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Illinois Statistics

Illinois Disability Statistics.

Size and characteristics of the PAS workforce in Illinois.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Illinois.

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Illinois Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 1,516,000 people in Illinois have a disability, or 13.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 283,000 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 Illinois
(ages 5 and over)		 11,540 1,516 13.1% 283 2.5%
Disability Type
Sensory   407   81 20.0%
Mobility   896   252 28.1%
Cognitive   522   146 27.9%
Self-care   283   283  
Leaving the home   434   209 48.1%
Work disability   812   232 28.6%
Gender
Male 5,635 689 12.2% 112 2.0%
Female 5,905 827 14.0% 171 2.9%
Age
Children (5-17) 2,336 137 5.9% 17 0.7%
5-15 1,968 116 5.9% 15 0.8%
16-17 368 21 5.8% 2 0.5%
Working Ages (18-64) 7,773 773 10.0% 133 1.7%
18-44 4,732 302 6.4% 42 0.9%
45-64 3,041 471 15.5% 91 3.0%
Elderly (65+) 1,430 605 42.3% 132 9.2%
65-74 751 230 30.6% 41 5.4%
75-84 509 250 49.2% 52 10.3%
85+ 171 125 73.2% 39 23.1%
Race
White 8,539 1106 13.0% 200 2.3%
African American 1,699 290 17.0% 62 3.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 515 39 7.5% 7 1.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 62 15 24.5% 2 4.0%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 1,607 151 9.4% 26 1.6%
Non-Hispanic 9,932 1,365 13.7% 257 2.6%
Family Income
In poverty 1,343 293 21.8% 67 5.0%
Above poverty 10,165 1,219 12.0% 215 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 1,605 706 44.0% 162 10.1%
Supplemental Security Income 171 164 95.4% 46 26.8%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 5,624 303 5.4% 24 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 475 57 12.1% 6 1.2%
Not in labor force 1,663 413 24.8% 103 6.2%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 1,332 353 26.5% 73 5.5%
Lives with others 10,208 1,163 11.4% 210 2.1%

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


About the Illinois 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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