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In 1990, there were 82,654 persons ages 16+ (or 11. 2% of the 16+ population)
with work disabilities in Franklin County. 50,828 persons (6. 9% of the
population) were prevented from working by their work disability. Also in
1990, 27,414 persons ages 16+ (3. 7% of the population) had mobility limitations
in Franklin County. Persons may have both a work disability and a mobility
limitation.

Of persons with a work disability, as the graph above indicates, those prevented
from working represent the largest category (61. 5% of total), followed by the
employed (25. 3% of total), those not prevented from working but not in the labor
force (9. 6%), and the unemployed (3. 6%). 52,952 persons with a work disability
were between the ages of 16 and 64 in 1990, representing no significant increase
over the 52,054 persons in 1980. As a percentage of the population 16 to 64,
persons with work disabilities decreased slightly from 8. 9% in 1980 to 8. 1% in
1990. Persons are identified as having a work disability if they had a health
condition that had lasted for 6 or more months and which restricted their choice
of jobs or limited them to less than full-time work at a job or business.

The vast majority (87. 8%) of persons with mobility limitations were not in the
labor force in 1990, and more than half were 65 years or older. This
represented 14,377 persons 65+ with mobility limitations in Franklin County.
Persons are identified as having a mobility limitation if they had a health
condition that had lasted for 6 or more months and which made it difficult to go
outside the home alone (e. g. shopping, visiting doctor's office). A temporary
health condition expected to heal normally (e. g. broken bone) is not considered
a health conditio