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Disability rate by US state

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Disability rate, US states

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StatesWest Virginia
Disability rate, US statesDarker amber is a higher share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability. Puerto Rico is listed in the ranking and table but is not on this map.Alabama · Disability rate: 16.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 807,069 · Without a disability: 4,162,797 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 4,969,866Alaska · Disability rate: 13.1% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 92,451 · Without a disability: 611,682 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 704,133Arizona · Disability rate: 13.6% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 970,404 · Without a disability: 6,184,557 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 7,154,961Arkansas · Disability rate: 17.8% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 528,995 · Without a disability: 2,448,711 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 2,977,706California · Disability rate: 11.3% · Margin of error: 0.0% · With a disability: 4,364,431 · Without a disability: 34,397,307 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 38,761,738Colorado · Disability rate: 11.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 638,686 · Without a disability: 5,075,117 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 5,713,803Connecticut · Disability rate: 12.1% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 429,568 · Without a disability: 3,126,135 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 3,555,703Delaware · Disability rate: 13.9% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 137,738 · Without a disability: 854,560 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 992,298Florida · Disability rate: 13.5% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 2,924,178 · Without a disability: 18,667,410 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 21,591,588Georgia · Disability rate: 12.9% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,375,224 · Without a disability: 9,252,295 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 10,627,519Hawaii · Disability rate: 12.5% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 173,766 · Without a disability: 1,212,342 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,386,108Idaho · Disability rate: 13.8% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 257,204 · Without a disability: 1,609,581 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,866,785Illinois · Disability rate: 11.8% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,482,931 · Without a disability: 11,039,567 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 12,522,498Indiana · Disability rate: 13.8% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 927,862 · Without a disability: 5,787,049 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 6,714,911Iowa · Disability rate: 12.4% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 390,431 · Without a disability: 2,759,185 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 3,149,616Kansas · Disability rate: 13.4% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 386,716 · Without a disability: 2,489,083 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 2,875,799Kentucky · Disability rate: 17.7% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 784,920 · Without a disability: 3,644,413 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 4,429,333Louisiana · Disability rate: 16.1% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 729,316 · Without a disability: 3,793,755 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 4,523,071Maine · Disability rate: 15.6% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 212,043 · Without a disability: 1,147,764 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,359,807Maryland · Disability rate: 11.4% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 690,463 · Without a disability: 5,388,955 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 6,079,418Massachusetts · Disability rate: 12.1% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 835,832 · Without a disability: 6,091,058 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 6,926,890Michigan · Disability rate: 14.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,414,434 · Without a disability: 8,529,864 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 9,944,298Minnesota · Disability rate: 11.4% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 642,876 · Without a disability: 5,010,012 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 5,652,888Mississippi · Disability rate: 17.4% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 500,688 · Without a disability: 2,383,757 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 2,884,445Missouri · Disability rate: 14.6% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 886,543 · Without a disability: 5,176,246 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 6,062,789Montana · Disability rate: 14.3% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 156,093 · Without a disability: 932,083 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,088,176Nebraska · Disability rate: 12.1% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 235,106 · Without a disability: 1,702,436 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,937,542Nevada · Disability rate: 13.4% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 416,368 · Without a disability: 2,686,674 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 3,103,042New Hampshire · Disability rate: 13.0% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 178,623 · Without a disability: 1,192,880 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,371,503New Jersey · Disability rate: 10.6% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 975,308 · Without a disability: 8,199,100 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 9,174,408New Mexico · Disability rate: 16.7% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 346,122 · Without a disability: 1,731,749 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 2,077,871New York · Disability rate: 12.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 2,394,964 · Without a disability: 17,279,282 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 19,674,246North Carolina · Disability rate: 13.4% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,386,506 · Without a disability: 8,980,198 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 10,366,704North Dakota · Disability rate: 11.8% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 89,750 · Without a disability: 671,819 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 761,569Ohio · Disability rate: 14.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,646,041 · Without a disability: 9,966,743 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 11,612,784Oklahoma · Disability rate: 16.8% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 656,264 · Without a disability: 3,250,521 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 3,906,785Oregon · Disability rate: 15.1% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 635,797 · Without a disability: 3,561,149 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 4,196,946Pennsylvania · Disability rate: 14.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,820,613 · Without a disability: 10,979,922 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 12,800,535Rhode Island · Disability rate: 13.6% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 146,643 · Without a disability: 932,053 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,078,696South Carolina · Disability rate: 14.4% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 738,495 · Without a disability: 4,374,663 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 5,113,158South Dakota · Disability rate: 12.1% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 106,698 · Without a disability: 773,025 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 879,723Tennessee · Disability rate: 15.0% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,034,275 · Without a disability: 5,853,850 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 6,888,125Texas · Disability rate: 12.0% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 3,491,298 · Without a disability: 25,666,647 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 29,157,945Utah · Disability rate: 10.3% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 339,979 · Without a disability: 2,964,489 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 3,304,468Vermont · Disability rate: 14.5% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 92,624 · Without a disability: 546,485 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 639,109Virginia · Disability rate: 12.2% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,032,353 · Without a disability: 7,396,788 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 8,429,141Washington · Disability rate: 13.3% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 1,010,563 · Without a disability: 6,612,734 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 7,623,297West Virginia · Disability rate: 19.1% · Margin of error: 0.2% · With a disability: 334,044 · Without a disability: 1,416,686 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1,750,730Wisconsin · Disability rate: 12.0% · Margin of error: 0.1% · With a disability: 701,774 · Without a disability: 5,126,293 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 5,828,067Wyoming · Disability rate: 13.9% · Margin of error: 0.3% · With a disability: 79,382 · Without a disability: 490,341 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 569,723District of Columbia · Disability rate: 11.0% · Margin of error: 0.4% · With a disability: 72,611 · Without a disability: 590,403 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 663,014District of Columbia · Disability rate: 11.0% · Margin of error: 0.4% · With a disability: 72,611 · Without a disability: 590,403 · Civilian noninstitutionalized population: 663,014Disability rate10.3%19.1%
Summary

