For this report we analyzed the most recent disability data from the American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates 2015-2019) to examine what has changed over the last decade. Our key findings are: The disability disparity between rural and urban persists, with higher rates of disability in rural counties Rates of disability across rural and urban have increased slightly Rates of disability are higher in rural counties across disability type, age, race, and ethnicit
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is arguably the most significant single effort to ...
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a widely used source of disability data. These data put indiv...
The health of many people with disabilities living in rural areas is not as good as one might expert...
How do disability rates vary across the United States and between rural and urban areas? For over a ...
Based on our research, only 35 U.S. counties have no rural people with disabilities, and almost half...
Employment rates have increased since the recession, but these gains haven’t reached all communities...
Newly released data on disability in America show that the prevalence of impairments leading to disa...
Defining Rural: The 2005 Merriam-Webster Dictionary simply defines rural as “of or relating to the c...
The American Community Survey (ACS) provides disability data across a wide range of variables and ge...
To learn more about COVID-19 impacts on rural people with disabilities, we conducted a survey in lat...
RTC:Rural researchers led by Andrew Myers review data from the 2019 American Community Survey to exp...
As many as one of every five Americans has a disability or chronic health condition. In rural areas,...
This map of the United States is part of the Disability in America Map Series and shows general rate...
This fact sheet discusses how people with disabilities, particularly those in rural areas, are espec...
Rural access to health care has historically been a concern in the United States. In the late 1980s ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is arguably the most significant single effort to ...
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a widely used source of disability data. These data put indiv...
The health of many people with disabilities living in rural areas is not as good as one might expert...
How do disability rates vary across the United States and between rural and urban areas? For over a ...
Based on our research, only 35 U.S. counties have no rural people with disabilities, and almost half...
Employment rates have increased since the recession, but these gains haven’t reached all communities...
Newly released data on disability in America show that the prevalence of impairments leading to disa...
Defining Rural: The 2005 Merriam-Webster Dictionary simply defines rural as “of or relating to the c...
The American Community Survey (ACS) provides disability data across a wide range of variables and ge...
To learn more about COVID-19 impacts on rural people with disabilities, we conducted a survey in lat...
RTC:Rural researchers led by Andrew Myers review data from the 2019 American Community Survey to exp...
As many as one of every five Americans has a disability or chronic health condition. In rural areas,...
This map of the United States is part of the Disability in America Map Series and shows general rate...
This fact sheet discusses how people with disabilities, particularly those in rural areas, are espec...
Rural access to health care has historically been a concern in the United States. In the late 1980s ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is arguably the most significant single effort to ...
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a widely used source of disability data. These data put indiv...
The health of many people with disabilities living in rural areas is not as good as one might expert...