US Disability Statistics From 2003 American Community Survey

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US Disability Data Table From the 2003 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2003

An estimated 807,000 people in the United States have a disability, or 19.7% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 158,000 people, or 3.9% 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.

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.

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 US
(ages 5 and over)

4,088

807

19.7%

158

3.9%

Disability Type

Sensory

217

23.6%

Mobility

522

144

27.6%

Cognitive

284

29.6%

Self-care

158

Leaving the home

239

123

51.6%

Work disability

481

136

28.1%

Gender

Male

1,955

371

19.0%

2.9%

Female

2,133

436

20.4%

100

4.7%

Age

Children (5-17)

803

8.7%

0.8%

5-15

681

8.3%

0.7%

16-17

122

11.2%

1.3%

Working Ages (18-64)

2,722

442

16.2%

3.0%

18-44

1,636

181

11.1%

1.8%

45-64

1,086

260

24.0%

4.7%

Elderly (65+)

563

295

52.4%

12.6%

65-74

312

128

41.1%

8.0%

75-84

191

116

60.8%

15.2%

85+

84.7%

28.1%

Race

White

2,971

569

19.1%

112

3.8%

African American

1,070

235

21.9%

4.3%

Asian/Pacific Islander

3.4%

<0.5

0.3%

American Indian/Alaska Native

25.2%

4.2%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

8.6%

1.5%

Non-Hispanic

4,014

801

19.9%

157

3.9%

Family Income

In poverty

675

214

31.7%

6.2%

Above poverty

3,402

592

17.4%

115

3.4%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

711

386

54.3%

12.4%

Supplemental Security Income

116

111

95.6%

27.1%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

1,836

132

7.2%

0.7%

Unemployed (in labor force)

171

14.2%

0.6%

Not in labor force

708

285

40.2%

9.3%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

500

180

36.1%

7.9%

Lives with others

3,588

627

17.5%

118

3.3%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2003 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the US 2003 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 2003, 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.

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