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The unemployment rate for people with a disability was 10.5 percent in 2016. The rate was little changed for the year but down from 15.0 percent in 2011. The unemployment rate for men with a disability was 10.1 percent in 2016, similar to the unemployment rate for women with a disability (11.0 percent). The unemployment rate for people without a disability was 4.6 percent in 2016, a decline of 0.5 percentage point from 2015.
Year | Persons with a disability | Persons without a disability | ||||
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Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
2009 |
14.5% | 15.1% | 13.8% | 9.0% | 10.1% | 7.8% |
2010 |
14.8 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 8.4 |
2011 |
15.0 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
2012 |
13.4 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
2013 |
13.2 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
2014 |
12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
2015 |
10.7 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
2016 |
10.5 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
In 2016, 20.0 percent of people with a disability participated in the labor force and 68.5 percent of people without a disability participated in the labor force. The labor force participation rate for men with a disability increased from 22.8 percent in 2015 to 23.7 percent in 2016. The labor force participation rate for women with a disability, 16.9 percent in 2016, changed little over the year.
Year | Total | Men | Women |
---|---|---|---|
2009 |
22.4% | 26.4% | 19.1% |
2010 |
21.8 | 25.9 | 18.4 |
2011 |
20.9 | 24.9 | 17.4 |
2012 |
20.6 | 24.7 | 17.1 |
2013 |
20.3 | 24.0 | 17.1 |
2014 |
19.5 | 22.9 | 16.6 |
2015 |
19.5 | 22.8 | 16.7 |
2016 |
20.0 | 23.7 | 16.9 |
These data are from the Current Population Survey. Unemployment rates are calculated for the civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 and over. For more information, see "Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics — 2016" (HTML) (PDF). To learn more, see our page of data on people with a disability.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment rate of people with a disability 10.5 percent in 2016 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/unemployment-rate-of-people-with-a-disability-10-point-5-percent-in-2016.htm (visited December 08, 2024).