Deaf Postsecondary Data Dashboard
Postsecondary experiences of deaf people vary widely across the nation. This dashboard provides current estimates for employment and educational attainment in the United States based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
For older data reports using ACS data, please see the UT repository.
About the Data Dashboard
About This Data
Data for this dashboard are taken from the American Community Survey, an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, providing the most recent information on employment and educational trends for deaf people in the United States. Survey respondents who stated that they were deaf, or had serious difficulty hearing, were used to represent the deaf population in these analyses. The 2021 sample included 41,875 deaf people, and the 5-year sample (2016-2020) used for state-level data included 383,200 deaf people. For more information, see our FAQs page.
Recommended Citation
Bloom, C.L, Palmer, J.L., & Winninghoff, J. (2023). Deaf Postsecondary Data from the American Community Survey
[Data visualization tool]. National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, University of Texas at Austin.
www.nationaldeafcenter.org/dashboard
Data Dashboard FAQs
- Why does the National Level data use a 1-year estimate while the State Level data uses 5-year estimates?
- How many deaf people attend residential schools and mainstream schools?
- How many deaf people use sign language?
- What is the difference between unemployed and not in the labor force?
- Why are some of the age ranges 16-64 and other age ranges 25-64?
- How many deaf people live in the United States?