Darker amber is a higher share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability. Puerto Rico is listed in the ranking and table but is not on this map.

A typical published area has a disability rate of 13.5%, the midpoint of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico on the 2023 ACS five-year estimates. West Virginia has the highest rate among the 50 states at 19.1%, and Utah is the lowest at 10.3%. Puerto Rico, which this table also returns, sits at 22.8%. West Virginia is 8.8 percentage points above Utah. These are each area's own share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability, not a national average of states.

In short

13.5%typical published areathe middle area, not an average
19.1%West Virginiahighest of the 50 states
10.3%Utahlowest disability rate
22.8%Puerto Ricohighest figure the Census published
11states at or above 15%West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Alabama, Louisiana and others
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Disability rate, all published states

Disability rate · all 52 · ranked high to low

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Disability rate, all published statesEvery area the Census published in this table: 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 52 in all. West Virginia leads the 50 states at 19.1%, while Puerto Rico is at 22.8%. Utah is the lowest at 10.3%. The middle published area sits at 13.5%. 11 of the 50 states are at or above 15 percent. The ranking is each area's own disability rate for the civilian noninstitutionalized population.0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%Disability rate, percent22.8%Puerto Rico19.1%West Virginia17.8%Arkansas17.7%Kentucky17.4%Mississippi16.8%Oklahoma16.7%New Mexico16.2%Alabama16.1%Louisiana15.6%Maine15.1%Oregon15.0%Tennessee14.6%Missouri14.5%Vermont14.4%South Carolina14.3%Montana14.2%Michigan14.2%Pennsylvania14.2%Ohio13.9%Wyoming13.9%Delaware13.8%Indiana13.8%Idaho13.6%Rhode Island13.6%Arizona13.5%Florida13.4%Kansas13.4%Nevada13.4%North Carolina13.3%Washington13.1%Alaska13.0%New Hampshire12.9%Georgia12.5%Hawaii12.4%Iowa12.2%Virginia12.2%New York12.1%Nebraska12.1%South Dakota12.1%Connecticut12.1%Massachusetts12.0%Wisconsin12.0%Texas11.8%Illinois11.8%North Dakota11.4%Minnesota11.4%Maryland11.3%California11.2%Colorado11.0%District of Columbia10.6%New Jersey10.3%Utah
Summary

Every area the Census published in this table: 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 52 in all. West Virginia leads the 50 states at 19.1%, while Puerto Rico is at 22.8%. Utah is the lowest at 10.3%. The middle published area sits at 13.5%. 11 of the 50 states are at or above 15 percent. The ranking is each area's own disability rate for the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

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Disability rate, margin of error, people with and without a disability, and the civilian noninstitutionalized population for every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico on the 2023 ACS five-year estimates. Sort any column or use the filter box to jump to a state by name. Each disability rate is that area's own share, so that column cannot be averaged into a United States figure.

