2018 State Report for County-Level Data: Employment

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2018 Texas Report for County-Level Data: Employment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Introduction

The State Reports for County-Level Data on Employment are designed to provide the users of disability statistics with the employed count and employment rate for civilians with disabilities, ages 18 to 64 years and living in the community, for any given state and county in the United States (U.S.). This report is intended to be an online complement to Section 2: Employment of the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium and Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, providing greater detail within each state. The State Reports for County-Level Data on Employment can be used to compare county-level statistics between counties in any given state or states. The following report provides county-level statistics for Texas.

The proportion of the civilian non-institutionalized population with disabilities who are employed, sometimes called the employment rate or employment-to-population ratio, presented in the State Reports for County-Level Data is a useful tool for advocates, researchers, and policy-makers to plan and provide services and supports for the employment of people with disabilities. In this report, the employment of people with disabilities is presented as the number of employed civilians with disabilities, ages 18 to 64 years and living in the community, in a given state and county per total state and county populations, respectively. Counts and percentages (the employment rate) are provided in tables and maps.

The data for this report come from the American Community Survey 5-year data. The American Community Survey (ACS) is a national survey developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide information on a number of topics about social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. ACS 5-year data is collected over a longer period of time than 1-year data, providing larger sample sizes and increased reliability for less populated areas and small population subgroups. All of the statistics in this report use the ACS 5-year data which includes data from 2018, the year of the report, and data from the four previous years. In the ACS, people are identified as having a disability based on responses to a series of six questions asking about having difficulties with vision, hearing, ambulation, cognition, self-care, and independent living (see glossary for further details). 

 

 

 

In the ACS, people are also asked a series of questions designed to identify their employment status. Based on the answers, individuals were classified into one of five groups:

  • People who worked at any time during the reference week;
  • People on temporary layoff who were available for work;
  • People who did not work during the reference week but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent (excluding layoff);
  • People who did not work during the reference week, but who were looking for work during the last four weeks and were available for work during the reference week; and
  • People not in the labor force. 

In the ACS, people are identified as being employed if they responded as having worked during the past week. 

Specific to Texas, the state chosen for this report, sentences providing interpretation and context for employment statistics are included on the following page. A short glossary of terms is also provided at the end of the report explaining the statistics that are illustrated in each sentence.

Additional Resources. The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium and its complement, the Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, are summaries of statistics about people with disabilities, available both in hard copy and online at https://www.disabilitycompendium.org.

Help navigating any of the resources described here can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section at https://www.disabilitycompendium.org/faq. Assistance interpreting and locating additional statistics is available via our toll-free number, 866.538.9521, or by email, disability.statistics@unh.edu. For more information about our research projects, please visit https://www.researchondisability.org.

Suggested Citation. Boege, S.L., Lauer, E.A., & Houtenville, A.J., 2020. 2018 State Report for Texas County-Level Data: Employment. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability.

Interpretation

The following statements are designed to help understand the 2018 county-level employment statistics from Texas that are presented:

 

  • For people with disabilities: 
    • The employment rate for people with disabilities in Texas was 39.3%.
    • The range, also known as the difference between largest and smallest values, of employment rates for people with disabilities across Texas counties was 100.0%.
      • The county with the greatest employment rate for people with disabilities was Loving (100.0%).
      • The county with the smallest employment rate for people with disabilities was Terrell (0.0%).
    • The median, also known as the middle-most, employment rate for people with disabilities across all counties in Texas was 37.3%.

 

