- ---1982 27.1 11.9 --- --- --- ---1983 27.4 12.2 --- --- --- ---1984 27.3 11.5 --- --- --- ---1985 27.1 11.1 --- --- --- ---1986 26.3 10.6 --- --- --- ---1987 26.5 9.7 --- --- --- ---1988 26.3 9.6 --- --- --- ---1989 26.6 9.3 --- --- --- ---1990 28.0 9.8 --- --- --- ---1991 27.6 10.4 --- --- --- ---1992 28.7 10.7 --- --- --- ---1993 30.4 11.2 --- --- --- ---1994 29.9 10.7 --- --- --- ---1995 27.6 10.4 --- --- --- ---1996 28.6 10.3 ------ ------ ------ ------

Year

Definition of Disability

Work Limitation (%) Broad Disability (%) Either (%) [1]

Yes No Yes No Yes No

1997 28.6 10.3 --- --- --- ---1998 28.1 9.8 --- --- --- ---1999 28.4 9.4 --- --- --- ---2000 26.7 9.0 --- --- --- ---2001 27.0 8.3 --- --- --- ---2002 26.9 8.9 --- --- --- ---2003 28.4 9.4 --- --- --- ---2004 28.1 9.6 --- --- --- ---2005 27.8 10.1 --- --- --- ---2006 28.1 9.9 --- --- --- ---2007 28.5 9.6 --- --- --- ---2008 28.9 9.7 --- --- --- ---2009 28.5 10.5 25.5 10.8 25.7 10.22010 28.9 11.8 25.0 12.2 25.7 11.62011 31.2 12.4 27.7 12.8 28.3 12.12012 31.0 12.4 28.8 12.7 28.6 12.02013 31.2 12.4 28.5 12.7 28.8 12.0
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Section 4: Poverty

This section presents statistics on poverty. The 

statistics describe the number and percentage 

of people with and without disabilities who 

experience poverty, as well as the gap between 

the poverty rates of people with and without 

disabilities. The principal source of these statistics 

is the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the 

American Community Survey.

Tables

Tables 4.1 and 4.2: In 2012, of the 19,909,538 

individuals with disabilities ages 18 to 64 years 

who were living in the community, 5,816,545 

individuals lived in poverty—a poverty rate of 

29.2 percent. In contrast, of the 173,240,240 

individuals without disabilities ages 18 to 64 

years living in the community, 23,491,472 

individuals lived in poverty—a poverty rate 

of 13.6 percent. The poverty rate for people 

with disabilities was highest in the District of 

Columbia (38.4 percent) and lowest in Alaska 

(16.7 percent).

Table 4.3: In 2012, the poverty rate of 

individuals with disabilities ages 18 to 64 years 

living in the community was 29.2 percent, while 

the poverty rate of individuals without disabilities 

ages 16 to 64 years living in the community was 

13.6 percent—a poverty gap of 15.7 percentage 

points. The poverty gap was smallest in Alaska 

(7.9 percentage points) and greatest in the 

District of Columbia (23.5 percentage points).

Table 4.4: In 2011, the poverty gap between 

individuals with and without disabilities ages 

18 to 64 years living in the community was 

15.0 percent. In 2012, the poverty gap between 

individuals with and without disabilities ages 18 

to 64 years living in the community was 15.7 

percent, a 0.7 percentage point increase. The 

largest percentage point increase in the poverty 

gap from 2011 to 2012 was in Montana, a 3.9 

percentage point increase, while the largest 

decrease in the poverty gap was in Hawaii, a 5.2 

percentage point decrease.
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Table 4.1 Poverty—Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18130; <http://factfinder.census2.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Poverty

Count

%

U.S. 19,909,538 5,816,545 29.2AL 434,682 129,971 29.9AK 48,770 8,121 16.7AZ 372,833 105,148 28.2AR 257,523 77,402 30.1CA 1,884,269 523,557 27.8CO 274,723 72,891 26.5CT 181,542 46,063 25.4DE 56,083 11,443 20.4DC 40,075 15,384 38.4FL 1,152,298 328,847 28.5GA 643,795 194,072 30.1HI 67,167 15,092 22.5ID 103,290 27,363 26.5IL 672,673 186,365 27.7IN 440,773 127,002 28.8IA 169,848 46,100 27.1KS 176,298 48,583 27.6

State Total Poverty

Count

%

KY 413,189 144,025 34.9LA 373,708 117,755 31.5ME 111,386 36,423 32.7MD 306,070 70,453 23.0MA 372,275 107,704 28.9MI 732,984 234,257 32.0MN 272,866 75,344 27.6MS 269,315 95,062 35.3MO 452,228 140,799 31.1MT 63,277 19,435 30.7NE 93,627 23,135 24.7NV 177,386 45,570 25.7NH 80,135 18,244 22.8NJ 423,964 95,073 22.4NM 160,550 52,377 32.6NY 1,034,056 308,030 29.8NC 665,833 200,323 30.1ND 35,104 8,699 24.8

State Total Poverty

Count

%

OH 832,310 270,011 32.4OK 311,678 89,715 28.8OR 282,330 89,659 31.8PA 854,942 242,405 28.4RI 69,288 21,597 31.2SC 352,866 100,153 28.4SD 50,148 12,962 25.8TN 534,939 169,968 31.8TX 1,584,619 420,256 26.5UT 137,050 32,898 24.0VT 45,373 12,439 27.4VA 441,794 108,793 24.6WA 440,280 116,857 26.5WV 193,183 65,244 33.8WI 329,657 93,026 28.2WY 34,414 7,841 22.8PR 400,072 206,609 51.6
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18130; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 23 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Poverty

Count %

U.S. 173,240,240 23,491,472 13.6AL 2,467,910 380,911 15.4AK 410,221 35,774 8.7AZ 3,464,928 579,864 16.7AR 1,477,611 244,734 16.6CA 21,728,798 3,164,513 14.6CO 2,964,217 350,778 11.8CT 2,003,616 174,805 8.7DE 494,294 50,900 10.3DC 378,462 56,410 14.9FL 10,340,033 1,556,142 15.0GA 5,395,068 857,869 15.9HI 758,621 76,025 10.0ID 834,249 114,517 13.7IL 7,241,047 895,854 12.4IN 3,482,216 452,614 13.0IA 1,646,798 183,883 11.2KS 1,525,784 182,834 12.0

State Total Poverty

Count %

KY 2,236,598 342,140 15.3LA 2,407,104 391,149 16.2ME 702,567 81,190 11.6MD 3,354,121 280,981 8.4MA 3,733,371 355,498 9.5MI 5,295,406 779,680 14.7MN 3,020,376 283,886 9.4MS 1,488,310 288,325 19.4MO 3,156,503 420,063 13.3MT 545,283 75,820 13.9NE 1,005,246 111,801 11.1NV 1,525,024 215,945 14.2NH 741,665 55,864 7.5NJ 5,041,641 433,440 8.6NM 1,078,557 189,519 17.6NY 11,151,772 1,453,349 13.0NC 5,211,867 794,631 15.2ND 390,059 37,117 9.5

State Total Poverty

Count %

OH 6,136,963 801,357 13.1OK 1,939,534 274,868 14.2OR 2,122,223 330,631 15.6PA 6,836,554 755,279 11.0RI 573,653 60,965 10.6SC 2,469,823 381,402 15.4SD 438,761 48,539 11.1TN 3,383,318 489,829 14.5TX 14,151,579 2,043,454 14.4UT 1,524,714 176,976 11.6VT 338,841 32,676 9.6VA 4,558,212 461,072 10.1WA 3,844,794 440,101 11.4WV 931,013 136,077 14.6WI 3,156,458 349,471 11.1WY 319,105 37,123 11.6PR 1,815,352 722,827 39.8
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Table 4.3 Poverty Gap—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18130; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.[1] Poverty as a percent of the total.[2] Difference of Disability and No Disability.

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

U.S. 29.2 13.6 15.7 AL 29.9 15.4 14.5 AK 16.7 8.7 7.9 AZ 28.2 16.7 11.5 AR 30.1 16.6 13.5 CA 27.8 14.6 13.2 CO 26.5 11.8 14.7 CT 25.4 8.7 16.6 DE 20.4 10.3 10.1 DC 38.4 14.9 23.5 FL 28.5 15.0 13.5 GA 30.1 15.9 14.2 HI 22.5 10.0 12.4 ID 26.5 13.7 12.8 IL 27.7 12.4 15.3 IN 28.8 13.0 15.8 IA 27.1 11.2 16.0 KS 27.6 12.0 15.6 

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

KY 34.9 15.3 19.6 LA 31.5 16.2 15.3 ME 32.7 11.6 21.1 MD 23.0 8.4 14.6 MA 28.9 9.5 19.4 MI 32.0 14.7 17.2 MN 27.6 9.4 18.2 MS 35.3 19.4 15.9 MO 31.1 13.3 17.8 MT 30.7 13.9 16.8 NE 24.7 11.1 13.6 NV 25.7 14.2 11.5 NH 22.8 7.5 15.2 NJ 22.4 8.6 13.8 NM 32.6 17.6 15.1 NY 29.8 13.0 16.8 NC 30.1 15.2 14.8 ND 24.8 9.5 15.3 

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

OH 32.4 13.1 19.4 OK 28.8 14.2 14.6 OR 31.8 15.6 16.2 PA 28.4 11.0 17.3 RI 31.2 10.6 20.5 SC 28.4 15.4 12.9 SD 25.8 11.1 14.8 TN 31.8 14.5 17.3 TX 26.5 14.4 12.1 UT 24.0 11.6 12.4 VT 27.4 9.6 17.8 VA 24.6 10.1 14.5 WA 26.5 11.4 15.1 WV 33.8 14.6 19.2 WI 28.2 11.1 17.1 WY 22.8 11.6 11.2 PR 51.6 39.8 11.8 
56 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 4.4 Change in Poverty Gap—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2011 to 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 and 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18130; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.[1] Difference of Disability and No Disability.[2] Change in Pov. Gap from 2010 to 2011.

State Gap (%) [1] Gap Change (% pts) [2] 2010 2011

U.S. 15.0 15.7 0.7AL 13.7 14.5 0.8AK 12.1 7.9 -4.2AZ 10.3 11.5 1.2AR 13.7 13.5 -0.2CA 12.5 13.2 0.7CO 12.2 14.7 2.5CT 16.0 16.6 0.6DE 12.4 10.1 -2.3DC 24.7 23.5 -1.2FL 13.2 13.5 0.3GA 13.4 14.2 0.8HI 17.6 12.4 -5.2ID 12.2 12.8 0.6IL 14.3 15.3 1.0IN 13.6 15.8 2.2IA 16.2 16.0 -0.2KS 14.4 15.6 1.2

State Gap (%) [1] Gap Change (% pts) [2] 2010 2011

KY 17.6 19.6 2.0LA 13.9 15.3 1.4ME 20.0 21.1 1.1MD 14.1 14.6 0.5MA 17.9 19.4 1.5MI 15.5 17.2 1.7MN 18.8 18.2 -0.6MS 13.0 15.9 2.9MO 15.8 17.8 2.0MT 12.9 16.8 3.9NE 14.5 13.6 -0.9NV 9.7 11.5 1.8NH 13.1 15.2 2.1NJ 13.5 13.8 0.3NM 11.4 15.1 3.7NY 17.1 16.8 -0.3NC 13.7 14.8 1.1ND 13.7 15.3 1.6

State Gap (%) [1] Gap Change (% pts) [2] 2010 2011

OH 18.1 19.4 1.3OK 14.9 14.6 -0.3OR 14.2 16.2 2.0PA 18.5 17.3 -1.2RI 18.9 20.5 1.6SC 14.2 12.9 -1.3SD 11.5 14.8 3.3TN 16.9 17.3 0.4TX 11.5 12.1 0.6UT 10.0 12.4 2.4VT 19.1 17.8 -1.3VA 15.1 14.5 -0.6WA 16.0 15.1 -0.9WV 16.7 19.2 2.5WI 14.9 17.1 2.2WY 11.0 11.2 0.2PR 10.9 11.8 0.9
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Section 5: Earnings

This section presents statistics on earnings. The 

statistics describe the earnings of individuals 

with and without disabilities in the past 12 

months, as well as the earnings gap between these 

two populations. The principal source of these 

data is the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the 

American Community Survey.

Tables

Tables 5.1: In 2012, for the individuals with 

disabilities ages 16 years and over living in the 

community that had earnings from work, median 

earnings were $20,448. In contrast, among 

individuals without disabilities ages 16 years and 

over living in the community that had earnings 

from work, median earnings were $30,881, a 

gap of $10,433. This gap is smallest (meaning 

the earnings of people with disabilities are closest 

to the earnings of people without disabilities) 

in Nevada ($5,688) and largest (meaning the 

earnings of people with disabilities are furthest 

from the earnings of people without disabilities) 

in the District of Columbia ($19,762).
58 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 5.1 Earnings-Median Earnings of Civilians 16 Years and Over in the Past 12 Months for the United States and States, by Disability Status (in 2012 inflation-adjusted dollars): 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18140; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013).[1] Difference of Disability and No Disability.

State Total ($) Disability ($) No Disability ($) Gap ($) [1]

U.S. 30,159 20,448 30,881 10,433 AL 26,647 19,227 27,216 7,989 AK 34,117 28,170 35,023 6,853 AZ 28,897 20,467 29,708 9,241 AR 25,795 18,735 26,434 7,699 CA 30,537 21,158 30,854 9,696 CO 31,364 21,141 31,777 10,636 CT 37,081 21,054 38,242 17,188 DE 31,755 21,839 32,219 10,380 DC 45,191 26,522 46,284 19,762 FL 26,641 19,259 27,017 7,758 GA 28,383 20,486 29,194 8,708 HI 31,457 23,299 31,709 8,410 ID 23,823 16,999 24,426 7,427 IL 31,400 20,956 31,819 10,863 IN 27,452 17,335 28,484 11,149 IA 29,658 16,396 30,370 13,974 KS 28,573 17,761 29,641 11,880 

State Total ($) Disability ($) No Disability ($) Gap ($) [1]

KY 26,550 18,222 27,192 8,970 LA 27,321 20,046 28,564 8,518 ME 27,195 16,753 28,379 11,626 MD 39,293 29,337 40,098 10,761 MA 36,439 21,414 37,110 15,696 MI 26,843 16,137 27,460 11,323 MN 32,151 17,674 33,036 15,362 MS 25,041 17,534 25,607 8,073 MO 27,098 19,679 27,759 8,080 MT 25,058 17,763 25,494 7,731 NE 28,550 18,368 29,543 11,175 NV 29,616 24,381 30,069 5,688 NH 34,140 20,990 35,207 14,217 NJ 38,340 25,048 39,679 14,631 NM 26,159 18,198 26,834 8,636 NY 33,295 21,605 34,232 12,627 NC 27,000 19,482 27,452 7,970 ND 31,196 21,830 31,559 9,729 

State Total ($) Disability ($) No Disability ($) Gap ($) [1]

OH 28,660 17,832 29,772 11,940 OK 26,951 20,341 27,590 7,249 OR 26,848 18,741 27,386 8,645 PA 30,802 20,043 31,331 11,288 RI 31,107 21,663 31,433 9,770 SC 26,705 19,638 27,169 7,531 SD 27,372 18,767 28,424 9,657 TN 26,916 19,377 27,463 8,086 TX 28,845 20,600 29,828 9,228 UT 26,467 18,337 26,793 8,456 VT 28,591 16,474 29,802 13,328 VA 33,472 20,667 34,753 14,086 WA 32,019 21,824 32,548 10,724 WV 26,630 18,319 27,233 8,914 WI 30,117 17,890 30,602 12,712 WY 29,904 22,497 30,283 7,786 PR 16,646 14,561 16,830 2,269 
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Section 6: Veterans

This section presents statistics on Veterans. 

Specifically, the data address service connected 

to disability rating; the prevalence of disabilities 

in the Veteran population; the portion of the 

Veteran population that experiences poverty, 

by disability status; and Veterans’ benefits, by 

disability status. The principal sources of these 

data are the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the 

American Community Survey and the Veterans 

Benefits Administration’s Annual Benefits 

Report.

Tables

Table 6.1: In 2012, according to the American 

Community Survey (ACS), 889,707 individuals 

ages 18 and over living in the community 

reported having a military service-connected 

disability rating of 70 percent or more.

Table 6.2: In 2012, there were 20,956,421 

civilian veterans ages 18 years and over living 

in the community, 5,598,325 of which were 

individuals with disabilities—a prevalence rate 

of 26.7 percent. Mississippi and Oklahoma had 

the highest prevalence rate, 32.3 percent, while 

Virginia had the lowest prevalence rate, 18.8 

percent.

Tables 6.3 and 6.4: In 2012, of the 1,990,509 

civilian veterans with disabilities ages 18 to 

64 years living in the community, 355,043 

individuals lived in poverty—a poverty rate 

of 17.8 percent. In contrast, of the 9,547,760 

civilian veterans without disabilities ages 18 to 64 

years living in the community, 707,298 civilian 

veterans lived in poverty—a poverty rate of 7.4 

percent. The poverty rate for civilian veterans 

with disabilities was highest in the Wyoming 

(26.4 percent) and lowest in Alaska (9.4 percent).

Table 6.5: In 2012, the poverty rate of civilian 

veterans with disabilities ages 18 to 64 years 

living in the community was 17.8 percent, while 

the poverty rate of individuals without disabilities 

ages 16 to 64 years living in the community was 

7.4 percent—a poverty gap of 10.4 percentage 

points. The poverty gap was smallest in Alaska 

(4.0 percentage points) and greatest in the 

Wyoming (19.3 percentage points).

Table 6.6: In the federal fiscal year 2012, 

the U.S. spent a total of $46,961,286,156 

on compensation and pension benefits paid 

to disabled veterans. Of that total amount, 

$43,591,396,794 was spent on disability 

compensation, while $3,369,889,362 was spent 

on disability pensions.
60 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 6.1 Service-Connected Disability Rating- Civilian Veterans Ages 18 Years and Over Living in the Community, by Disability Status: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B21100; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Veterans Has a Rating 0 Percent 10 to 60 Percent 70 Percent or Higher Rating Not Reported

U.S. 21,337,439 3,620,895 217,956 2,248,496 889,707 264,736AL 384,946 77,740 3,360 49,567 18,573 6,240AK 71,831 15,214 695 9,530 4,056 933AZ 526,292 88,382 5,486 55,615 20,848 6,433AR 231,680 44,463 2,078 24,851 15,163 2,371CA 1,857,748 299,317 24,537 184,668 65,460 24,652CO 406,624 76,621 4,186 48,882 19,080 4,473CT 216,095 23,450 2,125 15,073 4,187 2,065DE 76,387 10,125 756 6,427 2,080 862DC 31,288 5,146 504 3,010 1,045 587FL 1,559,672 288,119 17,968 190,923 60,620 18,608GA 700,992 139,473 6,790 84,940 34,967 12,776HI 116,885 19,235 1,097 11,675 3,907 2,556ID 123,594 21,522 1,580 14,178 4,719 1,045IL 731,089 86,420 6,782 53,798 18,579 7,261IN 452,828 68,368 3,669 45,936 12,965 5,798IA 227,141 33,435 1,577 23,505 6,432 1,921KS 214,510 33,700 1,782 21,755 7,950 2,213KY 315,455 60,820 3,539 35,424 18,312 3,545LA 308,951 48,613 2,956 25,595 14,855 5,207ME 123,277 24,135 1,266 13,820 7,211 1,838MD 436,361 65,721 3,775 42,539 13,430 5,977MA 381,711 54,458 5,159 33,315 12,339 3,645MI 662,883 91,081 5,511 55,515 23,032 7,023MN 367,018 78,835 4,555 54,609 15,525 4,146MS 202,388 36,138 2,440 20,555 9,823 3,320MO 478,706 80,536 3,829 52,355 18,632 5,720

State Total Veterans Has a Rating 0 Percent 10 to 60 Percent 70 Percent or Higher Rating Not Reported

MT 99,396 19,806 1,292 12,391 4,467 1,656NE 144,147 35,794 1,338 25,578 6,743 2,135NV 228,936 42,464 3,519 25,976 10,774 2,195NH 110,374 16,293 1,136 10,101 3,818 1,238NJ 433,765 50,638 3,735 28,649 13,337 4,917NM 178,510 34,227 1,396 18,571 12,399 1,861NY 885,364 116,709 10,624 71,775 24,238 10,072NC 720,491 142,123 6,569 84,432 42,030 9,092ND 56,770 11,430 611 7,919 2,038 862OH 850,730 118,744 8,500 75,463 24,974 9,807OK 320,177 72,072 2,078 40,153 26,975 2,866OR 325,534 57,366 3,864 31,379 17,062 5,061PA 929,094 109,774 9,166 67,993 24,298 8,317RI 70,375 9,707 611 6,266 2,054 776SC 394,220 75,660 3,931 42,205 21,857 7,667SD 68,770 13,963 719 9,084 2,970 1,190TN 475,375 82,194 4,385 49,048 24,289 4,472TX 1,607,667 331,751 14,806 205,587 90,517 20,841UT 145,078 24,897 1,244 16,625 5,590 1,438VT 48,068 6,298 485 3,276 1,825 712VA 728,143 146,218 7,075 97,559 32,008 9,576WA 587,266 105,426 5,935 68,017 25,294 6,180WV 163,134 32,416 1,064 15,313 12,643 3,396WI 404,801 60,419 3,711 39,476 13,911 3,321WY 48,328 9,418 314 6,293 2,080 731PR 106,574 24,021 1,846 11,307 7,726 3,142
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Table 6.2 Civilian Veterans Ages 18 Years and Over Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B21007; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

U.S. 20,956,421 5,598,325 26.7 15,358,096 73.3AL 377,459 114,200 30.3 263,259 69.7AK 71,468 16,196 22.7 55,272 77.3AZ 519,231 137,696 26.5 381,535 73.5AR 227,833 72,742 31.9 155,091 68.1CA 1,830,768 486,740 26.6 1,344,028 73.4CO 400,764 89,781 22.4 310,983 77.6CT 211,458 52,853 25.0 158,605 75.0DE 75,037 17,048 22.7 57,989 77.3DC 30,502 6,901 22.6 23,601 77.4FL 1,538,401 427,327 27.8 1,111,074 72.2GA 688,820 175,339 25.5 513,481 74.5HI 114,631 26,810 23.4 87,821 76.6ID 121,987 35,731 29.3 86,256 70.7IL 718,048 179,706 25.0 538,342 75.0IN 445,018 122,346 27.5 322,672 72.5IA 222,338 56,832 25.6 165,506 74.4KS 209,909 58,819 28.0 151,090 72.0KY 309,098 92,859 30.0 216,239 70.0LA 303,085 86,769 28.6 216,316 71.4ME 121,773 35,689 29.3 86,084 70.7MD 429,717 89,464 20.8 340,253 79.2MA 372,106 102,176 27.5 269,930 72.5MI 653,770 188,691 28.9 465,079 71.1MN 358,124 92,338 25.8 265,786 74.2MS 197,513 63,888 32.3 133,625 67.7MO 466,490 142,276 30.5 324,214 69.5

State Total Disability No Disability

Count

% Count

%

MT 98,072 27,558 28.1 70,514 71.9NE 141,936 36,277 25.6 105,659 74.4NV 226,265 61,815 27.3 164,450 72.7NH 108,318 24,619 22.7 83,699 77.3NJ 426,352 109,640 25.7 316,712 74.3NM 175,684 50,113 28.5 125,571 71.5NY 866,261 220,096 25.4 646,165 74.6NC 711,262 182,499 25.7 528,763 74.3ND 55,302 12,725 23.0 42,577 77.0OH 833,489 220,506 26.5 612,983 73.5OK 312,304 100,952 32.3 211,352 67.7OR 320,956 100,393 31.3 220,563 68.7PA 909,609 241,761 26.6 667,848 73.4RI 68,695 18,523 27.0 50,172 73.0SC 385,688 100,023 25.9 285,665 74.1SD 67,123 18,739 27.9 48,384 72.1TN 467,647 135,971 29.1 331,676 70.9TX 1,570,956 417,894 26.6 1,153,062 73.4UT 143,035 39,486 27.6 103,549 72.4VT 47,074 12,791 27.2 34,283 72.8VA 715,350 134,134 18.8 581,216 81.2WA 579,122 150,659 26.0 428,463 74.0WV 160,291 54,721 34.1 105,570 65.9WI 396,994 98,385 24.8 298,609 75.2WY 47,234 12,176 25.8 35,058 74.2PR 106054 44652 42.1 61,402 57.9
62 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 6.3 Poverty—Civilian Veterans with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B21007; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Poverty %

U.S. 1,990,509 355,043 17.8AL 46,015 7,286 15.8AK 8,336 785 9.4AZ 47,036 9,008 19.2AR 28,281 4,253 15.0CA 149,313 30,639 20.5CO 33,675 4,867 14.5CT 14,324 2,623 18.3DE 5,385 998 18.5DC 3,023 795 26.3FL 134,768 22,786 16.9GA 76,655 13,323 17.4HI 9,728 1,577 16.2ID 14,049 2,088 14.9IL 58,208 11,594 19.9IN 47,093 9,505 20.2IA 18,378 2,962 16.1KS 21,945 2,958 13.5

State Total Poverty %

KY 35,978 8,030 22.3LA 32,139 6,061 18.9ME 12,381 1,673 13.5MD 30,996 3,963 12.8MA 29,778 4,370 14.7MI 68,530 14,788 21.6MN 30,316 4,177 13.8MS 26,676 7,021 26.3MO 55,060 10,000 18.2MT 10,308 2,582 25.0NE 12,942 2,490 19.2NV 23,007 3,681 16.0NH 7,523 887 11.8NJ 26,416 3,796 14.4NM 19,051 3,858 20.3NY 64,086 12,146 19.0NC 78,525 13,811 17.6ND 5,198 1,002 19.3

State Total Poverty %

OH 79,811 15,995 20.0OK 42,077 7,023 16.7OR 35,654 6,711 18.8PA 75,629 13,927 18.4RI 6,265 861 13.7SC 39,760 6,124 15.4SD 6,770 1,198 17.7TN 53,526 11,458 21.4TX 167,504 26,364 15.7UT 13,429 2,411 18.0VT 4,612 618 13.4VA 48,362 7,615 15.7WA 59,083 8,947 15.1WV 21,728 3,656 16.8WI 32,531 5,926 18.2WY 3,861 1,019 26.4PR 14,785 2,807 19.0
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Table 6.4 Poverty—Civilian Veterans without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B21007; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.

State Total Poverty

%

U.S. 9,547,760 707,298 7.4AL 176,646 15,597 8.8AK 45,668 2,479 5.4AZ 226,196 20,541 9.1AR 98,791 9,726 9.8CA 806,297 60,260 7.5CO 210,925 14,268 6.8CT 83,689 4,793 5.7DE 35,829 1,614 4.5DC 15,574 1,422 9.1FL 620,990 55,530 8.9GA 360,006 30,628 8.5HI 59,774 2,693 4.5ID 55,167 4,964 9.0IL 323,572 25,456 7.9IN 203,168 16,336 8.0IA 99,669 6,655 6.7KS 95,990 5,746 6.0

State Total Poverty

%

KY 144,330 10,907 7.6LA 145,295 14,087 9.7ME 51,535 3,402 6.6MD 230,906 8,722 3.8MA 142,776 8,768 6.1MI 272,400 23,543 8.6MN 157,442 8,562 5.4MS 91,471 8,662 9.5MO 203,386 17,269 8.5MT 44,332 4,558 10.3NE 69,104 4,980 7.2NV 105,091 7,275 6.9NH 48,681 2,278 4.7NJ 162,035 8,072 5.0NM 84,740 7,789 9.2NY 346,125 26,168 7.6NC 344,108 26,780 7.8ND 28,341 1,251 4.4

State Total Poverty

%

OH 372,808 28,599 7.7OK 138,021 11,229 8.1OR 130,884 13,732 10.5PA 372,130 23,667 6.4RI 25,710 882 3.4SC 192,072 16,244 8.5SD 31,724 1,839 5.8TN 217,922 17,259 7.9TX 790,849 53,380 6.7UT 64,300 4,810 7.5VT 19,962 977 4.9VA 419,405 19,864 4.7WA 283,302 17,002 6.0WV 65,727 5,773 8.8WI 177,664 12,651 7.1WY 24,045 1,710 7.1PR 31,186 5,899 18.9
64 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 6.5 Poverty Gap—Civilian Veterans Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States by Disability Status: 2012 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B21007; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.[1] Poverty as a percent of the Total.[2] Difference of Disability and No Disability.

