Arizona Disability Statistics Table

Arizona Disability Data

	Population (Thousands)	With a disability (Thousands)	With a disability (Percent)	With a self-care difficulty (Thousands)	With a self-care difficulty (Percent)
Total in Arizona (ages 5 and over)	4,926	727	14.8%	116	2.4%
Disability Type
Sensory		207		39	19.0%
Mobility		419		104	24.7%
Cognitive		217		58	27.0%
Self-care		116		116
Leaving the home		210		81	38.6%
Work disability		347		82	23.6%
Gender
Male	2,426	357	14.7%	45	1.9%
Female	2,500	370	14.8%	71	2.8%
Age
Children (5-17)	1,056	64	6.1%	8	0.7%
5-15	912	52	5.7%	7	0.8%
16-17	144	13	8.9%	1	0.4%
Working Ages (18-64)	3,213	381	11.9%	61	1.9%
18-44	2,050	152	7.4%	20	1.0%
45-64	1,163	229	19.7%	41	3.5%
Elderly (65+)	658	281	42.8%	47	7.2%
65-74	358	118	33.0%	19	5.2%
75-84	241	120	49.6%	19	7.7%
85+	59	44	73.9%	10	17.1%
Race
White	3,860	600	15.5%	100	2.6%
African American	169	27	15.9%	2	1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	132	16	11.7%	4	2.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native	284	38	13.4%	4	1.4%
Ethnicity
Hispanic	1,284	142	11.1%	20	1.5%
Non-Hispanic	3,642	585	16.1%	97	2.7%
Family Income
In poverty	687	120	17.5%	23	3.3%
Above poverty	4,217	603	14.3%	92	2.2%
Benefit Recipiency
Social Security (OASDI)	756	328	43.3%	65	8.6%
Supplemental Security Income	76	74	97.0%	19	24.5%
Employment (Ages 18-64)
Employed	2,226	160	7.2%	9	0.4%
Unemployed (in labor force)	185	23	12.5%	1	0.7%
Not in labor force	790	198	25.1%	51	6.5%
Living Arrangement
Lives alone	495	125	25.3%	23	4.6%
Lives with others	4,432	602	13.6%	93	2.1%

Source: Table calculated by the Center for PAS from the 2002 American Community Survey (ACS). Notes on source.