Mission
To raise awareness of services available for people with disabilities seeking employment and encourage businesses, state and local governments to embrace their employment.
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Unemployment Statistics
SSI is Critical for Children with Developmental and Behavioral Disabilities
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Since we are constantly being bombarded by statistics on TV and on social media sites, here are 4 toolkits from the U.S. Census Bureau aimed at children (but don’t be ashamed or scared to learn from them if you’re an adult) to help us learn more at different levels.
Parent/Caregiver Toolkit Easy At-Home Learning With Statistics in Schools – Pre-K
Parent/Caregiver Toolkit Easy At-Home Learning With Statistics in Schools – Elementary Schools
Parent/Caregiver Toolkit Easy At-Home Learning With Statistics in Schools – Middle School
Parent/Caregiver Toolkit Easy At-Home Learning With Statistics in Schools – High School
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January 29th, 2026
The Website Has Been Updated with Up for Election tags for all Governors and Senators that are up for election in 2026.
Remember, at the top of each State and Fun Fact page is a link to a page containing contact information for the Governor, Senators and House of Representatives.
The Website Has Been Updated with December 2025 State Unemployment data.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish data for the October 2025 state and municipality unemployment data updates due to the federal government shutdown. No surveys were pulled which is the source of the data.
I will be forced to estimate missing data by taking the month prior to the missing data and the month after the missing data and divide it by 2.
National Unemployment Updates
National Unemployment as of December 2025
The December 2025 total unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) decreased from the November 2025 total unemployment rate (4.5% to 4.4%). The unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted) decreased for people with no disabilities (4.2% to 3.9%) but increased for people with a disability (7.0% to 7.7%).
The December 2025 total unemployment rate (non-adjusted) decreased from the November 2025 total unemployment rate (4.3% to 4.1%). The unemployment rate (non-adjusted) decreased for people with no disabilities (4.4 to 4.2%) but increased for people with a disability (7.3% to 8.2%).
Unemployment rates for disabled people are almost double the rate for non-disabled people 4.4% compared to 7.7% (seasonally adjusted) and double 3.9% compared to 8.2% (non-seasonally adjusted).
International Trade
International Trade as of October 2025
The October 2025, annualized deficit, export and import U.S. International Trade charts have been added to the bottom of this page.
Exports increased in October 2025 from September 2025 ($294.2 to $302.0 billion). Imports decreased in October 2025 from September 2025 ($342.4 billion to $331.4). The trade deficit decreased in October 2025 (29.4 billion) from September 2025 ($48.1 billion).
State Unemployment
State Unemployment as of December 2025
2 states (Oklahoma and Utah) have a higher number of average monthly number of unemployed in 2025 (thru December) than 2008.
43 states have a higher number of average monthly number of unemployed in 2025 (thru December) than 2024.
Municipality Unemployment
Municipality Unemployment as of November 2025
353 of the 388 municipalities (91.0%) have an average monthly number of unemployed lower in 2025 than 2008. (November 2025)
Smoothed Seasonally Adjusted Metropolitan Area Estimates Are Current as of November 2025.
Municipalities Most Improved
Municipalities Least Improved
The percentage and number of those unemployed over 52 weeks increased for the month of December 2025 increased (17.3%) 1,300,708 from November 2025 (16.2%) 1,211,845. (See Unemployed 52 Weeks or Longer)
Schedule
Links to State Governors, U.S. Senators and U.S. House of Representatives
At the top of each state page (both unemployment data and fun facts, is a PDF with links to the governors, U. S. Senators and U.S. House Representative web page along with their phone numbers. Please let them know how you feel about the job they are doing.
Please share.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) New Regulations: Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
OFCCP’s New Regulations to Improve Job Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
PLEASE NOTE: The Number of People Unemployed Over 52 Weeks is initially based on an estimate when the national data comes out each month but is more accurately represented when the state data is available. The percentages, however, will not change.