  • For people without disabilities:
    • The employment rate for people without disabilities in Texas was 75.9%.
    • The range, also known as the difference between largest and smallest values, of employment rates for people without disabilities across Texas counties was 26.5%.
      • The county with the greatest employment rate for people without disabilities was Cottle (84.6%).
      • The county with the smallest employment rate for people without disabilities was San Augustine (58.1%).
    • The median, also known as the middle-most, employment rate for people without disabilities across all counties in Texas was 74.5%.
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
    Texas     1,618,704 636,330  39.3 15,262,851 11,588,605 75.9   Burleson        1,152     472  41.0      9,030      6,597 73.1
  Anderson        3,271     875  26.8     22,437     17,239 76.8    Burnet         3,814   2,001  52.5     21,798     16,383 75.2
   Andrews          825     354  42.9      9,630      7,508 78.0   Caldwell        2,804   1,001  35.7     21,413     16,046 74.9
  Angelina        8,060   2,812  34.9     42,018     30,858 73.4    Calhoun        1,996     915  45.8     10,618      8,081 76.1
   Aransas        2,093     714  34.1     11,184      7,908 70.7   Callahan        1,061     359  33.8      6,711      4,843 72.2
   Archer           607     253  41.7      4,540      3,684 81.1    Cameron       22,689   6,269  27.6    212,757    143,674 67.5
  Armstrong          67      21  31.3      1,031        848 82.3     Camp            852     185  21.7      6,253      4,662 74.6
  Atascosa        2,813     937  33.3     25,405     17,847 70.2    Carson           267      98  36.7      3,143      2,529 80.5
   Austin         1,915     669  34.9     15,093     11,657 77.2     Cass          2,582     551  21.3     14,119     10,233 72.5
   Bailey           402      55  13.7      3,522      2,895 82.2    Castro           356      61  17.1      3,960      2,910 73.5
   Bandera        2,104     741  35.2     10,194      7,528 73.8   Chambers        2,213     699  31.6     22,212     16,005 72.1
   Bastrop        6,043   1,933  32.0     42,056     31,225 74.2   Cherokee        3,082     857  27.8     24,616     18,060 73.4
   Baylor           297      48  16.2      1,615      1,223 75.7   Childress         384     187  48.7      3,219      2,345 72.8
     Bee          2,247     727  32.4     12,176      7,821 64.2     Clay            878     281  32.0      5,029      3,642 72.4
    Bell         27,717  10,799  39.0    164,761    120,234 73.0    Cochran          209      55  26.3      1,424      1,058 74.3
    Bexar       148,767  56,623  38.1  1,029,466    782,813 76.0     Coke            173      54  31.2      1,527      1,250 81.9
   Blanco           885     371  41.9      5,619      4,297 76.5    Coleman          613     197  32.1      3,935      2,769 70.4
   Borden            49      20  40.8        271        228 84.1    Collin        30,768  15,444  50.2    563,092    447,771 79.5
   Bosque         1,270     375  29.5      8,472      6,322 74.6 Collingsworth       178      49  27.5      1,523      1,103 72.4
    Bowie         5,982   1,434  24.0     45,869     33,524 73.1   Colorado        1,293     470  36.3     10,253      7,991 77.9
  Brazoria       16,734   6,550  39.1    192,968    149,706 77.6     Comal         9,528   4,190  44.0     69,950     53,156 76.0
   Brazos         9,721   4,074  41.9    141,756     96,282 67.9   Comanche          962     339  35.2      6,146      4,685 76.2
  Brewster          982     416  42.4      4,407      3,486 79.1    Concho            91      62  68.1      1,747      1,024 58.6
   Briscoe           51      20  39.2        840        606 72.1     Cooke         2,799   1,196  42.7     20,115     16,203 80.6
   Brooks           616     232  37.7      3,064      2,009 65.6    Coryell        5,783   2,214  38.3     27,706     19,454 70.2
    Brown         2,418     816  33.7     18,994     13,816 72.7    Cottle           127      53  41.7        599        507 84.6
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
    Crane           203      88  43.3      2,492      1,817 72.9     Foard           106      10   9.4        659        533 80.9
  Crockett          178      76  42.7      1,899      1,578 83.1   Fort Bend      26,928  10,358  38.5    427,593    324,049 75.8
   Crosby           549     251  45.7      2,640      1,991 75.4   Franklin          824     265  32.2      4,990      3,860 77.4
