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State Information > Disability Statistics > Maryland

Maryland Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 666,000 people in Maryland have a disability, or 13.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 120,000 people, or 2.4% 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 Maryland
(ages 5 and over)		 5,071 666 13.1% 120 2.4%
Disability Type          
Sensory   164   33 20.0%
Mobility   388   107 27.6%
Cognitive   234   61 26.0%
Self-care   120   120  
Leaving the home   175   80 45.9%
Work disability   340   95 27.8%
Gender          
Male 2,438 302 12.4% 50 2.1%
Female 2,633 364 13.8% 70 2.6%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,006 66 6.6% 9 0.9%
    5-15 843 55 6.5% 9 1.0%
    16-17 163 11 6.9% 1 0.4%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,459 352 10.2% 59 1.7%
    18-44 2,030 129 6.4% 15 0.8%
    45-64 1,429 223 15.6% 44 3.1%
Elderly (65+) 605 248 41.0% 51 8.5%
    65-74 315 92 29.2% 16 5.1%
    75-84 224 108 48.2% 20 8.8%
    85+ 67 48 72.3% 16 23.5%
Race          
White 3,201 435 13.6% 78 2.4%
African American 1,480 197 13.3% 37 2.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 269 21 7.8% 3 1.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native 39 9 22.0% 2 4.9%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 274 25 9.1% 4 1.4%
Non-Hispanic 4,797 641 13.4% 116 2.4%
Family Income          
In poverty 411 106 25.9% 25 6.0%
Above poverty 4,645 557 12.0% 95 2.0%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 651 277 42.6% 61 9.4%
Supplemental Security Income 70 67 94.5% 18 25.2%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,616 151 5.8% 13 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 153 22 14.6% 2 1.3%
Not in labor force 665 178 26.8% 44 6.6%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 579 144 24.8% 26 4.5%
Lives with others 4,492 523 11.6% 94 2.1%

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

About the Maryland 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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