Approximately 57 million people in the United States, or 1 in 5, have a disability according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite representing a large subpopulation in the U.S., adults with a disability are not often considered as a unique demographic group in public health efforts. This panel will review current knowledge on health disparities experienced by adults with disabilities, the varied ways that adults with disabilities can be identified in population based datasets, and online tools that are available to find current health and demographic data among people with disabilities. Finally, a state program focusing on the health of adults with disabilities funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Disability and Health Branch will present recent successful programmatic efforts that were identified using current disability data.