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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Rhode Island

Rhode Island Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 155,000 people in Rhode Island have a disability, or 15.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 26,000 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 Rhode Island
(ages 5 and over)		 976 155 15.9% 26 2.6%
Disability Type          
Sensory   42   8 19.9%
Mobility   89   23 26.5%
Cognitive   61   15 25.1%
Self-care   26   26  
Leaving the home   40   19 48.1%
Work disability   80   21 26.2%
Gender          
Male 468 71 15.2% 11 2.3%
Female 508 84 16.5% 15 3.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 183 16 9.0% 2 1.0%
    5-15 152 14 9.3% 2 1.2%
    16-17 30 2 7.8% 0 0.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 654 81 12.3% 13 2.0%
    18-44 389 36 9.2% 5 1.3%
    45-64 265 45 16.9% 8 2.9%
Elderly (65+) 139 58 41.8% 11 8.0%
    65-74 63 17 27.0% 3 4.9%
    75-84 57 28 48.2% 4 7.6%
    85+ 19 14 71.3% 4 19.4%
Race          
White 836 132 15.8% 23 2.8%
African American 60 11 19.0% 2 2.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander 33 3 8.2% 0 0.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 11 2 20.8% 1 5.0%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 98 16 16.2% 2 1.5%
Non-Hispanic 878 139 15.9% 24 2.8%
Family Income          
In poverty 120 34 28.4% 6 5.2%
Above poverty 854 121 14.2% 19 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 156 69 44.4% 15 9.4%
Supplemental Security Income 22 22 97.1% 6 25.9%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 486 32 6.6% 3 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 32 4 12.9% 1 1.9%
Not in labor force 135 44 32.9% 9 6.9%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 117 36 30.9% 7 5.7%
Lives with others 859 119 13.9% 19 2.2%

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

About the Rhode Island 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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