
Disability Data for Rhode Island from the 2009 American Community Survey: Living quarters
| Total population | Any disability | Daily activity limitation | Self-care limitation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| 994,000 | 136,000 | 13.6% | 60,000 | 6.0% | 28,000 | 2.8% | |
| Household | 956,000 | 121,000 | 12.7% | 48,000 | 5.0% | 19,000 | 2.0% |
| Living alone | 125,000 | 31,000 | 24.8% | 13,000 | 10.6% | 5,000 | 4.1% |
| Living with others | 830,000 | 90,000 | 10.9% | 35,000 | 4.2% | 14,000 | 1.7% |
| Institution* | 14,000 | 10,000 | 76.1% | 9,000 | 63.1% | 7,000 | 51.6% |
| Other group quarters† | 24,000 | 4,000 | 14.8% | 3,000 | 12.6% | 2,000 | 7.2% |
* 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 | 136,000 | 60,000 | 28,000 | 858,000 |
| Type of living quarters | ||||
| In household living alone | 22.9% | 22.2% | 18.4% | 11.0% |
| In household with others | 66.7% | 58.2% | 50.2% | 86.2% |
| Institution | 7.7% | 14.5% | 25.2% | 0.4% |
| Other group quarters | 2.7% | 5.2% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
Distribution of living quarters among people with daily activity limitations in Rhode Island, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 58.2% of Rhode Island adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 22.2% live alone in households, 14.5% live in institutions, and 5.2% live in other group quarters.
Distribution of living quarters among people with self-care limitations in Rhode Island, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 50.2% of Rhode Island adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 18.4% live alone in households, 25.2% live in institutions, and 6.3% live in other group quarters.
For other years:
Living Quarters Data for Rhode Island from the 2008 American Community Survey


