The maps below explore the American Community Survey 5-year (Table S1810) disability estimates. The ACS asks a set of disability indicator questions to determine disability, if a respondent can answer “yes” to any disability question they are classified as having a disability. The data below are for all age groups.
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2017
People with Disabilities: Kentucky
This map of Kentucky shows general rates of disability across the state at the county level. Disability rates are broken into four categories, from 8.8 to 33.8%
The five largest urban areas (Owensboro, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown-Radcliff, Louisville/Jefferson County, and Lexington-Fayette) are labeled to show if there are any differences between disability rates in urban vs rural areas. Disability rates tend to be higher in rural areas than urban ones. The lowest rates, of 8.8 to 33.8%, are mainly found in the counties surrounding each of the five largest urban areas and tend to be found dispersed in an uneven pattern across the state. There is a large cluster of high disability rates of 23.1 to 33.8% in the rural counties in the eastern part of the state. The two middle rates occur in uneven patterns across the state.
In the upper corner is an inset map of the United States showing how overall general disability rates in Kentucky compare to the rest of the country. Overall, general disability rates in Kentucky are in the second highest category (out of four) compared to the rest of the U.S.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced October 2019 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
Maps of Disability by Sex
People with Disabilities – Female
People with Disabilities – Male
Disability Rates by Functional Limitation
People with Vision Difficulty
People with Hearing Difficulty
People with Cognitive Difficulty
People with Mobility Difficulty
People with Self Care Difficulty
People with Independent Living (IL) Difficulty
Veterans
Veterans with Disabilities
Poverty
People with Disabilities in Poverty
Employment
People Employed with a Disability
People Unemployed with a Disability
Out of the Labor Force with a Disability
These maps are part of RTC:Rural’s State Profile Map Series, which is part of Disability Counts.