Arizona Disability Statistics From 2002 American Community Survey

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Arizona Disability Data Table From the 2002 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2002

An estimated 727,000 people in Arizona have a disability, or 14.8% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 116,000 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.

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.

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 Arizona
(ages 5 and over)

4,926

727

14.8%

116

2.4%

Disability Type

Sensory

207

19.0%

Mobility

419

104

24.7%

Cognitive

217

27.0%

Self-care

116

Leaving the home

210

38.6%

Work disability

347

23.6%

Gender

Male

2,426

357

14.7%

1.9%

Female

2,500

370

14.8%

2.8%

Age

Children (5-17)

1,056

6.1%

0.7%

5-15

912

5.7%

0.8%

16-17

144

8.9%

0.4%

Working Ages (18-64)

3,213

381

11.9%

1.9%

18-44

2,050

152

7.4%

1.0%

45-64

1,163

229

19.7%

3.5%

Elderly (65+)

658

281

42.8%

7.2%

65-74

358

118

33.0%

5.2%

75-84

241

120

49.6%

7.7%

85+

73.9%

17.1%

Race

White

3,860

600

15.5%

100

2.6%

African American

169

15.9%

1.4%

Asian/Pacific Islander

132

11.7%

2.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

284

13.4%

1.4%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

1,284

142

11.1%

1.5%

Non-Hispanic

3,642

585

16.1%

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

687

120

17.5%

3.3%

Above poverty

4,217

603

14.3%

2.2%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

756

328

43.3%

8.6%

Supplemental Security Income

97.0%

24.5%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

2,226

160

7.2%

0.4%

Unemployed (in labor force)

185

12.5%

0.7%

Not in labor force

790

198

25.1%

6.5%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

495

125

25.3%

4.6%

Lives with others

4,432

602

13.6%

2.1%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2002 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Arizona 2002 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 2002, 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.

Current & previous years of disability data from the ACS:

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