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New York Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 2,414,000 people in New York have a disability, or 13.9% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 458,000 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.

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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 York
(ages 5 and over)		 17,416 2,414 13.9% 458 2.6%
Disability Type
Sensory   560   135 24.0%
Mobility   1,517   413 27.2%
Cognitive   818   242 29.5%
Self-care   458   458  
Leaving the home   739   350 47.4%
Work disability   1,371   376 27.4%
Gender
Male 8,343 1,079 12.9% 181 2.2%
Female 9,073 1,334 14.7% 277 3.1%
Age
Children (5-17) 3,305 207 6.3% 27 0.8%
5-15 2,805 173 6.2% 24 0.9%
16-17 500 34 6.7% 2 0.5%
Working Ages (18-64) 11,769 1,249 10.6% 199 1.7%
18-44 7,136 501 7.0% 72 1.0%
45-64 4,633 748 16.2% 127 2.7%
Elderly (65+) 2,342 958 40.9% 232 9.9%
65-74 1,199 355 29.6% 66 5.5%
75-84 859 400 46.5% 89 10.3%
85+ 285 203 71.2% 77 27.1%
Race
White 12,092 1705 14.1% 326 2.7%
African American 2,849 431 15.1% 89 3.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,194 97 8.1% 19 1.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native 123 36 29.0% 4 3.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 2,742 364 13.3% 68 2.5%
Non-Hispanic 14,674 2,050 14.0% 390 2.7%
Family Income
In poverty 2,418 571 23.6% 116 4.8%
Above poverty 14,946 1,837 12.3% 340 2.3%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 2,611 1,098 42.0% 258 9.9%
Supplemental Security Income 396 370 93.3% 97 24.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 8,196 420 5.1% 30 0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force) 628 80 12.8% 8 1.2%
Not in labor force 2,935 749 25.5% 161 5.5%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 2,117 609 28.8% 124 5.8%
Lives with others 15,299 1,805 11.8% 334 2.2%

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


About the New York 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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