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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2004 > Wisconsin

Wisconsin Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 702,000 people in Wisconsin have a disability, or 14.0% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 114,000 people, or 2.3% 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 Wisconsin
(ages 5 and over)		 5,020 702 14.0% 114 2.3%
Disability Type          
Sensory   199   36 18.2%
Mobility   408   102 25.0%
Cognitive   253   57 22.5%
Self-care   114   114  
Leaving the home   184   80 43.2%
Work disability   374   94 25.2%
Gender          
Male 2,476 333 13.4% 45 1.8%
Female 2,543 369 14.5% 69 2.7%
Age          
Children (5-17) 969 65 6.7% 8 0.8%
    5-15 811 55 6.7% 7 0.8%
    16-17 158 10 6.4% 1 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,389 380 11.2% 66 1.9%
    18-44 2,021 166 8.2% 27 1.3%
    45-64 1,368 214 15.6% 39 2.9%
Elderly (65+) 661 257 38.9% 41 6.1%
    65-74 343 92 26.7% 15 4.2%
    75-84 243 110 45.3% 13 5.5%
    85+ 76 55 73.2% 13 16.9%
Race          
White 4,509 633 14.0% 102 2.3%
African American 304 49 16.1% 10 3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 99 7 6.8% 1 1.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 72 14 20.0% 1 1.3%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 207 23 10.9% 3 1.4%
Non-Hispanic 4,813 680 14.1% 111 2.3%
Family Income          
In poverty 528 131 24.8% 21 4.0%
Above poverty 4,473 569 12.7% 92 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 801 328 40.9% 59 7.4%
Supplemental Security Income 87 85 97.8% 20 22.7%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,583 170 6.6% 19 0.8%
Unemployed (in labor force) 180 29 16.4% 3 1.8%
Not in labor force 624 181 29.0% 43 6.9%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 619 189 30.5% 28 4.5%
Lives with others 4,400 513 11.7% 86 2.0%

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

About the Wisconsin 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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