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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2005 > New York

New York Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 2,537,000 people in New York have a disability, or 14.6% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 495,000 people, or 2.8% 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 New York
(ages 5 and over)		 17,422 2,537 14.6% 495 2.8%
Disability Type          
Sensory   672   149 22.2%
Mobility   1,544   442 28.6%
Cognitive   892   259 29.0%
Self-care   495   495  
Leaving the home   779   373 48.0%
Work disability   1,408   396 28.1%
Gender          
Male 8,367 1,127 13.5% 191 2.3%
Female 9,055 1,409 15.6% 304 3.4%
Age          
Children (5-17) 3,281 209 6.4% 30 0.9%
    5-15 2,759 174 6.3% 27 1.0%
    16-17 522 35 6.7% 3 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 11,774 1,315 11.2% 218 1.8%
    18-44 6,997 508 7.3% 68 1.0%
    45-64 4,777 806 16.9% 150 3.1%
Elderly (65+) 2,367 1,013 42.8% 247 10.4%
    65-74 1,187 370 31.2% 72 6.0%
    75-84 878 423 48.2% 100 11.4%
    85+ 302 220 72.8% 76 25.0%
Race          
White 11,997 1814 15.1% 345 2.9%
African American 2,749 421 15.3% 87 3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,205 93 7.7% 17 1.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native 133 34 25.6% 8 5.7%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 2,755 394 14.3% 82 3.0%
Non-Hispanic 14,667 2,143 14.6% 413 2.8%
Family Income          
In poverty 2,350 599 25.5% 140 5.9%
Above poverty 15,025 1,931 12.8% 354 2.4%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 2,608 1,142 43.8% 263 10.1%
Supplemental Security Income 418 392 93.6% 117 28.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 8,264 467 5.7% 36 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 612 79 12.9% 7 1.1%
Not in labor force 2,882 767 26.6% 175 6.1%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 2,162 656 30.3% 141 6.5%
Lives with others 15,259 1,881 12.3% 353 2.3%

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

About the New York 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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