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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2005 > Massachusetts

Massachusetts Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 821,000 people in Massachusetts have a disability, or 14.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 143,000 people, or 2.5% 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 Massachusetts
(ages 5 and over)		 5,806 821 14.1% 143 2.5%
Disability Type          
Sensory   217   43 19.8%
Mobility   471   127 27.0%
Cognitive   307   76 24.8%
Self-care   143   143  
Leaving the home   235   106 45.0%
Work disability   455   113 24.9%
Gender          
Male 2,806 373 13.3% 59 2.1%
Female 3,000 448 14.9% 84 2.8%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,063 74 7.0% 10 0.9%
    5-15 892 62 7.0% 10 1.1%
    16-17 171 12 7.0% 0 0.2%
Working Ages (18-64) 3,946 415 10.5% 63 1.6%
    18-44 2,348 172 7.3% 22 0.9%
    45-64 1,598 243 15.2% 41 2.6%
Elderly (65+) 797 332 41.6% 70 8.8%
    65-74 379 111 29.1% 21 5.4%
    75-84 314 146 46.4% 28 8.9%
    85+ 104 76 72.9% 21 20.6%
Race          
White 4,939 704 14.2% 123 2.5%
African American 361 60 16.7% 11 3.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 288 20 7.1% 3 1.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native 33 10 30.3% 2 6.2%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 437 63 14.5% 11 2.5%
Non-Hispanic 5,369 757 14.1% 132 2.5%
Family Income          
In poverty 601 168 27.9% 35 5.8%
Above poverty 5,191 651 12.5% 108 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 870 384 44.2% 81 9.3%
Supplemental Security Income 130 125 95.7% 31 23.8%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 2,950 155 5.3% 12 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 189 26 13.7% 2 1.2%
Not in labor force 801 233 29.1% 49 6.1%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 716 219 30.6% 39 5.4%
Lives with others 5,090 601 11.8% 105 2.1%

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

About the Massachusetts 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.


Previous years of disability data from the ACS:

 

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