Table 6. Persons with a disability who used a financial assistance program in the past year by age, employment status, usual full- or part-time status, and program limitation on work, July 2021

Table 6. Persons with a disability who used a financial assistance program in the past year by age, employment status, usual full- or part-time status, and program limitation on work, July 2021 [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Total	Persons who used a financial assistance program
		Total	Percent of total	Percent of persons who used a financial assistance program
		Total	Percent of total	Total	Worked less because of program(1)	Did not work less because of program(1)
Persons with a disability
Total, 16 years and over	32,220	18,296	56.8	100.0	5.7	93.4
16 to 64 years	16,242	8,317	51.2	100.0	9.9	89.0
65 years and over	15,978	9,979	62.5	100.0	2.2	97.0

Employed	6,259	1,491	23.8	100.0	11.9	87.0
Usually work full time	4,570	785	17.2	100.0	7.8	90.7
Usually work part time	1,689	706	41.8	100.0	16.4	82.9
Unemployed	915	443	48.5	100.0	12.9	87.1
Not in the labor force	25,046	16,361	65.3	100.0	4.9	94.1
Footnotes (1) Persons with a disability were able to report more than one financial assistance program, and the report of a limitation could refer to any of the assistance programs used. Data may not sum to total because some persons did not respond to the question on work limitation.
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Financial assistance programs include: Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability Income, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans Disability Compensation, disability insurance payments, Medicaid, Medicare, and other payments or programs.

Last Modified Date: September 30, 2022