Poverty, Disability And Employment

There is a widening gap between those with work-limiting disabilities and those without when it comes to household income, employment and poverty.

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Notes

— Median household income: Adjusted for inflation to 2013 dollars.
— Poverty rate: Share of people in families with incomes below the poverty line

Source: Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell University

Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR