February employment statistics of people with disabilities

March 8, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment statistics for February showing 20.6 percent of people with disabilities are in the labor force compared to 69.5 percent of people with no disability. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities was 15.4 (up from 13.6 percent in January), compared with 10.5 percent for people with no disability, not seasonally adjusted.

Read the Bureau of Labor Statistics report: Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status