Disability Data for US from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people ages 5+ with disabilities and disability rate, by type of disability in US
  Number of people Percent of population
 Total 285,834,000 100%
 Any type of disability* 38,487,000 13.5%
Hearing 10,737,000 3.8%
Vision 6,922,000 2.4%
Cognitive 15,155,000 5.3%
Mobility 21,174,000 7.4%
Daily activity limitation† 16,565,000 5.8%
Self-care activities 8,689,000 3.0%
Routine activities 14,806,000 5.2%
 No reported disability 247,347,000 86.5%

*Any sensory, cognitive, or mobility disability or daily activity limitation; adds up to more than total because many people have multiple disability types.

†Any difficulty with self-care activities and/or other routine activities; many people have difficulty with both types of activities.

Disability status of the US population ages 5+

The above pie chart shows that 5.8% of US adults are limited in their daily activities, an additional 7.7% have some other type of disability, and 86.5% have no reported disability.

For other years:

Prevalence Data for US from the 2008 American Community Survey

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