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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Virginia

Virginia Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 939,000 people in Virginia have a disability, or 14.0% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 169,000 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 Virginia
(ages 5 and over)		 6,724 939 14.0% 169 2.5%
Disability Type          
Sensory   254   52 20.3%
Mobility   574   153 26.7%
Cognitive   343   92 26.7%
Self-care   169   169  
Leaving the home   264   126 47.7%
Work disability   530   144 27.1%
Gender          
Male 3,274 430 13.1% 70 2.2%
Female 3,450 509 14.7% 98 2.8%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,294 87 6.7% 9 0.7%
    5-15 1,098 70 6.4% 7 0.7%
    16-17 196 17 8.7% 2 1.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 4,628 510 11.0% 84 1.8%
    18-44 2,776 203 7.3% 30 1.1%
    45-64 1,852 307 16.6% 54 2.9%
Elderly (65+) 803 342 42.6% 76 9.5%
    65-74 442 139 31.5% 25 5.7%
    75-84 283 146 51.5% 34 12.2%
    85+ 79 57 72.7% 16 20.8%
Race          
White 4,996 703 14.1% 124 2.5%
African American 1,321 205 15.5% 41 3.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 337 25 7.3% 3 1.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 46 11 22.9% 2 4.4%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 372 21 5.6% 4 1.1%
Non-Hispanic 6,352 918 14.5% 165 2.6%
Family Income          
In poverty 615 172 28.0% 30 4.8%
Above poverty 6,095 765 12.6% 138 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 957 443 46.3% 100 10.5%
Supplemental Security Income 92 89 96.2% 22 23.8%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 3,373 197 5.9% 15 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 187 22 11.8% 1 0.5%
Not in labor force 1,001 289 28.9% 67 6.7%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 738 203 27.5% 34 4.6%
Lives with others 5,987 736 12.3% 134 2.2%

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

About the Virginia 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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