U.S. Census Bureau

 Disability






Selected Characteristics of Persons 16 to 74: 1997


                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              1

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 24 years old         1382       43.4       35.1       13.1       56.6       19.1      31263       64.6       56.9       29.4       35.4       11.9 
      Less than 12 years        679       27.6       20.0        6.3       72.4       27.3      12753       47.8       38.2       11.6       52.2       20.0 
      12 years                  429       55.5       46.5       15.8       44.5       16.2       7399       80.7       71.9       49.9       19.3       10.9 
      13 to 15 years            251       62.9       54.7       27.1       37.1       13.0       9333       70.3       65.1       31.5       29.7        7.4 
      16 years or more           22       72.6       53.7       12.5       27.4       26.0       1778       88.1       85.8       61.0       11.9        2.6 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 34 years old         2617       44.7       36.7       25.8       55.3       17.9      37260       86.8       82.4       71.1       13.2        5.1 
      Less than 12 years        643       25.5       14.3        8.4       74.5       43.8       4484       75.3       65.8       54.2       24.7       12.6 
      12 years                 1026       43.8       38.9       25.9       56.2       11.1      11579       86.7       81.2       70.4       13.3        6.4 
      13 to 15 years            687       57.0       46.8       32.6       43.0       17.9      10678       88.1       84.5       72.5       11.9        4.1 
      16 years or more          261       63.5       56.7       50.5       36.5       10.7      10520       90.4       88.6       77.7        9.6        2.0 
                                                                                                                                                             
    35 to 44 years old         4072       37.4       31.4       21.1       62.6       15.9      39623       89.5       85.8       74.9       10.5        4.1 
      Less than 12 years       1058       23.8       17.8       11.1       76.2       25.0       4187       81.5       72.4       62.6       18.5       11.1 
      12 years                 1625       36.4       31.0       20.2       63.6       14.8      13546       89.7       85.5       74.9       10.3        4.6 
      13 to 15 years           1006       46.4       39.6       28.4       53.6       14.6      11099       90.4       87.5       75.4        9.6        3.2 
      16 years or more          383       55.4       49.2       33.7       44.6       11.2      10790       91.4       89.7       79.2        8.6        1.8 
                                                                                                                                                             
    45 to 54 years old         4368       34.0       31.0       21.5       66.0        8.8      28587       90.3       87.5       77.4        9.7        3.0 
      Less than 12 years       1249       17.9       15.3        9.5       82.1       14.5       3103       82.2       77.0       66.1       17.8        6.4 
      12 years                 1513       30.2       27.2       18.6       69.8        9.9       9303       88.0       84.9       74.1       12.0        3.6 
      13 to 15 years           1042       44.8       42.2       29.6       55.2        6.0       7406       91.8       89.2       78.5        8.2        2.8 
      16 years or more          564       60.1       55.6       40.7       39.9        7.4       8775       94.2       92.7       83.9        5.8        1.6 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              2

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    55 to 64 years old         4983       19.9       18.1       10.3       80.1        8.7      16483       71.3       69.1       57.9       28.7        3.1 
      Less than 12 years       2003       12.2       10.3        4.9       87.8       15.6       2807       64.9       62.0       51.5       35.1        4.4 
      12 years                 1626       18.3       17.2        9.6       81.7        6.1       6261       69.1       66.7       55.7       30.9        3.5 
      13 to 15 years            847       29.6       26.3       16.3       70.4       11.2       3468       72.5       70.5       58.2       27.5        2.8 
      16 years or more          507       39.1       38.7       23.8       60.9        1.1       3947       78.3       76.7       65.8       21.7        2.1 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 69 years old         2496       10.5       10.0        3.5       89.5        4.2       7005       27.0       26.2       13.7       73.0        3.1 
      Less than 12 years       1090        7.4        6.8        2.0       92.6        8.3       1672       23.7       22.8        9.9       76.3        3.9 
      12 years                  801       10.5       10.2        3.3       89.5        2.6       2624       23.1       22.8       11.4       76.9        1.4 
      13 to 15 years            364       14.4       13.8        4.8       85.6        4.2       1303       27.0       25.6       12.1       73.0        5.2 
      16 years or more          241       18.4       18.4        9.1       81.6        0.0       1405       38.5       37.3       24.1       61.5        3.1 
                                                                                                                                                             
