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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Connecticut

Connecticut Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 383,000 people in Connecticut have a disability, or 12.0% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 68,000 people, or 2.1% 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.

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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 Connecticut
(ages 5 and over)		 3,181 383 12.0% 68 2.1%
Disability Type          
Sensory   97   16 16.5%
Mobility   210   59 28.2%
Cognitive   115   28 24.4%
Self-care   68   68  
Leaving the home   114   52 45.8%
Work disability   210   56 26.8%
Gender          
Male 1,544 168 10.9% 26 1.7%
Female 1,637 214 13.1% 41 2.5%
Age          
Children (5-17) 624 27 4.2% 2 0.4%
    5-15 527 23 4.4% 2 0.4%
    16-17 97 3 3.4% 0 0.1%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,118 191 9.0% 31 1.4%
    18-44 1,221 68 5.6% 9 0.8%
    45-64 897 123 13.7% 21 2.4%
Elderly (65+) 438 165 37.7% 35 8.0%
    65-74 216 51 23.7% 7 3.4%
    75-84 169 77 45.4% 16 9.3%
    85+ 53 37 70.6% 12 22.5%
Race          
White 2,604 330 12.7% 61 2.3%
African American 312 34 10.9% 5 1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 110 6 5.3% 2 1.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native 20 4 21.8% 1 3.2%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 326 31 9.5% 5 1.5%
Non-Hispanic 2,855 351 12.3% 63 2.2%
Family Income          
In poverty 236 56 23.5% 11 4.7%
Above poverty 2,939 327 11.1% 57 1.9%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 486 196 40.3% 42 8.6%
Supplemental Security Income 34 32 95.3% 7 20.7%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,594 81 5.1% 7 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 103 12 11.2% 1 1.4%
Not in labor force 413 98 23.7% 23 5.4%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 360 101 27.9% 18 5.1%
Lives with others 2,821 282 10.0% 50 1.8%

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

About the Connecticut 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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