People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
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Table 14: Class of Worker for <strong>Texas</strong> Labor Force Participants <strong>with</strong> and <strong>with</strong>out <strong>Disabilities</strong>, 2011<br />
Class of Worker<br />
Total Number<br />
of Labor<br />
Force<br />
Participants<br />
in Each Class<br />
of Worker<br />
Labor Force<br />
Participants <strong>with</strong> a<br />
Disability<br />
Labor Force Participants<br />
<strong>with</strong>out a Disability<br />
Number Percent Number Percent<br />
Employee of a private for‐profit<br />
company 8,710,667 520,244 6.0% 8,190,423 94.0%<br />
Employee of federal, state, or<br />
local government 1,756,543 116,336 6.6% 1,640,207 93.4%<br />
Self‐employed in own business,<br />
professional practice, or farm 1,160,532 86,218 7.4% 1,074,314 92.6%<br />
Employee of a private not‐for‐<br />
profit organization 704,138 53,754 7.6% 650,384 92.4%<br />
Unemployed or never worked 163,230 18,349 11.2% 144,881 88.8%<br />
Working <strong>with</strong>out pay in family<br />
business or farm 19,338 2,425 12.5% 16,913 87.5%<br />
Total 12,514,448 797,326 6.4% 11,717,122 93.6%<br />
Table notes: 2011 ACS microdata.<br />
Table 15 on the following page illustrates the 20 <strong>Texas</strong> industries in which the highest percentages of<br />
labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities were employed in 2011. These 20 industries employed 48.3<br />
percent of labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities in the state. The industry that employed the largest<br />
number of labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities (59,003) was construction. Table 15 is different from<br />
the other tables presented in this report. The percentages indicate the portion of <strong>Texas</strong> civilian labor<br />
force participants <strong>with</strong> and <strong>with</strong>out disabilities employed in each industry. For example, 7.4 percent of<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities were employed by the construction industry in 2011.<br />
Approximately six percent of <strong>Texas</strong> labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities (47,109 individuals) worked<br />
in elementary and secondary schools in 2011. The third largest employer of labor force participants<br />
<strong>with</strong> disabilities (45,809 individuals) was the restaurants and other food services industry.<br />
24 <strong>Texas</strong> Workforce Investment Council
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