Illinois Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

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Illinois Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 1,418,000 people in Illinois have a disability, or 12.4% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 275,000 people, or 2.4% 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 Illinois
(ages 5 and over)

11,478

1,418

12.4%

275

2.4%

Disability Type

Sensory

393

21.5%

Mobility

852

244

28.7%

Cognitive

452

139

30.7%

Self-care

275

Leaving the home

419

201

47.9%

Work disability

777

226

29.1%

Gender

Male

5,597

639

11.4%

108

1.9%

Female

5,881

779

13.2%

167

2.8%

Age

Children (5-17)

2,333

115

4.9%

0.6%

5-15

1,976

4.8%

0.7%

16-17

357

5.6%

0.4%

Working Ages (18-64)

7,723

701

9.1%

135

1.8%

18-44

4,767

266

5.6%

0.9%

45-64

2,956

435

14.7%

3.2%

Elderly (65+)

1,422

602

42.3%

125

8.8%

65-74

734

220

30.0%

5.0%

75-84

519

257

49.5%

9.4%

85+

170

125

73.4%

23.2%

Race

White

8,755

1093

12.5%

203

2.3%

African American

1,711

253

14.8%

3.7%

Asian/Pacific Islander

489

6.2%

0.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

25.7%

2.3%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

1,538

105

6.8%

1.1%

Non-Hispanic

9,940

1,313

13.2%

257

2.6%

Family Income

In poverty

1,323

257

19.5%

4.1%

Above poverty

10,123

1,157

11.4%

220

2.2%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

1,595

698

43.8%

156

9.8%

Supplemental Security Income

150

143

95.6%

29.6%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

5,555

262

4.7%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

469

12.0%

0.8%

Not in labor force

1,685

383

22.7%

103

6.1%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

1,355

366

27.0%

5.3%

Lives with others

10,123

1,052

10.4%

204

2.0%

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

About the Illinois 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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