June 25, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Unemployment among persons with a disability, 2011

Unemployment rate by selected characteristics of those with and without a disability, 2011 annual averages
Characteristic	Persons with a disability	Persons with no disability
Total, 16 years and over	15.0	8.7
Men	15.3	9.1
Women	14.7	8.2
White	13.7	7.7
Black or African American	23.5	15.6
Asian	11.0	6.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	20.3	11.3

Educational attainment, 25 years and over:
Less than a high school diploma	20.8	13.7
High school graduates, no college	13.5	9.2
Some college or associate degree	15.0	7.6
Bachelor's degree and higher	9.1	4.2

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