
Disability Data for Colorado from the 2009 American Community Survey: Living quarters
| Total population | Any disability | Daily activity limitation | Self-care limitation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| 4,661,000 | 499,000 | 10.7% | 191,000 | 4.1% | 97,000 | 2.1% | |
| Household | 4,549,000 | 458,000 | 10.1% | 163,000 | 3.6% | 76,000 | 1.7% |
| Living alone | 536,000 | 108,000 | 20.1% | 45,000 | 8.4% | 19,000 | 3.5% |
| Living with others | 4,013,000 | 350,000 | 8.7% | 118,000 | 2.9% | 57,000 | 1.4% |
| Institution* | 61,000 | 28,000 | 46.5% | 20,000 | 32.7% | 16,000 | 25.5% |
| Other group quarters† | 52,000 | 13,000 | 24.7% | 8,000 | 16.4% | 5,000 | 10.5% |
* Institution: Nursing homes, hospital facilities, and correctional and
juvenile institutions.
† Group homes, college dormitories, military barracks and other
group housing, hostels, shelters, religious group housing, and work-related group living arrangements.
| Any disability | Daily activity limitation | Self-care limitation | No disability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of people | 499,000 | 191,000 | 97,000 | 4,163,000 |
| Type of living quarters | ||||
| In household living alone | 21.6% | 23.7% | 19.3% | 10.3% |
| In household with others | 70.2% | 61.5% | 59.0% | 88.0% |
| Institution | 5.7% | 10.4% | 16.1% | 0.8% |
| Other group quarters | 2.6% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 0.9% |
Distribution of living quarters among people with daily activity limitations in Colorado, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 61.5% of Colorado adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 23.7% live alone in households, 10.4% live in institutions, and 4.4% live in other group quarters.
Distribution of living quarters among people with self-care limitations in Colorado, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 59.0% of Colorado adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 19.3% live alone in households, 16.1% live in institutions, and 5.6% live in other group quarters.
For other years:
Living Quarters Data for Colorado from the 2008 American Community Survey


