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Washington insider newsletter recently released the disability employment statistics for December 2015.  The article reads as follows:

“The statistics show that the unemployment rate among people with disabilities was 10.3 percent. This is a 0.9 percent decrease from December 2014. However, it is important to note that the employment-population ratio has decreased by 0.8 percent during the same time frame. Additionally, the latest employment statistics finds that only 20.3 percent of people with disabilities are actively in the labor force, as compared to 68.1 percent of people with no disability. Data on people with disabilities covers those from the ages of 16 to 64 who do not live in institutions.”

U.S. Disability Employment Profile
Statistic
With Disability
Without Disability
Dec.
2014
Dec.
2015
Dec.
2014
Dec.
2015
Percent of Population in the Labor Force
20.3
19.2
68.1
68.1
Employment-Population Ratio
18.0
17.2
64.6
65.0
Unemployment Rate
11.2
10.3
5.1
4.6

As reported by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table A-6

 

To read the entire article, continue on to the Washington Insider Newsletter for January 2016; Volume 8, Issue 1.