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State information > Colorado Disability Statistics Table From 2004 American Community Survey

Colorado Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 496,000 people in Colorado have a disability, or 11.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 75,000 people, or 1.8% 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 Colorado
(ages 5 and over)		 4,161 496 11.9% 75 1.8%
Disability Type          
Sensory   149   20 13.5%
Mobility   272   67 24.7%
Cognitive   180   39 21.9%
Self-care   75   75  
Leaving the home   112   54 47.9%
Work disability   237   63 26.4%
Gender          
Male 2,082 242 11.6% 37 1.8%
Female 2,079 254 12.2% 38 1.8%
Age          
Children (5-17) 835 44 5.3% 3 0.4%
    5-15 708 36 5.1% 3 0.5%
    16-17 128 8 6.2% 0 0.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,895 284 9.8% 45 1.6%
    18-44 1,825 131 7.2% 15 0.8%
    45-64 1,070 153 14.3% 30 2.8%
Elderly (65+) 431 167 38.8% 27 6.2%
    65-74 238 66 27.7% 10 4.0%
    75-84 148 71 47.8% 10 6.9%
    85+ 45 31 68.6% 7 15.4%
Race          
White 3,568 423 11.9% 65 1.8%
African American 185 27 14.7% 6 3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 134 13 9.4% 1 0.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native 62 12 18.8% 2 3.9%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 761 69 9.1% 9 1.2%
Non-Hispanic 3,400 427 12.5% 66 2.0%
Family Income          
In poverty 451 85 18.8% 16 3.6%
Above poverty 3,696 410 11.1% 59 1.6%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 489 205 41.9% 41 8.4%
Supplemental Security Income 43 41 95.9% 11 26.3%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,155 124 5.8% 7 0.3%
Unemployed (in labor force) 157 28 17.6% 4 2.8%
Not in labor force 567 132 23.3% 34 5.9%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 513 117 22.9% 16 3.1%
Lives with others 3,648 378 10.4% 59 1.6%

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

About the Colorado 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.

Previous years of disability data from the ACS:

 

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