Kentucky: Disability Employment Statistics

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Kentucky By the Numbers

Population and Employment Statistics1

Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 433,408

  • Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
Cognitive58.5%
Hearing44.5%
Ambulatory73.9%
Visual53.8%

 

Kentucky
55.8%

Percentage of People with a Disability that did not work.

SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2

6 nonprofit agencies headquartered in Kentucky participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.

Employees

466 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 10 Veterans

Wages

$10.83/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage

Sales

$34.5 Million
Total AbilityOne Sales

1 Data from 2022 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2023 data proprietary to SourceAmerica® 

SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in Kentucky

  • Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Inc.
  • Opportunity Workshop of Lexington, Inc.
  • Pennyroyal Center
  • Pioneer Vocational Industrial Services, Inc.
  • Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries, Inc.
  • Zoom Group

Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in Kentucky

  • Bluegrass Estate Services
  • Employment Source
  • Global Connections to Employment, Inc.
  • Great Plains Enterprises
  • Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
  • InspiriTec, Inc.
  • Prestera Center
  • Pride Industries
  • Professional Contract Services, Inc.
  • Progressive Directions
  • Trace, Inc.