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Figure 2 Percent of Poverty Line by Educational Attainment and Disability Status.

This figure shows that adults with disabilities consistently remain closer to the poverty threshold across all education levels. Even at higher education levels —associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s— the

median percent-of- poverty value for disabled adults’ lags non-disabled peers, indicating a structural income penalty not resolved by education alone.

Figure 3 Weighted Poverty and Deep Poverty Rates by Disability Status and Educational Attainment

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