Employment among Social Security Disability Program Beneficiaries, 1996–2007
by Arif Mamun, Paul O'Leary, David C. Wittenburg, and Jesse Gregory Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 71 No. 3, 2011
Table equivalent for Chart 2. Comparison of 2007 employment rates of Social Security disability beneficiaries with employment rates of people with and without disabilities, as measured in the American Community Survey
State
Employment rate (percent)
Social Security Beneficiaries
People with disabilities (survey)
People without disabilities (survey)
West Virginia
7.0
26.7
76.3
Kentucky
7.9
30.6
79.3
Mississippi
7.9
30.3
77.3
Alabama
9.1
31.4
79.5
Tennessee
9.1
32.3
79.9
Arkansas
9.9
31.7
79.0
South Carolina
10.3
30.0
79.3
Georgia
10.6
34.3
79.2
California
10.7
36.7
77.3
New York
10.7
33.9
78.6
Louisiana
10.9
33.3
77.3
Hawaii
11.0
43.4
80.0
Oklahoma
11.3
37.7
80.4
North Carolina
11.5
35.6
80.5
Texas
11.7
38.6
78.5
Florida
12.0
37.4
78.9
New Mexico
12.1
38.5
77.3
Ohio
12.4
35.9
80.5
Rhode Island
12.4
37.7
82.4
Indiana
12.7
37.1
80.8
New Jersey
12.7
36.8
79.8
Michigan
12.8
31.4
76.7
Oregon
12.8
40.8
79.5
Pennsylvania
12.8
35.1
81.2
Virginia
12.9
37.5
82.3
Alaska
13.0
47.2
80.4
Maine
13.1
38.6
83.3
Washington
13.1
40.8
80.6
Illionois
13.2
39.1
79.3
Missouri
13.7
37.6
81.4
Nevada
13.7
40.3
79.7
District of Columbia
13.8
33.2
80.7
Massachusetts
14.8
36.3
82.3
Maryland
15.1
42.5
82.5
Indiana
15.6
41.2
80.2
Colorado
15.7
44.7
81.8
Arizona
15.8
35.3
77.3
Kansas
16.2
43.7
83.6
Montana
16.2
42.3
80.6
Connecticut
16.9
42.3
82.2
Delaware
17.3
35.7
79.8
Nebraska
17.4
47.9
86.1
Wisconsin
17.6
43.4
83.6
New Hampshire
18.0
43.8
84.7
Utah
18.6
49.8
80.9
Vermont
18.7
46.7
85.4
Iowa
20.1
47.4
85.2
South Dakota
20.6
47.4
86.2
Wyoming
20.9
49.7
86.0
Minnesota
22.0
46.2
84.2
North Dakota
22.9
54.5
85.8
Table equivalent for Chart 3. Trends in national-level employment rates among Social Security disability beneficiaries, 1996–2007
Year
All beneficiaries
DI-only
SSI-only
Concurrent
US unemployment rate
1996
11.9
14.1
9.4
9.2
5.4
1997
12.0
14.2
9.6
8.8
4.9
1998
12.4
14.6
10.0
8.9
4.5
1999
12.6
14.8
10.2
9.0
4.2
2000
13.1
15.7
10.1
8.7
4.0
2001
12.3
15.2
8.8
7.8
4.8
2002
11.7
14.7
7.7
7.4
5.9
2003
11.2
14.5
6.8
6.9
5.8
2004
11.3
14.4
6.8
7.2
5.8
2005
11.5
14.4
7.1
7.6
4.2
2006
11.9
14.8
7.4
7.8
4.6
2007
12.1
15.0
7.6
8.0
4.6
Table equivalent for Chart 4. State changes in Social Security disability beneficiary employment and changes in unemployment rates from 2000 to 2004