{"id":11340,"date":"2021-04-07T05:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T05:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adagreatlakes01.local\/?p=11340"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:05:46","slug":"disability-related-statistics-from-the-great-lakes-region-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/disability-related-statistics-from-the-great-lakes-region-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability-Related Statistics from the Great Lakes Region You Can Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Disability Related Statistics From the Great Lakes Region 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Distribution*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In Illinois, 4.3% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 6.2% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 6.3% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 5% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 6.8% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 5.5% of people between the ages of 5 to 15 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Illinois, 8.3% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 11.8% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 12.4% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 8.6% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 12.1% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 9.6% of people between the ages of 16 to 64 years reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Illinois, 33.5% of people between the ages of 65 years and older reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 37.7% of people between the ages of 65 and over reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 35.5% of people between the ages of 65 and over reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 32.9% of people between the ages of 65 and over reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 34.6% of people between the ages of 65 and over reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 31.7% of people between the ages of 65 and over reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Illinois, 46.1% people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 55.7% of people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 54.2% of people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 46.5% of people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 53.5% of people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 46.8% of people who are 5 years of age and older reported having a disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region, over 6.8 million people who are 5 years or age and older reported having a disability. The Great Lakes Region consists of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.<\/li><li>In the United States, 12.7% of females compared to 12.5% of males reported having a disability.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distribution of People with Disabilities*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In Illinois, during 2015, 10.7% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, during 2015, 13.9% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, during 2015, 14.5% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, during 2015, 11.1% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, during 2015, 14.1% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, during 2015, 11.9% non-institutionalized men and women of all races, with all education levels between ages 16 to 64 years reported a disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region, over 40 million people in the age range of 5 years and older have no disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region, over 3 million people in the age range of 5 years and older have one disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region, over 2 million people in the age range of 5 years and older have two or more disabilities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employment*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>40.8% of people in the Midwest are employed with a disability. The Midwest consists of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.<\/li><li>In Illinois, 34.6% or 686,400 people in the age range of 16 to 64 years are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 35.6% or 495,500 people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 30.7% or 787,700 people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 48.2% or 304,800 people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 34.9% or 887,700 people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 42% or 355,800 people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region, over 2.7 million people in the age range of 16 to 64 are employed with a disability.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Income and Poverty*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In Illinois, 25.1% or 648,000 people 21 years and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In Indiana, 26.3% or 466,900 people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In Michigan, 29.6% or 734,800 people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In Minnesota, 24.6% or 284,300 people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In Ohio, 29.5% or 829,100 people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In Wisconsin, 25.2% or 333,600 people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><li>In the Great Lakes Region nearly 3.3 million people 21 years of age and over are below poverty level and have a disability.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links to Access These Statistics and More<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These statistics were obtained from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilitystatistics.org\/reports\/acs.cfm?statistic=2\">Disability Statistics<\/a>: http:\/\/www.disabilitystatistics.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disability and ADA-related statistics from a variety of sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"webinar_series":[],"class_list":["post-11340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ada_national_network_30th_anniversary","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11340"},{"taxonomy":"webinar_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ada-dcc.org\/adagreatlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/webinar_series?post=11340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}