    70 to 74 years old         2445        6.1        5.7        1.7       93.9        6.7       6070       15.7       15.2        6.3       84.3        3.6 
      Less than 12 years       1092        3.6        3.6        1.3       96.4        0.0       1638       13.3       12.6        4.7       86.7        5.1 
      12 years                  773        8.5        7.9        2.2       91.5        6.2       2233       12.9       12.4        4.1       87.1        3.7 
      13 to 15 years            338        6.6        5.4        1.5       93.4       18.3       1140       18.1       17.9        8.0       81.9        1.3 
      16 years or more          242        8.8        8.1        1.8       91.2        8.4       1058       23.1       22.1       11.6       76.9        4.3 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 74 years old        22363       27.6       24.0       14.7       72.4       13.0     166290       77.2       73.2       59.2       22.8        5.2 
      Less than 12 years       7814       15.2       11.8        6.0       84.8       22.1      30645       58.3       50.8       33.5       41.7       12.8 
      12 years                 7794       28.0       24.8       14.7       72.0       11.3      52945       78.5       74.1       61.9       21.5        5.6 
      13 to 15 years           4535       39.9       35.0       23.1       60.1       12.2      44426       80.7       77.4       61.1       19.3        4.1 
      16 years or more         2220       44.9       41.5       28.8       55.1        7.5      38273       86.4       84.8       73.7       13.6        1.9 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              3

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 64 years old        17422       33.1       28.6       18.2       66.9       13.6     153216       81.9       77.6       63.3       18.1        5.3 
      Less than 12 years       5632       19.0       14.4        7.7       81.0       23.9      27335       63.1       54.8       36.7       36.9       13.1 
      12 years                 6221       32.7       28.8       17.7       67.3       11.8      48088       84.6       79.8       67.3       15.4        5.7 
      13 to 15 years           3833       45.2       39.6       26.7       54.8       12.4      41983       84.1       80.7       64.0       15.9        4.1 
      16 years or more         1737       53.6       49.4       35.3       46.4        7.8      35810       90.2       88.5       77.5        9.8        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 64 years old        16041       32.2       28.0       18.6       67.8       13.0     121953       86.4       82.9       72.0       13.6        4.0 
      Less than 12 years       4952       17.8       13.7        7.8       82.2       23.2      14582       76.6       69.4       58.6       23.4        9.4 
      12 years                 5792       31.0       27.5       17.8       69.0       11.2      40689       85.3       81.2       70.5       14.7        4.8 
      13 to 15 years           3582       44.0       38.6       26.7       56.0       12.3      32651       88.0       85.1       73.3       12.0        3.3 
      16 years or more         1714       53.4       49.4       35.6       46.6        7.5      34032       90.3       88.6       78.4        9.7        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 74 years old         4941        8.3        7.9        2.6       91.7        5.1      13074       21.8       21.1       10.3       78.2        3.3 
      Less than 12 years       2182        5.5        5.2        1.7       94.5        5.6       3310       18.5       17.7        7.3       81.5        4.3 
      12 years                 1574        9.5        9.1        2.7       90.5        4.2       4857       18.4       18.0        8.1       81.6        2.1 
      13 to 15 years            702       10.6        9.7        3.2       89.4        8.4       2443       22.8       22.0       10.2       77.2        3.7 
      16 years or more          483       13.6       13.2        5.4       86.4        2.7       2463       31.8       30.7       18.8       68.2        3.4 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              4

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 24 years old          873       30.1       23.6        5.2       69.9       21.6 
                                       Less than 12 years        484       19.8       13.9        2.7       80.2       29.5 
                                       12 years                  262       43.3       37.3        9.3       56.7       13.8 
                                       13 to 15 years            115       42.0       30.8        7.0       58.0       26.6 
                                       16 years or more           11       46.1       46.1        0.0       53.9        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 34 years old         1585       23.9       17.7        7.6       76.1       26.2 
                                       Less than 12 years        501       16.7        9.7        4.7       83.3       42.0 
                                       12 years                  619       22.5       18.0        5.7       77.5       20.2 
                                       13 to 15 years            344       35.7       28.0       13.6       64.3       21.6 
                                       16 years or more          121       27.3       19.4       11.6       72.7       29.1 
                                                                                                                            
                                     35 to 44 years old         2661       14.9       11.7        5.2       85.1       21.6 
                                       Less than 12 years        836       11.8        8.7        3.0       88.2       26.1 
                                       12 years                 1104       14.0       11.3        5.0       86.0       19.4 
                                       13 to 15 years            558       18.5       15.2        7.6       81.5       17.8 
                                       16 years or more          163       24.2       17.3        8.8       75.8       28.5 
                                                                                                                            
