Rhode Island Disability Statistics From 2005 American Community Survey

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Rhode Island Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 155,000 people in Rhode Island have a disability, or 16.0% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 25,000 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.

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 Rhode Island
(ages 5 and over)

970

155

16.0%

2.6%

Disability Type

Sensory

21.4%

Mobility

24.3%

Cognitive

25.5%

Self-care

Leaving the home

45.4%

Work disability

23.2%

Gender

Male

465

15.5%

2.5%

Female

504

16.5%

2.6%

Age

Children (5-17)

185

8.0%

1.0%

5-15

156

8.8%

1.1%

16-17

3.6%

0.0%

Working Ages (18-64)

644

12.4%

1.8%

18-44

375

8.3%

1.1%

45-64

270

18.2%

2.8%

Elderly (65+)

140

43.3%

8.4%

65-74

31.1%

3.8%

75-84

46.4%

8.8%

85+

72.6%

22.0%

Race

White

828

136

16.4%

2.5%

African American

19.2%

4.4%

Asian/Pacific Islander

11.7%

2.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

30.2%

6.9%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

103

11.7%

1.9%

Non-Hispanic

867

143

16.5%

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

108

27.2%

4.5%

Above poverty

858

125

14.6%

2.3%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

156

44.4%

8.3%

Supplemental Security Income

96.7%

18.3%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

489

6.3%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

16.1%

3.0%

Not in labor force

124

35.8%

6.6%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

127

29.8%

4.9%

Lives with others

842

117

13.9%

2.2%

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

About the Rhode Island 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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