Alabama Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

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Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Alabama.

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Alabama Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 795,000 people in Alabama have a disability, or 19.3% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 146,000 people, or 3.6% of the population 5 and over, have difficulty performing self-care activities, also known as Activities of Daily Living, such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

Subject

Population (Thousands)

With a disability (Thousands)

With a disability (Percent)

With a self-care difficulty (Thousands)

With a self-care difficulty (Percent)

Total in Alabama
(ages 5 and over)

4,119

795

19.3%

146

3.6%

Disability Type

Sensory

217

21.2%

Mobility

508

135

26.6%

Cognitive

284

26.3%

Self-care

146

Leaving the home

218

114

52.3%

Work disability

461

128

27.8%

Gender

Male

1,974

364

18.4%

3.1%

Female

2,145

432

20.1%

4.0%

Age

Children (5-17)

793

7.3%

0.6%

5-15

678

7.2%

0.4%

16-17

116

7.9%

1.4%

Working Ages (18-64)

2,763

452

16.3%

3.0%

18-44

1,644

166

10.1%

1.2%

45-64

1,120

286

25.5%

5.5%

Elderly (65+)

562

285

50.8%

10.7%

65-74

312

129

41.5%

6.7%

75-84

196

115

58.8%

13.4%

85+

75.0%

24.0%

Race

White

2,984

564

18.9%

105

3.5%

African American

1,065

220

20.7%

3.7%

Asian/Pacific Islander

9.0%

0.0%

American Indian/Alaska Native

32.9%

5.8%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

6.8%

0.9%

Non-Hispanic

4,044

790

19.5%

146

3.6%

Family Income

In poverty

631

186

29.4%

5.2%

Above poverty

3,476

608

17.5%

113

3.3%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

735

386

52.6%

11.9%

Supplemental Security Income

109

106

96.7%

24.6%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

1,884

139

7.4%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

140

15.8%

1.6%

Not in labor force

729

290

39.8%

9.6%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

480

166

34.5%

6.0%

Lives with others

3,639

629

17.3%

117

3.2%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Alabama 2004 ACS Disability Data

The Center for Personal Assistance Services has compiled state and national data on the prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement. These statistics are based on our tabulations of public use data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for 2004, containing information on over 1 million residents of randomly selected U.S. households. Because it is a household survey, people living in institutions such as nursing homes are not included.

Current & previous years of disability data from the ACS:

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