News Report | March 17, 2019
Maine Has Highest Percentage Of Individuals With Cognitive Disability Living In the Community, D.C. Has Lowest
Of the total U.S. resident population in 2017, Maine has the highest percentage (44.7%) of individuals of all ages with cognitive disability living in the community, followed by Rhode Island (44.0%), and Idaho (42.2%). The District of Columbia had the lowest percentage (31.8%) of individuals with cognitive disability living in the community, followed by South Dakota (33.3%), and Nevada (33.5%). In 2017, there were 40,675,305 individuals living in the community with disabilities, 15,378,144 of which were individuals with a cognitive disability (37.8%). For this survey, “disability” is defined . . .