Nebraska Disability Statistics From 2004 American Community Survey

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Nebraska Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 233,000 people in Nebraska have a disability, or 14.7% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 34,000 people, or 2.1% 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 Nebraska
(ages 5 and over)

1,585

233

14.7%

2.1%

Disability Type

Sensory

11.9%

Mobility

138

22.2%

Cognitive

19.0%

Self-care

Leaving the home

45.4%

Work disability

118

23.6%

Gender

Male

782

112

14.4%

1.7%

Female

804

120

14.9%

2.6%

Age

Children (5-17)

315

6.1%

0.8%

5-15

267

5.9%

0.9%

16-17

7.3%

0.5%

Working Ages (18-64)

1,056

123

11.6%

1.5%

18-44

646

8.3%

0.8%

45-64

410

16.9%

2.6%

Elderly (65+)

214

42.3%

7.2%

65-74

108

29.6%

4.5%

75-84

47.9%

7.4%

85+

74.8%

16.9%

Race

White

1,438

209

14.5%

2.1%

African American

19.4%

3.5%

Asian/Pacific Islander

7.6%

0.2%

American Indian/Alaska Native

26.7%

2.2%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

102

10.2%

0.9%

Non-Hispanic

1,484

222

15.0%

2.2%

Family Income

In poverty

166

28.9%

4.0%

Above poverty

1,416

184

13.0%

1.9%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

252

113

44.7%

8.4%

Supplemental Security Income

95.6%

19.6%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

831

7.0%

0.5%

Unemployed (in labor force)

21.1%

0.4%

Not in labor force

176

31.5%

6.9%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

194

33.3%

4.6%

Lives with others

1,392

168

12.1%

1.8%

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

About the Nebraska 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.

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