New Jersey Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 995,000 people in New Jersey have a disability, or 12.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 193,000 people, or 2.4% of the population 5 and over, have difficulty performing self-care activities, also known as Activities of Daily Living, such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

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Prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement.

Subject	Population (Thousands)	With a disability (Thousands)	With a disability (Percent)	With a self-care difficulty (Thousands)	With a self-care difficulty (Percent)
Total in New Jersey (ages 5 and over)	7,941	995	12.5%	193	2.4%
Disability Type
Sensory		264		61	22.9%
Mobility		605		171	28.2%
Cognitive		332		104	31.2%
Self-care		193		193
Leaving the home		306		142	46.6%
Work disability		542		156	28.8%
Gender
Male	3,852	436	11.3%	75	2.0%
Female	4,089	559	13.7%	118	2.9%
Age
Children (5-17)	1,576	79	5.0%	12	0.8%
5-15	1,329	64	4.8%	11	0.8%
16-17	247	15	6.2%	1	0.5%
Working Ages (18-64)	5,290	484	9.2%	87	1.6%
18-44	3,094	187	6.0%	31	1.0%
45-64	2,196	297	13.5%	56	2.5%
Elderly (65+)	1,074	432	40.2%	93	8.7%
65-74	531	152	28.6%	28	5.2%
75-84	411	189	46.0%	37	9.0%
85+	132	91	68.5%	29	21.6%
Race
White	5,692	747	13.1%	145	2.5%
African American	1,085	156	14.4%	28	2.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	601	37	6.2%	6	0.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native	40	9	21.9%	2	4.0%
Ethnicity
Hispanic	1,177	129	11.0%	27	2.3%
Non-Hispanic	6,763	866	12.8%	166	2.5%
Family Income
In poverty	684	150	21.9%	37	5.4%
Above poverty	7,240	843	11.6%	155	2.1%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI)	1,185	492	41.5%	110	9.3%
Supplemental Security Income	110	105	95.4%	29	26.1%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed	3,883	192	4.9%	19	0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force)	254	30	11.9%	4	1.4%
Not in labor force	1,146	262	22.9%	64	5.6%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone	841	236	28.0%	46	5.5%
Lives with others	7,100	759	10.7%	147	2.1%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the New Jersey 2005 ACS Disability Data

The Center for Personal Assistance Services has compiled state and national data on the prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement. These statistics are based on our tabulations of public use data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for 2005, containing information on over 1 million residents of randomly selected U.S. households. Because it is a household survey, people living in institutions such as nursing homes are not included.

Current & previous years of disability data from the ACS:

• New Jersey Disability Data From 2005 American Community Survey
• New Jersey Disability Data From 2004 American Community Survey
• New Jersey Disability Data From 2003 American Community Survey
• New Jersey Disability Data From 2002 American Community Survey