Disability Data for US from the 2009 American Community Survey
| Total population | Any disability | Daily activity limitation | Self-care limitation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| 285,834,000 | 38,487,000 | 13.5% | 16,565,000 | 5.8% | 8,689,000 | 3.0% | |
| Household | 277,573,000 | 35,217,000 | 12.7% | 14,171,000 | 5.1% | 6,866,000 | 2.5% |
| Living alone | 31,243,000 | 7,853,000 | 25.1% | 3,397,000 | 10.9% | 1,551,000 | 5.0% |
| Living with others | 246,330,000 | 27,364,000 | 11.1% | 10,774,000 | 4.4% | 5,315,000 | 2.2% |
| Institution* | 4,221,000 | 2,414,000 | 57.2% | 1,856,000 | 44.0% | 1,500,000 | 35.5% |
| Other group quarters† | 4,041,000 | 856,000 | 21.2% | 539,000 | 13.3% | 323,000 | 8.0% |
* 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 | 38,487,000 | 16,565,000 | 8,689,000 | 247,347,000 |
| Type of living quarters | ||||
| In household living alone | 20.4% | 20.5% | 17.9% | 9.5% |
| In household with others | 71.1% | 65.0% | 61.2% | 88.5% |
| Institution | 6.3% | 11.2% | 17.3% | 0.7% |
| Other group quarters | 2.2% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
Distribution of living quarters among people with daily activity limitations in US, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 65.0% of US adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 20.5% live alone in households, 11.2% live in institutions, and 3.3% live in other group quarters.
Distribution of living quarters among people with self-care limitations in US, 2009
The above pie chart shows that 61.2% of US adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 17.9% live alone in households, 17.3% live in institutions, and 3.7% live in other group quarters.
For other years:
Living Quarters Data for US from the 2008 American Community Survey
Choose Another State
Select from Map or
