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State Information > Disability Statistics > New Jersey

New Jersey Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 995,000 people in New Jersey have a disability, or 12.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 193,000 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 New Jersey
(ages 5 and over)		 7,941 995 12.5% 193 2.4%
Disability Type          
Sensory   264   61 22.9%
Mobility   605   171 28.2%
Cognitive   332   104 31.2%
Self-care   193   193  
Leaving the home   306   142 46.6%
Work disability   542   156 28.8%
Gender          
Male 3,852 436 11.3% 75 2.0%
Female 4,089 559 13.7% 118 2.9%
Age          
Children (5-17) 1,576 79 5.0% 12 0.8%
    5-15 1,329 64 4.8% 11 0.8%
    16-17 247 15 6.2% 1 0.5%
Working Ages (18-64) 5,290 484 9.2% 87 1.6%
    18-44 3,094 187 6.0% 31 1.0%
    45-64 2,196 297 13.5% 56 2.5%
Elderly (65+) 1,074 432 40.2% 93 8.7%
    65-74 531 152 28.6% 28 5.2%
    75-84 411 189 46.0% 37 9.0%
    85+ 132 91 68.5% 29 21.6%
Race          
White 5,692 747 13.1% 145 2.5%
African American 1,085 156 14.4% 28 2.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 601 37 6.2% 6 0.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native 40 9 21.9% 2 4.0%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 1,177 129 11.0% 27 2.3%
Non-Hispanic 6,763 866 12.8% 166 2.5%
Family Income          
In poverty 684 150 21.9% 37 5.4%
Above poverty 7,240 843 11.6% 155 2.1%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 1,185 492 41.5% 110 9.3%
Supplemental Security Income 110 105 95.4% 29 26.1%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 3,883 192 4.9% 19 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 254 30 11.9% 4 1.4%
Not in labor force 1,146 262 22.9% 64 5.6%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 841 236 28.0% 46 5.5%
Lives with others 7,100 759 10.7% 147 2.1%

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

About the New Jersey 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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