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Disability Data for New Mexico from the 2009 American Community Survey: Living quarters



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by type of living quarters in New Mexico, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  1,859,000 283,000 15.2% 116,000 6.3% 56,000 3.0%
 Household 1,817,000 266,000 14.6% 103,000 5.7% 48,000 2.6%
Living alone 207,000 59,000 28.4% 23,000 11.4% 10,000 5.0%
Living with others 1,610,000 207,000 12.9% 80,000 5.0% 37,000 2.3%
 Institution* 24,000 12,000 50.2% 9,000 37.7% 5,000 19.2%
 Other group quarters† 18,000 5,000 29.2% 4,000 22.2% 4,000 20.2%

* Institution: Nursing homes, hospital facilities, and correctional and juvenile institutions.
† Group homes, college dormitories, military barracks and other group housing, hostels, shelters, religious group housing, and work-related group living arrangements.

Distribution of living quarters among people with disabilities in New Mexico, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 283,000 116,000 56,000 1,575,000
Type of living quarters
 In household living alone 20.7% 20.2% 18.4% 9.4%
 In household with others 73.2% 68.7% 66.9% 89.0%
 Institution 4.2% 7.6% 8.1% 0.7%
 Other group quarters 1.9% 3.5% 6.7% 0.8%

Distribution of living quarters among people with daily activity limitations in New Mexico, 2009

The above pie chart shows that 68.7% of New Mexico adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 20.2% live alone in households, 7.6% live in institutions, and 3.5% live in other group quarters.

Distribution of living quarters among people with self-care limitations in New Mexico, 2009

The above pie chart shows that 66.9% of New Mexico adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 18.4% live alone in households, 8.1% live in institutions, and 6.7% live in other group quarters.

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Living Quarters Data for New Mexico from the 2008 American Community Survey

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