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

U.S. 17.8 7.4 10.4 AL 15.8 8.8 7.0 AK 9.4 5.4 4.0 AZ 19.2 9.1 10.1 AR 15.0 9.8 5.2 CA 20.5 7.5 13.0 CO 14.5 6.8 7.7 CT 18.3 5.7 12.6 DE 18.5 4.5 14.0 DC 26.3 9.1 17.2 FL 16.9 8.9 8.0 GA 17.4 8.5 8.9 HI 16.2 4.5 11.7 ID 14.9 9.0 5.9 IL 19.9 7.9 12.1 IN 20.2 8.0 12.1 IA 16.1 6.7 9.4 KS 13.5 6.0 7.5 

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

KY 22.3 7.6 14.8 LA 18.9 9.7 9.2 ME 13.5 6.6 6.9 MD 12.8 3.8 9.0 MA 14.7 6.1 8.5 MI 21.6 8.6 12.9 MN 13.8 5.4 8.3 MS 26.3 9.5 16.8 MO 18.2 8.5 9.7 MT 25.0 10.3 14.8 NE 19.2 7.2 12.0 NV 16.0 6.9 9.1 NH 11.8 4.7 7.1 NJ 14.4 5.0 9.4 NM 20.3 9.2 11.1 NY 19.0 7.6 11.4 NC 17.6 7.8 9.8 ND 19.3 4.4 14.9 

State Poverty Rate (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

OH 20.0 7.7 12.4 OK 16.7 8.1 8.6 OR 18.8 10.5 8.3 PA 18.4 6.4 12.1 RI 13.7 3.4 10.3 SC 15.4 8.5 6.9 SD 17.7 5.8 11.9 TN 21.4 7.9 13.5 TX 15.7 6.7 9.0 UT 18.0 7.5 10.5 VT 13.4 4.9 8.5 VA 15.7 4.7 11.0 WA 15.1 6.0 9.1 WV 16.8 8.8 8.0 WI 18.2 7.1 11.1 WY 26.4 7.1 19.3 PR 19.0 18.9 0.1 
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Table 6.6 Veterans Benefits Administration— Compensation and Pension Benefits Paid to Disabled Veterans (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 2012 

Source: Veterans Benefits Administration, 2012 Annual Benefits Report; Appendices E1-E52 <http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/abr/2012_abr.pdf>; (accessed 16 September 2013).

State Total ($)

Disability Program

Compensation 

($) Pension ($)

U.S. 46,961,286,156 43,591,396,794 3,369,889,362AL 1,140,852,503 1,036,002,751 104,849,752AK 177,237,548 174,429,432 2,808,116AZ 1,070,416,983 1,009,985,168 60,431,815AR 720,440,377 675,857,710 44,582,667CA 3,741,766,309 3,424,426,748 317,339,561CO 951,735,836 907,217,683 44,518,153CT 281,149,396 260,086,944 21,062,452DE 132,066,506 126,834,372 5,232,134DC 58,514,046 51,867,423 6,646,623FL 3,619,562,562 3,334,616,095 284,946,467GA 1,833,086,751 1,704,050,854 129,035,897HI 252,947,996 246,040,386 6,907,610ID 270,813,539 255,090,732 15,722,807IL 1,036,665,578 940,452,325 96,213,253IN 764,114,991 700,685,298 63,429,693IA 373,081,847 335,210,568 37,871,279KS 402,581,499 373,907,032 28,674,467

State Total ($)

Disability Program

Compensation 

($) Pension ($)

KY 863,742,931 807,695,748 56,047,183LA 743,342,035 667,330,474 76,011,561ME 393,269,417 373,374,166 19,895,251MD 745,663,533 709,231,884 36,431,649MA 716,199,959 669,900,886 46,299,073MI 1,199,753,555 1,076,154,029 123,599,526MN 830,405,622 789,542,139 40,863,483MS 485,722,972 444,361,811 41,361,161MO 1,002,820,527 911,817,371 91,003,156MT 249,379,167 233,753,002 15,626,165NE 408,012,576 389,840,016 18,172,560NV 465,477,915 432,704,218 32,773,697NH 205,236,712 194,112,900 11,123,812NJ 689,218,897 651,373,691 37,845,206NM 554,374,042 529,809,835 24,564,207NY 1,513,476,201 1,380,219,634 133,256,567NC 2,041,706,463 1,945,782,557 95,923,906ND 124,363,155 118,025,484 6,337,671

State Total ($)

Disability Program

Compensation 

($) Pension ($)

OH 1,366,529,681 1,190,526,627 176,003,054 OK 1,221,940,404 1,151,043,464 70,896,940OR 866,044,339 802,011,024 64,033,315PA 1,468,235,423 1,294,334,296 173,901,127RI 147,504,088 134,956,258 12,547,830SC 1,138,180,784 1,066,225,513 71,955,271SD 176,166,530 163,071,756 13,094,774TN 1,236,941,239 1,148,293,495 88,647,744TX 4,470,692,473 4,199,593,070 271,099,403UT 272,165,077 250,818,948 21,346,129VT 94,378,735 91,000,116 3,378,619VA 1,730,229,925 1,669,899,348 60,330,577WA 1,327,770,360 1,260,202,268 67,568,092WV 497,194,669 465,488,123 31,706,546WI 784,777,053 723,304,082 61,472,971WY 103,335,430 98,837,040 4,498,390
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Section 7: Health Insurance 

Coverage

This section presents statistics on health 

insurance coverage, especially the health 

insurance coverage of people with disabilities. 

Specifically, the data address the percentage of 

people with and without disabilities who have 

some sort of health insurance coverage. This 

section also addresses the type of health insurance 

coverage possessed by people with disabilities. 

The principal source of these data is the U.S. 

Census Bureau, specifically the American 

Community Survey.

American Community Survey (ACS)—

The American Community Survey is a large, 

continuous demographic survey conducted 

by the U.S. Census Bureau that will provide 

accurate and up-to-date profiles of America’s 

communities every year. Annual and multiyear estimates of population and housing data 

are generated for small areas, including tracts 

and population subgroups. This information is 

collected by mailing questionnaires to a sample 

of addresses.

Disability Status (ACS)—The U.S. Census 

Bureau used six questions to identify persons 

with disabilities. A response of “yes” to any one 

of the questions indicates that the person in 

question has a disability. However, the cognitive, 

ambulatory, self-care, and independent living 

related questions are not used to identify 

disability in individuals less than 5 years old, and 

the independent living related question is not 

used to identify disability in individuals less than 

18 years old.

Tables

Table 7.1: In 2012, 82.7 percent of individuals 

with disabilities ages 18 to 64 years living in the 

community had health insurance coverage. In 

contrast, 79.1 percent of individuals without 

disabilities ages 18 to 64 years living in the 

community had health insurance coverage—a 

health insurance coverage gap between those 

without and with disabilities of 3.6 percentage 

points. In other words, in the United States 

as a whole, 3.6 percent more individuals with 

disabilities had health insurance than individuals 

without disabilities. The health insurance gap 

ranges from 8.5 percentage points in Florida and 

New Mexico to -4.0 percentage points in North 

Dakota.

Table 7.2: In 2012, 41.4 percent of individuals 

with disabilities ages 18 years and over living in 

the community had private health insurance and 

52.6 percent had public health insurance (some 

had both), while 17.3 percent of individuals with 

disabilities ages 18 years and over living in the 

community did not have health insurance. The 

state with the smallest percentage of people with 

disabilities without health insurance coverage 

was Massachusetts (4.4 percent). The state with 

the largest percentage of people with disabilities 

without health insurance coverage was Alaska 

(24.1 percent).
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Table 7.1 Health Insurance Coverage—Civilians Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States by Disability Status: 2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18135; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013).[1] Percentage with Health Insurance Coverage.[2] Difference of Disability and No Disability.

State Coverage (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

U.S. 82.7 79.1 3.6AL 82.3 79.7 2.6AK 75.9 74.0 1.9AZ 84.0 75.8 8.3AR 79.9 74.7 5.2CA 81.4 74.7 6.7CO 82.8 80.2 2.6CT 89.2 87.0 2.2DE 90.5 86.9 3.6DC 96.5 91.7 4.8FL 78.9 70.4 8.5GA 77.3 74.1 3.1HI 90.8 90.4 0.5ID 79.4 76.6 2.8IL 82.0 81.2 0.9IN 81.3 80.3 0.9IA 88.2 87.9 0.3KS 81.5 82.4 -0.9

State Coverage (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

KY 81.6 79.7 1.9LA 76.4 75.0 1.4ME 88.0 84.9 3.2MD 88.8 85.2 3.6MA 95.6 94.5 1.1MI 85.6 83.0 2.6MN 90.7 89.3 1.4MS 79.9 74.4 5.5MO 82.8 80.6 2.2MT 80.4 74.5 5.8NE 84.2 84.2 -0.1NV 73.9 71.2 2.7NH 84.5 85.0 -0.5NJ 84.4 81.9 2.5NM 80.7 72.3 8.5NY 90.9 84.0 6.9NC 79.4 76.1 3.3ND 83.1 87.1 -4.0

State Coverage (%) [1] Gap (% pts) [2] Disability No Disability

OH 82.8 83.8 -0.9OK 76.9 73.8 3.0OR 80.7 78.4 2.3PA 88.3 86.1 2.2RI 86.3 84.2 2.1SC 79.3 75.7 3.6SD 80.4 84.0 -3.6TN 81.1 79.8 1.3TX 76.3 68.7 7.6UT 83.8 80.8 3.0VT 92.4 90.7 1.6VA 82.2 82.6 -0.5WA 82.2 80.2 1.9WV 82.9 77.3 5.6WI 87.8 87.5 0.3WY 79.5 79.4 0.1PR 93.2 89.2 4.0
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, Table B18135; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (accessed 25 September 2013). Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability.[1] Percentage with Health Insurance Coverage.[2] Percentage without Health Insurance Coverage.

State Coverage (%) [1] No Coverage (%) [2] Private Public

U.S. 41.4 52.6 17.3AL 43.1 53.5 17.7AK 40.4 46.9 24.1AZ 40.8 54.0 16.0AR 37.7 52.9 20.1CA 39.2 51.7 18.6CO 46.6 46.8 17.2CT 44.8 53.4 10.8DE 48.0 58.5 9.5DC 40.6 69.1 3.5FL 36.8 52.6 21.1GA 40.5 48.0 22.7HI 50.4 50.5 9.2ID 42.6 49.5 20.6IL 43.5 48.4 18.0IN 42.6 49.0 18.7IA 46.4 55.2 11.8KS 49.1 45.2 18.5

State Coverage (%) [1] No Coverage (%) [2] Private Public

KY 37.4 55.7 18.4LA 39.0 47.9 23.6ME 36.6 62.9 12.0MD 50.4 51.3 11.2MA 42.1 65.5 4.4MI 42.0 57.6 14.4MN 45.2 57.5 9.3MS 33.9 57.5 20.1MO 41.1 52.5 17.2MT 38.7 52.8 19.6NE 48.1 48.9 15.8NV 42.6 41.4 26.1NH 49.8 47.4 15.5NJ 47.9 49.0 15.6NM 36.7 54.7 19.3NY 42.5 60.9 9.1NC 39.1 52.4 20.6ND 51.9 42.0 16.9

State Coverage (%) [1] No Coverage (%) [2] Private Public

OH 41.2 51.7 17.2OK 40.5 46.7 23.1OR 43.6 48.6 19.3PA 45.7 56.3 11.7RI 39.6 59.0 13.7SC 39.6 53.0 20.7SD 49.0 44.3 19.6TN 38.7 54.4 18.9TX 39.8 46.0 23.7UT 52.1 43.4 16.2VT 42.5 62.5 7.6VA 48.2 46.4 17.8WA 45.1 49.0 17.8WV 36.5 59.5 17.1WI 44.6 55.9 12.2WY 46.2 45.0 20.5PR 29.3 69.5 6.8
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Section 8: Health

This section presents statistics on health, 

especially the health of people with disabilities.

Specifically, the data address the prevalence of 

disabilities, health behaviors (such as smoking) 

by disability status, vaccination, and insurance. 

These statistics were generated by the authors 

using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance 

Survey (BRFSS). See the CDC’s Disability and 

Health Data System (DHDS) for more detailed 

information on the health of the population with 

disabilities.

Tables

Tables 8.1: In 2012, there were 232,036,000 

individuals aged 18 and over living in the 

community in the U.S., and 51,892,000 had 

a disability (22.4 percent). The state with the 

largest number of individuals with disabilities 

was California, with 5,669,000 individuals 

with disabilities, while the state with the 

smallest number of individuals with disabilities 

was Wyoming, with 87,000 individuals with 

disabilities. West Virginia had the highest 

prevalence rate, 30.6 percent, while the New 

Jersey had the lowest prevalence rate, 17.3 

percent.

Tables 8.2: In 2012, the prevalence of disability 

increased with age in all states. The state with 

the highest prevalence rate for individuals aged 

18-44 years was Oregon (19.3 percent), while 

the lowest was in New Jersey (9.8 percent). 

For individuals aged 45-64 years, the highest 

prevalence rate was in Alabama (38.6 percent), 

while the lowest was in New Jersey (19.7 

percent). For individuals aged 65 years and older, 

the highest prevalence rate was in Alabama (43.1 

percent), while the lowest was in Hawaii (27.4 

percent).

Table 8.3: In 2012, adults (aged 18 years and 

older) with disabilities were more likely to smoke 

(26.0 percent) than adults without disabilities 

(16.9 percent). This finding was observed in all 

states. Adults with disabilities were most likely 

to smoke in Kentucky (36.9 percent) and least 

likely to smoke in Utah (14.7 percent). 

Table 8.4: In 2012, adults (aged 18 years and 

older) with disabilities were more likely to 

be obese (39.1 percent) than adults without 

disabilities (24.5 percent). This finding was 

observed in all states. Adults with disabilities 

were most likely to be obese in Louisiana and 

West Virginia (45.2 percent) and least likely to 

be obese in Colorado (30.0 percent). 

Table 8.5: In 2012, adults (aged 18 years 

and older) with disabilities were less likely to 

binge drink (11.8 percent) than adults without 

disabilities (18.5 percent). This finding was 

observed in all states. Adults with disabilities 

were most likely to binge drink in Illinois 

(16.7 percent) and least likely to binge drink in 

Tennessee (6.0 percent).

Table 8.6: In 2012, individuals aged 18 and 

over with disabilities in Massachusetts were most 

likely to have health insurance coverage (95.7 

percent), while individuals aged 18 and over with 

disabilities in Georgia were least likely to have 

health insurance coverage (78.6 percent). 
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Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included. Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey BRFSS. See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State Total Disability No Disability

Count % Count %

U.S. 232,036,000 51,892,000 22.4 180,144,000 77.6AL 3,636,000 1,104,000 30.4 2,532,000 69.6AK 533,000 116,000 21.8 417,000 78.2AZ 4,745,000 1,098,000 23.1 3,647,000 76.9AR 2,189,000 594,000 27.1 1,595,000 72.9CA 26,627,000 5,669,000 21.3 20,958,000 78.7CO 3,744,000 784,000 20.9 2,960,000 79.1CT 2,712,000 572,000 21.1 2,140,000 78.9DE 704,000 140,000 19.8 564,000 80.2DC 510,000 109,000 21.5 401,000 78.5FL 14,875,000 3,593,000 24.2 11,282,000 75.8GA 7,172,000 1,580,000 22.0 5,592,000 78.0HI 1,064,000 197,000 18.5 867,000 81.5ID 1,150,000 292,000 25.4 858,000 74.6IL 9,688,000 2,051,000 21.2 7,637,000 78.8IN 4,837,000 1,129,000 23.3 3,708,000 76.7IA 2,284,000 468,000 20.5 1,816,000 79.5KS 2,126,000 468,000 22.0 1,658,000 78.0KY 3,265,000 925,000 28.3 2,340,000 71.7LA 3,446,000 863,000 25.0 2,583,000 75.0ME 1,043,000 259,000 24.8 784,000 75.2MD 4,362,000 830,000 19.0 3,532,000 81.0MA 4,961,000 992,000 20.0 3,969,000 80.0MI 7,451,000 1,834,000 24.6 5,617,000 75.4MN 3,953,000 701,000 17.7 3,252,000 82.3MS 2,205,000 588,000 26.7 1,617,000 73.3

State Total Disability No Disability

Count % Count %

MO 4,531,000 1,182,000 26.1 3,349,000 73.9MT 768,000 192,000 24.9 576,000 75.1NE 1,373,000 273,000 19.9 1,100,000 80.1NV 2,017,000 420,000 20.8 1,597,000 79.2NH 1,016,000 232,000 22.8 784,000 77.2NJ 6,452,000 1,114,000 17.3 5,338,000 82.7NM 1,545,000 378,000 24.5 1,167,000 75.5NY 14,761,000 3,136,000 21.2 11,625,000 78.8NC 7,348,000 1,601,000 21.8 5,747,000 78.2ND 528,000 95,000 18.1 433,000 81.9OH 8,565,000 1,902,000 22.2 6,663,000 77.8OK 2,852,000 781,000 27.4 2,071,000 72.6OR 2,932,000 829,000 28.3 2,103,000 71.7PA 9,759,000 2,198,000 22.5 7,561,000 77.5RI 809,000 180,000 22.2 629,000 77.8SC 3,558,000 896,000 25.2 2,662,000 74.8SD 618,000 135,000 21.8 483,000 78.2TN 4,804,000 1,199,000 25.0 3,605,000 75.0TX 18,679,000 3,647,000 19.5 15,032,000 80.5UT 1,928,000 397,000 20.6 1,531,000 79.4VT 490,000 104,000 21.3 386,000 78.7VA 6,052,000 1,281,000 21.2 4,771,000 78.8WA 5,223,000 1,334,000 25.6 3,889,000 74.4WV 1,463,000 448,000 30.6 1,015,000 69.4WI 4,259,000 893,000 21.0 3,366,000 79.0WY 424,000 87,000 20.6 337,000 79.4
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Table 8.2 Persons Ages 18 and Over Who Experience Disability, by Age: 2012

Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included.Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey BRFSS. See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State

Disability (%)

Ages 18 to 44 Ages 45 to 64 Ages 65 and Over

U.S. 13.2 27.8 35.6AL 18.8 38.6 43.1AK 14.1 27.3 37.2AZ 14.0 30.2 33.9AR 15.7 35.2 39.7CA 13.0 26.7 35.3CO 13.7 24.8 35.0CT 12.0 24.8 34.5DE 11.3 24.1 31.9DC 14.2 27.7 37.8FL 13.7 30.8 33.9GA 12.4 30.1 35.2HI 12.4 21.4 27.4ID 16.9 30.2 39.2IL 13.6 24.2 35.9IN 14.7 28.4 35.9IA 11.3 23.6 35.4KS 13.4 25.6 37.3

State

Disability (%)

Ages 18 to 44 Ages 45 to 64 Ages 65 and Over

KY 18.1 35.3 40.4LA 14.6 32.7 38.8ME 16.6 27.8 34.9MD 11.1 22.7 32.6MA 12.4 23.6 31.7MI 15.3 29.5 36.9MN 10.8 20.7 29.5MS 13.8 36.3 42.4MO 14.4 34.1 39.4MT 14.9 29.2 38.1NE 11.0 24.0 34.5NV 11.9 26.7 34.7NH 15.2 25.3 34.6NJ 9.8 19.7 30.1NM 14.9 28.9 39.9NY 10.9 28.0 35.1NC 11.5 28.7 35.4ND 10.3 20.5 32.4

State

Disability (%)

Ages 18 to 44 Ages 45 to 64 Ages 65 and Over

OH 13.9 26.7 33.0OK 16.4 36.0 39.3OR 19.3 32.9 41.1PA 15.2 25.8 32.1RI 15.3 24.6 33.9SC 14.3 32.7 37.9SD 12.4 23.7 39.6TN 12.5 35.2 36.4TX 10.4 25.3 37.7UT 13.1 26.4 40.0VT 12.1 24.9 33.6VA 12.0 28.1 32.4WA 16.2 30.4 41.0WV 18.3 38.0 42.0WI 13.8 22.5 35.2WY 11.0 25.6 35.4
72 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 8.3 Health Behavior—Smoking among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2012

Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included.Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey BRFSS. See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State Smoking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

U.S. 26.0 16.9 9.1AL 29.9 21.1 8.8AK 28.5 18.4 10.1AZ 22.5 15.6 6.9AR 34.4 21.7 12.7CA 19.0 10.4 8.6CO 24.8 15.9 8.9CT 22.4 14.3 8.1DE 25.1 18.5 6.6DC 28.1 17.6 10.5FL 24.2 15.5 8.7GA 26.4 18.8 7.6HI 18.9 13.7 5.2ID 21.8 14.5 7.3IL 25.5 16.7 8.8IN 30.5 22.1 8.4IA 27.7 15.7 12.0KS 26.0 17.6 8.4

State Smoking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

KY 36.9 25.0 11.9LA 31.3 22.8 8.5ME 27.6 17.9 9.7MD 23.4 14.6 8.8MA 25.8 14.2 11.6MI 31.5 20.7 10.8MN 26.9 17.1 9.8MS 29.8 21.9 7.9MO 30.3 21.8 8.5MT 25.6 17.8 7.8NE 25.1 18.4 6.7NV 27.4 15.9 11.5NH 23.1 15.4 7.7NJ 23.6 16.1 7.5NM 23.8 18.0 5.8NY 23.5 14.2 9.3NC 26.1 19.4 6.7ND 26.7 20.2 6.5

State Smoking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

OH 32.5 20.7 11.8OK 32.0 20.0 12.0OR 27.2 14.3 12.9PA 29.8 18.9 10.9RI 23.7 15.8 7.9SC 27.0 21.2 5.8SD 27.4 20.5 6.9TN 33.3 22.2 11.1TX 23.3 17.0 6.3UT 14.7 9.5 5.2VT 23.7 14.5 9.2VA 25.1 17.5 7.6WA 24.2 14.9 9.3WV 33.5 25.8 7.7WI 26.3 18.8 7.5WY 23.9 21.4 2.5
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Table 8.4 Health Behavior—Obesity among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2012

Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included.Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey BRFSS. See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State Obesity (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

U.S. 39.1 24.5 14.6AL 41.0 29.5 11.5AK 37.6 22.0 15.6AZ 33.5 23.9 9.6AR 43.0 31.3 11.7CA 36.8 21.6 15.2CO 30.0 18.1 11.9CT 39.3 22.1 17.2DE 39.9 23.5 16.4DC 32.6 19.3 13.3FL 35.7 22.2 13.5GA 37.2 27.1 10.1HI 33.2 21.4 11.8ID 38.3 22.5 15.8IL 43.5 23.9 19.6IN 42.7 27.9 14.8IA 42.6 27.4 15.2KS 41.2 26.6 14.6

State Obesity (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

KY 42.6 26.7 15.9LA 45.2 31.2 14.0ME 40.6 24.1 16.5MD 36.2 25.6 10.6MA 33.2 20.3 12.9MI 41.4 27.8 13.6MN 39.1 22.6 16.5MS 42.9 31.8 11.1MO 42.5 24.9 17.6MT 34.5 20.9 13.6NE 40.3 25.5 14.8NV 37.7 23.0 14.7NH 38.0 24.2 13.8NJ 39.2 21.8 17.4NM 34.3 24.7 9.6NY 36.8 20.3 16.5NC 41.2 26.4 14.8ND 40.9 26.9 14.0

State Obesity (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

OH 42.2 26.4 15.8OK 42.2 28.4 13.8OR 37.8 23.6 14.2PA 39.3 26.2 13.1RI 35.7 22.9 12.8SC 41.6 28.2 13.4SD 39.7 24.9 14.8TN 41.6 27.6 14.0TX 40.1 26.5 13.6UT 37.9 20.9 17.0VT 35.7 20.3 15.4VA 39.5 24.3 15.2WA 36.8 23.6 13.2WV 45.2 28.6 16.6WI 41.4 26.8 14.6WY 35.3 22.0 13.3
74 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 8.5 Health Behavior—Binge Drinking among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2012

Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included.Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey BRFSS. See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State Binge Drinking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

U.S. 11.8 18.5 -6.7AL 8.6 14.1 -5.5AK 12.4 18.1 -5.7AZ 10.0 17.2 -7.2AR 10.5 12.5 -2.0CA 12.5 18.1 -5.6CO 14.6 20.5 -5.9CT 13.4 18.8 -5.4DE 12.4 20.2 -7.8DC 15.5 25.6 -10.1FL 14.5 17.3 -2.8GA 10.0 15.7 -5.7HI 13.8 19.3 -5.5ID 9.0 16.1 -7.1IL 16.7 22.9 -6.2IN 11.9 17.3 -5.4IA 13.0 24.1 -11.1KS 9.1 17.8 -8.7

State Binge Drinking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

KY 9.2 17.1 -7.9LA 12.3 18.0 -5.7ME 11.1 20.0 -8.9MD 10.8 17.9 -7.1MA 14.8 21.1 -6.3MI 13.5 21.1 -7.6MN 14.6 23.5 -8.9MS 7.4 14.0 -6.6MO 11.3 19.5 -8.2MT 16.0 23.9 -7.9NE 14.7 24.1 -9.4NV 11.4 16.1 -4.7NH 10.9 18.9 -8.0NJ 11.7 19.2 -7.5NM 11.8 15.6 -3.8NY 11.8 18.6 -6.8NC 8.0 14.6 -6.6ND 13.9 26.4 -12.5

State Binge Drinking (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

OH 11.7 19.8 -8.1OK 9.8 16.1 -6.3OR 12.4 16.5 -4.1PA 12.4 19.6 -7.2RI 12.0 18.9 -6.9SC 9.1 17.6 -8.5SD 12.4 22.9 -10.5TN 6.0 13.1 -7.1TX 10.5 17.7 -7.2UT 7.7 12.1 -4.4VT 13.3 21.0 -7.7VA 11.7 16.9 -5.2WA 13.3 18.4 -5.1WV 7.2 11.5 -4.3WI 15.0 28.0 -13.0WY 9.6 19.0 -9.4
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Table 8.6 Health Care Coverage—Among Persons Ages 18 and Over, by Disability Status: 2012

Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability. U.S. values were calculated based on the sumation of state values. Persons living in institutions are not included.Source: Authors' calculations using data from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). See http://dhds.cdc.gov/methods for more detail.

State Health Care Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

U.S. 84.9 80.7 4.2AL 82.4 80.3 2.1AK 84.1 81.4 2.7AZ 83.9 78.5 5.4AR 80.6 73.0 7.6CA 86.8 77.2 9.6CO 83.4 81.6 1.8CT 91.7 88.9 2.8DE 92.3 87.5 4.8DC 91.9 91.3 0.6FL 81.2 77.2 4.0GA 78.6 76.8 1.8HI 92.7 88.9 3.8ID 83.1 79.8 3.3IL 83.5 83.1 0.4IN 84.4 81.2 3.2IA 90.1 88.8 1.3KS 84.7 82.7 2.0

State Health Care Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

KY 82.9 83.2 -0.3LA 81.9 77.4 4.5ME 89.6 86.4 3.2MD 89.6 86.5 3.1MA 95.7 94.0 1.7MI 88.0 86.0 2.0MN 91.6 88.7 2.9MS 79.0 76.9 2.1MO 86.1 82.4 3.7MT 81.5 81.2 0.3NE 86.9 84.7 2.2NV 80.5 73.1 7.4NH 85.7 87.4 -1.7NJ 87.9 84.1 3.8NM 84.5 75.4 9.1NY 88.9 83.8 5.1NC 82.8 77.9 4.9ND 86.5 87.1 -0.6

State Health Care Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability

OH 87.6 84.9 2.7OK 83.2 81.6 1.6OR 78.9 81.5 -2.6PA 88.2 86.4 1.8RI 86.0 84.6 1.4SC 80.5 77.7 2.8SD 88.7 88.6 0.1TN 81.1 82.3 -1.2TX 79.8 67.0 12.8UT 84.5 81.6 2.9VT 91.6 89.9 1.7VA 83.8 84.9 -1.1WA 86.3 80.8 5.5WV 86.0 78.4 7.6WI 90.1 87.3 2.8WY 81.8 78.9 2.9
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Section 9: Social Security 

Administration Programs

This section presents statistics on Social Security 

Administration (SSA) Programs. Specifically, 

these data concern the number of beneficiaries 

served by, and the amount spent on, Social 

Security Income (SSI) and Disability Insurance 

(DI), by disability status. A table also addresses 

those who have concurrent benefits (are enrolled 

in both programs), by disability status. The 

principal source of this data is the Social Security 

Administration, specifically the 2012 Annual 

Statistical Supplement.

Tables

Table 9.1: In December 2011, of the 8,111,761 

individuals who received federally administered 

payments from the Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) program, 1,181,969 were eligible 

based on being 65 years or older, 69,026 were 

eligible based on blindness, and 6,860,766 were 

eligible based on disability.

Table 9.2: In December 2011, of the 

$49,513,811,000 of federally administered 

payments from the Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) program, $5,430,338,000 was 

spent on individuals eligible based on being 

ages 65 years or older, $421,950,000 was spent 

on individuals eligible based on blindness, and 

$43,661,528,000 was spent on individuals 

eligible based on disability.

Table 9.3: In December 2011, of the 1,276,778 

individuals under age 18 who received federally 

administered payments from the Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) program, 5,918 were 

eligible based on blindness, and 1,263,089 were 

eligible based on disability. 

Table 9.4: In December 2011, 8,111,761 

individuals received federally administered 

payments from the Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) program, and 1,276,778 of those 

who received payments were under age 18, 

5,653,014 were ages 18-64, and 1,181,969 were 

ages 65 and older.

Table 9.5A : In December 2011, of the 

9,572,298 individuals who were beneficiaries 

under the Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI) program, 8,379,922 were disabled 

workers, 947,530 were disabled adult children, 

and 244,846 were disabled widow(er)s.

Tables 9.5B–9.5G: In December 2011, of the 

9,572,298 individuals who were beneficiaries 

under the Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI) program, 371,382 were receiving benefits 

on the basis of injuries.

