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Ohio Disability Data Table From the 2002 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2002

An estimated 1,776,000 people in Ohio have a disability, or 17.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 255,000 people, or 2.5% 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 Ohio
(ages 5 and over)		 10,341 1,776 17.2% 255 2.5%
Disability Type
Sensory   435   65 14.8%
Mobility   954   223 23.4%
Cognitive   552   121 21.8%
Self-care   255   255  
Leaving the home   553   182 32.9%
Work disability   868   173 19.9%
Gender
Male 4,983 818 16.4% 105 2.1%
Female 5,357 958 17.9% 150 2.8%
Age
Children (5-17) 2,085 153 7.4% 16 0.8%
5-15 1,758 120 6.8% 14 0.8%
16-17 327 34 10.2% 2 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 6,824 981 14.4% 125 1.8%
18-44 4,147 424 10.2% 42 1.0%
45-64 2,677 557 20.8% 84 3.1%
Elderly (65+) 1,431 642 44.9% 113 7.9%
65-74 754 262 34.7% 38 5.1%
75-84 532 277 52.0% 46 8.6%
85+ 145 103 71.4% 29 20.3%
Race
White 8,946 1507 16.8% 206 2.3%
African American 1,195 237 19.8% 42 3.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 168 24 14.2% 4 2.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native 82 24 29.0% 7 9.1%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 194 26 13.4% 2 1.2%
Non-Hispanic 10,146 1,750 17.2% 252 2.5%
Family Income
In poverty 1,158 307 26.5% 59 5.1%
Above poverty 9,153 1,463 16.0% 195 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 1,611 742 46.1% 138 8.6%
Supplemental Security Income 185 177 95.7% 34 18.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 4,941 457 9.3% 29 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 392 63 16.1% 5 1.3%
Not in labor force 1,483 461 31.1% 92 6.2%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 1,296 404 31.1% 63 4.9%
Lives with others 9,045 1,373 15.2% 192 2.1%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2002 American Community Survey (ACS).


About the Ohio 2002 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 2002, 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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