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Are disabled workers a significant proportion of the working-age population?
24 Apr, 2014 Terry Bogyo
by declining percentage by state, December 2012
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Resident population a
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Beneficiaries
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Number
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Percentage of resident population
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West Virginia
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1,159,423
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104,406
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9.0
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Alabama
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2,998,237
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250,301
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8.3
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Arkansas
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1,795,660
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149,632
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8.3
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Kentucky
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2,747,524
|
225,529
|
8.2
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Mississippi
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1,835,518
|
144,398
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7.9
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Maine
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836,898
|
63,333
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7.6
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Tennessee
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4,043,720
|
268,443
|
6.6
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South Carolina
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2,948,174
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189,251
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6.4
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Missouri
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3,735,332
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235,374
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6.3
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Michigan
|
6,173,776
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380,524
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6.2
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Louisiana
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2,888,885
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173,283
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6.0
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Vermont
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403,616
|
24,198
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6.0
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New Hampshire
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852,075
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49,925
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5.9
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Rhode Island
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675,189
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39,715
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5.9
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Oklahoma
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2,343,210
|
135,431
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5.8
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North Carolina
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6,117,676
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349,592
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5.7
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Indiana
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4,056,709
|
221,264
|
5.5
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Pennsylvania
|
7,981,289
|
438,294
|
5.5
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Ohio
|
7,175,429
|
378,923
|
5.3
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New Mexico
|
1,276,263
|
66,763
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5.2
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Delaware
|
571,568
|
28,909
|
5.1
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Massachusetts
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4,286,235
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217,351
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5.1
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Florida
|
11,805,373
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565,421
|
4.8
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Montana
|
624,872
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29,767
|
4.8
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Wisconsin
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3,584,341
|
173,441
|
4.8
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United States
|
197,040,596
|
9,306,256
|
4.7
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Georgia
|
6,290,121
|
295,892
|
4.7
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Idaho
|
956,497
|
45,118
|
4.7
|
Kansas
|
1,767,332
|
80,876
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4.6
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Oregon
|
2,457,110
|
112,691
|
4.6
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Iowa
|
1,880,928
|
84,657
|
4.5
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New York
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12,549,535
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565,836
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4.5
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Virginia
|
5,266,625
|
227,060
|
4.3
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Washington
|
4,403,628
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185,482
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4.2
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Arizona
|
3,960,828
|
162,630
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4.1
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South Dakota
|
507,002
|
20,764
|
4.1
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Illinois
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8,116,753
|
321,189
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4.0
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Minnesota
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3,373,224
|
135,566
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4.0
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Nebraska
|
1,134,766
|
45,737
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4.0
|
Connecticut
|
2,264,077
|
89,371
|
3.9
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New Jersey
|
5,587,651
|
215,599
|
3.9
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Texas
|
16,234,269
|
610,238
|
3.8
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Wyoming
|
365,414
|
13,556
|
3.7
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Maryland
|
3,777,744
|
135,798
|
3.6
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Nevada
|
1,734,434
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62,961
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3.6
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North Dakota
|
444,354
|
15,680
|
3.5
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District of Columbia
|
450,954
|
15,374
|
3.4
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Colorado
|
3,342,983
|
108,554
|
3.2
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California
|
24,201,126
|
762,133
|
3.1
|
Utah
|
1,695,896
|
50,916
|
3.0
|
Alaska
|
481,852
|
13,848
|
2.9
|
Hawaii
|
878,501
|
25,262
|
2.9
|
|
|
|
Terry is an active researcher, speaker and commentator on workers compensation issues. Now retired, he was the Director of Corporate Planning and Development for WorkSafeBC. His responsibilities included environmental scanning, strategic planning and inter-jurisdictional comparisons.
Terry says of himself: I am a student of workers' compensation systems. Many years ago I discovered two things about this area. First, workers' comp and OH&S are of vital importance to people. Protecting, caring for and providing compensation to workers are important, noble and morally responsible endeavors. The second thing I learned was that no matter how much I knew about workers' comp/OH&S, there was always so much more to learn. This is an endlessly challenging area of study. My purpose, therefore, is not to lecture, but to reflect on the ideas and issues that are topical in this area... and to invite others to share in a learning experience. By adding your knowledge and insights, others with similar interests can participate in the discovery and study of this important domain.
His blog is "Workers' Compensation Perspectives".
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