| New
Jersey Ranks 44th in the Nation in Persons with a Physical Disability,
2000 (Percent of Population)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3
| Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
West Virginia
|
13.5% |
|
24 |
Delaware
|
8.0% |
2
|
Kentucky |
12.2 |
|
27 |
Nevada |
7.9 |
3
|
Arkansas |
11.8 |
|
27 |
Idaho
|
7.9 |
4
|
Mississippi |
11.3 |
|
29 |
Virginia
|
7.8 |
| 5 |
Alabama |
11.0 |
|
29 |
Rhode
Island |
7.8 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
10.7 |
|
31 |
Vermont
|
7.7 |
| 7 |
Tennessee |
10.6 |
|
31 |
Wyoming
|
7.7 |
| 8 |
Louisiana |
9.8 |
|
33 |
Texas |
7.6 |
9
|
Florida
|
9.6 |
|
33 |
South
Dakota |
7.6 |
| 9 |
South
Carolina |
9.6 |
|
35
|
Iowa
|
7.5 |
| 11 |
Maine
|
9.5 |
|
36
|
California
|
7.2 |
| 12 |
North
Carolina |
9.3 |
|
36 |
Illinois |
7.2 |
| 13 |
Missouri |
9.1 |
|
36 |
Hawaii
|
7.2 |
| 14 |
New Mexico
|
9.0 |
|
36 |
New
Hampshire |
7.2 |
| 15 |
Oregon
|
8.7 |
|
40 |
Massachusetts |
7.1 |
| 16 |
Montana
|
8.6 |
|
40 |
North
Dakota |
7.1 |
| 17 |
Ohio |
8.5 |
|
42 |
Maryland |
7.0 |
| 18 |
Pennsylvania |
8.4 |
|
42 |
Nebraska
|
7.0 |
| 19 |
Michigan
|
8.3 |
|
44 |
NEW
JERSEY |
6.9 |
| 19 |
Indiana |
8.3 |
|
44 |
Wisconsin |
6.9 |
| 21 |
Georgia |
8.2 |
|
44 |
Connecticut |
6.9 |
| 21 |
Arizona |
8.2 |
|
47 |
Colorado |
6.7 |
23
|
Washington |
8.1 |
|
48 |
Alaska
|
6.6 |
24
|
New York
|
8.0 |
|
49 |
Minnesota |
6.4 |
| 24 |
Kansas |
8.0 |
|
50 |
Utah |
5.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
50
State Average
|
8.4% |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Below Average |
17.7% |
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