                                     45 to 54 years old         2725        7.9        7.0        2.7       92.1       11.6 
                                       Less than 12 years        985        5.6        5.2        2.3       94.4        7.8 
                                       12 years                 1002        6.2        5.4        1.7       93.8       12.9 
                                       13 to 15 years            532       10.4        8.9        3.3       89.6       13.7 
                                       16 years or more          207       20.7       18.2        8.0       79.3       11.9 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              5

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     55 to 64 years old         3407        5.7        5.3        1.8       94.3        6.4 
                                       Less than 12 years       1568        4.0        3.5        1.1       96.0       12.1 
                                       12 years                 1113        6.7        6.3        2.5       93.3        6.2 
                                       13 to 15 years            493        5.6        5.6        1.4       94.4        0.0 
                                       16 years or more          233       11.7       11.7        3.6       88.3        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 69 years old          848        1.1        0.8        0.0       98.9       29.8 
                                       Less than 12 years        489        0.6        0.5        0.0       99.4       27.4 
                                       12 years                  237        0.8        0.8        0.0       99.2        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years             85        5.0        2.7        0.0       95.0       45.1 
                                       16 years or more           37        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     70 to 74 years old          702        1.2        0.6        0.0       98.8       50.0 
                                       Less than 12 years        423        1.0        1.0        0.0       99.0        0.0 
                                       12 years                  180        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                       13 to 15 years             63        6.5        0.0        0.0       93.5      100.0 
                                       16 years or more           36        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 74 years old        12802       11.4        9.2        3.4       88.6       19.5 
                                       Less than 12 years       5285        7.6        5.7        1.9       92.4       25.3 
                                       12 years                 4517       12.1       10.2        3.5       87.9       15.8 
                                       13 to 15 years           2190       16.7       13.5        5.5       83.3       19.5 
                                       16 years or more          810       18.3       15.1        6.6       81.7       17.5 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              6

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 64 years old        11251       12.9       10.4        3.9       87.1       19.3 
                                       Less than 12 years       4373        9.1        6.7        2.3       90.9       25.5 
                                       12 years                 4100       13.3       11.2        3.9       86.7       15.9 
                                       13 to 15 years           2042       17.5       14.3        5.9       82.5       18.3 
                                       16 years or more          736       20.1       16.6        7.3       79.9       17.5 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 64 years old        10378       11.4        9.3        3.8       88.6       18.8 
                                       Less than 12 years       3890        7.7        5.9        2.3       92.3       24.2 
                                       12 years                 3838       11.2        9.4        3.5       88.8       16.4 
                                       13 to 15 years           1926       16.0       13.3        5.9       84.0       17.0 
                                       16 years or more          725       19.7       16.1        7.4       80.3       18.2 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 74 years old         1550        1.1        0.7        0.0       98.9       39.2 
                                       Less than 12 years        911        0.8        0.7        0.0       99.2       11.8 
                                       12 years                  417        0.5        0.5        0.0       99.5        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years            148        5.6        1.6        0.0       94.4       71.9 
                                       16 years or more           74        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              7

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                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 24 years old          683       42.8       36.0       13.5       57.2       15.9      15741       66.6       57.8       33.1       33.4       13.2 
      Less than 12 years        351       27.6       21.7        9.6       72.4       21.5       6839       51.3       40.4       15.3       48.7       21.2 
      12 years                  220       56.1       48.3       13.5       43.9       13.9       3715       86.3       76.8       59.5       13.7       11.0 
      13 to 15 years            103       63.2       54.9       25.2       36.8       13.1       4456       69.8       63.8       33.5       30.2        8.6 
      16 years or more           10       70.8       70.8       28.9       29.2        0.0        732       89.6       86.7       62.2       10.4        3.2 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 34 years old         1232       48.1       40.1       29.6       51.9       16.6      18461       95.3       90.3       84.3        4.7        5.3 
      Less than 12 years        307       30.4       20.6       11.9       69.6       32.1       2521       92.1       81.0       72.1        7.9       12.0 
      12 years                  511       46.1       40.4       29.8       53.9       12.3       5871       96.0       89.6       85.4        4.0        6.7 
      13 to 15 years            300       63.7       54.4       40.6       36.3       14.5       5036       95.8       92.1       86.0        4.2        3.8 
      16 years or more          114       63.2       53.4       47.8       36.8       15.6       5033       95.7       93.9       87.4        4.3        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    35 to 44 years old         2030       38.4       32.5       24.6       61.6       15.4      19517       97.2       93.0       89.5        2.8        4.4 
      Less than 12 years        541       26.8       21.1       13.7       73.2       21.3       2309       94.4       84.6       78.0        5.6       10.4 
      12 years                  868       36.1       31.0       24.1       63.9       14.3       6686       97.5       92.5       89.5        2.5        5.2 
      13 to 15 years            475       49.5       43.0       33.0       50.5       13.2       5056       97.6       94.4       90.8        2.4        3.3 
      16 years or more          147       58.0       49.1       40.9       42.0       15.4       5467       97.7       95.8       93.1        2.3        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    45 to 54 years old         2128       39.2       35.1       27.1       60.8       10.5      13936       97.2       94.0       90.2        2.8        3.3 
      Less than 12 years        579       23.0       20.2       15.6       77.0       11.9       1567       96.3       89.9       83.6        3.7        6.6 
      12 years                  711       32.4       27.3       21.0       67.6       15.6       4002       95.8       92.3       88.9        4.2        3.7 
      13 to 15 years            517       50.6       46.7       35.6       49.4        7.7       3542       97.6       94.2       90.6        2.4        3.5 
      16 years or more          320       65.4       60.4       47.7       34.6        7.6       4825       98.3       96.6       93.2        1.7        1.7 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              8