Table 9.6: In December 2011, of the 

$122,139,156 spent on individuals who were 

beneficiaries under the Social Security Disability 

Insurance (SSDI) program, $111,967,836,000 

was spent on individuals who were disabled 

workers, $8,098,968,000 was spent on 

individuals who were disabled adult children, 

and $2,072,448,000 was spent on individuals 

who were disabled widow(er)s. 

Table 9.7: In December 2011, of the 14,538,147 

individuals ages 18-64 receiving SSI and/or 

SSDI, 8,379,912 were SSDI disabled workers 

only, 4,776,525 were SSI recipients only, and 

1,381,710 were both SSDI disabled workers and 

SSI recipients (i.e., concurrent beneficiaries). 

(See Table 9.10 for the number of monthly SSDI 

applications over time.)

Table 9.8a: From 2010 to 2011, the total 

number of recipients of Supplemental Security 

income increased in the U.S. by 2.5 percent. 

The total number of recipients increased the 

most in Nevada (by 6.6 percent) and decreased 

the most in Rhode Island (by 2.0 percent). 

From 2010 to 2011, the number of aged (65 

or older) recipients of Supplemental Security 

income decreased in the U.S. by 0.1 percent. The 

number of aged recipients increased the most in 

the Nevada (by 4.9 percent) and decreased the 

most in Rhode Island (by 8.8 percent).

Table 9.8b: From 2010 to 2011, the number 

of blind recipients of Supplemental Security 

income decreased in the U.S. by .04 percent. 

The number of blind recipients increased the 

most in Vermont (by 5.8 percent) and decreased 

the most in Wyoming (by 17.5 percent). From 

2010 to 2011, the number of disabled recipients 
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of Supplemental Security income increased in 

the U.S. by 3.0 percent. The number of disabled 

recipients increased the most in Nevada (by 7.3 

percent) and decreased the most in Rhode Island 

(by 1.1 percent).

Table 9.9a: From 2010 to 2011, the total 

number of recipients of Social Security Disability 

Insurance increased in the U.S. 4.3 percent. The 

total number of recipients increased the most in 

Utah (by 6.5 percent) and increased the least in 

Hawaii (by 2.3 percent). From 2010 to 2011, 

the number of disabled workers receiving Social 

Security Disability Insurance increased in the 

U.S. by 4.5 percent.

Table 9.9b: From 2010 to 2011, the total 

number of recipients of Social Security 

Disability Insurance among disabled adult 

children increased in the U.S. by 3.0 percent. 

The total number of recipients among disabled 

adult children increased the most in Idaho (by 

7.0 percent) and decreased the most in North 

Dakota (by 0.7 percent). From 2010 to 2011, 

the number of disabled widow(er)s receiving 

Social Security Disability Insurance increased in 

the U.S. by 2.6 percent.

Table 9.10: The monthly number of Social 

Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Participants 

(disabled-worker benefits only) grew from 

154,330 in January of 2003 to 271,235 in 

August of 2013. The highest number can be 

found in October 2010, reporting 293,682 

participants. Since January 2009, the figures 

have always been over two hundred thousand, 

but for December 2009 (192,820), January 

2011 (198,421), November 2011 (193,842), 

December 2012 (180,953), January 2013 

(192,392), and July 2013 (196,952). 
78 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.1 Supplemental Security Income— Number of Recipients of Federally Administered Payments: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7.B1; <http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.html>; (accessed 18 September 2013). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

U.S. 8,111,761 1,181,969 69,026 6,860,766AL 174,917 11,618 814 162,485AK 12,675 1,858 86 10,731AZ 112,757 14,703 907 97,147AR 109,881 6,503 675 102,703CA 1,286,271 358,627 19,324 908,320CO 68,725 9,084 524 59,117CT 59,731 6,578 430 52,723DE 16,155 1,255 108 14,792DC 25,748 1,912 133 23,703FL 505,807 112,952 2,802 390,053GA 238,751 24,765 1,889 212,097HI 25,330 5,975 191 19,164ID 28,202 1,870 210 26,122IL 276,332 30,432 2,368 243,532IN 122,084 5,470 874 115,740IA 48,903 3,209 711 44,983KS 47,372 3,111 331 43,930

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

KY 193,023 10,605 1,203 181,215LA 178,727 13,481 1,433 163,813ME 36,316 1,965 217 34,134MD 111,275 14,925 605 95,745MA 197,503 47,926 3,616 145,961MI 264,699 16,684 1,590 246,425MN 88,731 10,344 684 77,703MS 126,307 10,419 879 115,009MO 137,169 7,678 870 128,621MT 18,167 1,267 119 16,781NE 26,530 2,025 244 24,261NV 43,713 10,557 647 32,509NH 18,693 941 153 17,599NJ 173,143 34,504 825 137,814NM 61,838 8,550 440 52,848NY 690,258 130,469 2,904 556,885NC 224,780 20,182 1,751 202,847ND 8,361 734 56 7,571

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

OH 294,920 14,694 1,767 278,459OK 95,510 6,494 654 88,362OR 77,980 8,796 622 68,562PA 367,274 25,258 1,957 340,059RI 32,114 3,187 162 28,765SC 114,819 9,298 1,252 104,269SD 14,154 1,476 93 12,585TN 179,350 13,197 1,475 164,678TX 639,869 106,981 6,695 526,193UT 29,412 2,599 236 26,577VT 15,684 1,051 73 14,560VA 150,804 18,844 1,147 130,813WA 142,848 16,498 884 125,466WV 80,734 2,982 497 77,255WI 110,881 7,099 866 102,916WY 6,534 337 33 6,164
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Table 9.2 Supplemental Security Income—Total Federally Administered Payments (in thousands of dollars): December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7.B1; <http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.html>; (accessed 18 September 2013). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

U.S. 49,513,811 5,430,338 421,950 43,661,528 AL 1,008,827 30,319 4,081 974,427AK 72,999 7,020 479 65,500AZ 669,673 59,513 5,185 604,975AR 623,208 15,288 3,508 604,412CA 8,950,632 2,072,554 144,803 6,733,276CO 402,296 38,710 2,771 360,816CT 355,905 28,787 2,394 324,724DE 93,873 4,614 571 88,688DC 168,816 7,380 723 160,712FL 2,910,520 497,648 14,951 2,397,920GA 1,383,616 78,517 10,233 1,294,866HI 159,996 29,294 1,167 129,535ID 160,378 5,908 1,138 153,332IL 1,676,216 137,359 13,649 1,525,208IN 746,266 18,322 4,624 723,320IA 272,792 9,830 3,673 259,290KS 278,894 11,117 1,885 265,893

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

KY 1,119,215 28,822 6,522 1,083,871LA 1,021,658 38,053 7,586 976,019ME 203,023 5,168 1,147 196,708MD 689,306 66,672 3,405 619,230MA 1,246,492 246,487 24,007 975,998MI 1,657,124 69,605 9,069 1,578,450MN 535,030 48,666 3,869 482,495MS 710,070 24,867 4,407 680,797MO 800,313 25,481 4,665 770,168MT 102,040 3,774 643 97,623NE 150,012 6,684 1,350 141,978NV 258,900 44,765 4,171 209,964NH 109,650 3,697 815 105,139NJ 1,024,340 155,697 4,263 864,380NM 346,396 27,872 2,432 316,091NY 4,496,907 656,651 17,413 3,822,843NC 1,269,939 56,186 9,164 1,204,589ND 43,831 2,396 283 41,152

State Total Eligibility Category

Aged Blind Disabled

OH 1,855,017 56,848 9,585 1,788,584OK 554,446 19,223 3,608 531,615OR 458,850 34,912 3,540 420,398PA 2,287,266 101,650 10,784 2,174,833RI 192,026 12,754 853 178,419SC 653,845 25,387 6,670 621,787SD 76,633 4,626 569 71,438TN 1,054,028 36,426 8,037 1,009,565TX 3,485,804 369,372 36,826 3,079,606UT 169,551 11,187 1,223 157,142VT 90,404 3,134 367 86,903VA 857,338 75,197 6,285 775,856WA 904,784 82,552 5,049 817,182WV 477,142 7,716 2,635 466,791WI 641,678 24,810 4,678 612,190WY 35,846 821 195 34,830
80 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.3 Supplemental Security Income— Number of Recipients of Federally Administered Payments under Age 18: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7.B8; <http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.pdf>; (accessed 18 September 2013 ). Values for AK, ND, and HI blind and disabled categories are not available to avoid disclosure of information regarding particular individuals. The U.S. values for the blind and disabled categories do not include AK, DC, ND, or WY values.

State Total Eligibility Category

Blind Disabled

U.S. 1,276,778 5,918 1,263,089AL 30,016 39 29,977AK 1,266 - -AZ 20,838 97 20,741AR 28,755 62 28,693CA 115,597 1,129 114,468CO 9,148 50 9,098CT 8,256 30 8,226DE 3,639 7 3,632DC 4,483 - -FL 97,438 182 97,256GA 43,491 228 43,263HI 1,746 25 1,721ID 5,387 21 5,366IL 44,685 211 44,474IN 26,040 75 25,965IA 8,057 82 7,975KS 9,126 28 9,098

State Total Eligibility Category

Blind Disabled

KY 29,961 107 29,854LA 36,526 97 36,429ME 4,000 23 3,977MD 17,616 34 17,582MA 23,966 399 23,567MI 42,392 135 42,257MN 13,113 56 13,057MS 24,144 46 24,098MO 23,417 79 23,338MT 2,569 16 2,553NE 4,172 25 4,147NV 8,361 91 8,270NH 2,476 19 2,457NJ 25,574 43 25,531NM 9,218 35 9,183NY 85,701 152 85,549NC 42,646 163 42,483ND 1,058 - -

State Total Eligibility Category

Blind Disabled

OH 49,318 139 49,179OK 18,243 67 18,176OR 10,268 64 10,204PA 72,848 139 72,709RI 4,722 4 4,718SC 20,741 132 20,609SD 2,486 7 2,479TN 25,359 139 25,220TX 137,521 1,176 136,345UT 5,511 28 5,483VT 1,899 11 1,888VA 24,020 67 23,953WA 17,726 72 17,654WV 9,083 41 9,042WI 21,191 46 21,145WY 964 - -
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Table 9.4 Supplemental Security Income— Number of Recipients of Federally Administered Payments, by Age: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7B9; <http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.pdf>; (accessed 16 September 2013 ). The age 18 to 64 group is the difference between the total and the sum of the age 18 and 65 and older category.

State Total Age Group

Under 18 18 to 64 65 or older

U.S. 8,111,761 1,276,778 5,653,014 1,181,969AL 174,917 30,016 133,283 11,618AK 12,675 1,266 9,551 1,858AZ 112,757 20,838 77,216 14,703AR 109,881 28,755 74,623 6,503CA 1,286,271 115,597 812,047 358,627CO 68,725 9,148 50,493 9,084CT 59,731 8,256 44,897 6,578DE 16,155 3,639 11,261 1,255DC 25,748 4,483 19,353 1,912FL 505,807 97,438 295,417 112,952GA 238,751 43,491 170,495 24,765HI 25,330 1,746 17,609 5,975ID 28,202 5,387 20,945 1,870IL 276,332 44,685 201,215 30,432IN 122,084 26,040 90,574 5,470IA 48,903 8,057 37,637 3,209KS 47,372 9,126 35,135 3,111

State Total Age Group

Under 18 18 to 64 65 or older

KY 193,023 29,961 152,457 10,605LA 178,727 36,526 128,720 13,481ME 36,316 4,000 30,351 1,965MD 111,275 17,616 78,734 14,925MA 197,503 23,966 125,611 47,926MI 264,699 42,392 205,623 16,684MN 88,731 13,113 65,274 10,344MS 126,307 24,144 91,744 10,419MO 137,169 23,417 106,074 7,678MT 18,167 2,569 14,331 1,267NE 26,530 4,172 20,333 2,025NV 43,713 8,361 24,795 10,557NH 18,693 2,476 15,276 941NJ 173,143 25,574 113,065 34,504NM 61,838 9,218 44,070 8,550NY 690,258 85,701 474,088 130,469NC 224,780 42,646 161,952 20,182ND 8,361 1,058 6,569 734

State Total Age Group

Under 18 18 to 64 65 or older

OH 294,920 49,318 230,908 14,694OK 95,510 18,243 70,773 6,494OR 77,980 10,268 58,916 8,796PA 367,274 72,848 269,168 25,258RI 32,114 4,722 24,205 3,187SC 114,819 20,741 84,780 9,298SD 14,154 2,486 10,192 1,476TN 179,350 25,359 140,794 13,197TX 639,869 137,521 395,367 106,981UT 29,412 5,511 21,302 2,599VT 15,684 1,899 12,734 1,051VA 150,804 24,020 107,940 18,844WA 142,848 17,726 108,624 16,498WV 80,734 9,083 68,669 2,982WI 110,881 21,191 82,591 7,099WY 6,534 964 5,233 337
82 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.5a: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSA Annual Report, Table 9; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr11.pdfl>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ).

State Total

Type of Beneficiary (Disabled)

Workers Adult Children Widow(er)s

U.S. 9,572,298 8,379,922 947,530 244,846 AL 255,518 225,847 21,126 8,545 AK 14,381 12,825 1,265 291 AZ 167,433 150,778 12,991 3,664 AR 155,189 138,156 12,194 4,839 CA 789,472 690,007 82,841 16,624 CO 110,661 100,000 8,587 2,074 CT 93,197 79,684 11,867 1,646 DE 29,841 26,647 2,540 654 DC 15,251 13,456 1,560 235 FL 577,255 517,600 45,817 13,838 GA 299,429 264,416 26,076 8,937 HI 26,733 23,221 2,939 573 ID 45,693 40,570 4,126 997 IL 332,261 283,252 40,856 8,153 IN 226,045 196,965 22,989 6,091 IA 87,457 74,258 11,380 1,819 KS 82,815 72,365 8,477 1,973 

State Total

Type of Beneficiary (Disabled)

Workers Adult Children Widow(er)s

KY 234,469 206,189 19,916 8,364 LA 177,847 149,911 21,239 6,697 ME 65,122 57,511 6,190 1,421 MD 138,470 122,028 13,701 2,741 MA 222,358 194,434 24,037 3,887 MI 387,508 334,677 43,173 9,658 MN 138,573 120,648 15,942 1,983 MS 149,894 129,781 14,688 5,425 MO 240,215 211,253 22,234 6,728 MT 30,878 27,277 2,918 683 NE 47,585 41,215 5,391 979 NV 64,317 58,995 3,815 1,507 NH 50,266 45,218 4,162 886 NJ 223,987 194,312 25,171 4,504 NM 67,851 60,803 5,583 1,465 NY 589,893 506,939 70,269 12,685 NC 362,494 321,185 31,012 10,297 ND 16,629 13,989 2,362 278 

State Total

Type of Beneficiary (Disabled)

Workers Adult Children Widow(er)s

OH 386,246 332,135 43,339 10,772 OK 140,533 124,067 11,959 4,507 OR 116,037 102,606 10,779 2,652 PA 450,062 390,415 48,489 11,158 RI 40,771 35,905 4,083 783 SC 195,538 172,568 16,682 6,288 SD 21,458 18,415 2,641 402 TN 274,287 241,802 23,301 9,184 TX 626,954 552,723 55,824 18,407 UT 51,006 44,698 5,315 993 VT 24,794 21,661 2,663 470 VA 235,370 206,849 22,176 6,345 WA 189,110 168,044 17,071 3,995 WV 111,622 96,330 11,069 4,223 WI 177,574 152,850 21,504 3,220 WY 13,949 12,442 1,201 306 
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Table 9.5b: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ).

State Total Disabled Congenital Anomalies Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Diseases Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Injuries

U.S. 9,572,298 30,465 312,989 129,722 371,382 AL 255,518 605 10,009 2,494 11,097AK 14,381 74 413 121 636AZ 167,433 509 5,104 2,101 7,015AR 155,189 419 6,515 1,395 6,647CA 789,472 2,826 21,620 15,416 32,178CO 110,661 499 3,190 1,467 4,911CT 93,197 283 2,464 1,256 2,718DE 29,841 104 909 481 1,074DC 15,251 18 469 767 443FL 577,255 1,948 19,436 13,550 25,499GA 299,429 829 11,254 6,320 12,264HI 26,733 77 507 382 1,024ID 45,693 164 1,355 293 1,918IL 332,261 1,136 11,515 4,188 11,216IN 226,045 655 9,535 1,972 7,715IA 87,457 374 3,353 581 3,220KS 82,815 279 2,611 668 3,237KY 234,469 543 7,039 1,596 8,508LA 177,847 456 6,230 2,615 7,537ME 65,122 197 1,659 381 2,186MD 138,470 550 4,349 3,061 5,349MA 222,358 768 4,590 2,952 6,679MI 387,508 1,113 12,785 3,076 13,175MN 138,573 505 3,040 1,078 5,229MS 149,894 340 6,721 1,727 6,625

State Total Disabled Congenital Anomalies Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Diseases Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Injuries

MO 240,215 863 8,863 2,457 10,227MT 30,878 96 772 191 1,455NE 47,585 190 1,628 382 1,978NV 64,317 250 1,967 911 2,878NH 50,266 162 997 254 1,587NJ 223,987 705 5,618 3,475 8,632NM 67,851 242 2,315 730 3,097NY 589,893 1,727 13,649 11,747 20,801NC 362,494 1,084 14,214 5,135 13,590ND 16,629 67 446 84 731OH 386,246 1,439 12,982 3,296 12,696OK 140,533 357 5,370 1,190 5,283OR 116,037 367 3,429 1,317 4,915PA 450,062 1,621 14,664 4,804 18,660RI 40,771 100 946 363 1,162SC 195,538 450 6,492 2,585 7,859SD 21,458 106 612 130 824TN 274,287 692 9,540 2,509 9,311TX 626,954 1,669 26,476 10,548 26,978UT 51,006 296 1,492 348 1,831VT 24,794 115 616 184 905VA 235,370 692 7,817 2,957 8,505WA 189,110 634 5,354 2,109 6,728WV 111,622 290 4,697 700 5,498WI 177,574 918 5,048 1,288 6,390WY 13,949 62 313 90 761
84 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.5c: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ).

State Total Disabled

Diseases of the—

Blood and 

Blood-Forming 

Organs

Circulatory 

System

Digestive 

System

Genitourinary 

System

U.S. 9,572,298 25,638 746,761 145,636 148,987 AL 255,518 955 23,979 3,357 3,678AK 14,381 27 797 246 171AZ 167,433 372 10,724 2,849 2,749AR 155,189 418 14,185 2,348 1,665CA 789,472 1,718 49,140 12,675 16,084CO 110,661 185 5,705 2,075 1,578CT 93,197 218 5,717 1,400 1,241DE 29,841 100 2,341 461 555DC 15,251 63 1,231 154 471FL 577,255 2,029 51,496 11,033 9,555GA 299,429 1,279 30,940 4,642 6,589HI 26,733 39 2,003 267 764ID 45,693 56 2,515 824 502IL 332,261 1,017 27,693 4,426 5,692IN 226,045 545 19,267 3,627 3,030IA 87,457 177 5,500 1,186 958KS 82,815 198 5,860 1,373 1,075KY 234,469 368 19,171 3,164 2,228LA 177,847 670 19,046 2,299 3,009ME 65,122 81 3,705 922 453MD 138,470 577 11,985 2,167 3,234MA 222,358 386 10,804 3,018 1,886MI 387,508 986 30,145 5,422 5,373MN 138,573 241 7,856 1,820 1,533MS 149,894 587 16,899 1,770 2,728

State Total Disabled

Diseases of the—

Blood and 

Blood-Forming 

Organs

Circulatory 

System

Digestive 

System

Genitourinary 

System

MO 240,215 588 18,702 3,942 3,030MT 30,878 46 1,721 482 323NE 47,585 90 3,490 721 722NV 64,317 165 5,020 1,250 1,177NH 50,266 63 2,646 687 339NJ 223,987 782 17,900 3,658 4,131NM 67,851 107 3,363 1,173 1,046NY 589,893 1,709 40,699 7,417 8,151NC 362,494 1,172 33,543 5,618 6,505ND 16,629 12 1,097 238 225OH 386,246 888 30,179 4,918 5,322OK 140,533 265 11,995 2,127 1,801OR 116,037 219 6,732 2,262 1,393PA 450,062 1,083 34,687 7,449 5,879RI 40,771 87 2,305 552 355SC 195,538 869 19,619 2,796 3,578SD 21,458 31 1,334 277 251TN 274,287 607 24,123 3,979 4,087TX 626,954 1,710 53,492 10,241 13,147UT 51,006 74 2,438 847 663VT 24,794 39 1,090 332 190VA 235,370 781 20,216 3,486 4,304WA 189,110 365 10,248 3,536 2,308WV 111,622 194 9,466 1,531 898WI 177,574 381 11,132 2,394 2,200WY 13,949 19 820 198 161
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Table 9.5d: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013).

State Total Disabled

Diseases of the—

Musculoskeletal 

System and 

Connective Tissue

Nervous 

System and 

Sense Organs

Respiratory 

System

Skin and 

Subcutaneous 

Tissue

U.S. 9,572,298 2,516,070 904,992 258,429 21,513 AL 255,518 81,313 21,740 7,283 685AK 14,381 3,985 1,504 279 42AZ 167,433 42,161 16,993 3,973 327AR 155,189 48,969 13,733 4,778 549CA 789,472 204,939 76,975 11,742 1,484CO 110,661 29,746 14,361 3,391 262CT 93,197 19,361 8,927 1,961 195DE 29,841 8,944 2,805 830 55DC 15,251 2,459 1,336 286 52FL 577,255 153,718 52,216 16,712 1,939GA 299,429 79,226 27,104 9,671 706HI 26,733 4,626 2,214 421 62ID 45,693 12,361 4,982 1,204 94IL 332,261 72,227 34,774 9,229 643IN 226,045 54,200 23,157 8,573 463IA 87,457 19,942 9,097 2,690 157KS 82,815 20,708 8,567 2,728 175KY 234,469 72,149 18,033 8,360 484LA 177,847 50,528 14,783 4,247 451ME 65,122 16,922 5,652 1,609 198MD 138,470 30,210 14,258 3,732 352MA 222,358 43,995 18,841 4,161 352MI 387,508 102,105 36,553 11,151 906MN 138,573 27,143 14,453 2,544 240MS 149,894 36,677 12,725 4,061 362

State Total Disabled

Diseases of the—

Musculoskeletal 

System and 

Connective Tissue

Nervous 

System and 

Sense Organs

Respiratory 

System

Skin and 

Subcutaneous 

Tissue

MO 240,215 69,081 22,765 8,214 569MT 30,878 8,669 3,595 1,009 78NE 47,585 11,708 5,275 1,439 77NV 64,317 18,341 6,472 2,026 211NH 50,266 10,571 4,551 1,221 71NJ 223,987 56,615 23,278 5,385 522NM 67,851 19,373 6,547 1,578 166NY 589,893 184,916 52,436 13,686 1,033NC 362,494 99,662 31,671 11,881 917ND 16,629 3,856 1,858 464 40OH 386,246 84,964 34,335 13,267 865OK 140,533 40,958 12,320 4,680 349OR 116,037 32,026 13,442 2,724 278PA 450,062 121,050 42,548 12,498 867RI 40,771 8,703 3,403 949 98SC 195,538 56,863 16,846 6,425 500SD 21,458 5,129 2,829 633 49TN 274,287 75,976 22,387 9,449 601TX 626,954 162,220 64,463 13,593 1,186UT 51,006 11,759 6,210 1,280 96VT 24,794 5,661 2,255 644 54VA 235,370 62,271 21,180 6,879 541WA 189,110 47,531 18,740 4,183 481WV 111,622 32,930 8,270 4,313 269WI 177,574 42,980 19,841 3,813 332WY 13,949 3,643 1,692 580 28
86 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.5e: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ). Intellectual disabilities are further detailed in tables 9.5F and 9.5G

State Total Disabled Neoplasms Intellectual Disability Other Unknown

U.S. 9,572,298 269,473 3,403,959 22,613 263,669 AL 255,518 5,778 75,492 655 6,398AK 14,381 470 5,322 52 242AZ 167,433 4,388 64,358 599 3,211AR 155,189 4,009 46,320 273 2,966CA 789,472 22,970 301,809 2,039 15,857CO 110,661 3,069 37,160 378 2,684CT 93,197 2,751 41,199 197 3,309DE 29,841 889 9,570 66 657DC 15,251 369 6,670 32 431FL 577,255 19,429 180,345 1,309 17,041GA 299,429 9,272 90,010 638 8,685HI 26,733 864 12,765 78 640ID 45,693 1,200 17,270 96 859IL 332,261 10,079 129,599 823 8,004IN 226,045 6,247 79,916 520 6,623IA 87,457 2,565 34,747 172 2,738KS 82,815 2,283 30,986 200 1,867KY 234,469 5,138 80,585 512 6,591LA 177,847 4,720 53,992 390 6,874ME 65,122 1,457 28,229 146 1,325MD 138,470 4,388 48,808 372 5,078MA 222,358 5,779 112,560 461 5,126MI 387,508 10,451 143,020 807 10,440MN 138,573 4,063 65,502 285 3,041MS 149,894 4,048 48,724 350 5,550

State Total Disabled Neoplasms Intellectual Disability Other Unknown

MO 240,215 6,261 79,088 502 5,063MT 30,878 884 10,715 78 764NE 47,585 1,387 17,139 104 1,255NV 64,317 1,738 20,117 165 1,629NH 50,266 1,277 24,822 92 926NJ 223,987 7,371 79,071 687 6,157NM 67,851 1,529 24,879 254 1,452NY 589,893 17,382 195,502 1,031 18,007NC 362,494 10,890 115,455 883 10,274ND 16,629 483 6,547 35 446OH 386,246 10,432 156,730 675 13,258OK 140,533 3,422 47,789 268 2,359OR 116,037 3,284 41,321 278 2,050PA 450,062 12,596 157,201 1,455 13,000RI 40,771 1,084 19,374 124 1,166SC 195,538 5,276 60,148 461 4,771SD 21,458 555 8,176 45 477TN 274,287 7,224 89,706 625 13,471TX 626,954 17,486 206,671 1,403 15,671UT 51,006 1,219 20,549 160 1,744VT 24,794 616 11,298 89 706VA 235,370 7,307 80,886 592 6,956WA 189,110 5,405 76,764 425 4,299WV 111,622 2,558 33,934 273 5,801WI 177,574 4,773 70,177 398 5,509WY 13,949 358 4,942 61 221
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Table 9.5f: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10A; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ).

State All Mental Disorders Autistic Disorders Developmental Disorders Other Adolescent Disorders Intellectual Disability

U.S. 3,403,959 31,322 11,014 10,484 817,295 AL 75,492 438 97 204 20,096AK 5,322 98 16 20 1,115AZ 64,358 418 138 166 10,392AR 46,320 286 126 136 13,772CA 301,809 2,974 1,045 627 54,705CO 37,160 296 124 86 8,062CT 41,199 583 97 55 9,760DE 9,570 125 33 26 2,566DC 6,670 27 63 23 1,682FL 180,345 1,271 407 392 35,911GA 90,010 538 139 198 25,021HI 12,765 87 12 24 2,084ID 17,270 228 64 124 3,659IL 129,599 1,162 615 278 34,875IN 79,916 678 143 187 22,962IA 34,747 347 105 291 11,945KS 30,986 377 41 137 8,752KY 80,585 371 168 198 18,962LA 53,992 365 190 122 19,887ME 28,229 342 91 101 5,318MD 48,808 506 220 166 12,534MA 112,560 1,362 714 536 16,762MI 143,020 1,316 498 458 32,919MN 65,502 976 98 184 15,599MS 48,724 195 128 102 13,142

State All Mental Disorders Autistic Disorders Developmental Disorders Other Adolescent Disorders Intellectual Disability

MO 79,088 683 170 242 21,848MT 10,715 94 41 41 2,655NE 17,139 155 36 74 4,994NV 20,117 141 79 60 3,111NH 24,822 338 161 183 3,223NJ 79,071 1,101 375 233 18,194NM 24,879 174 136 80 4,705NY 195,502 2,211 1,526 601 50,822NC 115,455 979 310 254 34,266ND 6,547 80 12 16 2,271OH 156,730 1,245 227 386 40,771OK 47,789 240 107 91 13,200OR 41,321 763 92 225 8,910PA 157,201 1,488 577 831 43,034RI 19,374 189 66 105 3,878SC 60,148 322 108 90 16,059SD 8,176 54 55 36 2,560TN 89,706 300 102 145 21,897TX 206,671 1,767 689 802 43,360UT 20,549 341 77 77 5,154VT 11,298 188 49 107 2,032VA 80,886 748 193 264 22,840WA 76,764 941 233 302 13,765WV 33,934 189 58 87 11,345WI 70,177 1,173 152 290 18,618WY 4,942 52 11 21 1,301
88 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.5g: Social Security Disability Insurance—Number of Beneficiaries by Disability Type: December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 10A; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.html>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ).

