Idaho Disability Statistics From 2005 American Community Survey

Introduction

Index of Idaho Pages.

Idaho Statistics

Idaho Disability Statistics.

Size and characteristics of the PAS workforce in Idaho.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Idaho.

State Program Data

Medicaid Waiver Data in Idaho.

Idaho Medicaid HCBS Data.

Federal HCBS Funding to Idaho.

State Only Funded HCBS in Idaho.

State Waiver Demo Information.

Idaho Legal Information

Idaho Olmstead Plans and Lawsuits.

Idaho PAS Projects

Research/Demo Projects to Improve PAS Workforce.

Idaho Resources

Contact Info and Descriptions for all Idaho Medicaid Waivers.

Idaho Agencies Related to PAS.

Idaho resources for employment of persons with disabilities.

Idaho Library

PAS Reports and Publications related to Idaho.

Idaho PAS Workforce Library.

Idaho Links

PAS Web Links Related to Idaho.

Idaho Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 213,000 people in Idaho have a disability, or 16.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 35,000 people, or 2.7% 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 Idaho
(ages 5 and over)

1,295

213

16.5%

2.7%

Disability Type

Sensory

17.2%

Mobility

122

25.5%

Cognitive

23.7%

Self-care

Leaving the home

47.9%

Work disability

106

26.3%

Gender

Male

644

108

16.8%

2.8%

Female

651

105

16.1%

2.6%

Age

Children (5-17)

267

6.4%

0.8%

5-15

222

6.4%

0.8%

16-17

6.3%

0.5%

Working Ages (18-64)

872

118

13.5%

2.3%

18-44

526

9.2%

1.4%

45-64

345

20.1%

3.6%

Elderly (65+)

156

49.9%

8.5%

65-74

36.8%

5.2%

75-84

60.7%

8.6%

85+

76.3%

22.1%

Race

White

1,210

202

16.7%

2.8%

African American

27.5%

10.2%

Asian/Pacific Islander

15.3%

5.2%

American Indian/Alaska Native

24.1%

4.3%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

118

11.3%

2.4%

Non-Hispanic

1,177

200

17.0%

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

169

23.8%

4.3%

Above poverty

1,122

173

15.4%

2.5%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

192

100

51.9%

9.6%

Supplemental Security Income

94.7%

23.7%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

633

8.3%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

17.6%

1.4%

Not in labor force

199

29.9%

8.0%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

130

36.3%

6.8%

Lives with others

1,166

166

14.2%

2.2%

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

About the Idaho 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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