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Disability Data for Nevada from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by race/ethnicity in Nevada, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
   Number   Percent  Number Percent Number Percent
  2,441,000 276,000 11.3% 112,000 4.6% 57,000 2.4%
 White 1,930,000 227,000 11.8% 91,000 4.7% 47,000 2.4%
 African American 206,000 25,000 12.2% 11,000 5.6% 6,000 3.1%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 50,000 10,000 19.6% 4,000 7.5% 2,000 3.4%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 205,000 15,000 7.5% 7,000 3.6% 3,000 1.3%
 Latino/Hispanic 617,000 44,000 7.1% 15,000 2.4% 9,000 1.5%

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 Nevada, 2009
Any Disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 276,000 112,000 57,000 2,165,000
Race
 White 82.2% 81.5% 82.1% 78.7%
 African American 9.1% 10.3% 11.2% 8.4%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5% 3.3% 2.9% 1.8%
 Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5% 6.5% 4.7% 8.7%
 Latino/Hispanic 15.9% 13.4% 15.7% 26.5%

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

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

The above bar chart shows that 81.5% of people with disabilities in Nevada are white, 10.3% are African American, 3.3% are American Indian/Alaska Native, 6.5% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 13.4% are Latino/Hispanic.

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Race Data for Nevada from the 2008 American Community Survey

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