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                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    55 to 64 years old         2370       23.2       21.1       13.4       76.8        9.0       7887       81.1       78.1       70.6       18.9        3.7 
      Less than 12 years        895       14.3       12.2        7.4       85.7       14.3       1383       78.8       75.0       66.2       21.2        4.9 
      12 years                  741       19.0       16.9       10.8       81.0       10.9       2698       80.4       77.2       72.0       19.6        4.0 
      13 to 15 years            422       35.7       32.5       22.1       64.3        9.2       1535       81.4       77.8       68.9       18.6        4.4 
      16 years or more          312       41.5       40.8       25.3       58.5        1.6       2271       83.2       81.3       72.7       16.8        2.3 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 69 years old         1150       13.9       13.4        5.2       86.1        3.5       3171       32.5       31.4       18.8       67.5        3.3 
      Less than 12 years        453       10.3        9.7        2.8       89.7        6.7        765       28.0       26.5       13.6       72.0        5.5 
      12 years                  345       17.7       17.1        6.2       82.3        3.6        987       27.8       27.2       16.9       72.2        2.2 
      13 to 15 years            199       12.9       12.7        6.0       87.1        1.1        573       28.8       27.7       13.4       71.2        3.7 
      16 years or more          153       17.2       17.2        9.0       82.8        0.0        846       44.5       43.2       29.3       55.5        2.8 
                                                                                                                                                             
    70 to 74 years old         1116        8.3        7.8        2.0       91.7        5.1       2648       22.5       21.7       10.0       77.5        3.6 
      Less than 12 years        487        5.2        5.2        1.7       94.8        0.0        741       18.2       17.4        6.8       81.8        4.5 
      12 years                  334       11.0       10.6        2.2       89.0        3.9        787       18.9       18.3        7.3       81.1        3.2 
      13 to 15 years            131        9.2        8.1        2.2       90.8       12.5        464       24.1       23.5       12.1       75.9        2.3 
      16 years or more          165       11.1       10.0        2.7       88.9        9.8        655       30.6       29.4       15.5       69.4        3.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 74 years old        10709       30.8       27.0       18.1       69.2       12.5      81361       84.3       79.6       70.3       15.7        5.7 
      Less than 12 years       3612       18.5       15.2        8.9       81.5       17.8      16125       67.9       59.1       43.7       32.1       12.9 
      12 years                 3730       30.6       26.7       17.4       69.4       12.8      24746       88.1       82.8       76.5       11.9        6.0 
      13 to 15 years           2146       43.9       39.1       27.8       56.1       10.9      20661       86.4       82.5       71.7       13.6        4.5 
      16 years or more         1220       44.9       41.3       30.1       55.1        8.0      19829       90.9       89.1       82.9        9.1        2.0 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                              9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Male ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 64 years old         8443       36.1       31.3       21.9       63.9       13.2      75542       88.7       83.6       74.6       11.3        5.7 
      Less than 12 years       2672       22.3       18.0       11.2       77.7       19.4      14619       72.5       63.0       47.1       27.5       13.2 
      12 years                 3051       34.2       29.5       20.3       65.8       13.6      22972       93.0       87.4       81.4        7.0        6.1 
      13 to 15 years           1817       49.7       44.2       32.0       50.3       11.2      19624       89.6       85.5       74.8       10.4        4.5 
      16 years or more          903       55.7       51.0       38.7       44.3        8.4      18327       95.2       93.3       87.8        4.8        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 64 years old         7759       35.5       30.9       22.7       64.5       12.9      59801       94.5       90.4       85.6        5.5        4.3 
      Less than 12 years       2321       21.5       17.4       11.5       78.5       19.0       7780       91.2       82.8       75.1        8.8        9.3 
      12 years                 2831       32.5       28.1       20.8       67.5       13.6      19257       94.3       89.4       85.6        5.7        5.2 
      13 to 15 years           1714       48.9       43.5       32.4       51.1       11.1      15168       95.4       91.9       86.9        4.6        3.6 
      16 years or more          893       55.6       50.8       38.8       44.4        8.5      17596       95.4       93.6       88.9        4.6        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 74 years old         2266       11.1       10.7        3.6       88.9        4.1       5819       27.9       27.0       14.8       72.1        3.4 
      Less than 12 years        941        7.7        7.3        2.2       92.3        4.4       1506       23.2       22.0       10.2       76.8        5.1 
      12 years                  679       14.4       13.9        4.2       85.6        3.7       1774       23.8       23.2       12.6       76.2        2.5 
      13 to 15 years            329       11.4       10.9        4.5       88.6        4.7       1037       26.7       25.8       12.8       73.3        3.1 
      16 years or more          318       14.0       13.5        5.7       86.0        4.0       1502       38.4       37.2       23.3       61.6        3.2 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             10

