Total state population

28,995,881

Total number of people with disabilities

11.5%

Breakdown by category of disability

Hearing difficulty

3.2%

Vision difficulty

2.4%

Cognitive difficulty

4.8%

Ambulatory difficulty

6.2%

Self-care difficulty

2.5%

Independent living difficulty

5.3%

Race/ethnicity breakdown

White

73.4%

Black or African American

12.3%

American Indian and Alaskan Native

0.5%

Asian

5.0%

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

0.1%

Hispanic or Latino

39.7%

Other Race

5.9%

Two or more Races

2.9%

Employment rate for People with Disabilities (PwD)

40.8%

Unemployment rate for PwD

Number of PwD not working but actively looking for work

7.2%

Unemployment rate for PwD

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

23.5%