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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Maine

Maine Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 220,000 people in Maine have a disability, or 18.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 39,000 people, or 3.3% 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.

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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 Maine
(ages 5 and over)		 1,209 220 18.2% 39 3.3%
Disability Type          
Sensory   63   12 18.5%
Mobility   123   34 28.1%
Cognitive   84   21 25.1%
Self-care   39   39  
Leaving the home   57   28 49.7%
Work disability   125   33 26.2%
Gender          
Male 587 107 18.3% 17 2.9%
Female 623 112 18.0% 22 3.6%
Age          
Children (5-17) 214 21 9.7% 2 0.9%
    5-15 179 17 9.3% 2 0.9%
    16-17 35 4 12.0% 0 1.1%
Working Ages (18-64) 818 124 15.1% 22 2.7%
    18-44 451 46 10.3% 6 1.4%
    45-64 367 78 21.1% 16 4.4%
Elderly (65+) 178 75 42.1% 15 8.5%
    65-74 94 28 29.4% 4 4.0%
    75-84 61 30 49.8% 7 10.7%
    85+ 23 17 74.3% 5 20.9%
Race          
White 1,182 215 18.2% 38 3.2%
African American 9 2 25.8% 0 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander 13 1 9.2% 0 2.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native 13 5 35.7% 1 5.9%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 10 1 6.9% 0 0.0%
Non-Hispanic 1,200 219 18.2% 39 3.3%
Family Income          
In poverty 140 53 37.9% 11 7.9%
Above poverty 1,064 166 15.6% 28 2.6%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 210 102 48.5% 20 9.6%
Supplemental Security Income 26 25 96.6% 6 22.2%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 612 45 7.3% 4 0.7%
Unemployed (in labor force) 31 8 26.3% 1 4.0%
Not in labor force 171 71 41.3% 17 10.0%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 148 54 36.7% 10 6.6%
Lives with others 1,062 165 15.6% 30 2.8%

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

About the Maine 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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