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StateData: The National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes Through 2023

Read about the latest trends on employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The “Blue Book” provides national and
state-by-state presentations of major employment trends and statistics from the following data sources:

  • ICI’s National Survey of State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies’ Day and Employment Services
  • The Rehabilitation Services Administration
  • The American Community Survey
  • The Social Security Administration
  • The US Department of Labor

Data Notes
Each Data Note provides a more in-depth analysis of employment and day services and outcomes for people with IDD, by data source.

Infographics
Infographics offer highlights of some of our most important data findings.

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Infographics offer highlights of some of our most important data findings from 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to work, but this is often not reflected in their service plans.

States Vary in Service Delivery Rates for Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants with Intellectual Disabilities
 

States Vary in Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Outcomes of People with Intellectual Disabilities

What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are working in 2023?

What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities close out of vocational rehabilitation services?

People with a cognitive disability are more likely than their peers to be unemployed and live in poverty

Employment Rates Vary Across Diagnostic Groups Among Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients

Employment Status of SSI Recipients with Intellectual Disabilities (18–64)