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North Carolina Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 1,236,000 people in North Carolina have a disability, or 16.1% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 227,000 people, or 3.0% 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 North Carolina
(ages 5 and over)		 7,674 1,236 16.1% 227 3.0%
Disability Type
Sensory   349   83 23.7%
Mobility   771   201 26.1%
Cognitive   434   126 29.1%
Self-care   227   227  
Leaving the home   328   163 49.8%
Work disability   714   194 27.2%
Gender
Male 3,720 559 15.0% 90 2.4%
Female 3,954 678 17.1% 137 3.5%
Age
Children (5-17) 1,513 112 7.4% 13 0.9%
5-15 1,297 97 7.5% 12 0.9%
16-17 215 15 6.9% 1 0.5%
Working Ages (18-64) 5,196 656 12.6% 105 2.0%
18-44 3,184 234 7.3% 36 1.1%
45-64 2,013 423 21.0% 69 3.4%
Elderly (65+) 966 468 48.4% 109 11.3%
65-74 532 198 37.1% 29 5.5%
75-84 340 194 57.1% 50 14.8%
85+ 94 76 81.4% 29 31.3%
Race
White 5,680 916 16.1% 166 2.9%
African American 1,650 290 17.6% 58 3.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 157 7 4.6% 1 0.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native 128 31 24.2% 4 2.9%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 435 24 5.4% 1 0.3%
Non-Hispanic 7,240 1,213 16.8% 226 3.1%
Family Income
In poverty 1,122 280 24.9% 57 5.1%
Above poverty 6,537 955 14.6% 170 2.6%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI) 1,207 607 50.3% 138 11.4%
Supplemental Security Income 144 141 97.9% 32 22.4%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed 3,670 221 6.0% 18 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 288 31 10.8% 3 1.1%
Not in labor force 1,187 401 33.8% 84 7.1%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone 905 288 31.8% 55 6.1%
Lives with others 6,770 948 14.0% 172 2.5%

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


About the North Carolina 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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