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State Information > Disability Statistics > 2005 > Texas

Texas Disability Data Table From the 2005 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2005

An estimated 2,962,000 people in Texas have a disability, or 14.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 579,000 people, or 2.8% 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 Texas
(ages 5 and over)		 20,387 2,962 14.5% 579 2.8%
Disability Type          
Sensory   912   191 21.0%
Mobility   1,795   519 28.9%
Cognitive   1,078   312 28.9%
Self-care   579   579  
Leaving the home   813   420 51.7%
Work disability   1,504   476 31.7%
Gender          
Male 10,019 1,388 13.9% 237 2.4%
Female 10,368 1,574 15.2% 342 3.3%
Age          
Children (5-17) 4,436 298 6.7% 36 0.8%
    5-15 3,766 255 6.8% 32 0.9%
    16-17 670 43 6.4% 4 0.6%
Working Ages (18-64) 13,817 1,646 11.9% 294 2.1%
    18-44 8,750 651 7.4% 88 1.0%
    45-64 5,067 995 19.6% 207 4.1%
Elderly (65+) 2,135 1,018 47.7% 249 11.7%
    65-74 1,216 456 37.5% 92 7.6%
    75-84 715 401 56.2% 100 14.0%
    85+ 204 161 78.7% 57 27.8%
Race          
White 15,000 2216 14.8% 416 2.8%
African American 2,335 399 17.1% 94 4.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 734 52 7.1% 8 1.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native 205 52 25.4% 11 5.5%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 6,986 851 12.2% 174 2.5%
Non-Hispanic 13,402 2,111 15.8% 405 3.0%
Family Income          
In poverty 3,459 705 20.4% 157 4.5%
Above poverty 16,871 2,251 13.3% 422 2.5%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 2,475 1,225 49.5% 311 12.6%
Supplemental Security Income 328 317 96.6% 106 32.2%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 9,716 657 6.8% 49 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 766 117 15.3% 11 1.4%
Not in labor force 3,266 869 26.6% 234 7.2%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 2,053 577 28.1% 124 6.0%
Lives with others 18,335 2,385 13.0% 455 2.5%

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

About the Texas 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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