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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > New Jersey

New Jersey Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 996,000 people in New Jersey have a disability, or 12.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 204,000 people, or 2.6% 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.

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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 New Jersey
(ages 5 and over)		 7,939 996 12.5% 204 2.6%
Disability Type          
Sensory   273   63 23.2%
Mobility   578   178 30.7%
Cognitive   355   112 31.7%
Self-care   204   204  
Leaving the home   314   153 48.8%
Work disability   558   165 29.7%
Gender          
Male 3,832 439 11.5% 78 2.0%
Female 4,107 557 13.6% 126 3.1%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,587 101 6.3% 13 0.8%
    5-15 1,346 82 6.1% 12 0.9%
    16-17 240 19 7.7% 1 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 5,288 477 9.0% 94 1.8%
    18-44 3,147 183 5.8% 35 1.1%
    45-64 2,141 293 13.7% 59 2.8%
Elderly (65+) 1,065 419 39.3% 96 9.0%
    65-74 527 138 26.1% 25 4.7%
    75-84 403 188 46.7% 42 10.4%
    85+ 134 93 69.2% 29 22.0%
Race          
White 5,740 736 12.8% 140 2.4%
African American 1,082 159 14.7% 40 3.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander 590 35 5.9% 10 1.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 36 8 22.9% 1 3.7%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 1,162 138 11.8% 26 2.2%
Non-Hispanic 6,777 858 12.7% 178 2.6%
Family Income          
In poverty 653 153 23.5% 36 5.5%
Above poverty 7,267 840 11.6% 168 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 1,162 472 40.6% 113 9.8%
Supplemental Security Income 102 95 93.4% 29 28.2%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 3,851 187 4.8% 21 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 288 28 9.6% 2 0.8%
Not in labor force 1,146 262 22.9% 71 6.2%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 786 218 27.7% 41 5.2%
Lives with others 7,153 778 10.9% 163 2.3%

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

About the New Jersey 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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