Total state population

3,080,156

Total number of people with disabilities

12.3%

Breakdown by category of disability

Hearing difficulty

3.6%

Vision difficulty

2.3%

Cognitive difficulty

4.5%

Ambulatory difficulty

6.9%

Self-care difficulty

2.5%

Independent living difficulty

5.3%

Race/ethnicity breakdown

White

64.6%

Black or African American

9.6%

American Indian and Alaskan Native

1.4%

Asian

8.5%

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

0.7%

Hispanic or Latino

29.2%

Other Race

10.5%

Two or more Races

4.7%

Employment rate for People with Disabilities (PwD)

42.5%

Unemployment rate for PwD

Number of PwD not working but actively looking for work

6.1%

Unemployment rate for PwD

Source: https://www.census.gov/

25.5%