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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Kentucky

Kentucky Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 816,000 people in Kentucky have a disability, or 21.7% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 139,000 people, or 3.7% 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 Kentucky
(ages 5 and over)		 3,767 816 21.7% 139 3.7%
Disability Type          
Sensory   241   48 19.7%
Mobility   531   128 24.1%
Cognitive   303   79 26.2%
Self-care   139   139  
Leaving the home   222   100 44.8%
Work disability   497   121 24.3%
Gender          
Male 1,827 376 20.6% 61 3.3%
Female 1,940 439 22.6% 78 4.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 710 59 8.3% 4 0.6%
    5-15 601 47 7.9% 4 0.7%
    16-17 109 11 10.3% 0 0.3%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,568 495 19.3% 78 3.1%
    18-44 1,530 191 12.5% 24 1.6%
    45-64 1,037 304 29.3% 54 5.2%
Elderly (65+) 490 262 53.5% 56 11.4%
    65-74 277 123 44.5% 20 7.3%
    75-84 168 102 61.0% 23 13.6%
    85+ 45 37 81.0% 13 28.8%
Race          
White 3,440 756 22.0% 132 3.8%
African American 267 53 19.9% 7 2.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 42 4 9.4% 0 0.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 23 11 45.4% 2 10.4%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 68 5 7.4% 1 1.3%
Non-Hispanic 3,699 811 21.9% 138 3.7%
Family Income          
In poverty 638 226 35.5% 36 5.6%
Above poverty 3,118 589 18.9% 103 3.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 658 383 58.2% 85 12.9%
Supplemental Security Income 138 135 98.2% 27 19.6%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,707 144 8.4% 10 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 129 24 18.4% 2 1.6%
Not in labor force 715 327 45.7% 66 9.3%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 435 179 41.2% 33 7.5%
Lives with others 3,332 636 19.1% 106 3.2%

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

About the Kentucky 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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