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.
Publications from the ADA National Network
- 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
Statistics Resources by Topic
General ADA & Disability
- 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 Data Lookup
Source: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC: Rural) at the University of Montana
Web: rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/geography/ - 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 Data
Web: census.gov/topics/health/disability.html/
Employment
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Disability
Source: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Web: bls.gov/cps/demographics.htm#disability - Data and Resources to Inspire a Vision of Employment (DRIVE)
Source: LEAD Center
Web: drivedisabilityemployment.org - 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
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
Enforcement
- 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
Medical and Health Care
- 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
Research - ADA & Disability
- ADA National Network - Research
Web: adata.org/research - ADA Participation Action Research Consortium (ADA PARC)
Web: adata.org/ada-participation-action-research-consortium-ada-parc - ADA Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC)
Web: adakt.washington.edu - Employment and Disability Institute
Web: yti.cornell.edu - John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
Web: heldrich.rutgers.edu - Law, Health Policy & Disability Center (LHPDC)
Web: disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/research/index.html - National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
Web: ncset.org - National Center on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)
Web: onestops.info - National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)
Web: ncwd-youth.info - National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
Web: acl.gov/programs/research-and-development