Disability in Wisconsin:
Employment, Poverty &
Education
| |
No work
disability* |
Any work disability |
Severe work
disability |
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Persons aged 16-64
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
|
Total
|
2,894,083 |
100.0% |
325,141 |
100.0% |
199,591 |
100.0% |
|
Employed
|
2,208,185 |
76.3% |
90,389 |
27.8% |
14,969 |
7.5% |
|
Unemployed
|
130,233 |
4.5% |
14,306 |
4.4% |
4,392 |
2.2% |
|
Not in labor force**
|
538,299 |
18.6% |
220,770 |
67.9% |
180,230 |
90.3% |
|
Living in poverty
|
295,196 |
10.2% |
97,542 |
30.0% |
76,443 |
38.3% |
|
Completed high school
|
2,384,724 |
82.4% |
216,869 |
66.7% |
114,565 |
57.4% |
|
Completed college
|
662,745 |
22.9% |
31,213 |
9.6% |
11,975 |
6.0% |
| NOTE: These
figures apply to persons aged 16-64. At this time, there are no current and complete data
for employment of people with specific disabilities.
*A person
with a work disability is an individual who has a limitation in the amount or
kind of work able to be performed, due to a chronic condition or impairment.
**The term not in labor force refers to students, home makers,
retirees, and others who have voluntarily left the labor force.
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The disability estimates used in this report were obtained by applying percentage
estimates from the latest year available to the January 1997 estimate of the Wisconsin
total population. All data sources are listed below.
SOCIAL SECURITY
· Social Security Administration, Social Security Bulletin—Annual Statistical
Supplement, 1997.
· Social Security Administration; Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics,
Quarterly
Report on SSI Disabled Workers and Work Incentive Provisions, 1997.
· Kathy Luedtke, SSI Coordinator for the WI Department of Health and Family Services.
GENERAL POPULATION
· WI Department of Administration—Demographic Services Center, 1997.
· US Census Bureau, Census Tables on Disability, 1990.
GENERAL DISABILITY
· US Census Bureau, Americans with Disabilities: 1994-1995.
· Disability Statistics Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of
California, Disability Statistics Abstract Series, 1997.
Last Revised: October 24, 2008
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