  Culberson         318     145  45.6        951        712 74.9   Freestone       1,647     329  20.0      8,313      6,404 77.0
   Dallam           536     312  58.2      3,636      3,015 82.9     Frio          1,318     387  29.4      7,923      5,747 72.5
   Dallas       130,093  52,620  40.4  1,492,724  1,159,603 77.7    Gaines         1,085     648  59.7     10,155      7,138 70.3
   Dawson         1,110     445  40.1      5,143      3,899 75.8   Galveston      22,504   8,905  39.6    176,169    134,495 76.3
   DeWitt         1,342     695  51.8      8,953      6,481 72.4     Garza           336     112  33.3      2,318      1,877 81.0
 Deaf Smith         869     339  39.0      9,680      7,680 79.3   Gillespie       1,062     437  41.1     12,233      9,617 78.6
    Delta           524     145  27.7      2,424      1,663 68.6   Glasscock          16       2  12.5        903        649 71.9
   Denton        32,702  16,823  51.4    490,359    396,399 80.8    Goliad           523     190  36.3      3,721      2,607 70.1
   Dickens          232      78  33.6        882        585 66.3   Gonzales        1,688     496  29.4      9,906      7,907 79.8
   Dimmit         1,245     350  28.1      4,435      2,863 64.6     Gray          2,002     819  40.9      9,930      7,726 77.8
   Donley           180      60  33.3      1,699      1,186 69.8    Grayson       11,142   4,274  38.4     63,885     50,135 78.5
    Duval         1,434     529  36.9      4,503      3,148 69.9     Gregg         8,466   3,367  39.8     63,653     48,351 76.0
  Eastland        2,314     567  24.5      8,028      5,081 63.3    Grimes         1,288     327  25.4     12,365      9,326 75.4
    Ector        10,282   4,604  44.8     84,638     64,549 76.3   Guadalupe       9,632   3,933  40.8     83,268     64,174 77.1
   Edwards          289     168  58.1        839        612 72.9     Hale          1,687     523  31.0     17,069     12,593 73.8
   El Paso       57,112  22,111  38.7    428,120    309,381 72.3     Hall            240      70  29.2      1,393        977 70.1
    Ellis         9,603   3,663  38.1     92,234     72,988 79.1   Hamilton          931     440  47.3      3,514      2,773 78.9
    Erath         2,417     884  36.6     24,476     17,472 71.4   Hansford          288     100  34.7      2,740      2,025 73.9
    Falls         1,673     465  27.8      7,321      4,965 67.8   Hardeman          545     119  21.8      1,681      1,319 78.5
   Fannin         2,330     676  29.0     15,872     11,799 74.3    Hardin         4,421   1,362  30.8     28,685     20,694 72.1
   Fayette        1,713     362  21.1     12,065      9,701 80.4    Harris       222,815  88,578  39.8  2,672,463  2,020,198 75.6
   Fisher           264     104  39.4      1,897      1,437 75.8   Harrison        3,634   1,150  31.6     34,990     25,174 71.9
    Floyd           297      99  33.3      2,891      2,132 73.7    Hartley          180     124  68.9      2,019      1,663 82.4
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
   Haskell          623     245  39.3      2,292      1,702 74.3    Kendall        2,436     986  40.5     21,677     16,673 76.9
    Hays          9,515   4,367  45.9    124,614     94,228 75.6    Kenedy            36      14  38.9        256        195 76.2
  Hemphill          331     163  49.2      1,871      1,529 81.7     Kent             93      49  52.7        258        217 84.1
  Henderson       6,183   1,458  23.6     38,930     27,428 70.5     Kerr          4,237   1,588  37.5     22,985     17,647 76.8
   Hidalgo       51,189  17,379  34.0    419,242    290,571 69.3    Kimble           347     236  68.0      1,873      1,561 83.3
    Hill          2,908     991  34.1     16,720     12,476 74.6     King             12       2  16.7        122         99 81.1
   Hockley        1,834     845  46.1     11,951      8,812 73.7    Kinney           390      70  17.9      1,624      1,097 67.5
    Hood          2,665     869  32.6     28,132     20,860 74.2    Kleberg        2,255     746  33.1     16,810     11,695 69.6
   Hopkins        3,063   1,043  34.1     17,509     13,309 76.0     Knox            329     140  42.6      1,630      1,211 74.3
   Houston        1,318     396  30.0      9,600      7,291 75.9   La Salle          591     193  32.7      3,225      2,478 76.8
   Howard         3,047   1,144  37.5     16,568     12,410 74.9     Lamar         3,935   1,261  32.0     24,337     18,270 75.1