State All Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Organic Mental Disorders Schizophrenic and Other Psychotic Disorders Other

U.S. 3,403,959 1,323,580 335,277 505,672 369,315 AL 75,492 29,195 7,471 10,127 7,864AK 5,322 1,481 674 1,097 821AZ 64,358 29,031 8,867 8,475 6,871AR 46,320 17,431 3,699 5,627 5,243CA 301,809 126,689 29,927 59,581 26,261CO 37,160 13,395 4,649 5,754 4,794CT 41,199 15,880 3,819 7,415 3,590DE 9,570 3,565 950 1,409 896DC 6,670 2,021 907 1,710 237FL 180,345 75,059 21,333 30,901 15,071GA 90,010 31,262 10,797 14,276 7,779HI 12,765 4,436 1,729 2,616 1,777ID 17,270 6,503 1,732 2,081 2,879IL 129,599 51,336 10,597 20,308 10,428IN 79,916 27,755 8,442 10,700 9,049IA 34,747 9,661 3,753 4,739 3,906KS 30,986 10,388 3,134 4,289 3,868KY 80,585 34,840 9,068 6,589 10,389LA 53,992 17,198 3,999 7,874 4,357ME 28,229 11,026 2,302 2,734 6,315MD 48,808 17,392 6,908 7,816 3,266MA 112,560 50,714 9,122 14,711 18,639MI 143,020 57,594 15,530 22,131 12,574MN 65,502 25,349 7,277 8,714 7,305MS 48,724 19,522 4,236 7,130 4,269

State All Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Organic Mental Disorders Schizophrenic and Other Psychotic Disorders Other

MO 79,088 29,391 6,902 11,115 8,737MT 10,715 3,026 1,451 1,435 1,972NE 17,139 5,438 1,710 2,788 1,944NV 20,117 8,383 2,283 3,404 2,656NH 24,822 11,156 1,970 2,388 5,403NJ 79,071 29,904 6,916 15,394 6,954NM 24,879 9,150 3,145 3,182 4,307NY 195,502 70,275 12,161 36,665 21,241NC 115,455 38,895 13,303 16,013 11,435ND 6,547 1,527 864 1,016 761OH 156,730 63,796 12,340 21,478 16,487OK 47,789 17,519 5,121 6,201 5,310OR 41,321 13,397 4,591 6,133 7,210PA 157,201 63,468 10,692 22,212 14,899RI 19,374 8,441 1,546 2,217 2,932SC 60,148 22,132 6,988 8,094 6,355SD 8,176 2,176 1,140 1,144 1,011TN 89,706 38,927 9,089 10,140 9,106TX 206,671 92,516 20,229 26,316 20,992UT 20,549 6,384 2,698 3,229 2,589VT 11,298 4,301 1,170 1,292 2,159VA 80,886 29,934 8,058 11,142 7,707WA 76,764 27,447 10,010 10,983 13,083WV 33,934 12,280 2,863 2,498 4,614WI 70,177 23,519 6,342 9,768 10,315WY 4,942 1,475 773 621 688
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Table 9.6 Social Security Disability Insurance— Total Annual Benefits (in thousands of dollars): December 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 SSI Annual Report, Table 13; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2011/index.htmll>; (accessed 9 September 2013).

State Total ($) Type of Beneficiary (Disabled, $) Workers Widow(er)s Adult Children

U.S. 122,139,156 111,967,836 2,072,448 8,098,968AL 3,192,372 2,956,128 68,964 167,280AK 181,368 168,156 2,688 10,524AZ 2,231,976 2,087,604 32,100 112,272AR 1,884,180 1,754,208 37,128 92,832CA 10,290,984 9,415,296 151,404 724,296CO 1,432,848 1,341,900 17,748 73,200CT 1,223,568 1,101,072 13,752 108,744DE 403,656 375,360 5,508 22,788DC 172,260 158,604 1,872 11,796FL 7,448,796 6,950,124 112,512 386,160GA 3,810,348 3,529,056 69,576 211,716HI 349,176 318,084 5,172 25,932ID 569,592 526,752 8,772 34,080IL 4,300,020 3,859,296 71,424 369,300IN 2,898,324 2,640,588 52,896 204,828IA 1,054,176 943,512 14,928 95,736KS 1,027,068 939,228 16,188 71,652KY 2,908,968 2,681,352 72,576 155,028LA 2,180,076 1,950,696 61,068 168,312ME 770,088 710,844 11,196 48,060MD 1,820,340 1,673,376 24,300 122,676MA 2,800,152 2,563,812 32,784 203,556MI 5,177,700 4,683,408 91,512 402,780MN 1,745,532 1,593,876 16,332 135,336MS 1,798,416 1,648,056 42,120 108,252

State Total ($) Type of Beneficiary (Disabled, $) Workers Widow(er)s Adult Children

MO 2,979,576 2,743,188 53,508 182,868MT 376,704 346,728 5,892 24,084NE 572,688 520,056 7,524 45,108NV 879,144 831,108 13,488 34,548NH 656,616 614,196 7,056 35,364NJ 3,118,200 2,843,268 39,468 235,452NM 831,180 775,428 12,492 43,272NY 7,741,572 6,995,904 109,812 635,844NC 4,580,316 4,258,632 73,680 248,004ND 194,556 173,652 1,992 18,912OH 4,768,032 4,290,792 95,520 381,732OK 1,734,792 1,599,132 37,152 98,508OR 1,486,632 1,368,768 24,072 93,792PA 5,743,884 5,219,304 97,644 426,948RI 503,232 463,320 6,252 33,660SC 2,511,672 2,329,140 46,344 136,200SD 251,856 228,732 3,012 20,112TN 3,398,676 3,138,204 71,352 189,120TX 7,866,192 7,249,824 159,372 456,996UT 645,540 590,208 9,096 46,248VT 295,092 270,060 3,636 21,408VA 3,012,708 2,776,836 52,368 183,504WA 2,454,600 2,264,244 37,296 153,060WV 1,449,156 1,318,260 40,368 90,540WI 2,237,280 2,024,136 26,796 186,348WY 177,276 164,328 2,736 10,200
90 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.7 Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income—Number of Total and Concurrent Beneficiaries, Ages 18 to 64: December 2011 

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 SSI Annual Statistical Report; and 2011 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 5.J14; Tables 10 and 16 <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2011/> and <Table 5.J14 http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/5j.pdf>; (accessed 16 September 2013 ).

State Total

Program

SSDIWorker SSI Concurrent

U.S. 14,538,147 8,379,912 4,776,525 1,381,710 AL 377,810 225,847 115,614 36,349 AK 23,310 12,825 8,360 2,125 AZ 233,447 150,778 65,359 17,310 AR 225,862 138,156 65,669 22,037 CA 1,505,165 690,007 623,257 191,901 CO 157,583 100,000 44,112 13,471 CT 128,021 79,684 37,844 10,493 DE 39,563 26,647 9,963 2,953 DC 33,498 13,456 17,033 3,009 FL 831,137 517,600 244,956 68,581 GA 449,790 264,416 145,255 40,119 HI 41,583 23,221 15,037 3,325 ID 65,879 40,570 19,011 6,298 IL 494,156 283,252 171,017 39,887 IN 305,347 196,965 83,055 25,327 IA 120,580 74,258 33,955 12,367 KS 114,521 72,365 31,480 10,676 

State Total

Program

SSDIWorker SSI Concurrent

KY 374,638 206,189 130,977 37,472 LA 289,235 149,911 110,280 29,044 ME 94,455 57,511 26,966 9,978 MD 207,392 122,028 68,692 16,672 MA 355,579 194,434 122,206 38,939 MI 572,169 334,667 183,086 54,416 MN 194,994 120,648 56,718 17,628 MS 230,538 129,781 77,205 23,552 MO 336,613 211,253 94,784 30,576 MT 44,442 27,277 12,759 4,406 NE 66,031 41,215 18,312 6,504 NV 89,257 58,995 24,137 6,125 NH 64,099 45,218 14,151 4,730 NJ 313,497 194,312 93,316 25,869 NM 107,334 60,803 36,000 10,531 NY 978,423 506,939 368,001 103,483 NC 502,363 321,185 138,101 43,077 ND 21,865 13,989 5,726 2,150 

State Total

Program

SSDIWorker SSI Concurrent

OH 594,364 332,135 205,942 56,287 OK 205,037 124,067 62,729 18,241 OR 169,771 102,606 52,021 15,144 PA 683,159 390,415 232,432 60,312 RI 62,785 35,905 20,706 6,174 SC 265,487 172,568 72,023 20,896 SD 30,191 18,415 8,696 3,080 TN 400,115 241,802 121,866 36,447 TX 973,664 552,723 332,219 88,722 UT 69,658 44,698 19,198 5,762 VT 37,509 21,661 11,272 4,576 VA 327,472 206,849 92,841 27,782 WA 286,486 168,044 93,763 24,679 WV 172,128 96,330 60,029 15,769 WI 251,273 152,850 73,638 24,785 WY 18,872 12,442 4,756 1,674 
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Table 9.8a Supplemental Security Income— Change in the Number of Recipients of Federally Administered Payments, Total, and Age Eligible: 2010 to 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 and 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7.B1; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2011/7b.html> and <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.pdf>, respectively; (accessed 16 September 2012 ). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.[1] Percent change in number.

State

Total Age Eligible

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

U.S. 7,911,329 8,111,761 2.5 1,183,729 1,181,969 -0.1AL 172,220 174,917 1.6 12,504 11,618 -7.1AK 12,242 12,675 3.5 1,888 1,858 -1.6AZ 109,877 112,757 2.6 14,429 14,703 1.9AR 106,745 109,881 2.9 6,938 6,503 -6.3CA 1,269,123 1,286,271 1.4 359,483 358,627 -0.2CO 65,511 68,725 4.9 9,005 9,084 0.9CT 58,229 59,731 2.6 6,603 6,578 -0.4DE 15,804 16,155 2.2 1,283 1,255 -2.2DC 24,371 25,748 5.7 1,890 1,912 1.2FL 484,363 505,807 4.4 109,256 112,952 3.4GA 228,498 238,751 4.5 24,840 24,765 -0.3HI 24,897 25,330 1.7 6,090 5,975 -1.9ID 27,236 28,202 3.5 1,889 1,870 -1.0IL 273,279 276,332 1.1 30,432 30,432 0.0IN 118,030 122,084 3.4 5,507 5,470 -0.7IA 47,634 48,903 2.7 3,236 3,209 -0.8KS 45,841 47,372 3.3 3,164 3,111 -1.7KY 192,328 193,023 0.4 11,039 10,605 -3.9LA 174,669 178,727 2.3 14,037 13,481 -4.0ME 35,486 36,316 2.3 2,002 1,965 -1.8MD 107,386 111,275 3.6 14,905 14,925 0.1MA 192,998 197,503 2.3 47,020 47,926 1.9MI 253,549 264,699 4.4 16,515 16,684 1.0MN 86,482 88,731 2.6 10,415 10,344 -0.7MS 125,569 126,307 0.6 11,016 10,419 -5.4

State

Total Age Eligible

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

MO 133,843 137,169 2.5 7,981 7,678 -3.8MT 17,532 18,167 3.6 1,291 1,267 -1.9NE 25,675 26,530 3.3 1,974 2,025 2.6NV 41,008 43,713 6.6 10,068 10,557 4.9NH 17,915 18,693 4.3 920 941 2.3NJ 168,591 173,143 2.7 34,340 34,504 0.5NM 60,498 61,838 2.2 8,262 8,550 3.5NY 681,191 690,258 1.3 131,407 130,469 -0.7NC 219,443 224,780 2.4 20,872 20,182 -3.3ND 8,302 8,361 0.7 781 734 -6.0OH 285,570 294,920 3.3 14,769 14,694 -0.5OK 93,721 95,510 1.9 6,639 6,494 -2.2OR 74,751 77,980 4.3 8,616 8,796 2.1PA 357,939 367,274 2.6 25,803 25,258 -2.1RI 32,759 32,114 -2.0 3,493 3,187 -8.8SC 112,010 114,819 2.5 9,644 9,298 -3.6SD 13,848 14,154 2.2 1,455 1,476 1.4TN 174,503 179,350 2.8 13,633 13,197 -3.2TX 616,563 639,869 3.8 106,895 106,981 0.1UT 28,079 29,412 4.7 2,518 2,599 3.2VT 15,289 15,684 2.6 1,033 1,051 1.7VA 148,305 150,804 1.7 19,009 18,844 -0.9WA 137,447 142,848 3.9 16,245 16,498 1.6WV 80,335 80,734 0.5 3,136 2,982 -4.9WI 107,476 110,881 3.2 7,228 7,099 -1.8WY 6,369 6,534 2.6 331 337 1.8
92 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.8b Supplemental Security Income— Change in the Number of Recipients of Federally Administered Payments, Blind, and Disabled Eligible: 2010 to 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 and 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 7.B1; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2011/7b.html> and <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/7b.pdf>, respectively; (accessed 16 September 2013 ). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.

State

Blind Disabled

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

U.S. 69,280 69,026 -0.4 6,658,320 6,860,766 3.0AL 819 814 -0.6 158,897 162,485 2.3AK 94 86 -8.5 10,260 10,731 4.6AZ 891 907 1.8 94,557 97,147 2.7AR 698 675 -3.3 99,109 102,703 3.6CA 19,598 19,324 -1.4 890,042 908,320 2.1CO 505 524 3.8 56,001 59,117 5.6CT 433 430 -0.7 51,193 52,723 3.0DE 105 108 2.9 14,416 14,792 2.6DC 127 133 4.7 22,354 23,703 6.0FL 2,714 2,802 3.2 372,393 390,053 4.7GA 1,878 1,889 0.6 201,780 212,097 5.1HI 182 191 4.9 18,625 19,164 2.9ID 206 210 1.9 25,141 26,122 3.9IL 2,362 2,368 0.3 240,485 243,532 1.3IN 870 874 0.5 111,653 115,740 3.7IA 698 711 1.9 43,700 44,983 2.9KS 342 331 -3.2 42,335 43,930 3.8KY 1,231 1,203 -2.3 180,058 181,215 0.6LA 1,449 1,433 -1.1 159,183 163,813 2.9ME 216 217 0.5 33,268 34,134 2.6MD 590 605 2.5 91,891 95,745 4.2MA 3,630 3,616 -0.4 142,348 145,961 2.5MI 1,609 1,590 -1.2 235,425 246,425 4.7MN 684 684 0.0 75,383 77,703 3.1MS 887 879 -0.9 113,666 115,009 1.2

State

Blind Disabled

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

MO 879 870 -1.0 124,983 128,621 2.9MT 118 119 0.8 16,123 16,781 4.1NE 238 244 2.5 23,463 24,261 3.4NV 646 647 0.2 30,294 32,509 7.3NH 156 153 -1.9 16,839 17,599 4.5NJ 837 825 -1.4 133,414 137,814 3.3NM 460 440 -4.3 51,776 52,848 2.1NY 2,878 2,904 0.9 546,906 556,885 1.8NC 1,718 1,751 1.9 196,853 202,847 3.0ND 57 56 -1.8 7,464 7,571 1.4OH 1,732 1,767 2.0 269,069 278,459 3.5OK 676 654 -3.3 86,406 88,362 2.3OR 636 622 -2.2 65,499 68,562 4.7PA 1,967 1,957 -0.5 330,169 340,059 3.0RI 169 162 -4.1 29,097 28,765 -1.1SC 1,271 1,252 -1.5 101,095 104,269 3.1SD 99 93 -6.1 12,294 12,585 2.4TN 1,439 1,475 2.5 159,431 164,678 3.3TX 6,727 6,695 -0.5 502,941 526,193 4.6UT 240 236 -1.7 25,321 26,577 5.0VT 69 73 5.8 14,187 14,560 2.6VA 1,168 1,147 -1.8 128,128 130,813 2.1WA 875 884 1.0 120,327 125,466 4.3WV 514 497 -3.3 76,685 77,255 0.7WI 853 866 1.5 99,395 102,916 3.5WY 40 33 -17.5 5,998 6,164 2.8
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Table 9.9a Social Security Disability Insurance— Change in the Number of Beneficiaries of Federally Administered Payments, Total, and Disabled Worker Eligible: 2010 to 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2012 and 2011 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 5.J14; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2011/5j.html>; and <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/5j.pdf>; respectively; (accessed 16 September 2013 ). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.

State

Total Disabled Worker

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

U.S. 9,175,095 9,572,298 4.3 8,016,515 8,379,922 4.5AL 244,892 255,518 4.3 216,038 225,847 4.5AK 13,595 14,381 5.8 12,119 12,825 5.8AZ 160,442 167,433 4.4 144,342 150,778 4.5AR 150,228 155,189 3.3 133,719 138,156 3.3CA 758,236 789,472 4.1 662,232 690,007 4.2CO 104,647 110,661 5.7 94,404 100,000 5.9CT 90,535 93,197 2.9 77,298 79,684 3.1DE 29,016 29,841 2.8 25,925 26,647 2.8DC 14,580 15,251 4.6 12,843 13,456 4.8FL 546,075 577,255 5.7 488,461 517,600 6.0GA 282,844 299,429 5.9 248,887 264,416 6.2HI 26,138 26,733 2.3 22,686 23,221 2.4ID 43,542 45,693 4.9 38,716 40,570 4.8IL 322,618 332,261 3.0 274,692 283,252 3.1IN 215,075 226,045 5.1 186,817 196,965 5.4IA 84,393 87,457 3.6 71,549 74,258 3.8KS 79,166 82,815 4.6 69,044 72,365 4.8KY 227,321 234,469 3.1 199,732 206,189 3.2LA 170,027 177,847 4.6 142,796 149,911 5.0ME 62,914 65,122 3.5 55,525 57,511 3.6MD 131,874 138,470 5.0 115,898 122,028 5.3MA 214,176 222,358 3.8 187,321 194,434 3.8MI 365,926 387,508 5.9 314,926 334,677 6.3MN 133,120 138,573 4.1 115,780 120,648 4.2MS 145,135 149,894 3.3 125,555 129,781 3.4

State

Total Disabled Worker

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

MO 230,525 240,215 4.2 202,465 211,253 4.3MT 29,579 30,878 4.4 26,077 27,277 4.6NE 46,075 47,585 3.3 39,846 41,215 3.4NV 60,905 64,317 5.6 55,858 58,995 5.6NH 47,248 50,266 6.4 42,504 45,218 6.4NJ 215,011 223,987 4.2 185,970 194,312 4.5NM 65,499 67,851 3.6 58,641 60,803 3.7NY 572,318 589,893 3.1 490,662 506,939 3.3NC 350,580 362,494 3.4 310,399 321,185 3.5ND 16,230 16,629 2.5 13,570 13,989 3.1OH 366,024 386,246 5.5 313,105 332,135 6.1OK 136,267 140,533 3.1 120,235 124,067 3.2OR 110,666 116,037 4.9 97,786 102,606 4.9PA 430,535 450,062 4.5 372,365 390,415 4.8RI 39,180 40,771 4.1 34,381 35,905 4.4SC 187,255 195,538 4.4 164,930 172,568 4.6SD 20,766 21,458 3.3 17,722 18,415 3.9TN 261,693 274,287 4.8 230,168 241,802 5.1TX 600,168 626,954 4.5 528,238 552,723 4.6UT 47,894 51,006 6.5 41,919 44,698 6.6VT 23,808 24,794 4.1 20,774 21,661 4.3VA 227,822 235,370 3.3 199,923 206,849 3.5WA 179,871 189,110 5.1 159,689 168,044 5.2WV 108,743 111,622 2.6 93,663 96,330 2.8WI 170,659 177,574 4.1 146,516 152,850 4.3WY 13,259 13,949 5.2 11,804 12,442 5.4
94 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 9.9b Social Security Disability Insurance— Change in the Number of Beneficiaries of Federally Administered Payments from 2010 to 2011

Source: Social Security Administration, 2011 and 2012 Annual Statistical Supplement, Table 5.J14; <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2011/5j.html>; and <http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/20012/5j.html>; respectively; (accessed 16 September 2013). The blind and disabled categories include some individuals aged 65 or older.

State

Disabled Adult Children Disabled Widow(er)s

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

U.S. 919,859 947,530 3.0 238,721 244,846 2.6AL 20,581 21,126 2.6 8,273 8,545 3.3AK 1,200 1,265 5.4 276 291 5.4AZ 12,532 12,991 3.7 3,568 3,664 2.7AR 11,783 12,194 3.5 4,726 4,839 2.4CA 79,831 82,841 3.8 16,173 16,624 2.8CO 8,257 8,587 4.0 1,986 2,074 4.4CT 11,599 11,867 2.3 1,638 1,646 0.5DE 2,440 2,540 4.1 651 654 0.5DC 1,509 1,560 3.4 228 235 3.1FL 44,237 45,817 3.6 13,377 13,838 3.4GA 25,271 26,076 3.2 8,686 8,937 2.9HI 2,872 2,939 2.3 580 573 -1.2ID 3,856 4,126 7.0 970 997 2.8IL 39,850 40,856 2.5 8,076 8,153 1.0IN 22,417 22,989 2.6 5,841 6,091 4.3IA 11,047 11,380 3.0 1,797 1,819 1.2KS 8,210 8,477 3.3 1,912 1,973 3.2KY 19,428 19,916 2.5 8,161 8,364 2.5LA 20,700 21,239 2.6 6,531 6,697 2.5ME 6,016 6,190 2.9 1,373 1,421 3.5MD 13,321 13,701 2.9 2,655 2,741 3.2MA 23,074 24,037 4.2 3,781 3,887 2.8MI 41,703 43,173 3.5 9,297 9,658 3.9MN 15,396 15,942 3.5 1,944 1,983 2.0MS 14,258 14,688 3.0 5,322 5,425 1.9

State

Disabled Adult Children Disabled Widow(er)s

2010 2011 % Change 2010 2011 % Change

MO 21,527 22,234 3.3 6,533 6,728 3.0MT 2,839 2,918 2.8 663 683 3.0NE 5,291 5,391 1.9 938 979 4.4NV 3,643 3,815 4.7 1,404 1,507 7.3NH 3,926 4,162 6.0 818 886 8.3NJ 24,607 25,171 2.3 4,434 4,504 1.6NM 5,426 5,583 2.9 1,432 1,465 2.3NY 68,961 70,269 1.9 12,695 12,685 -0.1NC 30,178 31,012 2.8 10,003 10,297 2.9ND 2,379 2,362 -0.7 281 278 -1.1OH 42,394 43,339 2.2 10,525 10,772 2.3OK 11,731 11,959 1.9 4,301 4,507 4.8OR 10,328 10,779 4.4 2,552 2,652 3.9PA 47,330 48,489 2.4 10,840 11,158 2.9RI 4,038 4,083 1.1 761 783 2.9SC 16,255 16,682 2.6 6,070 6,288 3.6SD 2,626 2,641 0.6 418 402 -3.8TN 22,581 23,301 3.2 8,944 9,184 2.7TX 53,928 55,824 3.5 18,002 18,407 2.2UT 5,016 5,315 6.0 959 993 3.5VT 2,561 2,663 4.0 473 470 -0.6VA 21,557 22,176 2.9 6,342 6,345 0.0WA 16,307 17,071 4.7 3,875 3,995 3.1WV 10,890 11,069 1.6 4,190 4,223 0.8WI 20,988 21,504 2.5 3,155 3,220 2.1WY 1,164 1,201 3.2 291 306 5.2
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Table 9.10 Monthly Number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Participants

Source: Social Security Administration. Selected Data from Social Security's Disability Program. Release Date: ; <http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/dibStat.html>; (accessed 23 September 2013). The number of applications is for disabled-worker benefits only and, as such, excludes disabled child's and disabled widow(er)'s benefits. These applications ultimately result in either a denial or award of benefits.

Year Month Number

2003 Jan 154,3302003 Feb 136,0752003 Mar 151,1242003 Apr 148,3002003 May 182,2152003 Jun 152,1832003 Jul 141,0582003 Aug 196,9522003 Sep 158,9462003 Oct 196,4672003 Nov 141,7612003 Dec 136,1102004 Jan 175,2142004 Feb 159,5532004 Mar 169,4972004 Apr 215,6182004 May 169,7102004 Jun 154,2552004 Jul 230,0592004 Aug 180,5402004 Sep 165,6042004 Oct 209,7342004 Nov 151,0312004 Dec 156,7162005 Jan 186,8742005 Feb 162,371

Year Month Number

2005 Mar 201,1952005 Apr 178,3962005 May 184,8262005 Jun 161,9372005 Jul 201,0212005 Aug 171,9352005 Sep 199,6402005 Oct 159,0712005 Nov 145,1762005 Dec 178,2242006 Jan 150,3472006 Feb 161,1532006 Mar 217,4712006 Apr 172,6562006 May 175,8972006 Jun 209,4942006 Jul 161,8212006 Aug 178,6192006 Sep 211,3822006 Oct 163,8852006 Nov 144,5732006 Dec 186,7902007 Jan 146,4292007 Feb 164,9732007 Mar 223,2132007 Apr 176,383

Year Month Number

2007 May 178,9982007 Jun 214,4532007 Jul 167,6202007 Aug 227,0742007 Sep 174,4842007 Oct 171,3612007 Nov 197,9922007 Dec 147,2162008 Jan 157,8372008 Feb 221,3272008 Mar 184,6052008 Apr 188,1852008 May 218,6672008 Jun 184,3442008 Jul 173,9912008 Aug 235,2042008 Sep 178,9302008 Oct 235,1612008 Nov 173,2042008 Dec 168,9412009 Jan 239,3852009 Feb 212,3782009 Mar 225,7902009 Apr 225,2322009 May 271,2312009 Jun 230,772

Year Month Number

2009 Jul 277,4882009 Aug 233,8072009 Sep 221,8302009 Oct 278,4222009 Nov 207,0892009 Dec 192,8202010 Jan 257,9392010 Feb 218,6542010 Mar 236,1622010 Apr 289,4482010 May 232,8652010 Jun 225,5262010 Jul 291,9642010 Aug 240,6682010 Sep 232,2702010 Oct 293,6822010 Nov 205,5872010 Dec 211,0332011 Jan 198,4212011 Feb 232,5552011 Mar 289,1432011 Apr 237,3582011 May 235,9762011 Jun 287,2872011 Jul 226,9182011 Aug 234,569

Year Month Number

2011 Sep 275,9812011 Oct 220,6202011 Nov 193,8422011 Dec 246,2502012 Jan 213,9022012 Feb 220,9382012 Mar 289,9062012 Apr 225,8442012 May 231,6712012 Jun 274,3022012 Jul 214,4542012 Aug 288,7952012 Sep 222,7772012 Oct 216,4742012 Nov 240,7962012 Dec 180,9532013 Jan 192,3922013 Feb 211,4182013 Mar 276,4822013 Apr 216,9722013 May 259,7602013 Jun 214,7872013 Jul 196,9522013 Aug 271,235
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Section 10: Medicaid and 

Medicare

This section presents statistics concerning 

Medicaid and Medicare, government run health 

care programs. Specifically, these data concern 

the number of people with disabilities served 

under Medicaid and Medicare and the amount 

spent under each program on people with 

disabilities. The principal source of these data 

is the U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services’ 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical 

Supplement, produced by the Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Tables

Table 10.1: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2010, 

the U.S. spent a total of $147,097,518,680 on 

Medicaid payments to people with disabilities, 

43.5 percent of the total amount spent on all 

Medicaid payments. The District of Columbia 

spent the largest percentage of its Medicaid 

payments on payments to people with disabilities 

(58.8 percent), while Arizona spent the 

smallest percentage of its Medicaid payments 

on payments to people with disabilities (27.2 

percent).

Table 10.2: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2010, 

the U.S. Medicaid program served a total of 

9,338,355 beneficiaries with disabilities, 14.3 

percent of the total number of persons served 

by Medicaid. West Virginia had the largest 

percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries with 

disabilities (26.1 percent), while Arizona had 

the smallest percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries 

with disabilities (7.8 percent).

Table 10.3: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2011, 

the U.S. Medicare program spent a total of 

$66,271,000,000 on people with disabilities, 

19.5 percent of total Medicare expenditures. This 

was the largest percentage of Medicare spending 

on people with disabilities during any year 

between 1974 and 2011.

Table 10.4: As of July 1, 2011, the U.S. 

Medicare program served a total of 8,184,538 

beneficiaries with disabilities, 17.1 percent of 

the total number of persons served by Medicare. 

Kentucky had the largest percentage of Medicare 

beneficiaries with disabilities (25.9 percent), 

while Hawaii had the smallest percentage of 

Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities (11.0 

percent).

Table 10.5: From the Federal Fiscal Year 2009 

to Fiscal Year 2010, the percentage of total 

beneficiaries of Medicaid with disabilities 

(i.e., the total number of disabled Medicaid 

beneficiaries divided by the total number of 

Medicaid beneficiaries) decreased (-0.2 percent) 

in the U.S. The percentage of Medicaid 

beneficiaries with disabilities increased the 

most in Mississippi (by 2.9 percentage points) 

and decreased the most in Tennessee (by 3.9 

percentage points).

Table 10.6: From 2010 to 2011, the percentage 

of total Medicare enrollees with disabilities (i.e., 

the total number of disabled Medicare enrollees 

divided by the total number of Medicare 

enrollees) in the U.S. increased by 0.3 percentage 

points. The percentage of Medicare enrollees with 

disabilities increased the most in Michigan (a 0.6 

percentage point increase).
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Table 10.1 Medicaid—Medicaid Payments by Disability Status (in millions of dollars): Fiscal Year 2010 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 13.23; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 4 September 2013).[1] Disability as a percent of total.

