Statistics You Can Use

Statistics can provide useful information and support your press releases, media interviews, and more.

Tips to Help Statistics Make Sense

Use statistics carefully.
It is important to make effective use of the numbers. Statistics in general can be misunderstood and must be handled with caution. Make sure the numbers that you are using make sense to your intended audience.
Be clear about the information you want to present.
Never attempt to interpret the results of a statistic you don't fully understand.
Use statistics from reliable sources such as federal government agencies or grantees.
Include the reference source for your statistics. The numbers cannot be used with 100% certainty.

Understanding Disability Statistics
Web: adata.org/factsheet/understanding-disability-statistics
Sources for Employment and Disability Data
Web: adata.org/factsheet/sources-employment-and-disability-data

Annual Disability Statistics Compendium
A web-based tool that pools disability statistics published by various federal agencies together in one place.
Source: Institute on Disability/UCED - University of New Hampshire
Web: disabilitycompendium.org
Disability Counts Data Finder
Source: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC: Rural) at the University of Montana
Web: rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/resources/disability-counts-data-finder/
Disability Statistics Online Resource
Source: Cornell University
Web: disabilitystatistics.org
U.S. Census Bureau - American Fact Finder
Web: factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
U.S. Census Bureau - Disability Statistics
Web: census.gov/people/disability/

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Disability
Source: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Web: bls.gov/cps/demographics.htm#disability
Data on Youth Employment Rate
Employment data for youth with and without disabilities is obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) - Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Web: dol.gov/odep/categories/youth/youthemployment.htm
Disability Employment Statistics - Monthly
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) - Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Web: dol.gov/odep/topics/DisabilityEmploymentStatistics.htm
Employment Status of People with Disabilities
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) - Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Web: bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm

ADA Charges filed with EEOC
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Web: eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/ada-charges.cfm
Enforcement and Litigation Statistics from EEOC
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Web: eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/index.cfm

Disability and Health Data System
Online interactive system that helps quickly translate state-level, disability-specific, data into information that can be used by state health departments, national disability and health organizations, and policymakers.
Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Web: cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/dhds.html