  Hudspeth          452     172  38.1      1,306        848 64.9     Lamb          1,048     460  43.9      6,280      4,789 76.3
    Hunt          7,601   2,108  27.7     47,515     35,124 73.9   Lampasas        1,969     856  43.5      9,946      7,249 72.9
 Hutchinson       2,113     862  40.8     10,399      7,361 70.8    Lavaca         1,236     560  45.3      9,330      7,481 80.2
    Irion            77      30  39.0        786        556 70.7      Lee            964     384  39.8      8,970      6,921 77.2
    Jack            658     267  40.6      3,696      2,708 73.3     Leon          1,435     494  34.4      7,640      5,306 69.5
   Jackson        1,398     520  37.2      7,054      5,635 79.9    Liberty        6,639   2,193  33.0     36,748     25,523 69.5
   Jasper         2,866     782  27.3     16,644     11,249 67.6   Limestone       1,855     614  33.1     11,560      7,717 66.8
 Jeff Davis         135      66  48.9        958        699 73.0   Lipscomb          234     105  44.9      1,766      1,395 79.0
  Jefferson      17,077   5,240  30.7    129,208     94,031 72.8   Live Oak          946     277  29.3      4,985      3,640 73.0
  Jim Hogg          500     242  48.4      2,162      1,321 61.1     Llano         2,087     898  43.0      8,042      5,741 71.4
  Jim Wells       2,943     612  20.8     20,529     14,610 71.2    Loving            11      11 100.0         42         25 59.5
   Johnson        8,432   2,628  31.2     88,195     67,927 77.0    Lubbock       22,396   9,917  44.3    167,487    127,896 76.4
    Jones         1,315     436  33.2      5,097      3,866 75.8     Lynn            633     236  37.3      2,613      1,916 73.3
   Karnes           833     244  29.3      6,732      4,786 71.1    Madison          791     202  25.5      4,788      3,761 78.6
   Kaufman        8,059   2,916  36.2     63,312     48,956 77.3    Marion           930     136  14.6      4,708      3,073 65.3
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
   Martin           200      98  49.0      2,966      2,276 76.7  Palo Pinto       2,540     793  31.2     13,562     10,047 74.1
    Mason           259     119  45.9      1,962      1,596 81.3    Panola         1,754     650  37.1     11,775      8,483 72.0
  Matagorda       2,900     948  32.7     18,223     13,459 73.9    Parker         7,909   3,625  45.8     69,247     52,507 75.8
  Maverick        4,680   1,812  38.7     28,076     18,927 67.4    Parmer           651     302  46.4      5,013      3,804 75.9
  McCulloch         714     279  39.1      3,677      2,925 79.5     Pecos           694     277  39.9      7,210      5,375 74.5
  McLennan       16,721   5,682  34.0    133,088    100,016 75.2     Polk          4,919   1,481  30.1     21,034     15,514 73.8
  McMullen           68      16  23.5        283        178 62.9    Potter         7,075   2,890  40.8     60,097     46,288 77.0
   Medina         3,649   1,457  39.9     24,063     18,349 76.3   Presidio          517     212  41.0      3,073      1,991 64.8
   Menard           208     108  51.9      1,027        844 82.2     Rains           900     251  27.9      5,421      4,103 75.7
   Midland        7,913   4,234  53.5     92,421     73,532 79.6    Randall        7,149   3,719  52.0     73,906     61,324 83.0
    Milam         2,189     681  31.1     11,392      8,447 74.1    Reagan           135      45  33.3      2,152      1,537 71.4
    Mills           492     150  30.5      1,879      1,454 77.4     Real            250     108  43.2      1,309        928 70.9
  Mitchell          366     142  38.8      3,109      2,317 74.5   Red River       1,055     255  24.2      5,814      4,168 71.7
  Montague        1,748     698  39.9      8,880      6,582 74.1    Reeves           597     151  25.3      7,218      5,095 70.6
 Montgomery      27,238  11,332  41.6    308,253    233,962 75.9    Refugio          746     296  39.7      3,168      2,196 69.3
    Moore           944     434  46.0     11,601      8,929 77.0    Roberts           48      24  50.0        360        303 84.2
   Morris         1,107     322  29.1      5,788      4,352 75.2   Robertson       1,258     424  33.7      8,255      6,158 74.6
   Motley            75      34  45.3        433        359 82.9   Rockwall        3,994   1,711  42.8     52,457     41,598 79.3
 Nacogdoches      6,156   2,245  36.5     34,712     23,972 69.1    Runnels          584     236  40.4      5,018      3,799 75.7
   Navarro        4,009   1,726  43.1     23,463     17,504 74.6     Rusk          3,556   1,063  29.9     24,776     17,960 72.5
