Georgia Disability Statistics From 2005 American Community Survey

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Georgia Statistics

Georgia Disability Statistics.

Number of Home and Personal Care Workers in Georgia.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Georgia.

State Program Data

Medicaid Waiver Data in Georgia.

Georgia Medicaid HCBS Data.

Federal HCBS Funding to Georgia.

State Only Funded HCBS in Georgia.

State Waiver Demo Information.

Georgia Legal Information

Georgia Olmstead Plans and Lawsuits.

Georgia PAS Projects

Research/Demo Projects to Improve PAS Workforce.

Georgia Resources

Contact Info and Descriptions for all Georgia Medicaid Waivers.

Georgia Agencies Related to PAS.

Georgia resources for employment of persons with disabilities.

Georgia Library

PAS Reports and Publications related to Georgia.

Georgia PAS Workforce Library.

Georgia Links

PAS Web Links Related to Georgia.

Georgia Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 1,204,000 people in Georgia have a disability, or 14.8% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 230,000 people, or 2.8% 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.

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)

8,120

1,204

14.8%

230

2.8%

Disability Type

Sensory

334

22.0%

Mobility

737

202

27.5%

Cognitive

430

130

30.3%

Self-care

230

Leaving the home

343

173

50.4%

Work disability

692

193

27.9%

Gender

Male

3,973

549

13.8%

2.2%

Female

4,147

655

15.8%

142

3.4%

Age

Children (5-17)

1,651

5.7%

0.8%

5-15

1,407

5.6%

0.8%

16-17

244

6.7%

0.7%

Working Ages (18-64)

5,653

707

12.5%

129

2.3%

18-44

3,581

282

7.9%

1.1%

45-64

2,072

426

20.6%

4.3%

Elderly (65+)

815

401

49.2%

10.8%

65-74

485

188

38.8%

6.3%

75-84

253

150

59.1%

13.6%

85+

82.2%

29.6%

Race

White

5,220

807

15.5%

147

2.8%

African American

2,386

365

15.3%

3.3%

Asian/Pacific Islander

249

6.5%

0.9%

American Indian/Alaska Native

29.6%

5.7%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

537

6.2%

0.9%

Non-Hispanic

7,583

1,170

15.4%

225

3.0%

Family Income

In poverty

1,134

283

25.0%

5.2%

Above poverty

6,966

918

13.2%

171

2.5%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

1,025

534

52.1%

126

12.3%

Supplemental Security Income

140

132

94.2%

24.8%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

4,012

256

6.4%

0.6%

Unemployed (in labor force)

299

14.1%

1.5%

Not in labor force

1,313

408

31.1%

101

7.7%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

879

256

29.1%

4.8%

Lives with others

7,241

948

13.1%

188

2.6%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Georgia 2005 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 2005, 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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