Mississippi: Disability Employment Statistics
Mississippi By the Numbers
Population and Employment Statistics1
Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 256,889
- Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
| Cognitive | 72.9% |
| Hearing | 53% |
| Ambulatory | 74.2% |
| Visual | 55.1% |
64%
Percentage of working age people with disabilities that do not have jobs.
SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2
5 nonprofit agencies headquartered in Mississippi participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.
154 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 11 Veterans
$15.59/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage
$7.8 million
Total AbilityOne Sales
1 Data from 2019 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2022 data proprietary to SourceAmerica®
SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in Mississippi
- AbilityWorks, Inc. of Harrison County
- AbilityWorks, Inc. of Jackson
- AbilityWorks, Inc. of Meridian
- Warren County ARC
- Mississippi Goodworks, Inc.
Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in Mississippi
- Challenge Unlimited
- CW Resources
- Global Connections to Employment
- Rising Star Resource Development Corporation
- Trace, Inc.
- Training, Rehabilitation, and Development Institute