Tennessee: Disability Employment Statistics
Tennessee By the Numbers
Population and Employment Statistics1
Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 541,972
- Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
| Cognitive | 66.2% |
| Hearing | 46.2% |
| Ambulatory | 72.6% |
| Visual | 52.7% |
58.4%
Percentage of working age people with disabilities that do not have jobs.
SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2
4 nonprofit agencies headquartered in Tennessee participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.
84 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 2 Veterans
$13.25/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage
$4.2 million
Total AbilityOne Sales
1 Data from 2019 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2022 data proprietary to SourceAmerica®
SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in Tennessee
- Arc Knox County
- Goodwill Industries-Knoxville, Inc.
- Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc.
- Progressive Directions, Inc.
Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in Tennessee
- Bobby Dodd Institute, Inc.
- CW Resources, Inc.
- Direct Shred LLC
- KnightHorst Shredding, LLC
- Lions Volunteer Blind Industries
- Skookum
- Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center, Inc.