2019 Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics — 2020-02-26

In 2019, 19.3 percent of persons with a disability were employed, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In contrast, the employment-population ratio for persons without a disability was 66.3 percent. The unemployment rates for both persons with and without a disability declined from the previous year to 7.3 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively. The 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. The collection of data on persons with a disability is sponsored by the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. For more information, see the Technical Note in this news release. --Half of all persons with a disability were age 65 and over, about three times larger than the share of those with no disability.