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State Information > Disability Statistics > Kentucky

Kentucky Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 830,000 people in Kentucky have a disability, or 21.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 153,000 people, or 4.0% 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 Kentucky
(ages 5 and over)		 3,793 830 21.9% 153 4.0%
Disability Type          
Sensory   241   53 22.1%
Mobility   533   142 26.6%
Cognitive   303   88 29.0%
Self-care   153   153  
Leaving the home   232   113 48.7%
Work disability   515   132 25.7%
Gender          
Male 1,849 394 21.3% 67 3.6%
Female 1,944 436 22.4% 86 4.4%
Age          
Children (5-17) 703 64 9.1% 6 0.9%
    5-15 594 53 9.0% 5 0.9%
    16-17 109 11 9.6% 1 1.0%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,594 496 19.1% 89 3.4%
    18-44 1,530 189 12.4% 26 1.7%
    45-64 1,064 307 28.8% 63 5.9%
Elderly (65+) 496 270 54.5% 58 11.7%
    65-74 277 124 44.6% 19 6.9%
    75-84 167 104 62.2% 24 14.5%
    85+ 52 43 82.6% 15 28.5%
Race          
White 3,455 767 22.2% 143 4.1%
African American 278 57 20.4% 8 3.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 45 5 10.9% 1 2.8%
American Indian/Alaska Native 27 10 39.0% 3 10.7%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 56 6 10.1% 1 1.5%
Non-Hispanic 3,737 824 22.1% 152 4.1%
Family Income          
In poverty 616 225 36.4% 42 6.8%
Above poverty 3,163 603 19.1% 111 3.5%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 672 401 59.7% 89 13.3%
Supplemental Security Income 124 122 98.2% 29 23.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,729 143 8.2% 10 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 137 26 19.0% 2 1.1%
Not in labor force 717 327 45.5% 77 10.8%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 475 195 41.0% 34 7.2%
Lives with others 3,318 635 19.1% 118 3.6%

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

About the Kentucky 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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