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Nebraska Statistics

Nebraska Disability Statistics.

Size and characteristics of the PAS workforce in Nebraska.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Nebraska.

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Nebraska Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 229,000 people in Nebraska have a disability, or 14.4% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 34,000 people, or 2.1% 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 Nebraska
(ages 5 and over)		 1,586 229 14.4% 34 2.1%
Disability Type
Sensory   69   11 15.5%
Mobility   128   29 22.8%
Cognitive   74   17 22.8%
Self-care   34   34  
Leaving the home   52   24 46.6%
Work disability   118   27 22.8%
Gender
Male 775 109 14.1% 15 1.9%
Female 811 120 14.7% 19 2.3%
Age
Children (5-17) 313 20 6.5% 2 0.7%
5-15 260 17 6.5% 2 0.8%
16-17 53 3 6.5% 0 0.2%
Working Ages (18-64) 1,054 118 11.2% 16 1.5%
18-44 626 50 8.0% 7 1.1%
45-64 428 68 15.8% 9 2.0%
Elderly (65+) 218 91 41.5% 16 7.2%
65-74 107 30 27.9% 3 3.1%
75-84 83 39 47.2% 7 8.9%
85+ 29 22 76.1% 5 17.6%
Race
White 1,438 205 14.3% 31 2.1%
African American 77 16 20.3% 2 2.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander 30 3 8.7% 0 1.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native 23 5 19.6% 0 0.4%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 107 11 10.5% 2 1.8%
Non-Hispanic 1,479 217 14.7% 32 2.1%
Family Income
In poverty 167 46 27.7% 8 4.8%
Above poverty 1,416 182 12.9% 26 1.8%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 258 115 44.5% 21 8.0%
Supplemental Security Income 22 21 97.5% 5 22.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 825 52 6.3% 4 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 39 10 25.2% 1 1.4%
Not in labor force 183 56 30.4% 11 6.2%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 209 64 30.8% 10 4.7%
Lives with others 1,377 164 11.9% 24 1.7%

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


About the Nebraska 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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