Note: People 5 years old and older are considered to have a physical disability if they report one or more of the following long-lasting conditions: a substantial limitation in the ability to perform basic physical activities, such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying. Employment refers to civilians 16 years old and older who do any work at all during the week as paid employees, work in their own business, farm, profession, or work 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in a family business or farm. Employed does not refer to people who work only around their own house, work as unpaid volunteers, or are on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.

To calculate the percent of those employed (or not employed) with a physical disability by state, divide the number of those employed (or not employed) for a particular state by the total number of people reporting a physical disability in the same state and multiply the result by 100. Example: Calculate the percent of those employed with a physical disability in Alabama. This calculation would be: 1,289/4,971=.2593 and .2593x100=25.93%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.