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Puerto Rico22.8%0.2%734,9892,492,6383,227,627
West Virginia19.1%0.2%334,0441,416,6861,750,730
Arkansas17.8%0.2%528,9952,448,7112,977,706
Kentucky17.7%0.1%784,9203,644,4134,429,333
Mississippi17.4%0.2%500,6882,383,7572,884,445
Oklahoma16.8%0.1%656,2643,250,5213,906,785
New Mexico16.7%0.2%346,1221,731,7492,077,871
Alabama16.2%0.1%807,0694,162,7974,969,866
Louisiana16.1%0.1%729,3163,793,7554,523,071
Maine15.6%0.2%212,0431,147,7641,359,807
Oregon15.1%0.1%635,7973,561,1494,196,946
Tennessee15.0%0.1%1,034,2755,853,8506,888,125
Missouri14.6%0.1%886,5435,176,2466,062,789
Vermont14.5%0.3%92,624546,485639,109
South Carolina14.4%0.1%738,4954,374,6635,113,158
Montana14.3%0.2%156,093932,0831,088,176
Michigan14.2%0.1%1,414,4348,529,8649,944,298
Pennsylvania14.2%0.1%1,820,61310,979,92212,800,535
Ohio14.2%0.1%1,646,0419,966,74311,612,784
Wyoming13.9%0.3%79,382490,341569,723
Delaware13.9%0.3%137,738854,560992,298
Indiana13.8%0.1%927,8625,787,0496,714,911
Idaho13.8%0.2%257,2041,609,5811,866,785
Rhode Island13.6%0.3%146,643932,0531,078,696
Arizona13.6%0.1%970,4046,184,5577,154,961
Florida13.5%0.1%2,924,17818,667,41021,591,588
Kansas13.4%0.2%386,7162,489,0832,875,799
Nevada13.4%0.2%416,3682,686,6743,103,042
North Carolina13.4%0.1%1,386,5068,980,19810,366,704
Washington13.3%0.1%1,010,5636,612,7347,623,297
Alaska13.1%0.3%92,451611,682704,133
New Hampshire13.0%0.2%178,6231,192,8801,371,503
Georgia12.9%0.1%1,375,2249,252,29510,627,519
Hawaii12.5%0.2%173,7661,212,3421,386,108
Iowa12.4%0.1%390,4312,759,1853,149,616
Virginia12.2%0.1%1,032,3537,396,7888,429,141
New York12.2%0.1%2,394,96417,279,28219,674,246
Nebraska12.1%0.2%235,1061,702,4361,937,542
South Dakota12.1%0.2%106,698773,025879,723
Connecticut12.1%0.1%429,5683,126,1353,555,703
Massachusetts12.1%0.1%835,8326,091,0586,926,890
Wisconsin12.0%0.1%701,7745,126,2935,828,067
Texas12.0%0.1%3,491,29825,666,64729,157,945
Illinois11.8%0.1%1,482,93111,039,56712,522,498
North Dakota11.8%0.3%89,750671,819761,569
Minnesota11.4%0.1%642,8765,010,0125,652,888
Maryland11.4%0.1%690,4635,388,9556,079,418
California11.3%0.0%4,364,43134,397,30738,761,738
Colorado11.2%0.1%638,6865,075,1175,713,803
District of Columbia11.0%0.4%72,611590,403663,014
New Jersey10.6%0.1%975,3088,199,1009,174,408
Utah10.3%0.1%339,9792,964,4893,304,468

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About this data

  • Disability status is asked of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. People living in institutional group quarters such as prisons and nursing homes are not included.
  • A state disability rate is that state's own share of people with a disability, so these figures cannot be averaged to produce a national figure.
  • The Census published 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. None of the rates were suppressed.
  • With a disability and without a disability are the summed age and sex disability cells in B18101. The disability rate is people with a disability divided by the civilian noninstitutionalized population in that table.
  • Puerto Rico is listed in the ranking and table but is not on the choropleth. Alaska and Hawaii appear on the ranking and as insets on the map.