California Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

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California Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 4,120,000 people in California have a disability, or 12.7% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 758,000 people, or 2.3% 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 California
(ages 5 and over)

32,409

4,120

12.7%

758

2.3%

Disability Type

Sensory

1,168

247

21.1%

Mobility

2,496

681

27.3%

Cognitive

1,455

448

30.8%

Self-care

758

Leaving the home

1,158

577

49.8%

Work disability

2,247

634

28.2%

Gender

Male

16,007

1,898

11.9%

306

1.9%

Female

16,401

2,222

13.5%

452

2.8%

Age

Children (5-17)

6,915

318

4.6%

0.6%

5-15

5,924

262

4.4%

0.6%

16-17

991

5.7%

0.5%

Working Ages (18-64)

21,843

2,227

10.2%

365

1.7%

18-44

13,850

928

6.7%

140

1.0%

45-64

7,993

1,298

16.2%

225

2.8%

Elderly (65+)

3,652

1,575

43.1%

352

9.6%

65-74

1,909

608

31.8%

102

5.3%

75-84

1,315

659

50.1%

140

10.7%

85+

428

309

72.3%

110

25.8%

Race

White

21,364

2908

13.6%

517

2.4%

African American

2,222

378

17.0%

4.0%

Asian/Pacific Islander

4,434

409

9.2%

2.0%

American Indian/Alaska Native

517

114

22.0%

3.9%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

10,919

1,052

9.6%

170

1.6%

Non-Hispanic

21,490

3,068

14.3%

588

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

4,198

698

16.6%

146

3.5%

Above poverty

28,112

3,417

12.2%

612

2.2%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

3,822

1,693

44.3%

372

9.7%

Supplemental Security Income

644

607

94.2%

193

29.9%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

15,236

845

5.5%

0.4%

Unemployed (in labor force)

1,218

140

11.5%

0.8%

Not in labor force

5,312

1,239

23.3%

293

5.5%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

3,103

841

27.1%

150

4.8%

Lives with others

29,306

3,279

11.2%

608

2.1%

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

About the California 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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