State Medicaid Payments ($) % [1] Total Disabled

U.S. 338,405,842,872 147,097,518,680 43.5AL 4,041,509,130 1,642,296,047 40.6AK 1,206,732,274 466,672,867 38.7AZ 9,509,935,671 2,586,225,785 27.2AR 3,799,172,495 1,692,359,636 44.5CA 34,685,800,451 16,285,404,175 47.0CO 3,266,560,441 1,393,556,274 42.7CT 5,389,790,660 1,958,153,352 36.3DE 1,342,173,263 444,634,828 33.1DC 1,806,398,718 1,062,234,275 58.8FL 16,130,778,687 6,817,067,213 42.3GA 6,968,189,977 2,866,052,620 41.1HI 1,353,084,357 433,730,446 32.1ID 1,348,811,955 681,401,451 50.5IL 11,640,164,174 4,887,328,322 42.0IN 5,751,977,441 2,608,565,448 45.4IA 3,004,792,782 1,447,162,167 48.2KS 2,295,014,237 1,113,852,786 48.5

State Medicaid Payments ($) % [1] Total Disabled

KY 5,302,776,307 2,530,419,415 47.7LA 5,490,759,472 2,690,784,717 49.0ME 1,466,911,543 685,850,023 46.8MD 6,834,261,988 3,184,191,484 46.6MA 10,997,276,302 4,263,849,036 38.8MI 11,363,066,464 4,420,841,882 38.9MN 7,135,729,070 3,392,127,004 47.5MS 3,363,699,687 1,502,811,545 44.7MO 5,764,378,501 2,677,405,834 46.4MT 761,766,750 282,173,403 37.0NE 1,586,178,008 660,581,912 41.6NV 1,300,361,348 530,642,168 40.8NH 1,008,774,639 423,701,599 42.0NJ 8,554,226,253 4,226,147,957 49.4NM 2,770,858,831 769,679,984 27.8NY 42,723,643,133 20,078,616,407 47.0NC 9,588,773,161 4,348,537,029 45.4ND 681,716,807 281,672,793 41.3

State Medicaid Payments ($) % [1] Total Disabled

OH 14,450,436,551 6,571,994,407 45.5OK 3,712,748,920 1,482,009,394 39.9OR 3,120,701,043 1,219,579,353 39.1PA 15,893,983,198 8,064,376,357 50.7RI 1,574,200,574 702,312,454 44.6SC 5,073,061,233 1,834,842,812 36.2SD 777,167,424 321,152,060 41.3TN 9,060,698,768 3,654,802,294 40.3TX 20,718,003,336 8,202,197,618 39.6UT 1,995,098,381 719,524,881 36.1VT 998,648,808 363,696,277 36.4VA 5,860,382,087 2,638,057,758 45.0WA 6,278,750,557 2,395,016,713 38.1WV 2,689,936,243 1,166,509,870 43.4WI 5,394,296,766 2,181,076,587 40.4WY 571,684,006 243,637,961 42.6
98 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 10.2 Medicaid—Medicaid Persons with Disabilities Served (Disabled Beneficiaries): Fiscal Year 2010

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 13.22; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 4 September 2013).[1] Disability as a percent of total.

State

Number of Beneficiaries

% [1] Total Disabled

U.S. 65,182,094 9,338,355 14.3AL 930,899 209,523 22.5AK 126,754 16,486 13.0AZ 1,801,087 140,731 7.8AR 772,666 132,321 17.1CA 11,212,097 1,169,466 10.4CO 628,683 80,850 12.9CT 663,721 67,873 10.2DE 210,383 22,088 10.5DC 210,606 41,451 19.7FL 3,656,331 536,469 14.7GA 1,862,867 281,034 15.1HI 288,320 26,552 9.2ID 241,166 36,470 15.1IL 2,747,177 331,729 12.1IN 1,171,341 152,868 13.1IA 507,551 77,071 15.2KS 363,755 67,366 18.5

State

Number of Beneficiaries

% [1] Total Disabled

KY 957,044 237,622 24.8LA 1,236,430 198,139 16.0ME 327,524 64,220 19.6MD 939,396 139,327 14.8MA 1,598,374 260,239 16.3MI 2,194,864 329,431 15.0MN 850,293 120,842 14.2MS 801,408 157,468 19.6MO 1,094,776 202,328 18.5MT 126,300 20,346 16.1NE 269,133 36,131 13.4NV 333,504 38,821 11.6NH 148,043 24,188 16.3NJ 1,226,460 201,957 16.5NM 557,415 50,925 9.1NY 5,011,084 735,190 14.7NC 1,863,801 288,280 15.5ND 82,207 10,687 13.0

State

Number of Beneficiaries

% [1] Total Disabled

OH 2,319,252 366,057 15.8OK 852,603 109,846 12.9OR 593,236 87,803 14.8PA 2,325,603 562,684 24.2RI 213,691 37,748 17.7SC 940,753 153,884 16.4SD 141,740 19,925 14.1TN 1,532,198 279,952 18.3TX 4,744,509 534,106 11.3UT 366,271 41,012 11.2VT 178,452 22,816 12.8VA 967,712 160,760 16.6WA 1,308,996 183,911 14.0WV 397,094 103,453 26.1WI 1,210,706 158,336 13.1WY 75,818 9,573 12.6
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Table 10.3 Medicare—Medicare Payments by Type of Entitlement (in millions of dollars, unadjusted): 1974-2011

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 3.2; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 4 September 2013 ).[1] Disability as a percent of total.

Year Medicare Payments ($) % [1] Total Aged Disabled

1974 11,238 10,257 981 8.71975 14,549 13,056 1,492 10.31976 17,619 15,637 1,983 11.31977 20,477 18,015 2,462 12.01978 23,543 20,579 2,964 12.61979 27,699 24,005 3,694 13.31980 33,725 29,224 4,501 13.31981 39,918 36,614 5,304 13.31982 48,134 41,787 6,347 13.21983 53,438 46,727 6,711 12.61984 59,132 52,118 7,014 11.91985 63,877 56,428 7,449 11.71986 68,863 60,810 8,053 11.7

Year Medicare Payments ($) % [1] Total Aged Disabled

1987 75,817 67,098 8,719 11.51988 81,403 72,187 9,217 11.31989 93,844 82,757 11,087 11.81990 101,419 89,620 11,799 11.61991 110,887 98,059 12,828 11.61992 120,710 106,241 14,469 12.01993 129,386 113,491 15,894 12.31994 146,549 127,714 18,835 12.91995 158,980 137,952 21,029 13.21996 167,063 144,485 22,577 13.51997 175,423 151,655 23,768 13.51998 168,164 144,418 23,746 14.11999 166,687 142,425 24,262 14.6

Year Medicare Payments ($) % [1] Total Aged Disabled

2000 174,261 148,488 25,773 14.82001 197,505 167,825 29,680 15.02002 215,411 182,303 33,108 15.42003 232,821 195,726 37,095 15.92004 255,325 213,241 42,085 16.52005 274,143 227,594 46,550 17.02006 280,672 232,468 48,204 17.22007 288,504 237,806 50,697 17.62008 301,136 247,118 54,018 17.92009 318,009 258,546 59,462 18.72010 331,129 267,696 63,434 19.22011 340,543 274,272 66,271 19.5
100 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 10.4 Medicare—Medicare Enrollment by Type of Entitlement: July 1, 2011

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 2.8; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 4 September 2013 ).[1] Disability as a percent of total.

State

Number of Medicare Enrollees

% [1] Total Aged Disabled

U.S. 47,740,806 39,556,268 8,184,538 17.1AL 864,160 649,304 214,856 24.9AK 68,864 56,432 12,432 18.1AZ 962,360 814,283 148,077 15.4AR 541,870 411,072 130,798 24.1CA 4,900,501 4,199,781 700,720 14.3CO 649,626 554,556 95,070 14.6CT 576,839 496,176 80,663 14.0DE 153,707 127,915 25,792 16.8DC 79,775 66,066 13,709 17.2FL 3,471,895 2,983,329 488,566 14.1GA 1,280,520 1,022,872 257,648 20.1HI 212,912 189,491 23,421 11.0ID 237,567 198,457 39,110 16.5IL 1,872,074 1,586,148 285,926 15.3IN 1,026,925 839,256 187,669 18.3IA 522,966 449,466 73,500 14.1KS 439,315 370,204 69,111 15.7

State

Number of Medicare Enrollees

% [1] Total Aged Disabled

KY 776,814 575,895 200,919 25.9LA 702,860 549,451 153,409 21.8ME 270,719 212,985 57,734 21.3MD 807,149 688,878 118,271 14.7MA 1,084,638 890,537 194,101 17.9MI 1,689,263 1,364,926 324,337 19.2MN 803,635 686,209 117,426 14.6MS 506,614 378,039 128,575 25.4MO 1,022,181 821,592 200,589 19.6MT 173,661 146,764 26,897 15.5NE 282,613 242,294 40,319 14.3NV 371,789 315,912 55,877 15.0NH 228,980 186,361 42,619 18.6NJ 1,351,656 1,164,349 187,307 13.9NM 322,493 262,571 59,922 18.6NY 3,041,341 2,536,309 505,032 16.6NC 1,533,296 1,223,131 310,165 20.2ND 110,078 95,631 14,447 13.1

State

Number of Medicare Enrollees

% [1] Total Aged Disabled

OH 1,933,520 1,602,611 330,909 17.1OK 614,693 494,548 120,145 19.5OR 640,447 541,934 98,513 15.4PA 2,311,978 1,928,732 383,246 16.6RI 185,622 150,588 35,034 18.9SC 799,441 634,677 164,764 20.6SD 138,583 120,495 18,088 13.1TN 1,086,478 851,412 235,066 21.6TX 3,104,295 2,572,223 532,072 17.1UT 292,447 249,010 43,437 14.9VT 114,625 93,460 21,165 18.5VA 1,173,277 972,959 200,318 17.1WA 1,004,900 843,836 161,064 16.0WV 386,080 288,807 97,273 25.2WI 930,833 784,134 146,699 15.8WY 81,931 70,200 11,731 14.3
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Table 10.5 Medicaid—Change in Percent of Total Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Fiscal Year 2009 to Fiscal Year 2010

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 13.22; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 16 September 2013).[1] Disability as a percent of total.[2] Difference in Disability as a percent of total.

State % Total [1] Change [2] 2009 2010

U.S. 14.5 14.3 -0.2AL 23.2 22.5 -0.7AK 13.0 13.0 0.0AZ 9.0 7.8 -1.2AR 15.3 17.1 1.8CA 10.0 10.4 0.4CO 12.9 12.9 0.0CT 11.4 10.2 -1.2DE 10.3 10.5 0.2DC 23.3 19.7 -3.6FL 15.5 14.7 -0.8GA 15.3 15.1 -0.2HI 9.8 9.2 -0.6ID 15.1 15.1 0.0IL 12.3 12.1 -0.2IN 12.7 13.1 0.4IA 15.4 15.2 -0.2KS 18.3 18.5 0.2

State % Total [1] Change [2] 2009 2010

KY 24.8 24.8 0.0LA 15.8 16.0 0.2ME 17.7 19.6 1.9MD 15.6 14.8 -0.8MA 17.3 16.3 -1.0MI 15.6 15.0 -0.6MN 14.3 14.2 -0.1MS 16.7 19.6 2.9MO 18.5 18.5 0.0MT 16.7 16.1 -0.6NE 13.3 13.4 0.1NV 13.0 11.6 -1.4NH 16.0 16.3 0.3NJ 16.9 16.5 -0.4NM 11.6 9.1 -2.5NY 14.4 14.7 0.3NC 15.5 15.5 0.0ND 13.4 13.0 -0.4

State % Total [1] Change [2] 2009 2010

OH 15.8 15.8 0.0OK 13.2 12.9 -0.3OR 15.7 14.8 -0.9PA 23.9 24.2 0.3RI 18.1 17.7 -0.4SC 16.5 16.4 -0.1SD 14.0 14.1 0.1TN 22.2 18.3 -3.9TX 11.7 11.3 -0.4UT 11.1 11.2 0.1VT 13.9 12.8 -1.1VA 16.8 16.6 -0.2WA 14.4 14.0 -0.4WV 26.6 26.1 -0.5WI 13.4 13.1 -0.3WY 12.7 12.6 -0.1
102 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 10.6 Medicare—Change in Percent of Total Enrollees with Disabilities: 2010 to 2011 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009 and 2010 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Table 2.8; <http://www.cms.gov/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/>; (accessed 16 September 2013). Percentages are rounded. Discrepancies are due to rounding.[1] Disability as a percent of total.[2] Difference in Disability as a percent of total.

State % [1] Difference [2] 2010 2011

U.S. 16.8 17.1 0.3AL 24.4 24.9 0.5AK 18.1 18.1 0.0AZ 15.3 15.4 0.1AR 23.7 24.1 0.4CA 14.2 14.3 0.1CO 14.4 14.6 0.2CT 13.8 14.0 0.2DE 16.7 16.8 0.1DC 16.6 17.2 0.6FL 13.7 14.1 0.4GA 19.9 20.1 0.2HI 10.8 11.0 0.2ID 16.1 16.5 0.4IL 15.0 15.3 0.3IN 17.8 18.3 0.5IA 13.8 14.1 0.3KS 15.3 15.7 0.4

State % [1] Difference [2] 2010 2011

KY 25.5 25.9 0.4LA 21.4 21.8 0.4ME 21.1 21.3 0.2MD 14.3 14.7 0.4MA 17.5 17.9 0.4MI 18.6 19.2 0.6MN 14.3 14.6 0.3MS 25.2 25.4 0.2MO 19.2 19.6 0.4MT 15.2 15.5 0.3NE 13.9 14.3 0.4NV 14.8 15.0 0.2NH 18.2 18.6 0.4NJ 13.6 13.9 0.3NM 18.3 18.6 0.3NY 16.4 16.6 0.2NC 20.1 20.2 0.1ND 12.9 13.1 0.2

State % [1] Difference [2] 2010 2011

OH 16.6 17.1 0.5OK 19.1 19.5 0.4OR 15.1 15.4 0.3PA 16.1 16.6 0.5RI 18.5 18.9 0.4SC 20.5 20.6 0.1SD 12.8 13.1 0.3TN 21.3 21.6 0.3TX 16.8 17.1 0.3UT 14.4 14.9 0.5VT 18.2 18.5 0.3VA 17.0 17.1 0.1WA 15.8 16.0 0.2WV 25.0 25.2 0.2WI 15.3 15.8 0.5WY 14.1 14.3 0.2
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Section 11: Special Education 

This section presents statistics on Special 

Education programs, specifically on children 

served under the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA), Part B. These data 

concern the number of children with disabilities 

served (by age and by type of disability), 

mainstream education of children with 

disabilities, dropout and graduation rates, and 

state grant awards. The principal source of this 

data is the Office of Special Education Programs’ 

Data Accountability Center, which produces 

IDEA 618 Data Tables.

Tables

Table 11.1: In the fall of 2011, there were 

67,789,851 students ages 6-21 in the United 

States. Of these students, 5,670,680 or 8.4 

percent received special education services under 

IDEA, Part B. Idaho and Hawaii had the smallest 

percentage (6.3 percent), while New Jersey 

and the District of Columbia had the largest 

percentage (11.2 percent).

Table 11.2: Of the 6,401,238 youth ages 3-21 

who received special education services under 

IDEA, Part B, in the fall of 2011, 730,558 (or 

11.4 percent) were 3-5 years old; 2,603,978 (or 

40.7 percent) were 6-11 years old; 2,700,842 (or 

42.2 percent) were 12-17 years old; and 365,860 

(or 5.7 percent) were 18-21 years old.

Tables 11.3a-11.3d: The 5,670,680 students 

ages 6-21 who received special education services 

under IDEA, Part B, in the fall of 2011 were in 

the following diagnostic categories: 2,293,861 

(or 40.5 percent) in specific learning disability, 

1,043,781 (or 18.1 percent) in speech or 

language impairment, 422,401 (or 7.4 percent) 

in intellectual disabilities, 370,049 (or 6.5 

percent) in emotional disturbance, 123,762 (or 

2.2 percent) in multiple disabilities, 68,494 (or 

1.2 percent) in hearing impairments, 53,939 

(or 1.0 percent) in orthopedic impairments, 

722,993(or 12.7 percent) in other health 

impairments, 24,811 (or 0.4 percent) in visual 

impairments, 404,544 (or 7.1 percent) in autism, 

1,294 (or 0.02 percent) in deaf-blindness, 24,224 

(or 0.4 percent) in traumatic brain injury, and 

115,454 (or 2.0 percent) in developmental delay.

Table 11.4: Of the 5,670,680 youth ages 6-21 

who received special education services under 

IDEA, Part B, in the fall of 2011, 4,581,991(or 

80.8 percent) spend 40 percent or more of their 

time in the regular classroom. The District of 

Columbia had the smallest percentage (65.3 

percent), while North Dakota had the largest 

percentage (92.5 percent).

Table 11.5: Of the 369,997 students ages 14-

21 who exited IDEA, Part B, special education 

services in 2010-2011, 253,156 graduated with 

a diploma, 58,618 received a certificate, 78,653 

dropped out, and 6,404 died/aged out of service. 

Table 11.6: Of the 396,997 students ages 14-

21 who exited IDEA, Part B, special education 

services in 2010-2011 by either graduating with 

a diploma, receiving a certificate of completion, 

dropping out, dying, or aging out of service, 

63.8 percent graduated with a diploma. Utah 

had the smallest percentage (14.8 percent), while 

Minnesota had the largest percentage (87.9 

percent).

Table 11.7: Of the 396,997 students ages 14-

21 who exited IDEA, Part B, special education 

services in 2010-2011 by either graduating with 

a diploma, receiving a certificate of completion, 

dropping out, dying, or aging out of service, 19.8 

percent dropped out. Tennessee had the smallest 

percentage (7.5 percent), while Utah had the 

largest percentage (76.3 percent).

Table 11.8: From the school year beginning in 

fall 2010 to the school year beginning in fall 

2011, the graduation rate among students ages 

14-21 served under IDEA, Part B, increased 

in the U.S. by 1.1 percentage points. The 

graduation rate increased the most in Delaware 

(by 20.4 percentage points) and decreased the 

most in Utah (by 62.4 percentage points).

Table 11.9: From the school year beginning in 

fall 2010 to the school year beginning in fall 

2011, the dropout rate among students ages 14-

21 served under IDEA, Part B, decreased in the 

U.S. by 1.1 percentage points. The dropout rate 

increased the most in Utah (by 57.9 percentage 

points) and decreased the most in the Delaware 

(by 17.8 percentage points).
104 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.1 Special Education—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, as a Percentage of Population: Fall 2011 

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). [1] The estimated population of students ages 6-21 is derived from the Current Population Survey.[2] Part B as a percent of population

State

Number

% [2] Population [1] Students

U.S. 67,789,851 5,670,680 8.4AL 1,045,891 72,794 7.0AK 166,551 15,889 9.5AZ 1,455,956 111,963 7.7AR 639,938 51,515 8.1CA 8,516,864 605,549 7.1CO 1,101,250 74,885 6.8CT 763,595 60,324 7.9DE 191,367 16,936 8.9DC 108,766 11,105 10.2FL 3,720,799 321,477 8.6GA 2,246,676 162,884 7.3HI 271,456 17,156 6.3ID 375,760 23,485 6.3IL 2,828,873 256,013 9.1IN 1,474,495 145,975 9.9IA 672,478 60,523 9.0KS 651,842 55,211 8.5

State

Number

% [2] Population [1] Students

KY 927,742 81,363 8.8LA 1,009,872 71,095 7.0ME 256,791 28,247 11.0MD 1,230,599 90,449 7.4MA 1,366,286 149,745 11.0MI 2,191,972 188,948 8.6MN 1,147,630 107,992 9.4MS 684,066 53,836 7.9MO 1,297,158 109,091 8.4MT 204,800 14,336 7.0NE 411,776 39,654 9.6NV 580,685 41,519 7.2NH 275,016 26,264 9.6NJ 1,845,009 207,010 11.2NM 464,586 41,534 8.9NY 4,035,728 388,237 9.6NC 2,088,752 168,980 8.1ND 145,457 11,302 7.8

State

Number

% [2] Population [1] Students

OH 2,488,466 235,160 9.5OK 842,458 90,480 10.7OR 789,934 71,805 9.1PA 2,646,226 262,241 9.9RI 226,342 21,842 9.7SC 1,001,828 88,762 8.9SD 180,603 15,279 8.5TN 1,359,816 110,689 8.1TX 6,127,788 398,919 6.5UT 749,724 62,377 8.3VT 130,747 12,081 9.2VA 1,710,308 144,521 8.5WA 1,427,338 114,758 8.0WV 363,024 38,771 10.7WI 1,228,267 107,719 8.8WY 120,503 11,990 10.0
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Table 11.2 Special Education—Children and Students Served under IDEA, Part B, by Age: Fall 2011

Source: OOffice of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ). 

State Age

3 to 5 6 to 11 12 to 17 18 to 21

U.S. 730,558 2,603,978 2,700,842 365,860AL 7,355 33,080 34,511 5,203AK 2,166 7,897 6,987 1,005AZ 15,235 54,753 51,626 5,584AR 13,275 25,124 23,698 2,693CA 73,720 273,836 290,528 41,185CO 12,348 36,253 33,878 4,754CT 7,956 25,747 30,691 3,886DE 2,230 7,932 7,840 1,164DC 1,431 4,189 5,619 1,297FL 37,445 139,691 156,076 25,710GA 16,539 75,788 77,570 9,526HI 2,449 7,729 8,775 652ID 3,379 12,033 10,225 1,227IL 36,943 117,718 121,937 16,358IN 18,172 67,563 68,288 10,124IA 7,467 27,796 29,334 3,393KS 10,598 27,818 24,471 2,922

State Age

3 to 5 6 to 11 12 to 17 18 to 21

KY 17,422 44,170 33,215 3,978LA 11,206 34,722 31,580 4,793ME 3,831 13,198 13,704 1,345MD 13,114 41,019 43,380 6,050MA 16,491 66,206 74,381 9,158MI 21,086 86,102 90,885 11,961MN 15,361 50,284 50,107 7,601MS 10,498 28,481 21,952 3,403MO 15,984 52,303 50,115 6,673MT 1,696 7,046 6,715 575NE 5,175 20,478 17,273 1,903NV 7,598 19,824 19,611 2,084NH 3,158 10,795 14,095 1,374NJ 16,925 93,687 103,180 10,143NM 5,021 21,503 17,774 2,257NY 64,082 173,721 191,032 23,484NC 18,787 79,969 78,427 10,584ND 1,791 5,217 5,385 700

State Age

3 to 5 6 to 11 12 to 17 18 to 21

OH 23,904 97,286 118,880 18,994OK 8,480 43,565 42,369 4,546OR 9,913 34,215 33,451 4,139PA 32,722 112,239 131,989 18,013RI 2,984 9,232 10,979 1,631SC 10,862 42,778 39,745 6,239SD 2,726 8,477 5,955 847TN 13,381 55,368 49,104 6,217TX 40,756 170,635 197,144 31,140UT 8,856 32,608 26,769 3,000VT 1,752 5,291 5,993 797VA 16,677 65,922 68,901 9,698WA 14,588 56,363 51,552 6,843WV 5,488 19,933 16,535 2,303WI 16,106 50,116 51,499 6,104WY 3,429 6,278 5,112 600
106 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.3a Special Education—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ). [1] Specific Learning Disabilities.[2] Speech or Language Impairment.[3] Intellectual Disabilities.

State All Disabilities Category SLD [1] S/LI [2] ID [3]

U.S. 5,670,680 2,293,861 1,043,781 422,401AL 72,794 33,618 13,109 5,891AK 15,889 7,407 2,447 614AZ 111,963 52,790 19,670 7,379AR 51,515 18,377 12,694 5,662CA 605,549 277,827 115,330 38,230CO 74,885 32,981 13,208 2,922CT 60,324 21,023 9,961 2,399DE 16,936 8,764 1,492 1,600DC 11,105 4,522 794 876FL 321,477 140,880 78,582 27,140GA 162,884 55,481 23,678 17,257HI 17,156 8,509 541 1,156ID 23,485 6,960 5,145 1,905IL 256,013 108,297 44,362 18,740IN 145,975 52,681 30,935 16,288IA 60,523 36,546 5,213 10,429KS 55,211 22,922 8,664 3,372

State All Disabilities Category SLD [1] S/LI [2] ID [3]

KY 81,363 13,944 19,474 14,682LA 71,095 23,386 16,144 7,420ME 28,247 9,223 4,597 666MD 90,449 31,902 14,353 5,183MA 149,745 48,355 25,053 10,124MI 188,948 72,979 39,469 19,164MN 107,992 30,220 16,337 8,247MS 53,836 15,205 15,610 3,566MO 109,091 32,334 28,846 10,080MT 14,336 4,845 2,870 552NE 39,654 14,021 9,512 3,546NV 41,519 22,105 6,348 1,934NH 26,264 10,743 3,648 787NJ 207,010 79,454 42,687 5,194NM 41,534 18,098 9,790 1,871NY 388,237 154,533 86,049 11,545NC 168,980 67,177 21,893 18,317ND 11,302 4,019 2,392 748

State All Disabilities Category SLD [1] S/LI [2] ID [3]

OH 235,160 98,904 28,413 24,446OK 90,480 40,526 9,869 5,403OR 71,805 27,087 16,206 3,830PA 262,241 125,624 39,517 18,702RI 21,842 8,605 3,061 848SC 88,762 41,981 15,229 7,553SD 15,279 6,246 3,156 1,422TN 110,689 44,914 26,133 7,445TX 398,919 172,148 62,888 32,791UT 62,377 30,407 13,167 3,204VT 12,081 3,969 1,366 777VA 144,521 55,517 20,978 9,547WA 114,758 44,949 16,816 4,659WV 38,771 11,753 11,075 6,891WI 107,719 34,721 21,923 8,871WY 11,990 4,382 3,087 526
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Table 11.3b Special Education—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Missing values were suppressed to protect confidentiality. US values do not reflect missing values.[1] Emotional Disturbance.[2] Multiple Disabilities.[3] Hearing Impairment.

State All Disabilities Category ED [1] MD [2] HI [3]

U.S. 5,670,680 370,049 123,762 68,494AL 72,794 1,347 1,294 897AK 15,889 669 399 145AZ 111,963 7,859 2,093 1,495AR 51,515 736 1,344 525CA 605,549 25,867 4,547 10,605CO 74,885 6,689 3,316 1,304CT 60,324 5,291 2,631 561DE 16,936 724 - 224DC 11,105 1,475 1,398 39FL 321,477 21,468 - 3,555GA 162,884 14,538 - 1,697HI 17,156 1,100 497 308ID 23,485 1,402 509 264IL 256,013 20,696 2,032 3,423IN 145,975 13,234 1,962 2,075IA 60,523 5,897 334 423KS 55,211 2,528 2,328 509

State All Disabilities Category ED [1] MD [2] HI [3]

KY 81,363 4,922 2,410 630LA 71,095 1,877 942 1,156ME 28,247 2,438 2,816 184MD 90,449 7,172 3,417 985MA 149,745 13,838 4,512 1,052MI 188,948 13,353 2,853 2,508MN 107,992 14,953 1,239 2,025MS 53,836 3,135 947 658MO 109,091 6,347 1,462 1,132MT 14,336 683 3,027 69NE 39,654 1,964 391 571NV 41,519 1,928 1,013 453NH 26,264 2,263 365 215NJ 207,010 8,565 18,905 1,477NM 41,534 2,059 847 514NY 388,237 29,484 17,291 4,291NC 168,980 6,303 2,287 1,934ND 11,302 804 - 94

State All Disabilities Category ED [1] MD [2] HI [3]

OH 235,160 16,013 13,284 2,191OK 90,480 4,355 1,524 999OR 71,805 4,567 - 810PA 262,241 23,068 2,896 2,621RI 21,842 2,126 343 148SC 88,762 3,056 681 1,022SD 15,279 1,134 509 128TN 110,689 3,220 2,060 1,325TX 398,919 26,206 5,310 6,227UT 62,377 2,093 1,552 531VT 12,081 1,880 174 98VA 144,521 9,312 3,213 1,228WA 114,758 4,505 2,614 1,141WV 38,771 1,533 - 385WI 107,719 12,656 - 1,492WY 11,990 717 194 151
108 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.3c Special Education—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Missing values were suppressed to protect confidentiality. U.S. values do not reflect missing values.[1] Orthopedic Impairments.[2] Other Health Impairments.[3] Visual Impairments.

