Disability Statistics

Disability Statistics

Disability Statistics is a state-level database designed to provide policy makers, advocates, journalists, and the public with access to demographic and socio-economic statistics on the non-institutionalized population of the U.S. with disabilities. The site generates output as maps and in tabular format that includes a section on definitions. Disability Statistics is a project of Cornell University and the ADA National Network.


User expertise rating:
Beginner. This resource guides the user through Census data related to disability at selectable levels of specificity producing maps, charts, and tabular data at the state level.

Sample question:
What percentage of the population of Wisconsin with a hearing disability was not working but actively looking for work as reported by the ACS 2018-2022?