Share of people in the U.S. with disabilities from 2008 to 2023

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John Elflein,
Jun 26, 2025

In 2023, it was estimated that around 14 percent of the population of the U.S. had some form of disability, such as a vision disability, hearing disability, or cognitive disability. This statistic presents the percentage of people in the U.S. who had a disability from 2008 to 2023.

Percentage of people in the U.S. who had a disability from 2008 to 2023

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2025

Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

2008 to 2023

Supplementary notes

*No tests conducted with 2020 data.

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