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Introduction

Index of Alaska Pages.

Alaska Statistics

Alaska Disability Statistics.

Size and characteristics of the PAS workforce in Alaska.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Alaska.

State Program Data

Medicaid Waiver Data in Alaska.

Alaska Medicaid HCBS Data.

Federal HCBS Funding to Alaska.

State Only Funded HCBS in Alaska.

State Waiver Demo Information.

Alaska Legal Information

Alaska Olmstead Plans and Lawsuits.

Alaska PAS Projects

Research/Demo Projects to Improve PAS Workforce.

Alaska Resources

Contact Info and Descriptions for all Alaska Medicaid Waivers.

Alaska Agencies Related to PAS.

Alaska resources for employment of persons with disabilities.

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PAS Reports and Publications related to Alaska.

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Alaska Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 91,000 people in Alaska have a disability, or 14.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 16,000 people, or 2.6% 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 Alaska
(ages 5 and over)		 609 91 14.9% 16 2.6%
Disability Type
Sensory   31   5 17.0%
Mobility   51   14 27.8%
Cognitive   32   7 22.9%
Self-care   16   16  
Leaving the home   20   12 59.4%
Work disability   38   13 34.2%
Gender
Male 307 46 14.8% 6 1.8%
Female 302 45 14.9% 10 3.4%
Age
Children (5-17) 144 8 5.9% 1 0.7%
5-15 122 7 6.0% 1 0.6%
16-17 22 1 5.6% 0 1.1%
Working Ages (18-64) 424 62 14.5% 10 2.4%
18-44 250 26 10.3% 4 1.6%
45-64 174 36 20.5% 6 3.6%
Elderly (65+) 41 21 49.9% 5 11.0%
65-74 26 10 39.4% 2 6.6%
75-84 12 8 64.1% 2 15.0%
85+ 3 3 83.8% 1 33.3%
Race
White 464 65 13.9% 11 2.5%
African American 25 4 16.2% 0 1.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 37 4 11.0% 1 2.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 112 22 20.0% 4 3.2%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 26 3 12.1% 1 3.5%
Non-Hispanic 583 87 15.0% 15 2.5%
Family Income
In poverty 67 15 22.8% 3 4.9%
Above poverty 539 75 13.9% 12 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 55 29 52.1% 7 13.2%
Supplemental Security Income 6 6 92.8% 2 31.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 298 30 10.0% 2 0.7%
Unemployed (in labor force) 30 4 14.2% 1 3.2%
Not in labor force 89 27 30.7% 7 8.0%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 56 17 30.4% 3 5.7%
Lives with others 553 74 13.3% 13 2.3%

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


About the Alaska 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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