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Index of South Carolina Pages.

South Carolina Statistics

South Carolina Disability Statistics.

Size and characteristics of the PAS workforce in South Carolina.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in South Carolina.

State Program Data

Medicaid Waiver Data in South Carolina.

South Carolina Medicaid HCBS Data.

Federal HCBS Funding to South Carolina.

State Only Funded HCBS in South Carolina.

State Waiver Demo Information.

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Contact Info and Descriptions for all South Carolina Medicaid Waivers.

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South Carolina Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 651,000 people in South Carolina have a disability, or 17.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 108,000 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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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 South Carolina
(ages 5 and over)		 3,788 651 17.2% 108 2.8%
Disability Type
Sensory   188   34 18.2%
Mobility   393   97 24.7%
Cognitive   233   59 25.3%
Self-care   108   108  
Leaving the home   167   81 48.4%
Work disability   367   94 25.6%
Gender
Male 1,825 307 16.8% 46 2.5%
Female 1,963 345 17.5% 62 3.2%
Age
Children (5-17) 744 58 7.8% 5 0.7%
5-15 628 47 7.5% 5 0.7%
16-17 116 11 9.7% 1 0.5%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,555 365 14.3% 51 2.0%
18-44 1,515 145 9.6% 17 1.1%
45-64 1,040 220 21.1% 34 3.3%
Elderly (65+) 489 228 46.6% 52 10.5%
65-74 274 104 37.8% 18 6.7%
75-84 170 91 53.4% 21 12.3%
85+ 45 33 74.6% 12 27.3%
Race
White 2,627 435 16.6% 66 2.5%
African American 1,096 209 19.0% 40 3.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 46 4 8.2% 1 1.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 29 8 29.3% 1 3.8%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 111 5 4.8% 1 0.6%
Non-Hispanic 3,677 646 17.6% 107 2.9%
Family Income
In poverty 573 168 29.4% 34 6.0%
Above poverty 3,207 482 15.0% 73 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 612 302 49.3% 66 10.8%
Supplemental Security Income 67 65 97.9% 16 24.1%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 1,784 119 6.7% 5 0.3%
Unemployed (in labor force) 137 20 14.5% 3 2.4%
Not in labor force 614 225 36.7% 43 7.0%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 444 140 31.6% 24 5.5%
Lives with others 3,344 511 15.3% 84 2.5%

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


About the South Carolina 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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