   Newton         1,524     401  26.3      6,750      4,180 61.9    Sabine         1,293     276  21.3      4,029      2,546 63.2
    Nolan         1,415     594  42.0      6,956      4,900 70.4 San Augustine     1,022     299  29.3      3,426      1,990 58.1
   Nueces        24,751   9,916  40.1    192,949    145,335 75.3  San Jacinto      3,133     851  27.2     12,359      8,285 67.0
  Ochiltree         498     149  29.9      5,517      4,176 75.7 San Patricio      4,506   1,607  35.7     34,241     25,547 74.6
   Oldham            80      21  26.3        876        694 79.2   San Saba          347     140  40.3      2,444      2,006 82.1
   Orange         7,188   2,547  35.4     42,704     32,155 75.3  Schleicher         144      78  54.2      1,590      1,206 75.8
Employment of Civilians with and without Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018
County Disability No Disability   County Disability No Disability
Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2] Total Employed % [1] Total Employed % [2]
   Scurry         1,073     450  41.9      7,836      5,721 73.0   Van Zandt       4,918   1,517  30.8     25,604     18,820 73.5
 Shackelford        294     148  50.3      1,603      1,188 74.1   Victoria        6,248   2,470  39.5     47,536     37,342 78.6
   Shelby         2,412     644  26.7     11,894      8,229 69.2    Walker         2,175     844  38.8     36,071     22,755 63.1
   Sherman          253     154  60.9      1,647      1,336 81.1    Waller         2,999   1,196  39.9     28,931     19,884 68.7
    Smith        14,939   4,817  32.2    117,392     87,174 74.3     Ward            765     251  32.8      5,980      4,266 71.3
  Somervell         363      45  12.4      4,784      3,349 70.0  Washington       2,050     958  46.7     17,492     12,605 72.1
    Starr         5,633   1,708  30.3     29,477     18,932 64.2     Webb         14,926   5,429  36.4    139,568     96,330 69.0
  Stephens          899     374  41.6      4,182      2,851 68.2    Wharton        2,767     968  35.0     20,968     16,187 77.2
  Sterling          122      97  79.5        517        434 83.9    Wheeler          373     185  49.6      2,652      2,089 78.8
  Stonewall          72      52  72.2        604        434 71.9    Wichita       10,442   3,838  36.8     59,246     45,837 77.4
   Sutton           146      65  44.5      2,091      1,620 77.5   Wilbarger       1,550     676  43.6      6,076      5,106 84.0
   Swisher          560      93  16.6      3,075      2,198 71.5    Willacy        1,678     482  28.7     10,420      6,218 59.7
   Tarrant      109,817  45,852  41.8  1,143,518    895,793 78.3  Williamson      27,181  13,662  50.3    297,762    238,986 80.3
   Taylor        10,242   4,315  42.1     68,732     53,607 78.0    Wilson         2,852   1,023  35.9     26,088     19,035 73.0
   Terrell           33       0   0.0        443        306 69.1    Winkler          376     145  38.6      4,077      2,889 70.9
    Terry           757     292  38.6      5,489      4,077 74.3     Wise          5,878   2,514  42.8     32,379     24,538 75.8
Throckmorton        125      49  39.2        742        555 74.8     Wood          4,155   1,431  34.4     18,756     12,897 68.8
    Titus         2,101     846  40.3     16,566     12,337 74.5    Yoakum           237     101  42.6      4,536      3,449 76.0
  Tom Green       7,412   3,160  42.6     60,432     46,507 77.0     Young         1,230     452  36.7      8,792      6,584 74.9
   Travis        56,325  28,712  51.0    762,215    607,781 79.7    Zapata         1,229     326  26.5      6,303      4,455 70.7
   Trinity        1,980     494  24.9      5,742      3,871 67.4    Zavala         1,545     416  26.9      5,142      3,854 75.0
    Tyler         2,433     719  29.6      7,843      5,320 67.8                                                                 
   Upshur         3,548   1,304  36.8     19,972     14,407 72.1                                                                 
    Upton           116      23  19.8      1,882      1,316 69.9                                                                 
   Uvalde         1,704     670  39.3     13,178      9,601 72.9                                                                 
  Val Verde       3,226   1,689  52.4     22,268     16,195 72.7                                                                 
Count of Employed Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018

