2024 People with Health Conditions or Difficulties that Limit Work — 2025-09-30

In July 2024, 30.7 million people ages 16 to 75 had a work-limiting health condition or difficulty, accounting for 12.4 percent of the total civilian noninstitutional population in this age group, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The most common health condition or difficulty was a mobility impairment. Workers with a work-limiting health condition or difficulty were significantly more likely to face challenges that made it difficult to do their current job compared with workers who had no work-limiting health conditions or difficulties. Nearly one-third of employed individuals with a work-limiting health condition or difficulty requested or made changes to help do their job better. This information was obtained from the July 2024 Disability Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that provides statistics on employment and unemployment in the United States. The July 2024 supplement, sponsored by the U.S.