State All Disabilities Category OI [1] OHI [2] VI [3]

U.S. 5,670,680 53,939 722,993 24,811AL 72,794 600 8,072 448AK 15,889 65 2,220 37AZ 111,963 702 8,726 477AR 51,515 199 8,670 202CA 605,549 11,691 57,720 3,534CO 74,885 9,640 - 310CT 60,324 71 12,007 174DE 16,936 246 2,162 62DC 11,105 - 1,115 -FL 321,477 3,074 25,619 1,180GA 162,884 849 25,854 707HI 17,156 79 2,636 58ID 23,485 112 3,501 -IL 256,013 1,483 27,357 1,061IN 145,975 1,406 14,517 904IA 60,523 676 83 83KS 55,211 245 6,918 166

State All Disabilities Category OI [1] OHI [2] VI [3]

KY 81,363 438 13,941 493LA 71,095 1,088 9,492 468ME 28,247 - 5,729 60MD 90,449 292 15,894 279MA 149,745 1,224 15,188 507MI 188,948 2,040 19,383 736MN 107,992 1,525 16,471 347MS 53,836 469 7,327 320MO 109,091 527 19,163 471MT 14,336 47 1,743 50NE 39,654 241 5,505 207NV 41,519 291 3,676 144NH 26,264 77 4,906 93NJ 207,010 574 35,423 397NM 41,534 253 3,445 191NY 388,237 1,866 58,367 1,243NC 168,980 864 31,445 636ND 11,302 90 1,662 -

State All Disabilities Category OI [1] OHI [2] VI [3]

OH 235,160 1,602 31,680 934OK 90,480 403 12,402 483OR 71,805 738 10,356 313PA 262,241 739 26,772 1,082RI 21,842 64 3,527 56SC 88,762 617 10,428 397SD 15,279 63 1,799 -TN 110,689 676 13,452 643TX 398,919 3,532 52,293 3,087UT 62,377 161 5,035 194VT 12,081 46 1,970 25VA 144,521 737 29,124 544WA 114,758 473 22,919 346WV 38,771 133 5,211 250WI 107,719 841 18,226 412WY 11,990 70 1,862 -
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Table 11.3d Special Education—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, by Select Diagnostic Categories: Fall 2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ). Missing values were suppressed to protect confidentiality. U.S. values do not reflect missing values.[1] Autism.[2] Deaf-Blindness.[3] Traumatic Brain Injury[4] Developmental Delay.

State All Disabilities Category A [1] DB [2] TBI [3] DD [4]

U.S. 5,670,680 404,544 1,294 24,224 115,454AL 72,794 4,418 10 244 2,846AK 15,889 836 5 49 996AZ 111,963 7,876 109 323 2,464AR 51,515 2,930 6 170 -CA 605,549 58,432 117 1,649 -CO 74,885 4,008 19 488 -CT 60,324 6,071 20 115 -DE 16,936 947 56 59 600DC 11,105 489 0 30 342FL 321,477 19,365 54 560 -GA 162,884 11,638 21 433 10,731HI 17,156 1,133 10 61 1,068ID 23,485 1,988 - 109 1,491IL 256,013 16,144 19 661 11,738IN 145,975 11,486 26 461 -IA 60,523 676 0 163 -KS 55,211 2,526 18 170 4,845

State All Disabilities Category A [1] DB [2] TBI [3] DD [4]

KY 81,363 3,906 16 207 6,300LA 71,095 3,380 - - 5,517ME 28,247 2,372 - 55 -MD 90,449 8,444 17 250 2,261MA 149,745 10,991 141 7,780 10,980MI 188,948 14,135 14 578 1,736MN 107,992 13,817 57 426 2,328MS 53,836 2,553 11 146 3,889MO 109,091 7,561 21 446 701MT 14,336 406 - - -NE 39,654 2,128 8 204 1,356NV 41,519 3,448 5 174 -NH 26,264 1,703 7 64 1,393NJ 207,010 13,459 94 781 -NM 41,534 1,596 7 190 2,673NY 388,237 22,427 17 1,124 -NC 168,980 11,774 34 426 5,890ND 11,302 652 - 54 736

State All Disabilities Category A [1] DB [2] TBI [3] DD [4]

OH 235,160 16,278 49 1,366 -OK 90,480 3,386 11 257 10,862OR 71,805 7,618 12 268 -PA 262,241 20,372 74 678 96RI 21,842 1,822 - - 1,183SC 88,762 3,819 - - 3,790SD 15,279 713 - 66 -TN 110,689 6,010 9 283 4,519TX 398,919 33,103 115 1,219 -UT 62,377 4,013 28 277 1,715VT 12,081 852 6 48 870VA 144,521 12,018 25 377 1,901WA 114,758 8,593 26 309 7,408WV 38,771 1,425 - - -WI 107,719 8,154 - 359 -WY 11,990 653 - 67 229
110 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.4 Special Education—Educational Environment—Students Ages 6 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B that Spent 40 Percent or More Time Inside Regular Class: Fall 2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013 ). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period.[1] Number greater than 40 percent in regular class.[2] Greater than 40 percent as a percent of students in all environments.

State

Number

% [2] All 

Environments

Regular Class 

[1]

U.S. 5,670,680 4,581,991 80.8AL 72,794 65,712 90.3AK 15,889 13,621 85.7AZ 111,963 91,720 81.9AR 51,515 43,250 84.0CA 605,549 441,589 72.9CO 74,885 66,619 89.0CT 60,324 51,692 85.7DE 16,936 13,234 78.1DC 11,105 7,247 65.3FL 321,477 250,411 77.9GA 162,884 134,295 82.4HI 17,156 13,072 76.2ID 23,485 20,368 86.7IL 256,013 199,520 77.9IN 145,975 123,503 84.6IA 60,523 53,406 88.2KS 55,211 48,819 88.4

State

Number

% [2] All 

Environments

Regular Class 

[1]

KY 81,363 71,783 88.2LA 71,095 58,186 81.8ME 28,247 24,225 85.8MD 90,449 70,468 77.9MA 149,745 116,041 77.5MI 188,948 152,114 80.5MN 107,992 92,307 85.5MS 53,836 44,665 83.0MO 109,091 92,190 84.5MT 14,336 12,091 84.3NE 39,654 35,016 88.3NV 41,519 35,041 84.4NH 26,264 23,356 88.9NJ 207,010 151,767 73.3NM 41,534 32,171 77.5NY 388,237 266,065 68.5NC 168,980 141,443 83.7ND 11,302 10,452 92.5

State

Number

% [2] All 

Environments

Regular Class 

[1]

OH 235,160 191,920 81.6OK 90,480 79,995 88.4OR 71,805 62,289 86.7PA 262,241 225,917 86.1RI 21,842 17,617 80.7SC 88,762 69,726 78.6SD 15,279 13,776 90.2TN 110,689 93,993 84.9TX 398,919 340,559 85.4UT 62,377 51,460 82.5VT 12,081 10,425 86.3VA 144,521 120,087 83.1WA 114,758 97,916 85.3WV 38,771 34,483 88.9WI 107,719 93,560 86.9WY 11,990 10,809 90.2
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Table 11.5 Special Education—Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B, Left School, by Reason: 2010-2011

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period. 

State

Graduated 

with 

Diploma

Received 

a 

Certificate

Dropped 

Out

Died or 

Aged Out

U.S. 253,156 58,618 78,653 6,404AL 2,468 1,976 909 209AK 494 156 354 15AZ 5,499 - 1,368 53AR 3,156 57 567 31CA 18,070 8,367 5,816 1216CO 3,346 78 1,507 109CT 3,933 18 811 145DE 597 26 224 16DC 445 63 331 11FL 12,239 6,049 4,586 98GA 4,706 3,508 3,263 50HI 1,013 119 127 43ID 358 483 164 -IL 15,501 145 3,603 424IN 6,001 995 918 90IA 3,745 - 1,023 59KS 3,119 - 733 104

State

Graduated 

with 

Diploma

Received 

a 

Certificate

Dropped 

Out

Died or 

Aged Out

KY 3,422 455 672 70LA 1,326 1,513 1,716 54ME 858 26 233 16MD 4,662 776 1,786 88MA 7,557 585 2,497 429MI 9,379 780 3,760 54MN 6,037 - 731 101MS 923 2,019 359 32MO 7,030 27 1,651 155MT 846 - 286 9NE 2,017 56 454 26NV 736 1,234 1,076 87NH 1,752 199 282 40NJ 13,519 - 2,509 310NM 1,308 410 815 -NY 15,983 5,189 5,577 340NC 6,465 654 2,904 78ND 616 - 231 44

State

Graduated 

with 

Diploma

Received 

a 

Certificate

Dropped 

Out

Died or 

Aged Out

OH 8,776 5,190 3,319 98OK 5,057 - 1,204 -OR 2,185 1,117 1,181 291PA 19,210 102 2,399 300RI 1,222 14 258 69SC 2,409 111 3,200 398SD 380 - 127 54TN 5,650 1,266 568 -TX 18,257 9,679 5,706 173UT 155 - 800 93VT 655 - 196 -VA 5,838 4,380 1,147 59WA 5,462 272 2,317 64WV 1,986 284 623 21WI 6,382 194 1,616 178WY 406 46 149 -
112 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.6 Special Education—Graduation Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B: 2010-2011 

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period.[1] Graduates as a percent of all that left.

State All that Left Graduated with Diploma % [1]

U.S. 396,997 253,156 63.8 AL 5,562 2,468 44.4 AK 1,019 494 48.5 AZ 6,920 5,499 79.5 AR 3,811 3,156 82.8 CA 33,469 18,070 54.0 CO 5,040 3,346 66.4 CT 4,907 3,933 80.2 DE 863 597 69.2 DC 850 445 52.4 FL 22,972 12,239 53.3 GA 11,527 4,706 40.8 HI 1,302 1,013 77.8 ID 1,034 358 34.6 IL 19,673 15,501 78.8 IN 8,004 6,001 75.0 IA 4,827 3,745 77.6 KS 3,956 3,119 78.8 

State All that Left Graduated with Diploma % [1]

KY 4,619 3,422 74.1 LA 4,609 1,326 28.8 ME 1,133 858 75.7 MD 7,312 4,662 63.8 MA 11,068 7,557 68.3 MI 13,973 9,379 67.1 MN 6,869 6,037 87.9 MS 3,333 923 27.7 MO 8,863 7,030 79.3 MT 1,141 846 74.1 NE 2,553 2,017 79.0 NV 3,133 736 23.5 NH 2,273 1,752 77.1 NJ 16,338 13,519 82.7 NM 2,544 1,308 51.4 NY 27,089 15,983 59.0 NC 10,101 6,465 64.0 ND 891 616 69.1 

State All that Left Graduated with Diploma % [1]

OH 17,383 8,776 50.5 OK 6,285 5,057 80.5 OR 4,774 2,185 45.8 PA 22,011 19,210 87.3 RI 1,563 1,222 78.2 SC 6,118 2,409 39.4 SD 561 380 67.7 TN 7,527 5,650 75.1 TX 33,815 18,257 54.0 UT 1,048 155 14.8 VT 880 655 74.4 VA 11,424 5,838 51.1 WA 8,115 5,462 67.3 WV 2,914 1,986 68.2 WI 8,370 6,382 76.2 WY 631 406 64.3 
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Table 11.7 Special Education—Dropout Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B: 2010-2011 

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period. [1] Dropped out as percent of all that left.

State All that Left Dropped Out % [1]

U.S. 396,997 78,653 19.8 AL 5,562 909 16.3AK 1,019 354 34.7AZ 6,920 1,368 19.8AR 3,811 567 14.9CA 33,469 5,816 17.4CO 5,040 1,507 29.9CT 4,907 811 16.5DE 863 224 26.0DC 850 331 38.9FL 22,972 4,586 20.0GA 11,527 3,263 28.3HI 1,302 127 9.8ID 1,034 164 15.9IL 19,673 3,603 18.3IN 8,004 918 11.5IA 4,827 1,023 21.2KS 3,956 733 18.5

State All that Left Dropped Out % [1]

KY 4,619 672 14.5LA 4,609 1,716 37.2ME 1,133 233 20.6MD 7,312 1,786 24.4MA 11,068 2,497 22.6MI 13,973 3,760 26.9MN 6,869 731 10.6MS 3,333 359 10.8MO 8,863 1,651 18.6MT 1,141 286 25.1NE 2,553 454 17.8NV 3,133 1,076 34.3NH 2,273 282 12.4NJ 16,338 2,509 15.4NM 2,544 815 32.0NY 27,089 5,577 20.6NC 10,101 2,904 28.7ND 891 231 25.9

State All that Left Dropped Out % [1]

OH 17,383 3,319 19.1OK 6,285 1,204 19.2OR 4,774 1,181 24.7PA 22,011 2,399 10.9RI 1,563 258 16.5SC 6,118 3,200 52.3SD 561 127 22.6TN 7,527 568 7.5TX 33,815 5,706 16.9UT 1,048 800 76.3VT 880 196 22.3VA 11,424 1,147 10.0WA 8,115 2,317 28.6WV 2,914 623 21.4WI 8,370 1,616 19.3WY 631 149 23.6
114 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 11.8 Special Education—Change in Graduation Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B: Fall 2010 School Year to Fall 2011 School Year 

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period. [1] Graduate as a percent of all that left.[2] Difference in Graduation Rate.

State Graduation Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

U.S. 62.7 63.8 1.1 AL 37.9 44.4 6.5 AK 46.9 48.8 1.9 AZ 80.2 79.5 -0.7AR 80.4 82.8 2.4 CA 54.0 54.0 - CO 66.0 66.4 0.4 CT 79.0 80.2 1.2 DE 48.8 69.2 20.4 DC 49.9 52.4 2.5 FL 52.7 53.3 0.6 GA 43.0 40.8 -2.2HI 70.7 77.8 7.1 ID 48.1 34.6 -13.5IL 75.7 78.8 3.1 IN 68.7 75.0 6.3 IA 70.2 77.6 7.4 KS 79.1 78.8 -0.3

State Graduation Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

KY 72.8 74.1 1.3 LA 31.5 28.8 -2.7ME 78.1 75.7 -2.4MD 65.8 63.8 -2.0MA 70.1 68.3 -1.8MI 71.4 67.1 -4.3MN 88.3 87.9 -0.4MS 25.2 27.7 2.5 MO 78.8 79.3 0.5 MT 76.7 74.1 -2.6NE 82.0 79.0 -3.0NV 32.9 23.5 -9.4NH 80.3 77.1 -3.2NJ 81.9 82.7 0.8 NM 63.0 51.4 -11.6NY 52.6 59.0 6.4 NC 62.6 64.0 1.4 ND 69.6 69.1 -0.5

State Graduation Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

OH 47.7 50.5 2.8 OK 81.1 80.5 -0.6OR 46.5 45.8 -0.7PA 87.7 87.3 -0.4RI 73.4 78.2 4.8 SC 38.8 39.4 0.6 SD 80.6 67.7 -12.9TN 68.9 75.1 6.2 TX 51.2 54.0 2.8 UT 77.2 14.8 -62.4VT 74.2 74.4 0.2 VA 47.9 51.1 3.2 WA 64.1 67.3 3.2 WV 66.7 68.2 1.5 WI 74.1 76.2 2.1 WY 60.8 64.3 3.5 
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Table 11.9 Special Education—Change in Dropout Rate among Students Ages 14 to 21 Served under IDEA, Part B: Fall 2010 School Year to Fall 2011 School Year

Source: Office of Special Education Programs, Data Accountability Center; <http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712>; (accessed 9 September 2013). Data are from a cumulative 12-month reporting period. [1] Dropped out as percent of all that left.[2] Difference in dropout rate.

State Dropout Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

U.S. 20.9 19.8 -1.1AL 19.9 16.3 -3.6AK 35.2 34.7 -0.5AZ 19.0 19.8 0.8AR 16.3 14.9 -1.4CA 20.1 17.4 -2.7CO 30.1 29.9 -0.2CT 16.8 16.5 -0.3DE 43.8 26.0 -17.8DC 29.5 38.9 9.4FL 21.9 20.0 -1.9GA 27.1 28.3 1.2HI 16.8 9.8 -7.0ID 19.2 15.9 -3.3IL 17.5 18.3 0.8IN 16.5 11.5 -5.0IA 24.7 21.2 -3.5KS 18.7 18.5 -0.2

State Dropout Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

KY 17.5 14.5 -3.0LA 37.1 37.2 0.1ME 20.3 20.6 0.3MD 22.0 24.4 2.4MA 21.2 22.6 1.4MI 25.9 26.9 1.0MN 10.6 10.6 0.0MS 10.3 10.8 0.5MO 18.8 18.6 -0.2MT 23.0 25.1 2.1NE 13.0 17.8 4.8NV 47.4 34.3 -13.1NH 11.4 12.4 1.0NJ 16.3 15.4 -0.9NM 14.0 32.0 18.0NY 27.3 20.6 -6.7NC 30.5 28.7 -1.8ND 24.5 25.9 1.4

State Dropout Rate (%) [1] Difference (% pts) [2] Fall 2010 Fall 2011

OH 19.1 19.1 0.0OK 18.4 19.2 0.8OR 25.0 24.7 -0.3PA 10.6 10.9 0.3RI 20.8 16.5 -4.3SC 53.7 52.3 -1.4SD 18.0 22.6 4.6TN 7.9 7.5 -0.4TX 18.1 16.9 -1.2UT 18.4 76.3 57.9VT 22.6 22.3 -0.3VA 11.0 10.0 -1.0WA 32.5 28.6 -3.9WV 24.6 21.4 -3.2WI 21.5 19.3 -2.2WY 28.7 23.6 -5.1
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Section 12: Vocational 

Rehabilitation

This section presents statistics on Vocational 

Rehabilitation programs, administered by 

the Rehabilitation Services Administration. 

These data concern the number of individuals 

with disabilities who apply for services, 

receive services, and find employment (are 

successfully rehabilitated). The tables also 

address the expenditures associated with 

vocational rehabilitation, as well as whether 

vocational rehabilitation agencies are on order 

of selection. The principal source of this data 

is the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s 

Management Information System.

Tables

Table 12.1: In the federal fiscal year 2011, state 

vocational rehabilitation agencies processed 

579,305 applicants.

Table 12.2: In the federal fiscal year 2011, state 

vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 326,627 

cases of individuals who either initiated or 

completed services.

Table 12.3: In the federal fiscal year 2011, 

state vocational rehabilitation agencies closed 

175,441 cases of individuals who either initiated 

or completed services in which the individuals 

entered successful employment.

Table 12.4: In the federal fiscal year 2011, 

of 326,627 closed cases of individuals who 

either initiated or completed services, 53.7 

percent achieved successful employment, i.e., a 

rehabilitation rate of 53.7 percent. The agency 

with the largest rehabilitation was the Delaware 

blind agency with 85.5 percent, while the agency 

with the smallest rehabilitation rate was the 

Hawaii combined agency with 34.6 percent.

Table 12.5: In the federal fiscal year 2011, 

the U.S. spent a total of $3,997,671,574 on 

Vocational Rehabilitation expenditures for 

people with disabilities. The California combined 

agency spent the most ($372,980,301), while 

the Vermont blind agency spent the least 

($1,646,676). 

Table 12.6: In the federal fiscal year 2011, the 

U.S. spent a total of $282,351,828 on Vocational 

Rehabilitation expenditures for postsecondary 

institutions of higher education for people with 

disabilities. The California combined agency 

spent the most on postsecondary institutions 

of higher education ($22,502,357), while 

the Vermont blind agency spent the least on 

postsecondary institutions of higher education 

($82,200). 

Table 12.7: In the federal fiscal year 2012, forty 

agencies were on Order of Selection, down from 

21 agencies in 2001. Over the period from 

2008 to 2012, 21 states (including the District 

of Columbia) have never had any agency on 

Order of Selection: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, 

the District of Columbia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, 

Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, 

Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. 

Over the period from 2008 to 2012, six states 

have always had all of their agencies on Order 

of Selection: California, Illinois, Ohio, Rhode 

Island, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Table 12.8: From 2010 to 2011, the number 

of Vocational Rehabilitation applicants in 

the U.S. decreased by 4.0 percent. Vocational 

Rehabilitation applicants increased the most 

at the Massachusetts general agency (by 24.5 

percent) and decreased the most at the New 

Mexico general agency (by 31.3 percent).

Table 12.9: From 2010 to 2011, the 

rehabilitation rate increased in the U.S. by 

2.0 percentage points. The rehabilitation rate 

increased the most at the Alaska combined 

agency (by 34.3 percentage points) and decreased 

by the most at the Maryland combined agency 

(by 19.0 percentage points).
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Table 12.1 Vocational Rehabilitation— Applicants: Federal Fiscal Year 2011 

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 16 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind.

State Agency Type Applicants

U.S. - 579,305 AL Combined 9,759 AK Combined 1,849 AZ Combined 4,798 AR Blind 597 AR General 7,283 CA Combined 40,619 CO Combined 8,002 CT Blind 168 CT General 3,613 DE Blind 108 DE General 2,815 DC Combined 3,028 FL Blind 2,034 FL General 33,242 GA Combined 15,150 HI Combined 1,107 ID Blind 159 ID General 5,493 

State Agency Type Applicants

IL Combined 15,980 IN Combined 14,766 IA Blind 141 IA General 6,480 KS Combined 8,059 KY Blind 629 KY General 11,428 LA Combined 8,650 ME Blind 219 ME General 3,472 MD Combined 9,111 MA Blind 422 MA General 11,299 MI Blind 500 MI General 20,337 MN Blind 237 MN General 7,387 MS Combined 10,082 MO Blind 466 

State Agency Type Applicants

MO General 14,024 MT Combined 3,539 NE Blind 135 NE General 4,812 NV Combined 3,785 NH Combined 3,411 NJ Blind 572 NJ General 11,748 NM Blind 111 NM General 3,809 NY Blind 1,291 NY General 37,877 NC Blind 1,444 NC General 24,447 ND Combined 2,344 OH Combined 20,930 OK Combined 10,358 OR Blind 196 OR General 6,819 

State Agency Type Applicants

PA Combined 26,692 RI Combined 2,298 SC Blind 581 SC General 16,233 SD Blind 222 SD General 2,609 TN Combined 7,590 TX Blind 3,141 TX General 34,468 UT Combined 11,046 VT Blind 88 VT General 4,190 VA Blind 527 VA General 10,237 WA Blind 409 WA General 11,200 WV Combined 7,653 WI Combined 16,508 WY Combined 2,472 
118 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 12.2 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures after Services Initiated or Completed: Federal Fiscal Year 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind.

State Agency Type Closures

U.S. - 326,627AL Combined 7,761AK Combined 971AZ Combined 2,594AR Blind 419AR General 4,484CA Combined 26,807CO Combined 4,356CT Blind 153CT General 1,930DE Blind 62DE General 1,394DC Combined 1,858FL Blind 1,533FL General 11,474GA Combined 7,515HI Combined 693ID Blind 89ID General 3,485

State Agency Type Closures

IL Combined 9,117IN Combined 8,242IA Blind 97IA General 3,686KS Combined 3,352KY Blind 447KY General 5,828LA Combined 4,780ME Blind 176ME General 1,515MD Combined 5,480MA Blind 362MA General 6,983MI Blind 298MI General 15,257MN Blind 117MN General 4,114MS Combined 6,187MO Blind 322

State Agency Type Closures

MO General 7,419MT Combined 1,623NE Blind 125NE General 3,000NV Combined 1,803NH Combined 1,772NJ Blind 388NJ General 7,303NM Blind 92NM General 2,403NY Blind 710NY General 24,997NC Blind 738NC General 11,158ND Combined 1,224OH Combined 7,543OK Combined 5,005OR Blind 135OR General 3,168

State Agency Type Closures

PA Combined 19,433RI Combined 1,181SC Blind 397SC General 12,474SD Blind 159SD General 1,260TN Combined 4,118TX Blind 1,919TX General 19,443UT Combined 5,873VT Blind 90VT General 2,713VA Blind 284VA General 7,649WA Blind 232WA General 5,248WV Combined 3,413WI Combined 5,080WY Combined 1,117
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Table 12.3 Vocational Rehabilitation—Closures with Successful Employment Outcomes: Federal Fiscal Year 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind.

State Agency Type Successful Closures

U.S. - 175,441 AL Combined 4,547AK Combined 634AZ Combined 945AR Blind 305AR General 2,198CA Combined 11,602CO Combined 2,349CT Blind 112CT General 1,171DE Blind 53DE General 948DC Combined 660FL Blind 720FL General 5,495GA Combined 4,702HI Combined 240ID Blind 56ID General 2,083

State Agency Type Successful Closures

IL Combined 4,982IN Combined 4,404IA Blind 77IA General 2,136KS Combined 1,624KY Blind 354KY General 3,544LA Combined 2,313ME Blind 112ME General 705MD Combined 2,437MA Blind 249MA General 3,478MI Blind 160MI General 7,704MN Blind 81MN General 2,477MS Combined 4,559MO Blind 269

State Agency Type Successful Closures

MO General 4,528MT Combined 776NE Blind 63NE General 1,799NV Combined 947NH Combined 1,085NJ Blind 287NJ General 3,930NM Blind 37NM General 1,219NY Blind 451NY General 12,194NC Blind 562NC General 6,303ND Combined 761OH Combined 3,373OK Combined 2,812OR Blind 100OR General 1,792

State Agency Type Successful Closures

PA Combined 9,887RI Combined 717SC Blind 279SC General 7,073SD Blind 115SD General 719TN Combined 1,734TX Blind 1,409TX General 11,526UT Combined 3,587VT Blind 69VT General 1,622VA Blind 176VA General 3,930WA Blind 144WA General 2,765WV Combined 2,537WI Combined 2,973WY Combined 675
120 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 12.4 Vocational Rehabilitation— Rehabilitation Rate: Federal Fiscal Year 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind. 

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate

U.S. - 53.7AL Combined 58.6AK Combined 65.3AZ Combined 36.4AR Blind 72.8AR General 49.0CA Combined 43.3CO Combined 53.9CT Blind 73.2CT General 60.7DE Blind 85.5DE General 68.0DC Combined 35.5FL Blind 47.0FL General 47.9GA Combined 62.6HI Combined 34.6ID Blind 62.9ID General 59.8

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate

IL Combined 54.6IN Combined 53.4IA Blind 79.4IA General 57.9KS Combined 48.4KY Blind 79.2KY General 60.8LA Combined 48.4ME Blind 63.6ME General 46.5MD Combined 44.5MA Blind 68.8MA General 49.8MI Blind 53.7MI General 50.5MN Blind 69.2MN General 60.2MS Combined 73.7MO Blind 83.5

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate

MO General 61.0MT Combined 47.8NE Blind 50.4NE General 60.0NV Combined 52.5NH Combined 61.2NJ Blind 74.0NJ General 53.8NM Blind 40.2NM General 50.7NY Blind 63.5NY General 48.8NC Blind 76.2NC General 56.5ND Combined 62.2OH Combined 44.7OK Combined 56.2OR Blind 74.1OR General 56.6

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate

PA Combined 50.9RI Combined 60.7SC Blind 70.3SC General 56.7SD Blind 72.3SD General 57.1TN Combined 42.1TX Blind 73.4TX General 59.3UT Combined 61.1VT Blind 76.7VT General 59.8VA Blind 62.0VA General 51.4WA Blind 62.1WA General 52.7WV Combined 74.3WI Combined 58.5WY Combined 60.4
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Table 12.5 Vocational Rehabilitation—Total Expenditures (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the RSA2 Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 June 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind. 

State Agency Type Expenditures ($)

U.S. - 3,997,671,574 AL Combined 77,435,981AK Combined 16,801,140AZ Combined 63,354,776AR Blind 7,481,389AR General NACA Combined 372,980,301CO Combined 63,474,994CT Blind 4,852,021CT General 30,707,351DE Blind 2,031,960DE General 9,988,460DC Combined 21,991,105FL Blind 34,623,726FL General 181,696,529GA Combined 98,942,640HI Combined 14,835,353ID Blind 3,370,458ID General 16,556,198

State Agency Type Expenditures ($)

IL Combined 149,958,251IN Combined 78,578,202IA Blind 8,095,755IA General 29,639,581KS Combined 35,219,083KY Blind 10,050,859KY General 53,148,475LA Combined 48,294,391ME Blind 6,255,471ME General 19,464,295MD Combined 55,428,050MA Blind 7,305,815MA General 88,939,597MI Blind 12,294,094MI General 121,149,356MN Blind 12,875,500MN General 52,759,966MS Combined 67,476,372MO Blind 11,790,078

State Agency Type Expenditures ($)

MO General 87,305,680MT Combined 15,444,225NE Blind 3,976,516NE General 21,548,122NV Combined 22,994,347NH Combined 16,598,465NJ Blind 15,878,412NJ General 51,923,460NM Blind 4,995,923NM General 25,123,216NY Blind 32,177,217NY General 198,751,487NC Blind 18,016,528NC General 127,217,028ND Combined 16,486,710OH Combined 150,070,126OK Combined 142,264,718OR Blind 6,179,172OR General 46,480,962

State Agency Type Expenditures ($)

PA Combined 172,677,664RI Combined 16,400,489SC Blind 8,491,915SC General 80,230,166SD Blind 3,186,015SD General 12,987,318TN Combined 92,491,612TX Blind 61,770,988TX General 246,141,335UT Combined 56,990,170VT Blind 1,646,676VT General 20,072,452VA Blind 12,836,540VA General 100,421,469WA Blind 10,355,974WA General 56,174,869WV Combined 67,864,499WI Combined 71,445,477WY Combined 12,206,059
122 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 12.6 Vocational Rehabilitation— Postsecondary Institution of Higher Education Expenditures (in dollars): Federal Fiscal Year 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the RSA 2 Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind. 