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                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 24 years old          444       26.8       21.0        4.5       73.2       21.9 
                                       Less than 12 years        261       18.2       12.9        3.1       81.8       29.1 
                                       12 years                  129       39.7       35.6        5.4       60.3       10.2 
                                       13 to 15 years             46       34.7       19.7       11.0       65.3       43.2 
                                       16 years or more            7       58.9       58.9        0.0       41.1        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 34 years old          742       22.1       15.0        5.7       77.9       32.0 
                                       Less than 12 years        249       17.0       12.2        4.7       83.0       28.3 
                                       12 years                  281       17.5       11.4        3.9       82.5       34.7 
                                       13 to 15 years            148       33.5       23.8        8.1       66.5       29.1 
                                       16 years or more           64       35.8       21.7       11.7       64.2       39.3 
                                                                                                                            
                                     35 to 44 years old         1370       12.7        9.9        5.0       87.3       21.7 
                                       Less than 12 years        439       13.2        9.6        3.3       86.8       27.9 
                                       12 years                  592       10.0        8.4        4.4       90.0       15.5 
                                       13 to 15 years            268       15.0       13.3        7.6       85.0       11.7 
                                       16 years or more           71       22.5       11.9       11.5       77.5       47.1 
                                                                                                                            
                                     45 to 54 years old         1306        8.6        7.2        3.4       91.4       15.9 
                                       Less than 12 years        442        6.4        5.5        3.4       93.6       15.1 
                                       12 years                  493        7.2        5.7        1.9       92.8       20.3 
                                       13 to 15 years            249        9.0        7.4        3.3       91.0       17.9 
                                       16 years or more          123       21.0       19.0        9.4       79.0        9.1 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             11

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                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     55 to 64 years old         1593        6.2        5.6        1.7       93.8       10.2 
                                       Less than 12 years        695        5.0        4.2        1.3       95.0       15.4 
                                       12 years                  537        5.1        4.3        1.8       94.9       16.9 
                                       13 to 15 years            216        8.1        8.1        1.9       91.9        0.0 
                                       16 years or more          144       13.0       13.0        3.4       87.0        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 69 years old          348        1.1        1.1        0.0       98.9        0.0 
                                       Less than 12 years        182        1.2        1.2        0.0       98.8        0.0 
                                       12 years                   95        1.5        1.5        0.0       98.5        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years             45        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                       16 years or more           26        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     70 to 74 years old          276        1.2        0.7        0.0       98.8       44.2 
                                       Less than 12 years        152        1.2        1.2        0.0       98.8        0.0 
                                       12 years                   80        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                       13 to 15 years             21        7.0        0.0        0.0       93.0      100.0 
                                       16 years or more           23        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 74 years old         6077       11.1        8.7        3.3       88.9       21.6 
                                       Less than 12 years       2420        8.9        6.8        2.4       91.1       24.0 
                                       12 years                 2206       10.2        8.2        2.9       89.8       19.3 
                                       13 to 15 years            995       14.8       11.6        5.0       85.2       21.4 
                                       16 years or more          457       19.1       15.0        7.0       80.9       21.5 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             12

