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Facts and Figures 2000

 

 

2000

  PEOs by District

  Average Weekly Gain by District

  Work Status

  Occupations

  Priority Categories

  Ethnic Background and Gender

  Disability of Individuals who Obtained Positive Employment Outcomes

  Social Security Recipients/Individuals Who Obtained PEOs

  PACE Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation

Selected Characteristics

Positive Employment Outcomes

FY 2000

Outcomes by District

District

PEOs

# in FY 1999

Difference

% Difference

-1- Paducah

169

160

+9

+5.6%

-2- Madisonville/Hopkinsville

226

201

+25

+12.4

-3- Owensboro

293

285

+8

+2.8

-4- Bowling Green

386

334

+52

+15.6

-6- Elizabethtown/Shepherdsville

327

312

+15

+4.8

-7- Louisville

383

331

+52

+15.7

-8- Louisville

278

287

-9

-3.1

-9- Danville/Frankfort

345

364

-19

-5.2

-10- Northern Kentucky

351

357

-6

-1.7

-11- Lexington

663

651

+12

+1.8

-13- Somerset

272

280

-8

-2.9

-14- Paintsville/Prestonsburg

439

439

0

0

-15- Corbin/Harlan

366

341

+25

+7.3

-16- Ashland/Morehead

477

533

-56

-10.5

Totals

+100

+2.1

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Average Hourly Wage / Weekly Gain in Income by District

District

Hourly Wage

Gain

FY 2000

Gain

FY 1999

Gain

FY 1998

-1- Paducah

$6.51

$204

$204

$179

-2- Madisonville/Hopkinsville

$6.55

$196

$191

$187

-3- Owensboro

$7.89

$232

$297

$248

-4- Bowling Green

$7.71

$244

$217

$244

-6- Elizabethtown/Shepherdsville

$7.47

$219

$199

$206

-7- Louisville

$8.93

$262

$247

$243

-8- Louisville

$9.61

$280

$303

$244

-9- Danville/Frankfort

$7.32

$200

$188

$194

-10- Northern Kentucky

$8.82

$239

$223

$244

-11- Lexington

$8.17

$229

$204

$259

-13- Somerset

$7.99

$242

$210

$237

-14- Paintsville/Prestonsburg

$8.57

$300

$281

$282

-15- Corbin/Harlan

$6.77

$222

$225

$236

-16- Ashland/Morehead

$6.92

$226

$235

$180

Totals

$7.87

$238

$230

$231

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Work Status of Positive Employment Outcomes

Work Status

2000 #

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

Competitive

4,454

89.5

89.1

89.9

Sheltered

165

3.3

3.1

2.9

Self-employed

89

1.8

1.6

1.9

Homemaker/Unpaid Family Worker

267

5.4

6.2

5.2

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Occupations of Positive Employment Outcomes

Occupation

2000 #

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

1997 %

Professional/Technical/Managerial

972

19.5

18.4

18.7

21.0

Clerical/Sales

1,125

22.6

21.8

20.6

19.8

Service

1,065

21.4

22.7

22.3

22.9

Agricultural/Forestry/Sales

96

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.2

Processing

329

6.6

7.6

6.9

7.1

Machine Trades

361

7.3

6.7

7.1

6.8

Benchwork

291

5.8

6.6

7.1

5.3

Structural Work

360

7.2

7.1

7.5

7.5

Miscellaneous

376

7.6

7.3

7.5

7.4

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Priority Category

Priority Code

2000 #

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

1

1,024

20.6

17.7

15.3

2

2,020

40.6

43.8

53.0

3

1,269

25.5

24.8

17.3

4

601

12.1

12.0

10.7

5

60

1.2

1.6

3.7

6

1

<0.1

<0.1

<0.1

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Ethnic Background and Gender of Positive Employment Outcomes

 

Male

Female

Totals

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

Caucasian

2,271

2,070

87.3%

88.0%

88.6%

African-American

329

281

12.3%

11.6%

11.0%

Native American

6

2

8

0.15%

0.2%

0.2%

Asian/Pacific Islander

10

6

16

0.3%

0.2%

0.2%

Totals

     

2000 Percentages

52.5%

47.5%

       

1999 Percentages

50.7%

49.3%

       

1998 Percentages

52.2%

47.8%

 

 

 

 

Number / Percentage of Individuals Who Consider Themselves Hispanic: 39 / 0.8%

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Disabilities of Individuals Who Obtained Positive Employment Outcomes

Disability

2000 #

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

1997 %

           

Amputation

37

0.74

0.84

0.54

0.70

Arthritis

75

1.51

1.52

1.15

1.13

Autism

12

0.24

0.12

0.11

0.05

Cerebral Palsy

53

1.07

0.88

0.93

0.75

Circulatory Disease

116

2.33

2.34

1.67

2.22

Cystic Fibrosis

5

0.10

0.14

0.05

0.07

Deafblind

20

0.40

0.35

.27

.32

Deafness

86

1.73

2.03

1.94

1.88

Digestive System Disorder

30

0.60

0.45

0.27

0.43

Endocrine System Disorder

123

2.47

2.32

2.17

2.61

End-Stage Renal Failure

4

0.08

0.21

0.18

0.14

Epilepsy

71

1.43

1.62

1.40

1.52

Genitourinary System Disorder

19

0.38

0.43

0.20

0.16

Hard-of-Hearing

352

7.08

5.92

4.76

5.15

HIV/AIDS

20

0.40

0.43

0.14

0

Learning Disabilities

446

8.96

8.27

8.96

8.74

Mental Retardation

529

10.63

11.73

11.96

10.01

Multiple Sclerosis

17

0.34

0.39

0.18

0.39

Muscular Dystrophy

7

0.14

0.14

0.27

0.20

Neoplasms (leukemia, laryngectomies,etc.)

17

0.34

0.47

0.32

0.45

Nervous System Disorders, Not Elsewhere Identified

19

0.38

0.55

0.52

0.45

Orthopedic Impairment, Congenital Condition or Birth Injury

67

1.35

1.50

1.63

1.57

Orthopedic Impairment from Accidents, Illnesses or Poisonings

566

11.38

10.85

10.07

10.76

Orthopedic Impairment, Not Elsewhere Identified

97

1.95

1.72

2.03

1.97

Parkinson’s Disease

1

0.02

0.02

0

0.02

Psychoneurosis

833

16.74

16.66

16.82

15.88

Personality Disorders

244

4.90

4.39

4.90

5.20

Polio

7

0.14

0.21

0.14

0.18

Psychosis

329

6.61

7.71

9.46

10.60

Respiratory Disorders

24

0.48

0.39

0.36

0.77

Skin/Cellular Tissue Diseases

55

1.11

0.94

0.65

0.98

Speech

15

0.30

0.23

0.23

0.16

Spinal Cord Injury

79

1.59

1.44

1.76

2.29

Stroke

21

0.42

0.31

0.34

0.41

Substance Abuse

485

9.75

10.71

12.30

9.87

Traumatic Brain Injury

83

1.67

1.58

1.17

1.77

All Other Disabilities

3

0.06

0.04

0.05

0.09

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Social Security Recipients

Individuals Who Obtained Positive Employment Outcomes

 

2000 #

2000 %

1999 %

1998 %

SSI Allowed

603

12.1%

12.4%

11.9%

SSDI Allowed

457

9.2%

8.1%

8.0%

Both SSI and SSDI

113

2.3%

2.4%

2.1%

Total SSA Recipients

947

19.0%

18.1%

17.8%

 

 

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