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State Information > Disability Statistics > North Carolina

North Carolina Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 1,336,000 people in North Carolina have a disability, or 17.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 242,000 people, or 3.1% 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 North Carolina
(ages 5 and over)		 7,797 1,336 17.1% 242 3.1%
Disability Type          
Sensory   367   76 20.6%
Mobility   821   220 26.7%
Cognitive   479   132 27.5%
Self-care   242   242  
Leaving the home   359   175 48.9%
Work disability   753   204 27.1%
Gender          
Male 3,801 621 16.3% 96 2.5%
Female 3,996 715 17.9% 146 3.7%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,533 114 7.4% 12 0.8%
    5-15 1,302 96 7.4% 11 0.8%
    16-17 231 18 7.7% 2 0.7%
Working Ages (18-64) 5,275 748 14.2% 131 2.5%
    18-44 3,199 281 8.8% 39 1.2%
    45-64 2,076 467 22.5% 92 4.4%
Elderly (65+) 989 474 48.0% 98 9.9%
    65-74 550 208 37.8% 35 6.3%
    75-84 342 191 55.9% 39 11.6%
    85+ 97 75 77.7% 24 24.9%
Race          
White 5,696 967 17.0% 168 3.0%
African American 1,681 322 19.1% 67 4.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 151 10 6.8% 1 1.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 147 36 24.8% 6 3.8%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 467 36 7.7% 4 0.8%
Non-Hispanic 7,329 1,300 17.7% 238 3.2%
Family Income          
In poverty 1,166 313 26.8% 65 5.6%
Above poverty 6,609 1,020 15.4% 176 2.7%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 1,225 617 50.4% 137 11.2%
Supplemental Security Income 129 124 96.4% 34 26.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 3,766 274 7.3% 18 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 279 45 16.2% 4 1.5%
Not in labor force 1,192 426 35.7% 109 9.1%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 937 297 31.7% 57 6.1%
Lives with others 6,859 1,040 15.2% 185 2.7%

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

About the North 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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