[NFBofSC] Census Bureau

[Steve & Shannon Cook]

Through the use of the American Community Survey, the United States Census
Bureau collects information on the number of people who self-identify as
having a visual disability. The most recent collection of this data is from
2017. The exact criteria used, and the estimated number of blind people in
each state is listed below. We recommend that you use this information in
your presentations to members of Congress during Washington Seminar in order
to create strong, compelling, and educational arguments: 

 

The number of non-institutionalized, male or female, all ages, all races,
regardless of ethnicity, with all education levels in the United States
reported a visual disability in 2017.

 

Location                               Estimate (#)       

United States                     7,543,000             

ALABAMA                           151,200                 

ALASKA                                 17,600   

ARIZONA                             170,300

ARKANSAS                          102,400

CALIFORNIA                       781,700

COLORADO                         104,900

CONNECTICUT                  62,200   

DELAWARE                         18,700   

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 27,600   

FLORIDA                              543,400                

GEORGIA                             248,900                 

HAWAII                                 28,000

IDAHO                                  47,200   

ILLINOIS                               252,900                

INDIANA                              159,100                

IOWA                                    47,300   

KANSAS                                 70,200   

KENTUCKY                          161,900                 

LOUISIANA                         149,200                 

MAINE                                  25,800   

MARYLAND                        110,100

MASSACHUSETTS            125,600

MICHIGAN                          220,100                 

MINNESOTA                      92,700   

MISSISSIPPI                        112,700                 

MISSOURI                           153,100                 

MONTANA                         23,900   

NEBRASKA                          39,300   

NEVADA                              85,100   

NEW HAMPSHIRE            26,300   

NEW JERSEY                       167,300                 

NEW MEXICO                    70,400   

NEW YORK                          406,000                 

NORTH CAROLINA           258,600                 

NORTH DAKOTA               14,100   

OHIO                                     269,800                

OKLAHOMA                       138,700                 

OREGON                              90,800   

PENNSYLVANIA                 301,300                 

RHODE ISLAND                  22,200   

SOUTH CAROLINA            146,300                 

SOUTH DAKOTA                 18,200   

TENNESSEE                         204,900                 

TEXAS                                   680,400                

UTAH                                    49,800   

VERMONT                           12,400   

VIRGINIA                             189,600                 

WASHINGTON                  156,000                 

WEST VIRGINIA                 76,700   

WISCONSIN                        97,700   

WYOMING                          12,500   

PUERTO RICO                     217,700

 

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