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Oklahoma Disability Statistics

Putting it into Perspective

2022 data from the American Community Survey / U.S. Census

Statistics include noninstitutionalized Oklahomans based on 2022 data calculated by the Cornell University Yang Tan Institute using the U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data.

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The Prevalence of Disability in Oklahoma

Disability Prevalence – All Ages

  • Oklahoma population - 3,995,000
  • 17.5% or 691,000 Oklahomans – more than one in six - have disabilities
  • 3.7% or 148,000 Oklahomans have visual disabilities
  • 5.3% or 207,900 Oklahomans have hearing disabilities
  • 8.7% or 321,500 Oklahomans have ambulatory disabilities
  • 7.3% or 269,300 Oklahomans have cognitive disabilities
  • 2.9% or 106,200 Oklahomans have self-care disabilities
  • 6.9% or 219,600 Oklahomans have independent living disabilities

Disability by Age

  • 2.1% or 5,100 Oklahomans, ages 4 and under
  • 7.7% or 45,800 Oklahomans, ages 5 to 15 years
  • 11.6% or 32,900 Oklahomans, ages 16 to 20
  • 15.8% or 345,700 Oklahomans, ages 21 to 64
  • 34.0% or 130,400 Oklahomans, ages 65 to 74
  • 50.7% or 131,100 Oklahomans, ages 75

Disability by Sex All Ages

  • 17.3% of males, all ages, races, ethnicities and education levels, or 337,800 persons reported a disability.
  • 17.7% of females, all ages, races, ethnicities and education levels, or 353,200 persons reported a disability

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Ages 21 to 64

  • 13.6% or 47,000 working-age Oklahomans received SSI benefits in 2022

Disability by Race Ages 21 to 64

  • 16.3% or 235,100 White working-age Oklahomans
  • 18.5% or 27,400 Black/African American working-age Oklahomans
  • 17.2% or 27,500 Native American working-age Oklahomans
  • 6.9% or 4,100 Asian working-age Oklahomans
  • 13.7% or 51,400 working-age Oklahomans of some other race
     

Employment Rate Ages 21 to 64

  • 43.9% or 151,900 working-age Oklahomans with any disability
  • 79.4% or 1,464,700 working-age Oklahomans without disability

     

Annual Earnings Ages 21 to 64

  • $41,700 is the median earnings Oklahomans with disabilities who worked full-time/full-year
  • $50,000 is the media earnings of Oklahomans without disabilities who worked full-time/full-year

Poverty Rates Ages 21 to 64

  • 26% or 89,700 working-age Oklahomans with any disability
  • 12.3% or 225,800 working-age Oklahomans without disabilities

     

High School Diploma/Equivalent

  • 37.9% or 130,900 of working-age people with any disability had only a high school diploma or equivalent
  • 29.6% or 545,100 of working-age people without disability had only a high school diploma or equivalent

Veterans Reporting Service-Connected Disability Ages 21 to 64

  • 127,000 working-age civilian veterans in Oklahoma
  • 42.6% or 54,400 working-age civilian veterans have Veterans Administration disability ratings (0-100%) 
     

Health Insurance Coverage Ages 21 to 64

  • 85.7% or 296,000 working-age Oklahomans with any disability had some type of health insurance coverage
  • 82.5% or 1,521,800 working-age Oklahomans with no disability had some type of health insurance coverage

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