State	Total Population Age 5-15	Total Sensory Disability	Total Physical Disability	Total Mental Disability	Total Self-Care Disability
Alabama	700,447	8,662	9,033	34,716	7,222
Alaska	121,563	1,315	975	5,617	875
Arizona	844,236	9,048	8,539	35,195	8,357
Arkansas	419,463	6,058	5,618	23,741	4,381
California	5,813,105	51,855	54,991	205,676	60,885
Colorado	679,839	6,531	6,243	29,224	5,180
Connecticut	531,404	4,894	4,607	23,202	4,203
Delaware	122,018	1,107	1,273	7,048	1,080
District of Columbia	70,509	653	915	3,862	933
Florida	2,294,947	22,042	24,076	111,729	21,861
Georgia	1,341,021	12,885	13,471	60,819	12,336
Hawaii	184,176	1,255	1,453	7,238	1,146
Idaho	226,378	2,154	2,105	10,263	1,735
Illinois	2,014,340	18,799	19,519	87,242	19,599
Indiana	972,185	9,746	9,891	50,918	8,306
Iowa	456,330	3,734	3,492	21,304	3,061
Kansas	440,624	4,113	3,926	18,603	3,538
Kentucky	613,488	8,638	7,450	33,246	5,761
Louisiana	757,341	9,695	9,487	41,622	8,112
Maine	193,703	2,267	2,170	11,983	1,625
Maryland	857,872	6,928	7,577	42,982	7,025
Massachusetts	942,381	7,963	8,706	49,040	8,941
Michigan	1,635,123	16,083	17,265	91,167	14,545
Minnesota	808,357	6,276	6,325	37,255	6,035
Mississippi	481,366	5,924	6,210	20,947	5,431
Missouri	892,662	8,589	9,005	44,234	7,182
Montana	145,851	1,182	1,334	6,729	837
Nebraska	278,137	2,379	2,225	11,338	1,695
Nevada	314,719	2,661	2,709	11,599	2,502
New Hampshire	199,403	1,724	1,687	11,694	1,612
New Jersey	1,308,994	10,291	11,562	53,062	11,732
New Mexico	320,347	4,118	3,623	13,500	2,779
New York	2,937,665	28,933	36,273	141,154	35,462
North Carolina	1,220,536	11,988	12,071	59,775	10,765
North Dakota	100,623	870	833	4,736	693
Ohio	1,809,199	17,812	17,720	94,436	14,958
Oklahoma	547,962	7,575	6,334	27,208	4,831
Oregon	524,612	5,231	4,750	27,646	4,288
Pennsylvania	1,858,354	16,481	17,458	87,420	15,085
Rhode Island	156,956	1,400	1,540	8,983	1,427
South Carolina	633,667	6,534	7,131	31,881	6,438
South Dakota	125,815	986	976	4,946	693
Tennessee	868,433	10,122	9,950	44,684	8,047
Texas	3,618,995	40,258	37,279	141,747	34,331
Utah	423,019	3,812	3,756	17,416	3,203
Vermont	95,652	903	728	5,435	584
Virginia	1,087,367	8,850	9,695	56,153	9,041
Washington	946,667	9,489	9,085	43,926	7,639
West Virginia	251,302	3,776	3,806	15,095	2,716
Wisconsin	863,828	7,516	7,776	45,176	7,760
Wyoming	80,686	789	838	3,890	545

Note: People age 5 years old and over are considered to have a disability if they report one or more of the following criteria from one or more of the following categories as defined by the 2000 U.S. Census:
(a) sensory disability: blindness, deafness, or severe vision or hearing impairment;
(b) physical disability: substantial limitation in the ability to perform basic physical activities, such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying;
(c) mental disability: difficulty learning, remembering, or concentrating;
(d) self-care disability: difficulty dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

The same person could contribute a number (one frequency count) to more than one disability type listed in the table. Therefore, adding together the totals of different disability types for a particular state will not give the total number of people reporting a disability in that state. For example, the same person could report a sensory disability and a self-care disability. That person, thus, would add a number to the sensory total, as well as to the self-care total for their state. However, adding together the totals of different disability types for a particular state will give the number of actual disabilities reported in the state. For information on the total number of people reporting a disability by state see the State Table on total population reporting disability, by age group.

To find the percent of people age 5-15 in a state reporting a particular disability type, divide the total population age 5-15 reporting the disability type by the total population age 5-15 of the state. Example: Calculate the percent of people age 5-15 in Iowa reporting a physical disability. This calculation would be: 3,492/456,330=.0077 and .0077x100=0.77% which is less than 1%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000