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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Maryland

Maryland Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 685,000 people in Maryland have a disability, or 13.6% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 127,000 people, or 2.5% 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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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 Maryland
(ages 5 and over)		 5,052 685 13.6% 127 2.5%
Disability Type          
Sensory   172   41 24.1%
Mobility   410   111 27.0%
Cognitive   245   71 28.8%
Self-care   127   127  
Leaving the home   184   91 49.4%
Work disability   360   102 28.5%
Gender          
Male 2,429 309 12.7% 47 1.9%
Female 2,624 376 14.3% 80 3.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,016 71 7.0% 8 0.7%
    5-15 859 60 6.9% 7 0.8%
    16-17 156 12 7.5% 1 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,439 353 10.3% 61 1.8%
    18-44 2,045 141 6.9% 18 0.9%
    45-64 1,394 212 15.2% 42 3.0%
Elderly (65+) 597 261 43.7% 59 9.8%
    65-74 316 105 33.3% 21 6.5%
    75-84 209 102 48.9% 20 9.6%
    85+ 72 53 74.2% 18 24.6%
Race          
White 3,285 442 13.5% 83 2.5%
African American 1,468 223 15.2% 40 2.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander 263 16 5.9% 3 1.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native 31 8 26.9% 1 4.0%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 264 18 6.7% 3 1.3%
Non-Hispanic 4,788 667 13.9% 123 2.6%
Family Income          
In poverty 430 115 26.7% 21 4.9%
Above poverty 4,600 566 12.3% 104 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 660 296 44.8% 69 10.5%
Supplemental Security Income 74 70 94.8% 19 25.6%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,580 148 5.8% 13 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 158 24 15.2% 2 1.6%
Not in labor force 679 180 26.4% 45 6.6%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 574 151 26.4% 26 4.5%
Lives with others 4,478 534 11.9% 101 2.3%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Maryland 2004 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 2004, 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:

 

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