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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > District of Columbia

District of Columbia Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 72,000 people in District of Columbia have a disability, or 14.8% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 13,000 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 District of Columbia
(ages 5 and over)		 483 72 14.8% 13 2.6%
Disability Type          
Sensory   14   3 19.8%
Mobility   43   11 26.0%
Cognitive   29   6 19.9%
Self-care   13   13  
Leaving the home   20   9 47.5%
Work disability   38   10 26.5%
Gender          
Male 226 29 12.9% 5 2.2%
Female 257 42 16.5% 8 3.0%
Age          
Children (5-17) 73 7 8.9% 1 0.7%
    5-15 64 6 9.0% 1 0.8%
    16-17 9 1 8.0% 0 0.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 347 38 10.9% 6 1.8%
    18-44 222 15 6.7% 2 1.0%
    45-64 125 23 18.6% 4 3.2%
Elderly (65+) 63 27 43.2% 6 9.4%
    65-74 33 12 34.9% 1 4.5%
    75-84 22 10 44.7% 2 11.0%
    85+ 7 6 76.6% 2 26.8%
Race          
White 169 14 8.0% 3 1.5%
African American 281 56 19.9% 10 3.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander 16 1 6.9% 0 1.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 4 1 22.0% 0 5.1%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 42 4 9.3% 0 1.0%
Non-Hispanic 441 68 15.3% 12 2.8%
Family Income          
In poverty 88 24 27.5% 4 4.6%
Above poverty 394 47 12.0% 8 2.2%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 58 27 46.5% 6 10.4%
Supplemental Security Income 12 12 97.2% 2 19.6%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 248 13 5.3% 2 0.8%
Unemployed (in labor force) 24 4 15.4% 0 1.7%
Not in labor force 73 21 29.1% 4 5.0%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 120 25 20.6% 4 3.4%
Lives with others 363 47 12.9% 8 2.3%

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

About the District of Columbia 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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