State Agency Type Higher Education Expenditures ($)

U.S. - 282,351,828 AL Combined 2,462,912AK Combined 719,117AZ Combined 4,801,110AR Blind 388,673AR General NACA Combined 22,502,357CO Combined 2,490,266CT Blind 453,034CT General 419,478DE Blind 96,548DE General 798,828DC Combined 3,653,544FL Blind 664,434FL General 4,976,344GA Combined 6,354,512HI Combined 1,627,168ID Blind 152,666ID General 977,528

State Agency Type Higher Education Expenditures ($)

IL Combined 11,942,657IN Combined 11,770,086IA Blind 173,445IA General 5,664,849KS Combined 3,657,734KY Blind 572,048KY General 6,175,989LA Combined 2,841,688ME Blind 104,528ME General 1,097,652MD Combined 2,367,784MA Blind 955,289MA General 12,333,523MI Blind 1,196,294MI General 8,771,759MN Blind 1,264,173MN General 2,692,285MS Combined 941,568MO Blind 1,098,716

State Agency Type Higher Education Expenditures ($)

MO General 10,310,731MT Combined 4,050,821NE Blind 270,230NE General 1,528,003NV Combined 709,654NH Combined 1,088,668NJ Blind 780,425NJ General 5,085,095NM Blind 116,025NM General 2,057,822NY Blind 2,737,997NY General 19,886,041NC Blind 913,725NC General 3,350,884ND Combined 2,923,488OH Combined 5,305,683OK Combined 6,068,694OR Blind 157,200OR General 721,972

State Agency Type Higher Education Expenditures ($)

PA Combined 22,551,353RI Combined 964,657SC Blind 204,701SC General 1,809,264SD Blind 101,904SD General 1,076,367TN Combined 8,703,850TX Blind 346,776TX General 16,803,307UT Combined 10,539,609VT Blind 82,200VT General 278,545VA Blind 697,798VA General 957,534WA Blind 699,101WA General 3,466,074WV Combined 9,776,595WI Combined 4,731,840WY Combined 1,336,609
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Table 12.7: Vocational Rehabilitation—State Agencies on Order of Selection: 2008 through 2012

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsamis.ed.gov/choose.cfm>; (accessed 4 November 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind.

State Agency Type

Federal Fiscal Year

08 09 10 11 12

AL CombinedAK CombinedAZ Combined

×

×

×

×

AR BlindAR General

×

× NA

CA Combined

×

×

×

×

×

CO Combined

×

CT BlindCT General

×

×

×

×

DE BlindDE General

×

×

×

×

DC CombinedFL BlindFL General

×

×

×

×

×

GA Combined

×

×

× NA

HI Combined

×

×

×

×

ID BlindID GeneralIL Combined

×

×

×

×

×

IN CombinedIA BlindIA GeneralKS CombinedKY Blind

×

×

×

×

KY General

×

×

×

×

×

State Agency Type

Federal Fiscal Year

08 09 10 11 12

LA Combined

×

×

×

×

ME Blind

×

ME General

×

×

×

MD Combined

×

×

×

×

×

MA BlindMA General

×

×

×

MI Blind

×

MI GeneralMN BlindMN General

×

×

×

×

MS Combined

×

MO BlindMO General

×

×

×

×

MT CombinedNE BlindNE General

×

×

×

NV CombinedNH CombinedNJ BlindNJ GeneralNM BlindNM General

×

NY BlindNY GeneralNC Blind

State Agency Type

Federal Fiscal Year

08 09 10 11 12

NC GeneralND Combined

×

OH Combined

×

×

×

×

×

OK Combined

×

×

×

OR Blind

×

×

OR General

×

×

×

×

PA Combined

× NA

×

×

×

RI Combined

×

×

×

×

×

SC BlindSC GeneralSD BlindSD GeneralTN Combined

×

×

×

×

×

TX BlindTX GeneralUT CombinedVT BlindVT General

×

×

×

×

×

VA Blind

×

VA General

×

×

×

×

WA BlindWA GeneralWV CombinedWI Combined

×

×

×

×

×

WY Combined
124 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 12.8 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Number of Applicants: 2010 to 2011 

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind. The rehabilitation rate is the number of closures with successful employment outcomes divided by the number of closures after initiating or completing services.[1] Percent Change in Applicants

State Agency Type Applicants % [1] 2010 2011

U.S. - 687,958 660,517 -4.0AL Combined 13,030 11,320 -13.1AK Combined 2,025 2,113 4.3AZ Combined 5,784 5,446 -5.8AR Blind 611 628 2.8AR General 8,608 7,955 -7.6CA Combined 43,513 45,532 4.6CO Combined 7,772 9,357 20.4CT Blind 176 175 -0.6CT General 3,574 4,075 14.0DE Blind 93 111 19.4DE General 3,060 3,258 6.5DC Combined 3,671 3,928 7.0FL Blind 2,419 2,279 -5.8FL General 38,264 38,743 1.3GA Combined 17,429 18,556 6.5HI Combined 1,157 1,312 13.4ID Blind 199 179 -10.1ID General 6,302 5,970 -5.3IL Combined 19,183 18,723 -2.4IN Combined 18,107 16,816 -7.1IA Blind 158 155 -1.9IA General 8,103 6,986 -13.8KS Combined 9,002 9,104 1.1KY Blind 833 697 -16.3KY General 14,514 13,000 -10.4

State Agency Type Applicants % [1] 2010 2011

LA Combined 12,062 10,495 -13.0ME Blind 224 246 9.8ME General 3,781 4,098 8.4MD Combined 10,242 9,843 -3.9MA Blind 399 434 8.8MA General 10,220 12,725 24.5MI Blind 532 582 9.4MI General 24,758 23,341 -5.7MN Blind 357 277 -22.4MN General 9,490 7,883 -16.9MS Combined 12,011 11,364 -5.4MO Blind 593 525 -11.5MO General 17,560 15,191 -13.5MT Combined 4,353 3,966 -8.9NE Blind 133 144 8.3NE General 5,455 5,153 -5.5NV Combined 3,998 4,120 3.1NH Combined 3,304 3,608 9.2NJ Blind 753 652 -13.4NJ General 14,489 13,779 -4.9NM Blind 119 127 6.7NM General 6,547 4,495 -31.3NY Blind 1,449 1,424 -1.7NY General 46,865 43,362 -7.5NC Blind 1,501 1,568 4.5NC General 28,466 27,447 -3.6

State Agency Type Applicants % [1] 2010 2011

ND Combined 3,040 2,663 -12.4OH Combined 26,013 24,369 -6.3OK Combined 11,511 11,944 3.8OR Blind 210 214 1.9OR General 7,110 7,523 5.8PA Combined 31,699 32,076 1.2RI Combined 3,013 2,831 -6.0SC Blind 627 633 1.0SC General 22,018 18,461 -16.2SD Blind 257 249 -3.1SD General 2,937 2,890 -1.6TN Combined 9,650 8,709 -9.8TX Blind 3,706 3,374 -9.0TX General 44,005 39,144 -11.0UT Combined 12,698 12,242 -3.6VT Blind 143 101 -29.4VT General 4,365 4,499 3.1VA Blind 581 625 7.6VA General 14,532 11,872 -18.3WA Blind 443 444 0.2WA General 14,157 12,797 -9.6WV Combined 6,879 8,501 23.6WI Combined 18,221 18,331 0.6WY Combined 2,895 2,758 -4.7
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Table 12.9 Vocational Rehabilitation—Change in the Rehabilitation Rate: 2010 to 2011

Source: Rehabilitation Services Administration, Management Information System, Ad Hoc Query of the ARR Cumulative Caseload Report; <http://rsa.ed.gov>; (accessed 18 September 2013). In some states there are separate agencies for the blind. [1] Change in the Rehabiliation Rate

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate (%) Change (% pts) [1] 2010 2011

U.S. - 51.7 53.7 2.0AL Combined 25.8 58.6 32.8AK Combined 31.0 65.3 34.3AZ Combined 38.5 36.4 -2.1AR Blind 71.3 72.8 1.5AR General 56.7 49.0 -7.7CA Combined 42.2 43.3 1.1CO Combined 57.8 53.9 -3.9CT Blind 70.7 73.2 2.5CT General 51.6 60.7 9.1DE Blind 75.4 85.5 10.1DE General 69.4 68.0 -1.4DC Combined 49.9 35.5 -14.4FL Blind 47.9 47.0 -0.9FL General 37.7 47.9 10.2GA Combined 62.4 62.6 0.2HI Combined 44.9 34.6 -10.3ID Blind 58.7 62.9 4.2ID General 63.1 59.8 -3.3IL Combined 56.2 54.6 -1.6IN Combined 59.3 53.4 -5.9IA Blind 76.1 79.4 3.3IA General 52.0 57.9 5.9KS Combined 35.6 48.4 12.8KY Blind 79.1 79.2 0.1KY General 62.4 60.8 -1.6

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate (%) Change (% pts) [1] 2010 2011

LA Combined 49.2 48.4 -0.8ME Blind 73.8 63.6 -10.2ME General 44.6 46.5 1.9MD Combined 63.5 44.5 -19.0MA Blind 41.5 68.8 27.3MA General 51.8 49.8 -2.0MI Blind 47.6 53.7 6.1MI General 50.3 50.5 0.2MN Blind 51.6 69.2 17.6MN General 47.8 60.2 12.4MS Combined 72.6 73.7 1.1MO Blind 82.4 83.5 1.1MO General 62.0 61.0 -1.0MT Combined 41.9 47.8 5.9NE Blind 31.6 50.4 18.8NE General 60.9 60.0 -0.9NV Combined 54.3 52.5 -1.8NH Combined 62.2 61.2 -1.0NJ Blind 70.1 74.0 3.9NJ General 56.5 53.8 -2.7NM Blind 50.0 40.2 -9.8NM General 52.3 50.7 -1.6NY Blind 77.4 63.5 -13.9NY General 45.9 48.8 2.9NC Blind 77.7 76.2 -1.5NC General 56.6 56.5 -0.1

State Agency Type Rehabilitation Rate (%) Change (% pts) [1] 2010 2011

ND Combined 67.0 62.2 -4.8OH Combined 51.3 44.7 -6.6OK Combined 67.6 56.2 -11.4OR Blind 70.2 74.1 3.9OR General 47.4 56.6 9.2PA Combined 54.6 50.9 -3.7RI Combined 40.7 60.7 20.0SC Blind 63.9 70.3 6.4SC General 54.4 56.7 2.3SD Blind 78.4 72.3 -6.1SD General 65.1 57.1 -8.0TN Combined 47.8 42.1 -5.7TX Blind 67.4 73.4 6.0TX General 57.9 59.3 1.4UT Combined 67.1 61.1 -6.0VT Blind 73.0 76.7 3.7VT General 59.6 59.8 0.2VA Blind 51.1 62.0 10.9VA General 49.6 51.4 1.8WA Blind 62.0 62.1 0.1WA General 51.4 52.7 1.3WV Combined 70.5 74.3 3.8WI Combined 52.0 58.5 6.5WY Combined 56.1 60.4 4.3
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Section 13: Federal Government 

Spending and Employment

This section presents statistics concerning 

Federal government spending and employment. 

Specifically, these data address Federal spending 

on income maintenance; housing and food 

assistance; health care; education, training, and 

employment readiness; and other programs, 

all for people with disabilities. This section 

also focuses on the number of people with 

disabilities and people with targeted disabilities 

employed by the Executive Branch, including 

specific data on the employment of people with 

disabilities and people with targeted disabilities 

within the departments of the Executive Branch. 

The principal sources of this data are “Federal 

Expenditures on Working-age People with 

Disabilities” for Fiscal Year 2008, a document 

produced by the Center for Studying Disability 

Policy, a part of Mathematica Policy Research 

Inc., as well as the 2007 edition of the U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management’s Federal 

Civilian Workforce Statistics Factbook.

Tables

Table 13.1: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2008, 

the Social Security Administration spent 

$136,917,000,000 on programs for workingage individuals with disabilities. That same 

year, $20,116,000,000 was spent on Veterans’ 

Programs. Table 13.1 also lists amounts spent on 

Means Tested Assistance Programs for individuals 

with disabilities and other Federal retirement and 

disability compensation programs for the most 

recent years available.

Table 13.2: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2008, 

the Federal government spent $7,821,000,000 

on food assistance programs for working-age 

individuals with disabilities. Table 13.2 also lists 

amounts spent on housing assistance programs 

for individuals with disabilities for the most 

recent years available.

Table 13.3: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2008, the 

Federal government spent $13,797,000,000 

on Veterans’ Programs. In the Federal Fiscal 

Year 2007, the Federal government spent 

$1,051,000,000 on Workers Compensation 

medical costs. Table 13.3 also lists amounts 

spent on Technology programs, Protection and 

Advocacy, and other programs for individuals 

with disabilities for the most recent years 

available.

Table 13.4: This table lists amounts spent on 

Vocational Rehabilitation, Education, and other 

employment related programs for individuals 

with disabilities for the most recent years 

available.

Table 13.5: In the Federal Fiscal Year 2008, the 

Federal government spent $215,000,000 on 

transportation services and $176,000,000 on 

demonstrations/systems change for people with 

disabilities. In the Federal Fiscal Year 2007, the 

Federal government spent $367,000,000 on 

a Social Services Block Grant for people with 

disabilities. Table 13.5 also lists amounts spent 

on Medicare and Medicaid programs and for 

other Federal healthcare programs for individuals 

with disabilities for the most recent years 

available.

Table 13.6: As of September 30, 2006, the 

Executive Branch of the Federal government 

employed a total of 123,484 people with 

disabilities (6.8 percent of total employees) and 

17,711 people with targeted disabilities (1.0 

percent of total employees). The Department 

of Veterans Affairs had the largest percentage of 

their employees with disabilities (9.4 percent), 

while the Department of Justice had the smallest 

percent of their employees with disabilities 

(3.5 percent). The Department of the Treasury 

had the largest percentage of their employees 

with targeted disabilities (1.8 percent), while 

the Department of Homeland Security had the 

smallest percentage of employees with targeted 

disabilities (0.4 percent).
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Table 13.1 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Expenditures on Income Maintenance Programs

Source: Livermore, Gina, David C. Stapleton, and Meghan O’Toole. “Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities.” Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 9, September 2011, pp. 1664-1674.Note: For total spending for 2002, see: Goodman, N., & Stapleton, D. C. (2007). Federal expenditures for working-age people with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 66-78.[1] Federal Expenditures in $ Millions

Program Federal Expenditures in $ Millions Year

Social Security Administration 136,917 2008SSDI-Disabled Worker 94,746 2008SSDI payments to spouse and children of disabled worker 676 2008SSI federal payments 26,179 2008Social Security Adult Disabled Child 7,129 2008Social Security Disabled Widow(er)s 1,887 2008Veterans' Programs 20,116 2008Veterans' Compensation (service connected disability) 18,467 2008Veterans' Disability Pension 1,646 2008Means Tested Assistance Programs - -Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)-Federal Share 2,013 2008Earned Income Tax Credit 1,500 2002Other Federal Retirement and Disability Compensation Programs - -Federal Employee Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System 2,075 2006Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) 1,834 2007Railroad Retirement (Disability Annuity) 930 2002Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 699 2007Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 90 2008Energy Employee Compensation 897 2007Black Lung Benefits 7 2008
128 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 13.2 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Expenditures on Housing and Food Assistance

Source: Livermore, Gina, David C. Stapleton, and Meghan O’Toole. “Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities.” Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 9, September 2011, pp. 1664-1674.Note: For total spending for 2002, see: Goodman, N., & Stapleton, D. C. (2007). Federal expenditures for working-age people with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 66-78.[1] Federal Expenditures in $ Millions

Program Federal Expenditures in $ Millions Year

Housing Assistance - -Section 8 Housing Vouchers 2,600 2008Housing and Urban Development-Section 811 125 2008McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act 397 2009Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homeless (PATH), federal 52 2005Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 300 2008Programs for homeless Veterans 65 2001Veterans Administration-Specially Adapted Housing Programs 37 2008Food Assistance 7,821 2008Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 7,821 2008
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Table 13.3 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Expenditures on Health Care Programs

Source: Livermore, Gina, David C. Stapleton, and Meghan O’Toole. “Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities.” Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 9, September 2011, pp. 1664-1674.Note: For total spending for 2002, see: Goodman, N., & Stapleton, D. C. (2007). Federal expenditures for working-age people with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 66-78.[1] Federal Expenditures in $ Millions

Program Federal Expenditures in $ Millions Year

Medicaid and Medicare ------ ------Medicaid (federal share) for disabled groups 73,025 2007Medicaid (federal share) for people with disabilities in TANF groups 33,500 2007Medicare 66,400 2008Veterans’ Programs 13,797 2008Veterans’ Medical Care 12,476 2008Veterans Prosthetic Appliances 1,321 2008Workers' Compensation Medical Costs 1,051 2007Federal Employees Compensation Act 753 2007Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act 224 2007Energy Employees Compensation Act 74 2007Other Federal Health Programs ------ ------Ryan White Care Act 2,060 2008The Center for Mental Health Services Block Grant 400 2005
130 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 13.4 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Expenditures on Education, Training, and Employment Readiness 

Source: Livermore, Gina, David C. Stapleton, and Meghan O’Toole. “Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities.” Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 9, September 2011, pp. 1664-1674.Note: For total spending for 2002, see: Goodman, N., & Stapleton, D. C. (2007). Federal expenditures for working-age people with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 66-78.[1] Federal Expenditures in $ Millions

Program Federal Expenditures in $ Millions Year

Vocational Rehabilitation ------ ------Vocational Rehabilitation–Rehabilitation Services Administration 1,565 2008Other programs in the Rehabilitation Services Administration 80 2008Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation 472 2002Education ------ ------IDEA Special Education 152 2005Gallaudet 113 2008National Technical Institute for the Deaf 60 2008Other Employment Related Programs ------ ------Department of Labor–Employment and Training Administration Grants 23 2003Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach 23 2002Department of Labor Office of Disability and Employment Programs and Grants 43 2002New Freedom Initiative Access to Telework Fund 20 2002
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Table 13.5 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Expenditures on Other Services

Source: Livermore, Gina, David C. Stapleton, and Meghan O’Toole. “Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities.” Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 9, September 2011, pp. 1664-1674.Note: For total spending for 2002, see: Goodman, N., & Stapleton, D. C. (2007). Federal expenditures for working-age people with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 66-78.[1] Federal Expenditures in $ Millions

Program Federal Expenditures in $ Millions Year

Social Services Block Grant 367 2007Technology ------ ------Assistive Technology Act–Title 1: State Grant Programs 31 2002Alternative Financing Program for Assistive Technology 40 2008Veterans Affairs Automobiles and Other Conveyances for Disabled Veterans 57 2002AgrAbility Project 3 2008Transportation 215 2008Transportation–Formula Grants for Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities 127 2008New Freedom Program 88 2008Protection and Advocacy ------ ------Americans With Disabilities Act Technical Assistance Program 18 2008Protection and Advocacy for People with Mental Illness 34 2008Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security 7 2002State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services for Traumatic Brain Injury 3 2008Demonstrations/Systems Change 176 2008Medicaid Infrastructure Grants 112 2008Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants 14 2008Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance 43 2008Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Higher Education 7 2008Other ------ ------Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities 12 2008U.S. Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 68 2008Federal Prisons 980 2006
132 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 13.6 Federal Government Spending and Employment—Federal Employment of People with Disabilities and People with Targeted Disabilities (PWTD): As of September 30, 2006 

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, "Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce", Factbook 2007, Employees with Disabilities by Executive Branch Departments, <http://www.opm.gov/feddata/factbook/2007/2007FACTBOOK.pdf> (accessed 2 August 2010).[1] Disabled as percent of Total[2] PWTD as percent of Total

Federal Departments Total PWD % [1] PWTD [2] %[2]

Executive Branch 1,848,339 123,484 6.8 17,711 1 Executive Departments 1,678,541 112,528 6.8 15,407 0.9 Department of Agriculture 105,431 7,056 6.9 1,009 1 Department of Commerce 40,527 2,517 6.4 334 0.8 Department of Defense 667,786 45,271 6.9 5,448 0.8 Department of the Army 238,885 16,999 7.2 1,719 0.7 Department of the Navy 173,616 11,060 6.5 1,430 0.8 Department of the Air Force 158,887 9,796 6.2 1,123 0.7 Department of Education 4,331 262 6.5 59 1.5 Department of Energy 14,943 949 6.6 111 0.8 Department of Health and Human Services 63,290 3,471 5.8 576 1 Department of Homeland Security 168,506 7,396 4.4 708 0.4 Department of Housing and Urban Development 9,813 803 8.5 130 1.4 Department of the Interior 73,073 4,921 6.9 684 1 Department of Justice 105,670 3,658 3.5 413 0.4 Department of Labor 15,324 1,125 7.6 186 1.3 Department of State 10,124 630 6.3 62 0.6 Department of Transportation 53,828 2,768 5.2 285 0.5 Department of the Treasury 106,583 9,626 9.2 1,839 1.8 Department of Veterans Affairs 239,312 22,075 9.4 3,563 1.5 All Other Executive Branch Agencies 168,628 10,925 6.9 2,300 1.5
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Section 14: International Patterns

This section presents international disability 

statistics. Specifically, these data address 

international employment rates for people 

with disabilities and the percentages of total 

populations receiving disability benefits. 

Both of the tables in this section face severe 

limitations. In both of the tables, it is difficult to 

compare rates across countries because countries 

often define disabilities differently and have 

different employment and benefits structures. 

Additionally, the data may come from different 

types of sources (for example: from a survey 

versus from a census) and represent different 

years. The principal source of this data is a report 

by the Organization of Economic Cooperation 

and Development (OECD).

Tables

Table 14.1: In 2004, the employment rate of 

individuals of working-age with disabilities in the 

United States was 39.9 percent. Table 14.1 lists 

employment rates for people with disabilities in 

25 countries for the most recent year collected 

by the Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development. These data are limited by 

differences in the sources, the years represented, 

and the definitions of disability.

Table 14.2: In 2006, 5.9 percent of the United 

States working-age population received disability 

benefits. Table 14.2 lists the percentage of 

populations in 26 countries receiving disability 

benefits for the most recent year collected by 

the Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development. These data are limited by 

differences in the sources, the years represented, 

and the definitions of disability.
134 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 14.1 International Disability Statistics— Employment Rates of Working-Age People with Disabilities in Selected OECD Countries 

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Sickness, Disability and Work: Key figures and data on low employment rates of people with disability and high disability benefit recipiency rates in many OECD countries", Data Figure One, <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/22/42654215.xls> (accessed 16 September 2013). This data is limited by differences in sources, years the data was collected, and definitions of disability.

Country Employment Rate (%) Year

United States 39.9 2004Australia 39.8 2003Austria 48.3 2005Belgium 34.4 2005Canada 43.7 2006Czech Republic 40.9 2005Denmark 52.3 2005Finland 54.1 2005France 36.3 2005Germany 41.0 2005Greece 37.5 2005Hungary 39.2 2005Iceland 61.3 2005Ireland 31.9 2005

Country Employment Rate (%) Year

Italy 36.0 2005Korea 44.7 2005Luxembourg 50.2 2004Mexico 55.4 2004Netherlands 44.5 2006Norway 44.7 2005Poland 17.6 2004Portugal 43.5 2005Slovak Republic 40.4 2005Spain 34.9 2004Sweden 51.9 2005Switzerland 52.1 2005United Kingdom 45.3 2006
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Table 14.2 International Disability Statistics— Disability Benefit Recipients as Percent of the Working-Age Population in Selected OECD Countries

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Sickness, Disability and Work: Key figures and data on low employment rates of people with disability and high disability benefit recipiency rates in many OECD countries", Data Spotlight Figure, <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/22/42654215.xls> (accessed 16 September 2013). This data is limited by differences in sources, years the data was collected, and definitions of disability.[1] Percent Receiving Disability Benefit

Country % Receiving Disability Benefit Year

United States 5.9 2006Australia 5.4 2007Austria 4.6 2007Belgium 6.0 2007Canada 4.3 2007Czech Republic 7.0 2007Denmark 7.2 2006Finland 8.5 2007France 4.9 2004Germany 4.4 2007Greece 4.6 2007Hungary 12.1 2007Ireland 6.3 2007Italy 3.2 2006

Country % Receiving Disability Benefit Year

Japan 2.0 2006Korea 1.5 2007Luxembourg 4.9 2005Mexico 0.7 2007Netherlands 8.3 2007New Zealand 3.8 2007Norway 10.3 2007Poland 7.2 2007Portugal 4.7 2007Slovak Republic 6.3 2006Spain 3.8 2007Sweden 10.8 2007Switzerland 5.4 2007United Kingdom 7.0 2007
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Section 15: Disability Type

This section presents statistics that allow for the 

most detail available in U.S. disability statistics 

with respect to disability type and severity. 

Population size, prevalence, employment, 

earnings, and family income statistics are 

provided. These estimates are based on the U.S. 

Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program 

Participation (SIPP). These estimates are from 

Brault (2012), Americans with Disabilities: 

2010 (U.S. Census Bureau Current Population 

Reports, P70-131), which also contains 

comparisons to 2005 estimates.

Tables

Table 15.1: Based on data from the Survey 

of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 

in 2010 (May–August 2010), there were 

303,858,000 civilians living in the community, 

56,672,000 of which were individuals with 

disabilities—a prevalence rate of 18.7 percent. 

Among individuals with disabilities, 38,284,000 

had severe disabilities. 

Table 15.2: In 2010 (May–August 2010), 

among the 177,295,000 individuals age 21 

to 64 living in the community, 16.6 percent 

(29,479,000 individuals) were people with 

disabilities, 2.3 percent (4,112,000 individuals) 

had difficulty seeing, 1.9 percent (3,310,000 

individuals) had difficulty hearing, 6.6 percent 

had difficulty walking (11,759,000 individuals), 

and 6.0 percent (10,661,000 individuals) had 

mental disabilities. Among individuals reporting 

an activity limitation and/or fair/poor health, 

8,099,000 individuals reported back or spine 

problems as the cause.

Table 15.3: In 2010 (May–August 2010), among 

the 29,479,000 individuals with disabilities (age 

21 to 64 living in the community), 41.1 percent 

were employed, compared to 79.1 percent of 

their counterparts without disabilities. The 

employment rate varies by disability type: 41.7 

percent for those with difficulty seeing, 55.5 

percent for those with difficulty hearing, 28.7 

percent for those with difficulty walking, and 

34.1 percent for those with mental disabilities.

Table 15.4: In 2010 (May–August 2010), among 

the 29,479,000 individuals with disabilities 

(age 21 to 64 living in the community), median 

monthly earnings were $1,961, compared to 

$2,724 for their counterparts without disabilities. 

Among individuals with disabilities (age 21 to 

64 living in the community), median monthly 

family income were $2,856, compared to $4,771 

for their counterparts without disabilities.
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Table 15.1 Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Age, Disability Status, and Severity: 2010 

Source: Brault, Matthew W., “Americans With Disabilities: 2010,” Current Population Reports, P70-131, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2012. Estimates based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation.[1] See Footnote 1 of Table 15.2 for the definition of disability.[2] See the source for the definition of disability.

