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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