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Florida Disability Data Table From the 2003 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2003

An estimated 2,435,000 people in Florida have a disability, or 15.6% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 461,000 people, or 3.0% 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 Florida
(ages 5 and over)		 15,613 2,435 15.6% 461 3.0%
Disability Type
Sensory   659   146 22.1%
Mobility   1,511   424 28.1%
Cognitive   821   251 30.5%
Self-care   461   461  
Leaving the home   693   341 49.1%
Work disability   1,362   388 28.5%
Gender
Male 7,554 1,139 15.1% 187 2.5%
Female 8,058 1,296 16.1% 275 3.4%
Age
Children (5-17) 2,875 185 6.4% 24 0.8%
5-15 2,445 159 6.5% 20 0.8%
16-17 431 26 6.1% 4 0.9%
Working Ages (18-64) 9,954 1,155 11.6% 214 2.1%
18-44 5,901 422 7.2% 69 1.2%
45-64 4,053 733 18.1% 145 3.6%
Elderly (65+) 2,784 1,094 39.3% 223 8.0%
65-74 1,432 413 28.8% 67 4.7%
75-84 1,030 460 44.7% 80 7.8%
85+ 322 221 68.9% 76 23.7%
Race
White 12,334 2008 16.3% 366 3.0%
African American 2,414 340 14.1% 78 3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 387 28 7.2% 6 1.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native 120 40 33.7% 7 5.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 2,872 328 11.4% 73 2.5%
Non-Hispanic 12,741 2,106 16.5% 389 3.1%
Family Income
In poverty 1,999 457 22.9% 105 5.2%
Above poverty 13,557 1,969 14.5% 355 2.6%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 3,059 1,242 40.6% 275 9.0%
Supplemental Security Income 248 234 94.5% 66 26.8%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 7,036 437 6.2% 37 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 533 71 13.3% 9 1.6%
Not in labor force 2,354 647 27.5% 168 7.1%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 1,901 560 29.5% 102 5.4%
Lives with others 13,712 1,874 13.7% 359 2.6%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2003 American Community Survey (ACS).


About the Florida 2003 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 2003, 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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