Employment Rate for Civilians with Disabilities Ages 18 to 64 Years Living in the Community for Texas, by County: 2018

Discussion

There are a number of concepts and factors which complicate the interpretation of the estimates presented in this report. These concerns affect all statistics from population-based surveys. The estimates included in this document should be interpreted the following limitations in mind and generalized with caution. In each point, a link to the U.S. Census Bureau website describing the limitation or concept in greater detail in the ACS has been provided.

Additional links to resources for the ACS:

Glossary

American Community Survey (ACS) — The American Community Survey is a large, continuous demographic survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that will provide accurate and up-to-date profiles of America’s communities every year. Annual and multiyear estimates of population and housing data are generated for small areas, including tracts and population subgroups. This information is collected by mailing questionnaires to a sample of addresses. See the U.S. Census Bureau website for additional details.

The Six Disability Questions in the American Community Survey:

  1. Is this person deaf or does he/she have serious difficulty hearing? (yes or no)
  2. Is this person blind or does he/she have serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses? (yes or no)
  3. (If person 5 years old or over) Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions? (yes or no)
  4. (If person 5 years or old over) Does this person have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? (yes or no)
  5. (If person 5 years old or over) Does this person have difficulty dressing or bathing? (yes or no)
  6. (If person 15 years old or over) Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping? (yes or no)

Average — The sum of all of the values in a sample divided by the number of values in the sample.

Civilian — A person not in active-duty military.

Employed – Individuals were asked a series of questions designed to identify their employment status. Based on the answers, individuals were classified into one of five groups:

  1. People who worked at any time during the reference week;
  2. People on temporary layoff who were available for work;
  3. People who did not work during the reference week but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent (excluding layoff);
  4. People who did not work during the reference week, but who were looking for work during the last four weeks and were available for work during the reference week; and
  5. People not in the labor force.

People who responded as having worked during the past week were considered "employed".

Employment Rate — The number of individuals that are employed as a percent of the civilian non-institutional population.

Living in the Community – A person lives in the community, if the person is not living in an institution, such as jail, prison, nursing home, and hospital. A college dormitory is not considered an institution.

Median — The middle-most value of a sample that separates the upper half of the values from the lower half of the values. 

Non-Institutionalized Population — Describes individuals who are residing in the community and who are not living in institutions such as jails, prisons, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

Population — The total number of inhabitants in a defined geographic area including all races, classes, and groups.

Range — The difference between the largest and smallest values in a sample. In a sample, when the smallest value is subtracted from the largest value the resulting value is called the range. 

Sampling Variability — The variation of a statistic when estimated from repeated samples.

United States Census Bureau — An agency within the United States Federal Statistical System tasked with producing data about the American people and economy. Their primary task is to conduct the United States Census every ten years.

About the Center

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC)

Led by the University of New Hampshire, the StatsRRTC is a collaborative effort involving the following partners: American Association of People with Disabilities, Center for Essential Management Services, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Kessler Foundation, Mathematica Policy Research, and Public Health Institute.

The StatsRRTC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research under grant number 90RTGE00010100, from 2018–2023.

Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (EPM-RRTC)

Led by the University of New Hampshire, the EPM-RRTC is a collaborative effort involving the following partners: Association of University Centers on Disability, Hunter College, Kessler Foundation, Mathematica Policy Research, and the University of Chicago.

The EPM-RRTC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research under grant number 90RT503701, from 2015–2020.

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