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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Minnesota

Minnesota Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 566,000 people in Minnesota have a disability, or 12.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 85,000 people, or 1.8% 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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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 Minnesota
(ages 5 and over)
4,624 566 12.2% 85 1.8%
Disability Type          
Sensory   152   24 15.9%
Mobility   313   75 24.1%
Cognitive   208   48 23.0%
Self-care   85   85  
Leaving the home   134   57 42.8%
Work disability   290   69 23.9%
Gender          
Male 2,287 272 11.9% 39 1.7%
Female 2,337 294 12.6% 46 2.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 902 51 5.6% 6 0.7%
    5-15 755 39 5.1% 5 0.7%
    16-17 147 12 8.1% 1 0.3%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,152 298 9.5% 43 1.4%
    18-44 1,918 130 6.8% 14 0.8%
    45-64 1,234 168 13.6% 29 2.3%
Elderly (65+) 570 217 38.1% 36 6.3%
    65-74 290 73 25.3% 8 2.9%
    75-84 201 87 43.2% 14 6.7%
    85+ 79 57 71.9% 14 17.5%
Race          
White 4,156 517 12.4% 77 1.9%
African American 197 26 13.2% 4 1.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander 176 13 7.7% 4 2.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native 68 14 19.8% 2 2.9%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 148 8 5.5% 2 1.2%
Non-Hispanic 4,476 557 12.5% 83 1.9%
Family Income          
In poverty 376 96 25.5% 16 4.3%
Above poverty 4,237 468 11.0% 68 1.6%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 649 254 39.2% 45 6.9%
Supplemental Security Income 62 60 96.6% 16 25.5%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,479 149 6.0% 11 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 142 23 15.8% 1 1.0%
Not in labor force 527 126 23.9% 31 5.8%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 553 155 28.1% 24 4.3%
Lives with others 4,071 410 10.1% 61 1.5%

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

About the Minnesota 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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