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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2005 > South Carolina

South Carolina Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 681,000 people in South Carolina have a disability, or 17.7% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 132,000 people, or 3.4% 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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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 South Carolina
(ages 5 and over)		 3,842 681 17.7% 132 3.4%
Disability Type          
Sensory   194   45 23.4%
Mobility   434   120 27.6%
Cognitive   252   76 30.0%
Self-care   132   132  
Leaving the home   196   101 51.3%
Work disability   401   113 28.2%
Gender          
Male 1,850 308 16.7% 54 2.9%
Female 1,992 373 18.7% 79 4.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 747 47 6.3% 7 0.9%
    5-15 630 37 5.9% 6 1.0%
    16-17 117 10 8.2% 1 0.8%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,591 396 15.3% 72 2.8%
    18-44 1,525 142 9.3% 21 1.4%
    45-64 1,066 255 23.9% 52 4.8%
Elderly (65+) 503 238 47.2% 53 10.6%
    65-74 287 106 36.8% 16 5.6%
    75-84 171 96 55.8% 23 13.6%
    85+ 45 36 80.8% 14 30.7%
Race          
White 2,633 462 17.5% 84 3.2%
African American 1,112 209 18.8% 47 4.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 49 3 6.9% 0 0.8%
American Indian/Alaska Native 27 9 34.4% 2 7.3%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 122 10 8.1% 2 1.6%
Non-Hispanic 3,720 671 18.0% 130 3.5%
Family Income          
In poverty 577 154 26.7% 32 5.5%
Above poverty 3,255 526 16.2% 100 3.1%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 645 328 50.8% 79 12.3%
Supplemental Security Income 73 71 96.8% 22 29.5%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,799 128 7.1% 9 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 144 21 14.6% 2 1.2%
Not in labor force 635 246 38.8% 62 9.7%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 457 153 33.5% 29 6.3%
Lives with others 3,385 528 15.6% 104 3.1%

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

About the South Carolina 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.


Previous years of disability data from the ACS:

 

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