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Male ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 64 years old         5454       12.2        9.6        3.7       87.8       21.6 
                                       Less than 12 years       2086       10.1        7.7        2.8       89.9       24.5 
                                       12 years                 2032       11.0        8.8        3.1       89.0       19.5 
                                       13 to 15 years            928       15.7       12.5        5.4       84.3       20.6 
                                       16 years or more          408       21.4       16.8        7.8       78.6       21.5 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 64 years old         5010       10.9        8.6        3.7       89.1       21.5 
                                       Less than 12 years       1825        9.0        6.9        2.8       91.0       23.1 
                                       12 years                 1903        9.0        7.0        2.9       91.0       22.2 
                                       13 to 15 years            881       14.7       12.1        5.1       85.3       17.8 
                                       16 years or more          401       20.7       16.0        8.0       79.3       22.6 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 74 years old          623        1.1        0.9        0.0       98.9       21.3 
                                       Less than 12 years        334        1.2        1.2        0.0       98.8        0.0 
                                       12 years                  174        0.8        0.8        0.0       99.2        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years             67        2.3        0.0        0.0       97.7      100.0 
                                       16 years or more           49        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             13

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 24 years old          698       44.0       34.3       12.8       56.0       22.1      15522       62.6       56.0       25.7       37.4       10.5 
      Less than 12 years        328       27.5       18.3        2.8       72.5       33.5       5914       43.7       35.6        7.4       56.3       18.5 
      12 years                  209       54.9       44.6       18.3       45.1       18.8       3685       75.1       66.9       40.3       24.9       10.9 
      13 to 15 years            148       62.7       54.6       28.4       37.3       12.9       4877       70.8       66.3       29.6       29.2        6.3 
      16 years or more           13       73.9       40.6        0.0       26.1       45.0       1046       87.0       85.1       60.2       13.0        2.1 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 34 years old         1385       41.8       33.7       22.5       58.2       19.3      18799       78.4       74.6       58.2       21.6        4.9 
      Less than 12 years        336       21.0        8.5        5.3       79.0       59.2       1963       53.9       46.3       31.3       46.1       14.1 
      12 years                  515       41.6       37.5       22.1       58.4        9.8       5707       77.1       72.5       55.0       22.9        6.0 
      13 to 15 years            387       51.8       40.9       26.5       48.2       21.1       5642       81.2       77.7       60.5       18.8        4.4 
      16 years or more          147       63.7       59.3       52.5       36.3        6.9       5487       85.6       83.8       68.9       14.4        2.2 
                                                                                                                                                             
    35 to 44 years old         2041       36.4       30.3       17.6       63.6       16.5      20106       82.0       78.9       60.7       18.0        3.7 
      Less than 12 years        517       20.5       14.4        8.5       79.5       29.9       1878       65.6       57.5       43.6       34.4       12.4 
      12 years                  758       36.6       31.0       15.7       63.4       15.5       6861       82.1       78.8       60.7       17.9        4.0 
      13 to 15 years            530       43.6       36.6       24.2       56.4       16.1       6044       84.3       81.7       62.5       15.7        3.1 
      16 years or more          236       53.8       49.3       29.2       46.2        8.4       5323       84.9       83.4       64.8       15.1        1.7 
                                                                                                                                                             
    45 to 54 years old         2241       29.1       27.2       16.1       70.9        6.6      14651       83.7       81.4       65.2       16.3        2.7 
      Less than 12 years        670       13.4       11.0        4.3       86.6       18.2       1536       67.9       63.9       48.3       32.1        5.9 
      12 years                  802       28.2       27.0       16.5       71.8        4.2       5301       82.1       79.3       63.0       17.9        3.5 
      13 to 15 years            525       39.2       37.7       23.7       60.8        3.7       3864       86.4       84.7       67.4       13.6        2.0 
      16 years or more          243       53.1       49.3       31.4       46.9        7.2       3950       89.2       87.9       72.5       10.8        1.5 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             14

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    55 to 64 years old         2614       16.9       15.5        7.4       83.1        8.4       8596       62.3       60.8       46.3       37.7        2.4 
      Less than 12 years       1108       10.4        8.7        2.9       89.6       17.2       1425       51.3       49.4       37.3       48.7        3.7 
      12 years                  885       17.7       17.4        8.5       82.3        1.8       3562       60.5       58.7       43.4       39.5        3.0 
      13 to 15 years            426       23.5       20.1       10.7       76.5       14.3       1933       65.4       64.7       49.7       34.6        1.1 
      16 years or more          195       35.2       35.2       21.5       64.8        0.0       1676       71.7       70.3       56.5       28.3        1.9 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 69 years old         1346        7.5        7.1        2.1       92.5        5.4       3833       22.6       21.9        9.6       77.4        2.8 
      Less than 12 years        637        5.2        4.7        1.5       94.8       10.6        907       20.0       19.6        6.8       80.0        2.1 
      12 years                  456        5.1        5.1        1.1       94.9        0.0       1637       20.3       20.1        8.2       79.7        0.7 
      13 to 15 years            165       16.2       15.0        3.2       83.8        7.2        730       25.6       23.9       11.1       74.4        6.4 
      16 years or more           88       20.4       20.4        9.3       79.6        0.0        559       29.4       28.3       16.2       70.6        3.7 
                                                                                                                                                             
