June 28, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Labor force characteristics of persons with a disability in 2010

Overall unemployment rate and unemployment rate by selected characteristics of those with and without a disability, 2010 annual averages
Characteristic	Persons with a disability	Persons with no disability
Overall unemployment rate	14.8	9.4
Men	15.2	10.3
Women	14.3	8.4
Black or African American	22.0	15.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	18.4	12.3
White	13.6	8.5
Asian	12.0	7.4

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