New Jersey Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

An estimated 996,000 people in New Jersey have a disability, or 12.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 204,000 people, or 2.6% 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.

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 New Jersey
(ages 5 and over)

7,939

996

12.5%

204

2.6%

Disability Type

Sensory

273

23.2%

Mobility

578

178

30.7%

Cognitive

355

112

31.7%

Self-care

204

Leaving the home

314

153

48.8%

Work disability

558

165

29.7%

Gender

Male

3,832

439

11.5%

2.0%

Female

4,107

557

13.6%

126

3.1%

Age

Children (5-17)

1,587

101

6.3%

0.8%

5-15

1,346

6.1%

0.9%

16-17

240

7.7%

0.6%

Working Ages (18-64)

5,288

477

9.0%

1.8%

18-44

3,147

183

5.8%

1.1%

45-64

2,141

293

13.7%

2.8%

Elderly (65+)

1,065

419

39.3%

9.0%

65-74

527

138

26.1%

4.7%

75-84

403

188

46.7%

10.4%

85+

134

69.2%

22.0%

Race

White

5,740

736

12.8%

140

2.4%

African American

1,082

159

14.7%

3.7%

Asian/Pacific Islander

590

5.9%

1.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

22.9%

3.7%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

1,162

138

11.8%

2.2%

Non-Hispanic

6,777

858

12.7%

178

2.6%

Family Income

In poverty

653

153

23.5%

5.5%

Above poverty

7,267

840

11.6%

168

2.3%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

1,162

472

40.6%

113

9.8%

Supplemental Security Income

102

93.4%

28.2%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

3,851

187

4.8%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

288

9.6%

0.8%

Not in labor force

1,146

262

22.9%

6.2%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

786

218

27.7%

5.2%

Lives with others

7,153

778

10.9%

163

2.3%

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

About the New Jersey 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.

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