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State Information > Disability Statistics > Oregon

Oregon Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 549,000 people in Oregon have a disability, or 16.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 96,000 people, or 2.9% 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 Oregon
(ages 5 and over)		 3,333 549 16.5% 96 2.9%
Disability Type          
Sensory   154   28 18.4%
Mobility   332   88 26.5%
Cognitive   202   56 27.7%
Self-care   96   96  
Leaving the home   143   71 49.6%
Work disability   301   81 26.9%
Gender          
Male 1,646 260 15.8% 41 2.5%
Female 1,687 289 17.2% 55 3.3%
Age          
Children (5-17) 616 41 6.6% 4 0.7%
    5-15 517 33 6.4% 4 0.8%
    16-17 99 7 7.5% 0 0.1%
Working Ages (18-64) 2,265 302 13.3% 50 2.2%
    18-44 1,321 124 9.4% 15 1.1%
    45-64 944 177 18.8% 35 3.7%
Elderly (65+) 452 207 45.7% 42 9.3%
    65-74 228 75 33.1% 13 5.6%
    75-84 159 81 51.1% 16 10.2%
    85+ 66 50 76.2% 13 20.1%
Race          
White 2,989 506 16.9% 89 3.0%
African American 69 10 14.8% 2 2.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 148 14 9.3% 2 1.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native 93 20 21.9% 6 5.9%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 317 30 9.6% 5 1.6%
Non-Hispanic 3,016 519 17.2% 91 3.0%
Family Income          
In poverty 458 116 25.3% 25 5.5%
Above poverty 2,860 432 15.1% 71 2.5%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 532 250 47.0% 54 10.2%
Supplemental Security Income 52 51 96.3% 15 27.7%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 1,637 126 7.7% 9 0.6%
Unemployed (in labor force) 126 22 17.6% 2 1.7%
Not in labor force 499 154 30.8% 38 7.7%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 407 131 32.2% 26 6.5%
Lives with others 2,926 418 14.3% 70 2.4%

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

About the Oregon 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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