Age / Disability Status / Severity Count

%

All ages 303,858,000 100.0 Disability [1] 56,672,000 18.7 Severe disability 38,284,000 12.6 Nonsevere disability 18,388,000 6.1 No disability 247,186,000 81.3Ages 6 and older 278,222,000 100.0 Needed personal assistance 12,349,000 4.4 Needed no personal assistance 265,873,000 95.6Ages 15 and older 241,682,000 100.0 Disability 51,454,000 21.3 Severe disability 35,683,000 14.8 Nonsevere disability 15,771,000 6.5 No disability 190,228,000 78.7Ages 21 to 64 177,295,000 100.0 Disability 29,479,000 16.6 Severe disability 20,286,000 11.4 Nonsevere disability 9,193,000 5.2 No disability 147,816,000 83.4Ages 65 and older 38,599,000 100.0 Disability 19,234,000 49.8 Severe disability 14,138,000 36.6 Nonsevere disability 5,096,000 13.2 No disability 19,365,000 50.2
138 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 15.2 Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status and Type: 2010 Disability Status / Type / Severity Count % Total % Disability Total 177,295,000 100.0 --- With a disability 29,479,000 16.6 100.0 Severe 20,286,000 11.4 68.8 Covered by Medicare or received SSDI or SSI 9,596,000 5.4 32.6 Covered by Medicare 4,896,000 2.8 16.6 Received SSDI 6,929,000 3.9 23.5 Received SSI 3,928,000 2.2 13.3 No Medicare, SSDI, nor SSI 10,690,000 6.0 36.3 Not severe 9,193,000 5.2 31.2 No disability 147,816,000 83.4 --- Seeing / Hearing / Speaking Difficulty seeing 4,112,000 2.3 13.9 Severe 905,000 0.5 3.1 Not severe 3,207,000 1.8 10.9

 Difficulty hearing 3,310,000 1.9 11.2 Severe 417,000 0.2 1.4 Not severe 2,893,000 1.6 9.8 Difficulty with speech 1,753,000 1.0 5.9 Severe 318,000 0.2 1.1 Not severe 1,435,000 0.8 4.9Walking / Using Stairs Difficulty walking 11,759,000 6.6 39.9 Severe 5,832,000 3.3 19.8 Not severe 5,927,000 3.3 20.1 Difficulty using stairs 11,046,000 6.2 37.5 Severe 3,127,000 1.8 10.6 Not severe 7,918,000 4.5 26.9

Disability Status / Type / Severity Count % Total % Disability

 Used a wheelchair 1,566,000 0.9 5.3 Used a cane / crutches / walker 4,524,000 2.6 15.3Selected Physical Tasks Difficulty lifting 8,797,000 5.0 29.8 Severe 3,732,000 2.1 12.7 Not severe 5,064,000 2.9 17.2 Difficulty grasping 3,813,000 2.2 12.9 Severe 557,000 0.3 1.9 Not severe 3,256,000 1.8 11.0 Difficulty moving chair [1] 11,998,000 6.8 --- Severe 6,651,000 3.8 --- Not severe 5,347,000 3.0 --- Difficulty standing [1] 12,446,000 7.0 --- Difficulty sitting [1] 6,495,000 3.7 --- Difficulty crouching [1] 14,246,000 8.0 --- Difficulty reaching [1] 6,371,000 3.6 ---ADLs and IADLs With an ADL limitation 4,700,000 2.7 15.9 Needed assistance 2,270,000 1.3 7.7 Did not need assistance 2,430,000 1.4 8.2 With an IADL limitation 7,653,000 4.3 26.0 Needed assistance 5,363,000 3.0 18.2 Did not need assistance 2,290,000 1.3 7.8Mental With a mental disability 10,661,000 6.0 36.2 With one or more selected conditions 7,140,000 4.0 24.2 A learning disability 2,922,000 1.6 9.9 Alzheimer’s, senility, or dementia 740,000 0.4 2.5
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2013 | Disability Statistics & Demographics 139 Source: Brault, Matthew W., “Americans With Disabilities: 2010,” Current Population Reports, P70-131, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2012. Estimates based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. [1] Not part of of the definition of disability. [2] Selected conditions reported as cause of activity limitations or fair/poor health. Disability Status / Type / Severity Count % Total % Disability Intellectual disability 984,000 0.6 3.3 Other developmental disability 633,000 0.4 2.1 Other mental / emotional condition 3,811,000 2.1 12.9 With one or more selected symptoms 6,530,000 3.7 22.2 Depressed or anxious 5,494,000 3.1 18.6 Trouble getting along with others 2,068,000 1.2 7.0 Trouble concentrating 3,583,000 2.0 12.2 Trouble coping with stress 4,553,000 2.6 15.4 Working at a Job With disability related problems [1] 24,003,000 13.5 --- Has difficulty remaining employed 13,706,000 7.7 46.5 Limited in kind / amount of work [1] 22,397,000 12.6 --- Prevented [1] 13,958,000 7.9 --- Not prevented [1] 8,439,000 4.8 --- Selected Conditions [2] --- Arthritis or rheumatism [1] 6,003,000 3.4 --- Back or spine problem [1] 8,099,000 4.6 --- Diabetes [1] 2,914,000 1.6 --- Heart trouble or hardening of the arteries [1] 2,160,000 1.2 --- High blood pressure [1] 2,736,000 1.5 --- Lung or respiratory problem [1] 1,941,000 1.1 --- Mental or emotional problem [1] 3,223,000 1.8 --- Stiffness or deformity of legs, arms, feet, or hands [1] 1,679,000 0.9 ---

Table 15.2 (continued): Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Disability Status and Type: 2010
140 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 15.3 Employment—Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States, by Disability Type: 2010Disability Status / Type / Severity Count % Total 12,899,600 72.8 With a disability 1,211,500 41.1 Severe 557,000 27.5 Covered by Medicare or received SSDI or SSI 86,200 9.0 Covered by Medicare 36,500 7.5 Received SSDI 61,000 8.8 Received SSI 32,900 8.4 No Medicare, SSDI, nor SSI 470,800 44.0 Not severe 654,400 71.2 No disability 11,688,100 79.1 Seeing / Hearing / Speaking Difficulty seeing 171,400 41.7 Severe 30,700 34.0 Not severe 140,700 43.9 Difficulty hearing 183,700 55.5

 Severe 17,200 41.4 Not severe 166,400 57.5 Difficulty with speech 59,600 34.0 Severe 8,200 25.7 Not severe 51,400 35.8Walking / Using Stairs Difficulty walking 337,500 28.7 Severe 109,600 18.8 Not severe 227,900 38.4 Difficulty using stairs 317,700 28.8 Severe 56,200 18.0 Not severe 261,600 33.0 Used a wheelchair 28,700 18.3 Used a cane / crutches / walker 89,800 19.8

Disability Status / Type / Severity Count %

Selected Physical Tasks Difficulty lifting 240,300 27.3 Severe 74,300 19.9 Not severe 166,000 32.8 Difficulty grasping 106,800 28.0 Severe 13,500 24.3 Not severe 93,300 28.6 Difficulty moving chair [1] 380,300 31.7 Severe 163,200 24.5 Not severe 217,100 40.6 Difficulty standing [1] 371,900 29.9 Difficulty sitting [1] 197,800 30.4 Difficulty crouching [1] 532,800 37.4 Difficulty reaching [1] 185,700 29.2ADLs and IADLs With an ADL limitation 93,600 19.9 Needed assistance 34,100 15.0 Did not need assistance 59,500 24.5 With an IADL limitation 157,400 20.6 Needed assistance 86,700 16.2 Did not need assistance 70,700 30.9Mental With a mental disability 363,400 34.1 With one or more selected conditions 256,500 35.9 A learning disability 138,400 47.4 Alzheimer’s, senility, or dementia 13,700 18.6 Intellectual disability 25,700 26.1 Other developmental disability 19,500 30.8 Other mental / emotional condition 100,200 26.3
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2013 | Disability Statistics & Demographics 141 Source: Brault, Matthew W., “Americans With Disabilities: 2010,” Current Population Reports, P70-131, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2012. Estimates based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. [1] Not part of of the definition of disability. [2] Selected conditions reported as cause of activity limitations or fair/poor health. Disability Status / Type / Severity Count

%

 With one or more selected symptoms 162,200 24.8 Depressed or anxious 135,800 24.7 Trouble getting along with others 41,400 20.0 Trouble concentrating 69,600 19.4 Trouble coping with stress 100,200 22.0Working at a Job With disability related problems [1] 687,100 28.6 Has difficulty remaining employed 198,800 14.5 Limited in kind / amount of work [1] 638,700 28.5 Prevented [1] 23,000 1.6 Not prevented [1] 615,700 73.0Selected Conditions [2]  Arthritis or rheumatism [1] 211,100 35.2 Back or spine problem [1] 261,300 32.3 Diabetes [1] 79,000 27.1 Heart trouble or hardening of the arteries [1] 57,000 26.4 High blood pressure [1] 89,600 32.8 Lung or respiratory problem [1] 57,000 29.4 Mental or emotional problem [1] 68,700 21.3 Stiffness or deformity of legs, arms, feet, or hands [1] 65,700 39.1

Table 15.3 (continued): Employed—Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States, by Disability Type: 2010
142 www.DisabilityCompendium.org | 866.538.9521 Table 15.4 Median Monthly Earnings and Family Income—Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States, by Disability Type: 2010 Disability Status / Type / Severity Earnings [3] Family Income [3] Total $2,627 $4,432 With a disability 1,961 2,856 Severe 1,577 2,376 Covered by Medicare or received SSDI or SSI 496 2,022 Covered by Medicare 428 2,200 Received SSDI 548 2,345 Received SSI 386 1,478 No Medicare, SSDI, nor SSI 1,802 2,761 Not severe 2,402 3,959 No disability 2,724 4,771 Seeing / Hearing / Speaking Difficulty seeing 2,281 2,635 Severe 2,564 2,525 Not severe 2,207 2,671

 Difficulty hearing 2,484 3,472 Severe 1,943 3,591 Not severe 2,495 3,451 Difficulty with speech 1,489 2,508 Severe 1,282 2,883 Not severe 1,579 2,473Walking / Using Stairs Difficulty walking 1,734 2,411 Severe 1,488 2,108 Not severe 1,892 2,780 Difficulty using stairs 1,752 2,424 Severe 1,598 2,019 Not severe 1,815 2,590 Used a wheelchair 2,404 2,506

Disability Status / Type / Severity Earnings [3] Family Income [3]

 Used a cane / crutches / walker 2,077 2,399Selected Physical Tasks Difficulty lifting 1,748 2,393 Severe 1,779 2,199 Not severe 1,735 2,544 Difficulty grasping 1,712 2,524 Severe 1,784 2,737 Not severe 1,685 2,497 Difficulty moving chair [1] 1,860 2,561 Severe 1,892 2,411 Not severe 1,833 2,798 Difficulty standing [1] 1,881 2,529 Difficulty sitting [1] 1,950 2,404 Difficulty crouching [1] 2,069 2,767 Difficulty reaching [1] 1,884 2,417ADLs and IADLs With an ADL limitation 1,553 2,224 Needed assistance 1,309 2,180 Did not need assistance 1,648 2,293 With an IADL limitation 1,203 2,286 Needed assistance 832 2,286 Did not need assistance 1,592 2,286Mental With a mental disability 1,512 2,407 With one or more selected conditions 1,456 2,470 A learning disability 1,901 2,582 Alzheimer’s, senility, or dementia 1,413 2,180 Intellectual disability 480 2,064
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium: 2013 | Disability Statistics & Demographics 143 Source: Brault, Matthew W., “Americans With Disabilities: 2010,” Current Population Reports, P70-131, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2012. Estimates based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. [1] Not part of of the definition of disability. [2] Selected conditions reported as cause of activity limitations or fair/poor health. [3] The definitions of earnings and income may be found in the source. Disability Status / Type / Severity Earnings [3] Family Income [3] Other developmental disability 832 2,661 Other mental / emotional condition 1,159 2,152 With one or more selected symptoms 1,355 2,118 Depressed or anxious 1,393 2,080 Trouble getting along with others 1,493 1,984 Trouble concentrating 1,129 2,004 Trouble coping with stress 1,281 2,038 Working at a Job With disability related problems [1] 1,359 2,427 Has difficulty remaining employed 795 2,047 Limited in kind/amount of work [1] 1,342 2,411 Prevented [1] 1,244 1,950 Not prevented [1] 1,348 3,294 Selected Conditions [2] Arthritis or rheumatism [1] 1,891 2,604 Back or spine problem [1] 1,928 2,608 Diabetes [1] 2,057 2,475 Heart trouble or hardening of the arteries [1] 1,774 2,531 High blood pressure [1] 1,928 2,381 Lung or respiratory problem [1] 1,922 2,438 Mental or emotional problem [1] 949 1,941 Stiffness or deformity of legs, arms, feet, or hands [1] 1,967 2,856

Table 15.4 (continued): Median Monthly Earnings and Family Income ($)—Civilians Ages 21 to 64 Years Living in the Community for the United States, by Disability Type: 2010
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Glossary

Ambulatory Disability (ACS)—In the ACS, 

individuals five or more years old who responded 

“yes” when asked if they had “serious difficulty 

walking or climbing stairs.” 

American Community Survey (ACS)—

The American Community Survey is a large, 

continuous demographic survey conducted 

by the U.S. Census Bureau that will provide 

accurate and up-to-date profiles of America’s 

communities every year. Annual and multiyear estimates of population and housing data 

are generated for small areas, including tracts 

and population subgroups. This information is 

collected by mailing questionnaires to a sample 

of addresses. 

Base Population—The sum of a population 

or an estimate used as the root for evaluation 

purposes. Typically, the last Census count or the 

estimate from a previous date is used. 

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey 

(BRFSS)—The Behavioral Risk Factor 

Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based 

system of health surveys that collects information 

on health risk behaviors, preventive health 

practices, and health care access primarily 

related to chronic disease and injury. BRFSS was 

established in 1984 by the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC); currently 

data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the 

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and Guam. More than 350,000 

adults are interviewed each year, making the 

BRFSS the largest telephone health survey in 

the world. States use BRFSS data to identify 

emerging health problems, establish and track 

health objectives, and develop and evaluate 

public health policies and programs. Many states 

also use BRFSS data to support health-related 

legislative efforts. 

Binge Drinking (BRFSS)—Respondents 

were asked “[c]onsidering all types of alcoholic 

beverages, how many times during the past 30 

days did you have [5, if mail respondent] [4, 

if female respondents] or more drinks on an 

occasion?” Respondents who reported doing so at 

least one time were consider to have engaged in 

binge drinking.

Civilian—A person not in active-duty military. 

Cognitive Disability (ACS)—In the ACS, 

individuals who indicated “yes” when asked 

if due to a physical, mental, or emotional 

condition, they had “serious difficulty 

remembering, or making decisions.” 

Current Population Survey-Basic Monthly 

(CPS-BMS)—The Current Population SurveyBasic Monthly Survey (CPS-BMS) is a monthly 

survey of about 50,000 households conducted 

by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics. This survey is the primary source 

of information on the labor force characteristics 

of the U.S. population and provides estimates 

for the nation as a whole. The sample is 

scientifically selected to represent the civilian 

non-institutionalized population. Individuals are 

asked questions about the employment status 

of each member of the household 15 years of 

age and older, but published data only focuses 

on those ages 16 and over. Estimates obtained 

from the CPS-BMS include employment, 

unemployment, earnings, hours of work, and 

other indicators.

Current Population Survey (CPS-ASEC)— The 

Current Population Survey-Annual Social and 

Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) is an annual 

survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. 

This survey is the primary source of information 

on the income, poverty, and health insurance. 

It also asks about employment in the previous 

calendar year. The sample for the CPS-ASEC is 

drawn from the sample of the CPS-BMS. The 

CPS-ASEC is also known as the CPS March 

Supplement and the CPS Income Supplement. 

Disability Status (ACS)—The U.S. Census 

Bureau used six questions to identify persons 

with disabilities. A response of “yes” to any 

one of the questions indicates that the person 

in question has a disability—vision, hearing, 

cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent 

living. However, the cognitive, ambulatory, selfcare, and independent living related questions are 

not used to identify disability in individuals less 

than five years old, and the independent living 
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related question is not used to identify disability 

in individuals less than 18 years old. 

Disability Status (BRFSS)—An individual is 

classified as having a disability based on answers 

to the following questions: (1) Are you limited 

in any way in any activities because of physical, 

mental, or emotional problems? and (2) Do 

you now have any health problem that requires 

you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a 

wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone? 

(Include occasional use or use in certain 

circumstances.). 

Disability Status (CPS-BMS & CPS-ASEC)— 

The CPS program uses a set of six questions to 

identify persons with disabilities. A response 

of “yes” to any one of the questions indicates 

that the person in question has a disability. The 

disability questions appear in the CPS in the 

following format: 

•	 This month we want to learn about people 

who have physical, mental, or emotional 

conditions that cause serious difficulty 

with their daily activities. Please answer for 

household members who are 16 years old or 

over. 

•	 Is anyone deaf or does anyone have serious 

difficulty hearing? 

•	 Is anyone blind or does anyone have serious 

difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses? 

•	 Because of a physical, mental, or emotional 

condition, does anyone have serious difficulty 

concentrating, remembering, or making 

decisions? 

•	 Does anyone have serious difficulty walking 

or climbing stairs? 

•	 Does anyone have difficulty dressing or 

bathing? 

•	 Because of a physical, mental, or emotional 

condition, does anyone have difficulty doing 

errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office 

or shopping? 

Disabled-Worker (SSA)—A worker not yet at 

full retirement age receiving insurance payments 

due to a disability. 

Earnings (ACS)—Regularly received income 

from salaries/wages, self-employment or both, for 

people 16 or more years old before deductions 

for personal income taxes, Social Security, bond 

purchases, union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. 

Educational Attainment (ACS)—All individuals 

18 or more years old are classified based on their 

highest degree or level of education attained. The 

categories include: 

1. Completed the 12th grade without receiving 

a high school diploma. 

2. High school graduate meaning received 

a diploma or General Educational 

Development (G.E.D.), and did not attend 

college. 

3. Some college credit, but less than one year. 

4. One or more years of college, but no degree. 

5. Associate’s degree which includes people 

who generally completed two years of college 

level work in an occupational program that 

prepared them for a specific occupation, or 

an academic program primarily in the arts 

and sciences. The course work may or may 

not be transferable to a bachelor’s degree. 

6. Bachelor’s degree or more which includes 

individuals who received a bachelor’s degree 

and have taken additional courses but not 

received a Master’s or PhD. 

7. Master’s degrees include the traditional MA 

and MS degrees and field-specific degrees, 

such as MSW and MBA. 

8. Professional degrees which includes MD, 

DDS, DVM, LLB, and JD. 

9. Doctorate degrees which include PhD. 

Schooling completed in foreign or ungraded 

school systems is reported as the equivalent 

level of schooling in the regular American 

system. Certificates or diplomas for training 

in specific trades or from vocational, 

technical, or business schools are not 

included. Honorary degrees awarded for 

a respondent’s accomplishments are not 

included.
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Employed Persons (CPS-BMS & CPSASEC)—Individuals 16 or more years 

old who are civilians and are not currently 

institutionalized and, during the reference week, 

(a) performed at least one hour of work as a 

paid employee, worked in their own business, 

profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 

hours or more as unpaid worker in a business 

owned by a relative; and (b) all those who had 

jobs or businesses but are on leave because 

of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare 

problems, maternity or paternity leave, labormanagement dispute, job training, or other 

family or personal reasons, regardless of whether 

they were compensated for the time off or were 

seeking other jobs. Each employed person is 

counted only once, even if he or she holds more 

than one job. Individuals who work around their 

own house (painting, repairing, or own home 

housework) or volunteer for religious, charitable, 

and other organizations are excluded. 

Employment Status (ACS)—In the ACS, 

individuals were asked a series of questions 

designed to identify their status. Based on the 

answers, individuals were classified into one 

of five groups: (1) people who worked at any 

time during the reference week; (2) people on 

temporary layoff who were available for work; (3) 

people who did not work during the reference 

week but who had jobs or businesses from 

which they were temporarily absent (excluding 

layoff); (4) people who did not work during the 

reference week, but who were looking for work 

during the last four weeks and were available for 

work during the reference week; and (5) people 

not in the labor force. The employment status 

data shown in American Community Survey 

tabulations relate to people 16 or more years old. 

Employment Gap—The difference between 

the total number of individuals employed and 

the number of individuals employed of a certain 

population. 

Employment-Population Ratio (CPS-BMS)— 

The proportion of the civilian non-institutional 

population aged 16 or more years that is 

employed.

Employment Rate (CPS-ASEC)—The number 

of individuals that are employed as a percent of 

the civilian non-institutional population. 

Full-Time, Full-Year (CPS-ASEC)—A person 

is considered to be working full-time, full-year 

worker if he or she worked 35 hours or more per 

week for 50 to 52 weeks in the past 12 months. 

Full-Time, Full-Year Rate (CPS-ASEC)—The 

number of individuals that are working fulltime, full-year as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population. 

Enrollment Gap—The difference between the 

total number of individuals associated with 

a particular population and the number of 

individuals from that population group that are 

employed. 

Go-Outside-Home Disability (ACS)—An 

individual with difficulty going outside the home 

alone to shop or visit a doctor’s office because of 

a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 

at least six months. 

Hearing Disability (ACS)—In the ACS, 

individuals who indicated “yes” when asked if 

they were “deaf or ... [had] serious difficulty 

hearing.” 

Income (ACS)—The sum of all wages, salary, 

commissions, bonuses, and tips; self-employment 

income from own nonfarm and farm businesses, 

including proprietorships and partnerships; 

interest, dividends, net rental income, royalty 

income, and income from estates and trusts; 

Social Security and Railroad Retirement income; 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI); any 

public assistance and welfare payments from 

the state and local welfare office; retirement, 

survivor, and disability pensions; and any other 

sources received regularly such as Veterans’ (VA) 

payments, unemployment compensation, child 

support, and alimony. 

Income Maintenance Programs—Government 

programs that provide direct financial assistance 

to needy individuals, families, and/or households. 

Examples include Temporary Assistance to Needy 

Families and general assistance. 
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Independent Living Disability (ACS)—In 

the ACS, individuals who indicated “yes” 

when asked if due to a physical, mental, or 

emotional condition, they had difficulty “doing 

errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or 

shopping.”

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

(IDEA)—A law ensuring services to children 

with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA 

governs how states and public agencies provide 

early intervention, special education, and related 

services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, 

toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. 

Infants and toddlers with disabilities (birth-2) 

and their families receive early intervention 

services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth 

(ages 3-21) receive special education and related 

services under IDEA Part B. 

Influenza Vaccination (BRFSS)—A flu 

vaccine injected or administered into the body. 

Individuals were categorized based on answers 

to the following questions: (1) A flu shot is an 

influenza vaccine injected into your arm. Have 

you had a flu shot? and (2) have you had a flu 

vaccine that was sprayed in your nose? The 

flu vaccine sprayed in the nose is also called 

FluMistTM. 

Labor Force (CPS-BMS & CPS-ASEC)—All 

persons classified as employed or unemployed.

Labor Force Participation Rate (CPS-BMS & 

CPS-ASEC)—The labor force as a percent of the 

civilian non-institutional population. 

Labor Market Attachment (CPS-ASEC)—A 

person is considered to be attached to the labor 

market if he or she worked at least at least 52 

hours in the calendar year prior to the survey. 

Labor Market Attachment Rate (CPSASEC)—The number of individuals attached to 

the labor market as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population. 

Living in the Community—Describes persons 

who are residing in the community and who are 

not living in institutions such as jails, prisons, 

nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

Medicaid (CMS)—Medicaid is a state 

administered, but federally required, program 

to provide health insurance to certain groups 

of people. States determine specific eligibility 

requirements, but in general low income 

individuals, families, children, and pregnant 

women are eligible for health care coverage under 

Medicaid. In some states, other groups (such as 

people with disabilities) are also eligible. 

Medicare (CMS)—Medicare is a Federal 

program that provides health care services to 

individuals 65 or older, individuals under age 65 

with disabilities, and individuals of all ages with 

end stage renal failure. There are three programs 

within Medicare: Part A (hospital insurance), 

Part B (medical insurance), and Prescription 

Drug Coverage (new since January 1, 2006). 

Individuals pay into Part A throughout their 

careers, and then Part A covers that individual 

for hospital care. People who are eligible for 

Medicare have the opportunity to purchase Part 

B, or medical insurance that covers them for 

more than just hospital care.

Non-Institutionalized Population—Describes 

individuals who are residing in the community 

and who are not living in institutions such as 

jails, prisons, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

OASDI Benefits—The Social Security 

Administration’s Old-Age, Survivors, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) program provides 

monthly benefits to qualified retired and disabled 

workers, their dependents and to survivors of 

insured workers. Eligibility and benefit amounts 

are determined by the worker’s contributions to 

Social Security. 

Obese (BRFSS)—The condition where a person 

has a body mass index greater than 30.

Order of Selection—A state is required by the 

Federal government to implement an order of 

selection when it does not have the funds and/or 

the personnel to provide services for all eligible 

individuals with disabilities. This process is 

detailed under The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

and 34 CFR 361.36. When this situation occurs, 

a state must classify eligible individuals according 

to the significance of their disability(ies), and 

must serve the most significantly disabled first.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and 

Development (OECD)—The OECD brings 

together the governments of countries committed 

to democracy and the market economy from 

around the world to support sustainable 

economic growth, boost employment, raise living 

standards, maintain financial stability, assist 

other countries’ economic development, and 

contribute to growth in world trade. The OECD 

provides a setting where governments compare 

policy experiences, seek answers to common 

problems, identify good practice and coordinate 

domestic and international policies. 

Population—The total number of inhabitants 

in a defined geographic area including all races, 

classes, and groups. 

Poverty (ACS & CPS-ASEC)—The Office of 

Management and Budget in Statistical Policy 

Directive 14 sets the standards for which poverty 

is calculated. The U.S. Census Bureau uses a set 

of dollar value thresholds that vary by family size 

and composition to determine who is in poverty. 

If a family’s total income is less than the dollar 

value of the appropriate threshold, then that 

family and every individual in it are considered 

to be in poverty. 

Poverty Rate (ACS & CPS-ASEC)—Percent 

of the population who are determined to be in 

poverty. 

Race (ACS)—Individuals identified themselves 

as one of six categories in the survey: White, 

Black or African American, American Indian or 

Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other 

Pacific Islander, and Some Other Race. 

Rehabilitation Rate—The number of successful 

employment outcomes divided by the number of 

closures after initiating or completing services. 

Resident Population—All residents (both 

civilian and Armed Forces) living in the 

United States (all 50 states and the District of 

Columbia). 

Seasonally Adjusted Statistics—Statistics that 

face predictable variation over the course of a 

year due to seasonal changes (i.e. increases in 

employment in farming during harvest months) 

and are adjusted using statistical techniques that 

attempt to account for these expected seasonal 

changes. Self-Care Disability (ACS)—In the 

ACS, individuals five or more years old who 

responded “yes” when asked if they had “serious 

difficulty dressing or bathing.” 

Service-Connected Disability Rating—In the 

ACS, the VA service-connected disability rating 

for an individual who is a veteran. The rating 

reflects the degree of the veteran’s disability on a 

scale from 0 to 100 percent, in increments of 10 

percent. 

Service-Connected Disability Rating Status—

In the ACS, the designation associated with 

individuals who were in the Reserves or National 

Guard, trained with the Reserves or National 

Guard, or active-duty military that have a 

disability as a result of disease or injury incurred 

or aggravated during active military service. 

These disabilities are defined according to the VA 

Schedule for Rating Disabilities in Title 38, U.S. 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 4. 

Smoking (BRFSS)—Respondents were asked 

about smoking: “Have you smoked at least 100 

cigarettes in your entire life?” and “Do you now 

smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not 

at all?” Respondents who reported smoking at 

least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and who, at 

the time of survey, smoked either every day or 

some days were defined as current smoker (i.e., 

smoking). 

Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI)—A benefit paid to individuals and 

certain family members if they worked long 

enough and paid Social Security taxes. 

Special Education—Specially designed 

instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet 

the unique needs of a child with a disability, 

including (i) instruction at the classroom, home, 

hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; 

and (ii) physical education. The term can include 

each of the following: (i) Speech-language 

pathology services, or any other related service, if 

the service is considered special education rather 

than a related service under State standards; (ii) 

travel training; and (iii) vocational education. 
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)—The 

Social Security Administration pays benefits 

to disabled adults and children who have 

limited income and resources. SSI benefits also 

are payable to people 65 and older without 

disabilities who meet the financial limits. 

Unemployed Persons (CPS-BMS & CPSASEC)—Individuals who are 16 or more years 

old and were available to work, who had no 

employment during the reference week, and 

had made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the month prior to the 

reference week. 

Vision Disability—In the ACS, individuals who 

indicated “yes” when asked if they were “blind 

or ... [had] serious difficulty seeing even when 

wearing glasses.”

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)—Services 

offered to individuals with mental or physical 

disabilities. These services are designed to enable 

participants to attain skills, resources, attitudes, 

and expectations needed to compete in the 

interview process, get a job, and keep a job. These 

services may also help an individual retrain for 

employment after an injury or mental disorder 

has disrupted previous employment. 

Work Limitation (CPS-ASEC)—A person is 

considered to have a work limitation if he or 

she has “a health problem or disability which 

prevents them from working or which limits the 

kind or amount of work he or she can do.”
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Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Center on Disability 

Statistics and Demographics

The Center facilitates evidence-based decision 

making in many different service and policy 

arenas to benefit persons with disabilities, leading 

to improved social outcomes. Large quantities 

of survey data and administrative records related 

to people with disabilities are collected each 

year, yet these data lack continuity and are 

underutilized, leading to missed opportunities to 

improve the programs and policies that advance 

the lives of people with disabilities. Policymakers, 

program administrators, service providers, 

researchers, advocates for people with disabilities, 

and people with disabilities and their families 

need accessible, valid data/statistics to support 

their decisions related to policy improvements, 

program administration, service delivery, 

protection of civil rights, and major life activities.

The Center’s goal is to support decision making 

through a variety of integrated research and 

outreach activities by (a) improving knowledge 

about and access to existing data, (b) generating 

the knowledge needed to improve future 

disability data collection, and (c) strengthening 

connections between the data from and regarding 

respondents, researchers, and decision makers. 

In this way, the Center hopes to support the 

improvement of service systems that advance the 

quality of life of people with disabilities.

Center Collaborators

The Center is a joint effort of

•	 Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – led by 

John O’Neill, 

in collaboration with 

•	 American Association of People with 

Disabilities – led by Mark Perriello, 

•	 Center for Essential Management Services – 

led by David Vandergoot, 

•	 Council of State Administrators of Vocational 

Rehabilitation – led by Stephen Wooderson, 

•	 Cornell University – led by Richard 

Burkhauser, 

•	 Center for Studying Disability Policy at 

Mathematica Policy Research – led by David 

Stapleton,

•	 Hunter College – led by Elizabeth Cardoso,

•	 University of New Hampshire – led by 

Andrew Houtenville. 

The Center is funded by the U.S. Department 

of Education, National Institute on Disability 

and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), grant 

no. H133B080012. The contents of the 

Compendium do not necessarily represent the 

policies of the U.S. Department of Education 

and should not be assumed to be an endorsement 

by the Federal Government (Edgar, 75.620 (b)).

Contact Information

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on 

Disability Statistics and Demographics

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

1199 Pleasant Valley Way

West Orange, NJ 07052

Toll-Free Telephone/TTY: 866.538.9521 

Email: disability.statistics@unh.edu

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