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Disability Data for Rhode Island from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by race/ethnicity in Rhode Island, 2009
  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%
 White 837,000 115,000 13.8% 51,000 6.1% 25,000 3.0%
 African American 64,000 8,000 12.9% 3,000 4.8% 2,000 2.5%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 8,000 2,000 18.0% — 4.8% — 3.5%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 32,000 3,000 10.1% 2,000 5.0% — 0.5%
 Latino/Hispanic 112,000 15,000 13.4% 6,000 5.6% 2,000 2.0%

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.

— Estimate is less than 500.

Racial/ethnic distribution of people with disabilities in Rhode Island, 2009
Any Disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 136,000 60,000 28,000 858,000
Race
 White 84.9% 84.9% 90.0% 84.1%
 African American 6.1% 5.1% 5.7% 6.5%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1% 0.7% 1.0% 0.8%
 Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4% 2.7% 0.6% 3.3%
 Latino/Hispanic 11.1% 10.5% 8.1% 11.3%

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

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

The above bar chart shows that 84.9% of people with disabilities in Rhode Island are white, 5.1% are African American, 0.7% are American Indian/Alaska Native, 2.7% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 10.5% are Latino/Hispanic.

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Race Data for Rhode Island from the 2008 American Community Survey

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