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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Oregon

Oregon Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 556,000 people in Oregon have a disability, or 16.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 97,000 people, or 3.0% 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 Oregon
(ages 5 and over)		 3,285 556 16.9% 97 3.0%
Disability Type          
Sensory   151   31 20.3%
Mobility   322   86 26.8%
Cognitive   214   55 25.8%
Self-care   97   97  
Leaving the home   152   71 46.3%
Work disability   310   81 26.0%
Gender          
Male 1,635 268 16.4% 35 2.2%
Female 1,650 288 17.4% 62 3.8%
Age          
Children (5-17) 619 48 7.7% 6 0.9%
    5-15 524 40 7.7% 5 0.9%
    16-17 96 8 8.0% 1 1.2%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,220 306 13.8% 46 2.1%
    18-44 1,310 117 9.0% 15 1.1%
    45-64 910 189 20.8% 31 3.4%
Elderly (65+) 446 202 45.2% 46 10.3%
    65-74 228 75 33.0% 11 4.8%
    75-84 158 80 51.1% 20 12.6%
    85+ 60 46 76.1% 15 24.8%
Race          
White 2,977 513 17.2% 90 3.0%
African American 68 14 20.4% 2 3.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 144 13 8.7% 2 1.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 81 25 31.5% 1 1.8%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 299 32 10.5% 6 1.9%
Non-Hispanic 2,986 524 17.6% 92 3.1%
Family Income          
In poverty 449 119 26.6% 25 5.6%
Above poverty 2,830 435 15.4% 72 2.5%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 518 243 46.9% 52 10.0%
Supplemental Security Income 54 52 96.1% 17 32.5%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,572 124 7.9% 9 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 134 25 18.8% 1 0.9%
Not in labor force 512 157 30.7% 35 6.9%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 408 131 32.2% 26 6.3%
Lives with others 2,877 424 14.8% 72 2.5%

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

About the Oregon 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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