People with Disabilities
United States Census Bureau: Population Profile, 2002

Among the 53 million with a disability, 9.7 million cannot work and another 7.2 million are limited in the type of work they can do, according to the data.

Although the number of people with disabilities has remained unchanged from the last report issued in 1995, the number of people with severe disabilities increased from one in 10 people to one in eight in 1997.

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5-20 years
63,276,678
With a disability
4,365,209
Percent
6.8 percent
Population 21 to 64 years
163,416,288
With a disability
22,543,754
Percent employed
44.8 percent
No disability
140,872,534
Percent employed
77.6 percent
Population 65 years and over
33,589,853
With a disability
14,241,901
Percent
42 percent

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