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

Arizona Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 754,000 people in Arizona have a disability, or 14.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 121,000 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 Arizona
(ages 5 and over)		 5,181 754 14.5% 121 2.3%
Disability Type          
Sensory   232   42 18.3%
Mobility   449   107 23.8%
Cognitive   255   67 26.3%
Self-care   121   121  
Leaving the home   194   91 46.8%
Work disability   397   101 25.5%
Gender          
Male 2,563 368 14.4% 55 2.1%
Female 2,618 385 14.7% 66 2.5%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,087 68 6.2% 9 0.8%
    5-15 932 58 6.2% 8 0.9%
    16-17 156 9 6.0% 1 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,390 389 11.5% 59 1.8%
    18-44 2,126 148 7.0% 21 1.0%
    45-64 1,264 241 19.1% 38 3.0%
Elderly (65+) 703 297 42.2% 53 7.5%
    65-74 383 120 31.2% 20 5.2%
    75-84 250 124 49.7% 21 8.5%
    85+ 70 53 75.0% 11 16.4%
Race          
White 4,134 624 15.1% 99 2.4%
African American 179 28 15.8% 5 2.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander 148 9 6.0% 1 1.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 287 56 19.7% 10 3.4%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 1,398 141 10.1% 22 1.6%
Non-Hispanic 3,783 613 16.2% 99 2.6%
Family Income          
In poverty 716 143 20.0% 27 3.8%
Above poverty 4,448 609 13.7% 94 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 811 357 44.0% 64 7.9%
Supplemental Security Income 74 73 98.1% 19 25.3%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,389 146 6.1% 10 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 156 19 12.0% 1 0.8%
Not in labor force 838 225 26.9% 48 5.7%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 570 155 27.2% 21 3.6%
Lives with others 4,611 598 13.0% 101 2.2%

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

About the Arizona 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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