Nevada Disability Statistics From 2005 American Community Survey

Introduction

Index of Nevada Pages.

Nevada Statistics

Nevada Disability Statistics.

Number of Home and Personal Care Workers in Nevada.

Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides in Nevada.

State Program Data

Medicaid Waiver Data in Nevada.

Nevada Medicaid HCBS Data.

Federal HCBS Funding to Nevada.

State Only Funded HCBS in Nevada.

State Waiver Demo Information.

Nevada Legal Information

Nevada Olmstead Plans and Lawsuits.

Nevada PAS Projects

Research/Demo Projects to Improve PAS Workforce.

Nevada Resources

Contact Info and Descriptions for all Nevada Medicaid Waivers.

Nevada Agencies Related to PAS.

Nevada resources for employment of persons with disabilities.

Nevada Library

PAS Reports and Publications related to Nevada.

Nevada PAS Workforce Library.

Nevada Links

PAS Web Links Related to Nevada.

Nevada Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 269,000 people in Nevada have a disability, or 12.2% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 50,000 people, or 2.3% 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 Nevada
(ages 5 and over)

2,201

269

12.2%

2.3%

Disability Type

Sensory

22.0%

Mobility

172

26.8%

Cognitive

30.8%

Self-care

Leaving the home

50.2%

Work disability

138

29.7%

Gender

Male

1,109

125

11.2%

1.8%

Female

1,092

144

13.2%

2.7%

Age

Children (5-17)

442

4.9%

0.5%

5-15

380

4.8%

0.5%

16-17

6.0%

0.4%

Working Ages (18-64)

1,492

143

9.6%

1.7%

18-44

926

5.5%

0.8%

45-64

566

16.3%

3.3%

Elderly (65+)

268

104

39.0%

8.1%

65-74

161

28.9%

5.0%

75-84

49.1%

9.7%

85+

72.1%

23.3%

Race

White

1,739

222

12.7%

2.3%

African American

172

13.1%

3.3%

Asian/Pacific Islander

162

8.0%

1.0%

American Indian/Alaska Native

21.9%

4.4%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

493

6.0%

0.7%

Non-Hispanic

1,708

240

14.0%

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

235

17.4%

3.9%

Above poverty

1,957

227

11.6%

2.1%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

298

128

43.0%

10.1%

Supplemental Security Income

98.4%

31.0%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

1,094

5.3%

0.4%

Unemployed (in labor force)

12.2%

1.0%

Not in labor force

325

23.6%

6.2%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

253

23.0%

4.1%

Lives with others

1,948

211

10.8%

2.0%

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

About the Nevada 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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