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

Louisiana Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 698,000 people in Louisiana have a disability, or 17.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 137,000 people, or 3.4% 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 Louisiana
(ages 5 and over)		 4,065 698 17.2% 137 3.4%
Disability Type          
Sensory   201   47 23.4%
Mobility   425   121 28.3%
Cognitive   261   67 25.8%
Self-care   137   137  
Leaving the home   205   100 48.8%
Work disability   406   116 28.6%
Gender          
Male 1,942 338 17.4% 62 3.2%
Female 2,123 360 17.0% 75 3.5%
Age          
Children (5-17) 843 65 7.8% 9 1.0%
    5-15 707 48 6.8% 6 0.9%
    16-17 136 17 12.7% 3 1.9%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,728 381 14.0% 69 2.5%
    18-44 1,655 145 8.8% 22 1.3%
    45-64 1,073 236 22.0% 47 4.4%
Elderly (65+) 494 252 50.9% 60 12.0%
    65-74 277 112 40.6% 20 7.3%
    75-84 169 100 59.4% 26 15.4%
    85+ 49 39 79.8% 13 27.3%
Race          
White 2,656 458 17.2% 86 3.2%
African American 1,306 230 17.6% 50 3.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander 59 5 8.1% 1 1.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native 41 12 30.2% 2 6.0%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 112 15 13.5% 3 2.7%
Non-Hispanic 3,953 683 17.3% 134 3.4%
Family Income          
In poverty 751 179 23.8% 37 5.0%
Above poverty 3,303 517 15.7% 99 3.0%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 595 314 52.8% 74 12.4%
Supplemental Security Income 97 94 96.3% 22 23.0%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,831 121 6.6% 11 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 153 21 13.5% 1 0.9%
Not in labor force 728 239 32.8% 56 7.7%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 471 150 31.8% 30 6.3%
Lives with others 3,594 548 15.3% 107 3.0%

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

About the Louisiana 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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