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US Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 41,129,000 people in the United States have a disability, or 15.3% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 7,602,000 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 US
(ages 5 and over)		 268,086 41,129 15.3% 7,602 2.8%
Disability Type
Sensory   11,581   2,342 20.2%
Mobility   24,843   6,812 27.4%
Cognitive   14,743   4,103 27.8%
Self-care   7,602   7,602  
Leaving the home   11,411   5,547 48.6%
Work disability   22,573   6,283 27.8%
Gender
Male 130,961 19,161 14.6% 3,121 2.4%
Female 137,125 21,968 16.0% 4,481 3.3%
Age
Children (5-17) 52,835 3,447 6.5% 450 0.9%
5-15 44,558 2,875 6.5% 401 0.9%
16-17 8,277 573 6.9% 49 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 180,533 22,227 12.3% 3,794 2.1%
18-44 108,349 8,802 8.1% 1,214 1.1%
45-64 72,184 13,425 18.6% 2,580 3.6%
Elderly (65+) 34,718 15,455 44.5% 3,358 9.7%
65-74 18,277 6,084 33.3% 1,062 5.8%
75-84 12,480 6,424 51.5% 1,360 10.9%
85+ 3,961 2,947 74.4% 936 23.6%
Race
White 205,609 32,198 15.7% 5,777 2.8%
African American 33,497 5,855 17.5% 1,256 3.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander 13,317 1,178 8.8% 210 1.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native 3,816 913 23.9% 182 4.8%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 37,364 4,148 11.1% 774 2.1%
Non-Hispanic 230,722 36,981 16.0% 6,828 3.0%
Family Income
In poverty 34,679 8,660 25.0% 1,828 5.3%
Above poverty 232,592 32,374 13.9% 5,761 2.5%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 40,163 18,782 46.8% 4,220 10.5%
Supplemental Security Income 5,039 4,828 95.8% 1,380 27.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 129,445 8,420 6.5% 646 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 9,203 1,405 15.3% 124 1.3%
Not in labor force 41,168 12,374 30.1% 3,022 7.3%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 30,835 9,353 30.3% 1,764 5.7%
Lives with others 237,251 31,776 13.4% 5,838 2.5%

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


About the US 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.


Current & previous years of disability data from the ACS:

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