New Mexico Disability Statistics From 2002 American Community Survey

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New Mexico Disability Data Table From the 2002 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2002

An estimated 302,000 people in New Mexico have a disability, or 17.8% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 46,000 people, or 2.7% 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 New Mexico
(ages 5 and over)

1,697

302

17.8%

2.7%

Disability Type

Sensory

22.5%

Mobility

176

23.5%

Cognitive

25.3%

Self-care

Leaving the home

103

32.3%

Work disability

147

23.3%

Gender

Male

833

142

17.1%

2.1%

Female

864

160

18.5%

3.2%

Age

Children (5-17)

374

6.4%

0.8%

5-15

323

5.7%

0.9%

16-17

10.3%

0.4%

Working Ages (18-64)

1,103

173

15.7%

1.8%

18-44

677

11.2%

1.0%

45-64

426

22.7%

2.9%

Elderly (65+)

219

106

48.3%

10.8%

65-74

121

35.8%

5.9%

75-84

59.6%

12.7%

85+

77.7%

30.4%

Race

White

1,245

228

18.3%

2.6%

African American

15.1%

3.2%

Asian/Pacific Islander

15.2%

0.5%

American Indian/Alaska Native

175

13.9%

2.7%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

719

135

18.8%

2.8%

Non-Hispanic

978

167

17.1%

2.6%

Family Income

In poverty

305

22.0%

3.9%

Above poverty

1,386

235

17.0%

2.4%

Benefit Recipiency

Social Security (OASDI)

257

127

49.5%

11.5%

Supplemental Security Income

93.9%

22.1%

Employment (Ages 18-64)

Employed

746

9.6%

0.6%

Unemployed (in labor force)

17.2%

1.6%

Not in labor force

286

31.2%

4.9%

Living Arrangement

Lives alone

196

33.6%

6.7%

Lives with others

1,501

237

15.8%

2.2%

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

About the New Mexico 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.

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