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

Georgia Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 1,110,000 people in Georgia have a disability, or 14.0% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 211,000 people, or 2.7% 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 Georgia
(ages 5 and over)		 7,914 1,110 14.0% 211 2.7%
Disability Type          
Sensory   296   71 24.0%
Mobility   684   188 27.5%
Cognitive   403   123 30.5%
Self-care   211   211  
Leaving the home   310   155 50.1%
Work disability   666   183 27.5%
Gender          
Male 3,870 522 13.5% 92 2.4%
Female 4,043 588 14.5% 118 2.9%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,634 96 5.9% 15 0.9%
    5-15 1,398 81 5.8% 12 0.9%
    16-17 236 15 6.4% 3 1.3%
Working Ages (18-64) 5,489 619 11.3% 108 2.0%
    18-44 3,507 239 6.8% 37 1.1%
    45-64 1,982 380 19.2% 71 3.6%
Elderly (65+) 790 395 50.0% 87 11.1%
    65-74 463 187 40.5% 33 7.1%
    75-84 252 149 59.2% 34 13.6%
    85+ 75 58 77.3% 20 27.0%
Race          
White 5,169 758 14.7% 146 2.8%
African American 2,278 323 14.2% 60 2.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 245 14 5.8% 4 1.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native 56 20 35.9% 7 11.6%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 509 29 5.7% 2 0.3%
Non-Hispanic 7,405 1,081 14.6% 209 2.8%
Family Income          
In poverty 1,131 257 22.8% 46 4.1%
Above poverty 6,767 852 12.6% 164 2.4%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 1,006 525 52.2% 121 12.1%
Supplemental Security Income 126 119 94.7% 32 25.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 3,913 208 5.3% 14 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 296 39 13.3% 5 1.6%
Not in labor force 1,245 370 29.7% 89 7.2%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 855 237 27.7% 42 5.0%
Lives with others 7,058 873 12.4% 168 2.4%

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

About the Georgia 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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