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Disability Data for Colorado from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by race/ethnicity in Colorado, 2009
  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%
 White 4,089,000 437,000 10.7% 168,000 4.1% 86,000 2.1%
 African American 220,000 26,000 11.7% 9,000 4.1% 4,000 1.8%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 100,000 19,000 19.3% 8,000 7.9% 4,000 4.2%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 159,000 10,000 6.6% 5,000 2.9% 2,000 1.2%
 Latino/Hispanic 897,000 87,000 9.7% 30,000 3.4% 14,000 1.6%

Note: People identifying as having multiple racial backgrounds are classified in multiple categories. Latinos are classified according to their Hispanic ethnicity as well as the racial category or categories they identify. The sum of the racial/ethnic categories is therefore greater than the total.

Racial/ethnic distribution of people with disabilities in Colorado, 2009
Any Disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 499,000 191,000 97,000 4,163,000
Race
 White 87.7% 87.7% 88.7% 87.7%
 African American 5.1% 4.7% 4.1% 4.7%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9% 4.2% 4.4% 1.9%
 Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1% 2.4% 1.9% 3.6%
 Latino/Hispanic 17.4% 15.9% 15.0% 19.5%

Racial/ethnic distribution of people with daily activity limitations in Colorado, 2009

AIAN - American Indian/Alaska Native
API - Asian/Pacific Islander

The above bar chart shows that 87.7% of people with disabilities in Colorado are white, 4.7% are African American, 4.2% are American Indian/Alaska Native, 2.4% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 15.9% are Latino/Hispanic.

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Race Data for Colorado from the 2008 American Community Survey

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