U.S. people with a disability as a share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population; %, 2024.
People with a disability are compared across the 50 states for 2024. The measure is people with a disability as a share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population and is reported as a percentage. West Virginia has the highest estimate at 19.6%, 1.4 percentage points above Mississippi. Louisiana ranks ninth at 16.5%, making the leading estimate 1.19 times as high; close estimates should be read with their reported 90% margins of error.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | 19.6% | 2024 |
| 2 | Mississippi | 18.3% | 2024 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 18.2% | 2024 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 18.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 17.7% | 2024 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 17.3% | 2024 |
| 7 | Alabama | 16.7% | 2024 |
| 8 | Maine | 16.6% | 2024 |
| 9 | Louisiana | 16.5% | 2024 |
Source 1: 2024 ACS 1-Year Detailed Table B18101
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset/table: B18101
Units: counts with 90% margins of error
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Provides the B18101 state estimates and 90% margins of error used to construct this percentage.
ACS values are survey estimates with 90% margins of error. The ranking contains the 50 states only; District of Columbia is a federal district and Puerto Rico is a territory. The percentage denominator is civilian noninstitutionalized population, not a total formed by adding the ranked percentages.
For each state, numerator components B18101:[4,7,10,13,16,19,23,26,29,32,35,38] were divided by the civilian noninstitutionalized population denominator B18101:[1] and multiplied by 100. Component margins of error were combined by root-sum-square; percentage margins follow the Census published proportion procedure with the plus-term fallback when required.
Every row uses the 2024 ACS 1-year product, the same detailed-table concept, the same state geography class and the same percentage definition.
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