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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > New Mexico

New Mexico Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 291,000 people in New Mexico have a disability, or 16.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 50,000 people, or 2.9% 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 Mexico
(ages 5 and over)		 1,725 291 16.9% 50 2.9%
Disability Type          
Sensory   92   16 17.4%
Mobility   178   45 25.2%
Cognitive   110   26 23.3%
Self-care   50   50  
Leaving the home   83   36 43.5%
Work disability   150   43 28.4%
Gender          
Male 841 137 16.3% 22 2.6%
Female 883 153 17.4% 28 3.2%
Age          
Children (5-17) 353 21 5.9% 2 0.6%
    5-15 297 17 5.6% 2 0.7%
    16-17 56 4 7.8% 0 0.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 1,156 166 14.4% 25 2.1%
    18-44 687 60 8.7% 7 1.1%
    45-64 469 106 22.7% 17 3.7%
Elderly (65+) 216 103 47.9% 23 10.6%
    65-74 119 44 37.2% 9 7.8%
    75-84 75 41 55.1% 8 10.8%
    85+ 22 18 81.5% 5 24.5%
Race          
White 1,262 218 17.2% 37 3.0%
African American 45 7 16.5% 1 2.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander 28 3 11.1% 1 3.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native 172 29 16.9% 5 2.6%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 739 112 15.1% 20 2.7%
Non-Hispanic 985 179 18.2% 30 3.1%
Family Income          
In poverty 315 70 22.2% 14 4.5%
Above poverty 1,405 221 15.7% 35 2.5%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 253 123 48.7% 29 11.6%
Supplemental Security Income 42 40 97.0% 11 25.7%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 794 64 8.0% 4 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 63 11 16.7% 0 0.5%
Not in labor force 291 92 31.7% 20 7.0%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 216 62 28.6% 11 5.3%
Lives with others 1,508 229 15.2% 38 2.5%

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

About the New Mexico 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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