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Disability Data for District of Columbia from the 2009 American Community Survey



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by race/ethnicity in District of Columbia, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
   Number   Percent  Number Percent Number Percent
  562,000 75,000 13.3% 32,000 5.6% 17,000 3.0%
 White 224,000 14,000 6.4% 7,000 3.0% 4,000 1.9%
 African American 306,000 58,000 18.9% 24,000 7.9% 12,000 4.0%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 4,000 1,000 14.3% — 4.0% — 2.3%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 19,000 1,000 7.6% 1,000 2.6% — 2.5%
 Latino/Hispanic 48,000 3,000 6.3% 1,000 1.8% 1,000 1.1%

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 District of Columbia, 2009
Any Disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 75,000 32,000 17,000 487,000
Race
 White 19.2% 21.2% 25.6% 43.0%
 African American 77.5% 76.2% 71.1% 50.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.8%
 Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.6% 2.8% 3.6%
 Latino/Hispanic 4.0% 2.7% 3.0% 9.2%

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

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

The above bar chart shows that 21.2% of people with disabilities in District of Columbia are white, 76.2% are African American, 0.6% are American Indian/Alaska Native, 1.6% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2.7% are Latino/Hispanic.

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Race Data for District of Columbia from the 2008 American Community Survey

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