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Employment rate of people with a disability: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Employment rate of people with a disability (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment and earnings with and without a disability by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 28.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 33.7 %
RI 25.9 %
DE 26.6 %
CT 28.6 %
NJ 28 %
MD 30.9 %
MA 25.9 %
VT 32.1 %
NH 31.3 %

Lowest: 20.3 to 26.3 %
Group 2: 26.3 to 28 %
Group 3: 28 to 30.1 %
Group 4: 30.1 to 32.1 %
Highest: 32.1 to 37 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Covers everyone 16 and over, including retirees; people with a disability are older on average.


1	Nebraska	37
1	North Dakota	37
3	South Dakota	35.9
4	Utah	35.2
5	Colorado	34.2
6	District of Columbia	33.7
7	Iowa	33.1
8	Minnesota	32.9
8	Wyoming	32.9
10	Kansas	32.4
11	Vermont	32.1
12	Texas	31.8
13	Idaho	31.7
14	Alaska	31.6
14	Montana	31.6
16	Nevada	31.3
16	New Hampshire	31.3
18	Maryland	30.9
19	Oklahoma	30.6
20	Wisconsin	30.3
21	Washington	30.1
22	Indiana	29.9
23	Virginia	29.2
24	Ohio	29
25	Connecticut	28.6
26	Missouri	28.5
27	Maine	28.3
28	Arizona	28.2
28	Oregon	28.2
30	Georgia	28.1
31	New Jersey	28
32	Illinois	27.9
33	Pennsylvania	27.7
34	Louisiana	27.5
35	North Carolina	27.4
36	Tennessee	27.2
37	Mississippi	26.9
37	New Mexico	26.9
39	South Carolina	26.8
40	Delaware	26.6
41	Kentucky	26.3
42	Arkansas	26.2
43	Michigan	26
44	California	25.9
44	Massachusetts	25.9
44	Rhode Island	25.9
47	Florida	24.9
48	Alabama	24.6
49	Hawaii	24.5
50	New York	24.4
51	West Virginia	20.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1811: Selected Economic Characteristics for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Disability Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by employment rate of people with a disability (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1811; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-employment-rate-of-people-with-a-disability/

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