Arizona Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

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Arizona Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 754,000 people in Arizona have a disability, or 14.5% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 121,000 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.

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)

5,181

754

14.5%

121

2.3%

Disability Type

Sensory

232

18.3%

Mobility

449

107

23.8%

Cognitive

255

26.3%

Self-care

121

Leaving the home

194

46.8%

Work disability

397

101

25.5%

Gender

Male

2,563

368

14.4%

2.1%

Female

2,618

385

14.7%

2.5%

Age

Children (5-17)

1,087

6.2%

0.8%

5-15

932

6.2%

0.9%

16-17

156

6.0%

0.6%

Working Ages (18-64)

3,390

389

11.5%

1.8%

18-44

2,126

148

7.0%

1.0%

45-64

1,264

241

19.1%

3.0%

Elderly (65+)

703

297

42.2%

7.5%

65-74

383

120

31.2%

5.2%

75-84

250

124

49.7%

8.5%

85+

75.0%

16.4%

Race

White

4,134

624

15.1%

2.4%

African American

179

15.8%

2.7%

Asian/Pacific Islander

148

6.0%

1.0%

American Indian/Alaska Native

287

19.7%

3.4%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

1,398

141

10.1%

1.6%

Non-Hispanic

3,783

613

16.2%

2.6%

Family Income

In poverty

716

143

20.0%

3.8%

Above poverty

4,448

609

13.7%

2.1%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

811

357

44.0%

7.9%

Supplemental Security Income

98.1%

25.3%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

2,389

146

6.1%

0.4%

Unemployed (in labor force)

156

12.0%

0.8%

Not in labor force

838

225

26.9%

5.7%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

570

155

27.2%

3.6%

Lives with others

4,611

598

13.0%

101

2.2%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Arizona 2004 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 2004, 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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