Census Bureau News -- Profile America Facts for Features: Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This day marks the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which guarantees equal opportunity for people with disabilities in public accommodations, commercial facilities, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications.
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Population Distribution
56.7 million
Number of people with a disability living in the United States in 2010. They represented 19 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Disabilities include, for instance, having difficulty seeing, hearing, having speech understood, walking, bathing, dressing, eating, preparing meals, going outside the home, or doing housework, having Alzheimer's, dementia, autism, cerebral palsy, or dyslexia, and being frequently depressed or anxious.
By age —
- 8 percent of children under 15 had disabilities.
- 21 percent of people 15 and older had disabilities.
- 17 percent of people 21 to 64 had disabilities.
- 50 percent of adults 65 and older had disabilities.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
20%
Percentage of females with a disability, compared with 17 percent of males.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
Where They Live
19%
Percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population in West Virginia with a disability ─ the highest rate of any state in the nation. Utah, at 9 percent, had the lowest rate.
Source: 2011 American Community Survey, Table R1810
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/R1810.US01PRF
Specific Disabilities
7.6 million
Number of people 15 and older who had a hearing difficulty. Among people 65 and older, 4 million had difficulty hearing.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
8.1 million
Number of people 15 and older with a vision difficulty.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
30.6 million
Number of people 15 and older who had difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
3.6 million
Number of people 15 and older who used a wheelchair to assist with mobility. This compares with 11.6 million people who used a cane, crutches or walker.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
2.4 million
Number of people 15 and older who had Alzheimer's disease, senility or dementia.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
12.0 million
Number of people 15 and older who required the assistance of others in order to perform one or more activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, doing housework, and preparing meals.
Source: Americans with Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
On the Job
33%
Percentage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population 18 to 64 with a disability who were employed.
Source: 2011 American Community Survey, Table B18120
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/B18120
53%
Percentage of the civilian labor force with a disability who worked as either service workers (except protective services), with 18.2 percent, administrative support (15.1 percent), sales workers (10.4 percent) and management, business and finance (8.9 percent).
Source: Disability Employment Tabulation, from 2008-2010 American Community Survey,
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-47.html
315,000
The number of janitors and building cleaners with a disability ─ the most common occupation for people with disabilities. Among occupations with 100,000 or more people, dishwashers had the highest disability rate, with 14.3 percent.
Source: Disability Employment Tabulation, from 2008-2010 American Community Survey,
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-47.html
Earnings and Poverty
$19,735
Median earnings in the past 12 months for people with a disability. This compares with $30,285 for those without a disability.
Source: 2011 American Community Survey, Table B18140
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/B18140
323,000
Number of employed people with disabilities earning $100,000 or more annually. This amounts to 4 percent of all people with disabilities who were employed, compared with 8 percent of people without a disability who were employed.
Source: Disability Employment Tabulation, from 2008-2010 American Community Survey, Table Set 7A http://www.census.gov/people/disabilityemptab/data/
23%
Percentage of people with a disability who were in poverty. By comparison, those without a disability had a poverty rate of 15 percent.
Source: 2011 American Community Survey, Table B18130
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/B18130
Government Assistance
30%
Among people who received income-based government assistance, the percentage who had a disability; 18 percent of assistance recipients had difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Source: Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011 (from American Community Survey) http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-33.html
57%
Percentage of assistance recipients with a disability who received only in-kind assistance. By comparison, 2 percent received cash assistance only and 41 percent received both kinds.
Source: Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011 (from American Community Survey)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-12.pdf
58%
Among people who received both cash and in-kind assistance, the percentage who had a disability.
Source: Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011 (from American Community Survey)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-12.pdf
42%
The percentage of income-based assistance recipients in West Virginia who had a disability, which led all states. Arizona ranked the lowest, at 25 percent.
Source: Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011 (from American Community Survey)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-12.pdf
Health Insurance
10%
Percentage of people with a disability who lacked health insurance. Those without a disability were more likely to be without coverage (16 percent).
Source: 2011 American Community Survey, Table B18135
Following is a list of observances typically covered by the Census Bureau's Facts for Features series:
African-American History Month (February) Labor Day
Super Bowl Grandparents Day
Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
Women's History Month (March) Unmarried and Single Americans Week
Irish-American Heritage Month (March)/ Halloween (Oct. 31)
St. Patrick's Day (March 17) American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month
Earth Day (April 22) (November)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May) Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
Older Americans Month (May) Thanksgiving Day
Cinco de Mayo (May 5) The Holiday Season (December)
Mother's Day
Hurricane Season Begins (June 1)
Father's Day
The Fourth of July (July 4)
Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26)
Back to School (August)
Editor's note: The preceding data were collected from a variety of sources and may be subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Facts for Features are customarily released about two months before an observance in order to accommodate magazine production timelines. Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office: telephone: 301-763-3030; or e-mail: [email protected].
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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