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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Washington

Washington Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 859,000 people in Washington have a disability, or 15.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 146,000 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 Washington
(ages 5 and over)		 5,678 859 15.1% 146 2.6%
Disability Type          
Sensory   244   49 20.2%
Mobility   507   135 26.6%
Cognitive   312   84 27.0%
Self-care   146   146  
Leaving the home   220   108 49.0%
Work disability   448   121 27.0%
Gender          
Male 2,802 408 14.6% 60 2.1%
Female 2,875 451 15.7% 87 3.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,096 66 6.1% 10 0.9%
    5-15 921 56 6.1% 9 1.0%
    16-17 175 10 5.8% 1 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,912 502 12.8% 71 1.8%
    18-44 2,362 220 9.3% 27 1.1%
    45-64 1,551 283 18.2% 44 2.8%
Elderly (65+) 669 291 43.4% 66 9.8%
    65-74 353 110 31.3% 18 5.2%
    75-84 237 119 50.3% 28 11.9%
    85+ 79 61 77.2% 19 24.3%
Race          
White 4,806 760 15.8% 127 2.7%
African American 229 33 14.3% 4 1.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander 453 42 9.2% 7 1.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native 148 42 28.3% 8 5.1%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 455 45 9.8% 5 1.0%
Non-Hispanic 5,222 815 15.6% 142 2.7%
Family Income          
In poverty 729 171 23.5% 32 4.4%
Above poverty 4,930 686 13.9% 114 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 766 346 45.2% 80 10.4%
Supplemental Security Income 89 86 96.8% 22 25.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,727 209 7.7% 10 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 246 40 16.1% 2 1.0%
Not in labor force 907 253 27.9% 59 6.5%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 682 190 27.9% 31 4.6%
Lives with others 4,996 669 13.4% 115 2.3%

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

About the Washington 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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