2012 Employment Statistics for Persons with Disabilities
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- Published on Saturday, 17 March 2012 13:21
The latest statistics show that while the employment rate for the rest of the population is growing, it is decreasing for those with disabilities.
| Employment status, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands] | Persons with a disability | Persons with no disability | ||
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| Feb. 2011 | Feb. 2012 | Feb. 2011 | Feb. 2012 | |
| TOTAL, 16 years and over |
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| Civilian noninstitutional population |
27,179 | 27,822 | 211,672 | 214,613 |
| Civilian labor force |
5,592 | 5,542 | 147,043 | 148,572 |
| Participation rate |
20.6 | 19.9 | 69.5 | 69.2 |
| Employed |
4,730 | 4,665 | 133,363 | 136,019 |
| Employment-population ratio |
17.4 | 16.8 | 63.0 | 63.4 |
| Unemployed |
862 | 878 | 13,680 | 12,552 |
| Unemployment rate |
15.4 | 15.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 |
| Not in labor force |
21,587 | 22,280 | 64,629 | 66,042 |
| Men, 16 to 64 years |
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| Civilian labor force |
2,510 | 2,458 | 74,988 | 74,926 |
| Participation rate |
34.2 | 32.9 | 82.2 | 82.1 |
| Employed |
2,085 | 2,006 | 67,091 | 68,058 |
| Employment-population ratio |
28.4 | 26.8 | 73.5 | 74.5 |
| Unemployed |
425 | 452 | 7,897 | 6,868 |
| Unemployment rate |
16.9 | 18.4 | 10.5 | 9.2 |
| Not in labor force |
4,839 | 5,013 | 16,280 | 16,378 |
| Women, 16 to 64 years |
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| Civilian labor force |
2,203 | 2,194 | 65,944 | 66,900 |
| Participation rate |
29.3 | 28.1 | 70.7 | 70.7 |
| Employed |
1,834 | 1,843 | 60,526 | 61,625 |
| Employment-population ratio |
24.3 | 23.6 | 64.9 | 65.1 |
| Unemployed |
370 | 352 | 5,418 | 5,276 |
| Unemployment rate |
16.8 | 16.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| Not in labor force |
5,328 | 5,617 | 27,357 | 27,719 |
| Both sexes, 65 years and over |
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| Civilian labor force |
879 | 890 | 6,110 | 6,746 |
| Participation rate |
7.1 | 7.1 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
| Employed |
811 | 816 | 5,746 | 6,337 |
| Employment-population ratio |
6.6 | 6.5 | 21.2 | 22.1 |
| Unemployed |
67 | 74 | 365 | 409 |
| Unemployment rate |
7.7 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
| Not in labor force |
11,421 | 11,650 | 20,992 | 21,945 |
| NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
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A disability is any physical or mental difference that affects the way you perform life's daily activities.
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