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Section 2: Work Disability and the Labor Force
2.2. How many people with a work disability are in the labor force?
Most of the population with a work disability are not in the labor force. Of the 17.2 million people with a work disability between the ages of 16 and 64, only 30.4% (5.2 million people) are in the labor force, and the unemployment rate among those in the labor force is 12.3%. In contrast, of the 155.3 million people with no work disability, 82.3% (127.8 million) are in the labor force, while the unemployment rate is only 4.8%.
More than two-thirds of people with a work disability are not in the labor force.
| Work Disability | No Work Disability | ||||
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| Number | Percent of Total |
Number | Percent of Total |
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| Not in labor force | 11,941,000 | 69.6% | 27,490,000 | 17.7% | |
| In labor force | 5,216,000 | 30.4% | 127,821,000 | 82.3% | |
| Employed | 4,564,000 | 26.6% | 121,764,000 | 78.4% | |
| Unemployed | 652,000 | 3.8% | 6,057,000 | 3.9% | |
| Total | 17,157,000 | 100.0% | 155,311,000 | 100% | |
| Unemployment rate | 12.3% | 4.8% | |||
Figure 7 & Table 1: Labor force data by work disability status
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Website, Table 298.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disable/cps/cps298.html
Surveys: CPS, 1998.
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