    70 to 74 years old         1328        4.2        3.8        1.4       95.8        9.3       3422       10.5       10.1        3.4       89.5        3.8 
      Less than 12 years        605        2.3        2.3        1.1       97.7        0.0        897        9.2        8.6        2.9       90.8        5.9 
      12 years                  439        6.5        5.9        2.1       93.5        9.3       1446        9.6        9.2        2.4       90.4        4.3 
      13 to 15 years            207        4.9        3.7        1.1       95.1       25.3        676       14.0       14.0        5.1       86.0        0.0 
      16 years or more           78        3.9        3.9        0.0       96.1        0.0        403       10.7       10.1        5.4       89.3        6.0 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 74 years old        11654       24.7       21.3       11.7       75.3       13.7      84929       70.4       67.0       48.5       29.6        4.8 
      Less than 12 years       4201       12.4        9.0        3.5       87.6       27.6      14520       47.6       41.6       22.2       52.4       12.7 
      12 years                 4064       25.6       23.1       12.1       74.4        9.7      28199       70.2       66.6       49.1       29.8        5.1 
      13 to 15 years           2389       36.3       31.4       18.9       63.7       13.6      23765       75.8       73.0       51.8       24.2        3.7 
      16 years or more          999       44.9       41.8       27.3       55.1        6.8      18444       81.7       80.1       63.9       18.3        1.9 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             15

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          -------------------- With a work disability --------------------  ------------------- With no work disability -------------------- 
                                     ---------------- Percent -----------------                        ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                         Not in      Unem-                                                 Not in      Unem- 
                                      In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment              In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                             Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate     Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                                                             
    16 to 64 years old         8980       30.3       26.0       14.7       69.7       14.0      77674       75.4       71.8       52.4       24.6        4.8 
      Less than 12 years       2960       16.0       11.2        4.4       84.0       29.6      12716       52.3       45.5       24.7       47.7       13.1 
      12 years                 3169       31.2       28.1       15.1       68.8        9.9      25116       76.9       72.9       54.5       23.1        5.2 
      13 to 15 years           2017       41.2       35.5       22.0       58.8       13.7      22359       79.3       76.4       54.6       20.7        3.7 
      16 years or more          834       51.3       47.6       31.7       48.7        7.2      17482       85.0       83.4       66.8       15.0        1.8 
                                                                                                                                                             
    25 to 64 years old         8281       29.1       25.3       14.8       70.9       13.0      62152       78.6       75.7       59.0       21.4        3.7 
      Less than 12 years       2632       14.5       10.4        4.6       85.5       28.7       6802       59.7       54.0       39.8       40.3        9.6 
      12 years                 2960       29.6       27.0       14.9       70.4        8.7      21431       77.2       73.9       56.9       22.8        4.3 
      13 to 15 years           1869       39.5       34.0       21.5       60.5       13.8      17483       81.7       79.2       61.5       18.3        3.1 
      16 years or more          821       51.0       47.8       32.2       49.0        6.3      16436       84.8       83.3       67.2       15.2        1.8 
                                                                                                                                                             
    65 to 74 years old         2675        5.9        5.5        1.7       94.1        6.8       7255       16.9       16.3        6.7       83.1        3.1 
      Less than 12 years       1242        3.8        3.5        1.3       96.2        7.4       1804       14.6       14.2        4.9       85.4        3.3 
      12 years                  895        5.8        5.5        1.6       94.2        5.1       3083       15.3       15.0        5.5       84.7        1.8 
      13 to 15 years            372        9.9        8.7        2.1       90.1       12.2       1406       20.0       19.2        8.2       80.0        4.3 
      16 years or more          166       12.7       12.7        4.9       87.3        0.0        962       21.6       20.7       11.7       78.4        4.2 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             16

