Michigan Disability Statistics From 2002 American Community Survey

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Michigan Disability Data Table From the 2002 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2002

An estimated 1,546,000 people in Michigan have a disability, or 16.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 241,000 people, or 2.6% 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 Michigan
(ages 5 and over)

9,131

1,546

16.9%

241

2.6%

Disability Type

Sensory

372

18.8%

Mobility

841

211

25.0%

Cognitive

501

128

25.6%

Self-care

241

Leaving the home

471

173

36.8%

Work disability

760

167

21.9%

Gender

Male

4,439

733

16.5%

2.1%

Female

4,692

813

17.3%

146

3.1%

Age

Children (5-17)

1,896

142

7.5%

0.8%

5-15

1,605

112

6.9%

0.9%

16-17

291

10.5%

0.5%

Working Ages (18-64)

6,067

858

14.1%

118

1.9%

18-44

3,703

369

10.0%

1.1%

45-64

2,364

489

20.7%

3.2%

Elderly (65+)

1,167

546

46.8%

107

9.2%

65-74

617

218

35.4%

5.1%

75-84

431

235

54.5%

10.4%

85+

119

78.1%

26.0%

Race

White

7,497

1258

16.8%

185

2.5%

African American

1,308

255

19.5%

4.0%

Asian/Pacific Islander

214

8.1%

0.4%

American Indian/Alaska Native

111

30.2%

3.0%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

294

11.3%

0.7%

Non-Hispanic

8,836

1,513

17.1%

239

2.7%

Family Income

In poverty

958

252

26.4%

5.2%

Above poverty

8,146

1,290

15.8%

190

2.3%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

1,410

685

48.6%

138

9.8%

Supplemental Security Income

157

145

92.3%

25.2%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

4,265

376

8.8%

0.6%

Unemployed (in labor force)

392

13.7%

0.7%

Not in labor force

1,408

427

30.4%

6.5%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

1,113

348

31.2%

5.7%

Lives with others

8,017

1,199

15.0%

177

2.2%

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

About the Michigan 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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