Employment rate of persons with a disability by race U.S. 2022

In 2023, the employment rate of persons with a disability in the labor force who identified as white was 22.8 percent in the United States. In comparison, 20.9 percent of the labor force that was Black and had a disability were employed in 2023.

The disability section of the Current Population Survey (CPS) is a set of six questions to identify persons have physical, mental, or emotional conditions that cause serious difficulty with their daily activities.

Employment rate of persons with a disability in the United States in 2023, by race

Characteristic	Employment rate
Asian	17.2%
Black or African American	20.9%
White	22.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

full-time and part-time employees

Supplementary notes

The source noted: "Data on persons with a disability are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides statistics on employment and unemployment in the United States."

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