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

Arkansas Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 553,000 people in Arkansas have a disability, or 22.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 95,000 people, or 3.8% 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 Arkansas
(ages 5 and over)		 2,487 553 22.2% 95 3.8%
Disability Type          
Sensory   158   32 20.2%
Mobility   361   87 24.0%
Cognitive   199   50 25.2%
Self-care   95   95  
Leaving the home   143   69 48.3%
Work disability   329   83 25.2%
Gender          
Male 1,211 257 21.2% 40 3.3%
Female 1,276 296 23.2% 55 4.3%
Age          
Children (5-17) 486 43 8.9% 5 1.0%
    5-15 412 36 8.8% 3 0.8%
    16-17 74 7 9.3% 2 2.2%
Working Ages (18-64) 1,650 317 19.2% 48 2.9%
    18-44 986 126 12.8% 15 1.5%
    45-64 663 191 28.8% 34 5.1%
Elderly (65+) 352 193 54.9% 42 11.9%
    65-74 192 90 46.9% 13 6.7%
    75-84 126 74 59.2% 17 13.4%
    85+ 35 29 83.2% 12 35.2%
Race          
White 2,019 463 22.9% 73 3.6%
African American 376 80 21.3% 22 5.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander 28 1 4.8% 0 1.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native 40 11 28.5% 2 4.2%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 103 14 13.6% 1 0.7%
Non-Hispanic 2,384 539 22.6% 94 4.0%
Family Income          
In poverty 434 148 34.2% 28 6.4%
Above poverty 2,043 404 19.8% 68 3.3%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 475 272 57.3% 59 12.4%
Supplemental Security Income 68 67 98.4% 16 22.9%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,142 113 9.9% 8 0.7%
Unemployed (in labor force) 90 21 22.9% 3 3.2%
Not in labor force 410 183 44.7% 38 9.2%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 304 126 41.4% 24 8.1%
Lives with others 2,184 428 19.6% 71 3.2%

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

About the Arkansas 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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