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 24 years old          429       33.5       26.3        6.0       66.5       21.3 
                                       Less than 12 years        222       21.5       15.1        2.4       78.5       29.8 
                                       12 years                  133       46.7       38.9       13.1       53.3       16.7 
                                       13 to 15 years             69       46.8       38.2        4.2       53.2       18.3 
                                       16 years or more            5       26.6       26.6        0.0       73.4        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 34 years old          843       25.5       20.0        9.2       74.5       21.8 
                                       Less than 12 years        252       16.4        7.2        4.8       83.6       56.0 
                                       12 years                  338       26.7       23.4        7.2       73.3       12.3 
                                       13 to 15 years            196       37.4       31.2       17.6       62.6       16.5 
                                       16 years or more           57       17.8       16.8       11.5       82.2        6.1 
                                                                                                                            
                                     35 to 44 years old         1291       17.2       13.5        5.3       82.8       21.5 
                                       Less than 12 years        397       10.2        7.8        2.7       89.8       23.6 
                                       12 years                  512       18.5       14.5        5.7       81.5       21.8 
                                       13 to 15 years            290       21.8       17.1        7.6       78.2       21.7 
                                       16 years or more           93       25.5       21.4        6.7       74.5       16.1 
                                                                                                                            
                                     45 to 54 years old         1419        7.3        6.8        2.1       92.7        6.9 
                                       Less than 12 years        543        4.9        4.9        1.4       95.1        0.0 
                                       12 years                  509        5.3        5.2        1.4       94.7        3.2 
                                       13 to 15 years            282       11.6       10.3        3.3       88.4       10.8 
                                       16 years or more           85       20.2       17.0        6.0       79.8       16.0 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             17

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     55 to 64 years old         1814        5.2        5.1        1.8       94.8        2.4 
                                       Less than 12 years        873        3.2        2.9        0.9       96.8        8.1 
                                       12 years                  576        8.2        8.2        3.2       91.8        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years            277        3.7        3.7        1.0       96.3        0.0 
                                       16 years or more           89        9.6        9.6        4.0       90.4        0.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 69 years old          501        1.1        0.6        0.0       98.9       49.1 
                                       Less than 12 years        307        0.3        0.0        0.0       99.7      100.0 
                                       12 years                  142        0.4        0.4        0.0       99.6        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years             40       10.6        5.8        0.0       89.4       45.1 
                                       16 years or more           11        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     70 to 74 years old          426        1.1        0.5        0.0       98.9       54.2 
                                       Less than 12 years        271        0.8        0.8        0.0       99.2        0.0 
                                       12 years                  100        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                       13 to 15 years             42        6.2        0.0        0.0       93.8      100.0 
                                       16 years or more           14        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 74 years old         6724       11.7        9.7        3.5       88.3       17.8 
                                       Less than 12 years       2865        6.6        4.8        1.5       93.4       26.7 
                                       12 years                 2311       14.0       12.1        4.2       86.0       13.4 
                                       13 to 15 years           1196       18.3       15.0        6.0       81.7       18.2 
                                       16 years or more          353       17.2       15.2        6.1       82.8       11.8 
.                               Table 2.  Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 74 Years Old, by Sex: 1997                             18

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sex=Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                           ---------------- With a severe work disability ----------------- 
                                                                      ---------------- Percent -----------------            
                                                                                                          Not in      Unem- 
                                                                       In labor  ----- Employed -----      labor   ployment 
                                                              Number      force      Total  Full time      force       rate 
                                                                                                                            
                                     16 to 64 years old         5797       13.4       11.1        4.0       86.6       17.3 
                                       Less than 12 years       2287        8.1        5.9        1.9       91.9       26.7 
                                       12 years                 2068       15.6       13.5        4.7       84.4       13.4 
                                       13 to 15 years           1114       19.0       15.8        6.4       81.0       16.7 
                                       16 years or more          328       18.5       16.3        6.5       81.5       11.8 
                                                                                                                            
                                     25 to 64 years old         5368       11.8        9.9        3.9       88.2       16.4 
                                       Less than 12 years       2065        6.6        4.9        1.9       93.4       25.6 
                                       12 years                 1935       13.4       11.7        4.1       86.6       12.6 
                                       13 to 15 years           1045       17.2       14.4        6.6       82.8       16.3 
                                       16 years or more          323       18.4       16.2        6.6       81.6       12.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                     65 to 74 years old          927        1.1        0.5        0.0       98.9       51.4 
                                       Less than 12 years        577        0.5        0.4        0.0       99.5       28.1 
                                       12 years                  243        0.2        0.2        0.0       99.8        0.0 
                                       13 to 15 years             82        8.4        2.9        0.0       91.6       65.7 
                                       16 years or more           25        0.0        0.0        0.0      100.0         .  

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 13, 2004