A new study compares data from two five-year periods in the U.S. In rural micropolitan and non-core counties, the employment rate for Americans with disabilities has gone down.
People with disabilities
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
45.0%
50.0%
55.0%
60.0%
65.0%
70.0%
75.0%
80.0%
Metropolitan
+1.0%
Micropolitan
-0.1%
Non-core
-0.6%
2008-2012|
2013-2017|
People without disabilities
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
45.0%
50.0%
55.0%
60.0%
65.0%
70.0%
75.0%
80.0%
Metropolitan
+1.8%
Micropolitan
+1.4%
Non-core
+0.9%
Metropolitan counties include at least one urban core of 50,000 or more people. Micropolitan counties include an urban core of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Non-core counties have an urban core population of less than 10,000 people.
