ICDI Population Age 65 Years And Over By Disability (State)

State	Total Population Age 65 And Over	Total Sensory Disability	Total Physical Disability	Total Mental Disability	Total Self-Care Disability	Total Go-Outside-Home Disability
Alabama	555,405	94,555	197,242	81,229	71,904	139,401
Alaska	34,301	7,097	11,021	4,224	3,560	6,938
Arizona	653,778	92,168	178,646	63,448	50,882	113,732
Arkansas	354,606	62,248	126,694	50,233	43,519	81,117
California	3,469,810	501,450	985,115	423,518	345,113	721,927
Colorado	398,644	60,149	107,416	38,971	31,743	72,320
Connecticut	439,935	53,610	103,962	36,947	36,350	82,914
Delaware	97,072	12,332	25,127	8,285	7,227	16,822
District of Columbia	66,478	7,382	18,695	7,413	7,413	15,726
Florida	2,720,127	354,848	713,534	260,487	216,868	506,259
Georgia	754,654	119,668	256,057	107,051	89,319	182,589
Hawaii	157,997	21,830	39,149	19,361	13,640	34,737
Idaho	140,644	24,955	40,445	15,007	11,698	24,800
Illinois	1,416,418	183,010	393,927	134,985	129,097	285,225
Indiana	707,369	105,274	209,251	70,735	64,661	138,302
Iowa	403,731	52,875	102,519	30,642	28,386	65,513
Kansas	330,661	46,485	94,531	29,767	27,096	60,443
Kentucky	476,540	84,172	170,609	67,805	59,006	113,981
Louisiana	489,574	80,244	167,803	66,337	60,916	116,107
Maine	174,998	27,944	49,351	16,895	14,741	30,024
Maryland	572,977	71,858	153,499	57,568	52,021	116,401
Massachusetts	807,006	105,118	199,828	71,309	69,091	151,835
Michigan	1,171,080	165,125	336,818	122,042	110,015	239,215
Minnesota	554,138	69,703	134,360	43,043	38,812	94,635
Mississippi	325,801	58,595	124,227	53,016	46,752	83,287
Missouri	711,417	102,002	212,122	73,373	65,162	141,075
Montana	114,359	18,740	30,311	10,026	7,844	18,404
Nebraska	216,774	27,713	52,444	16,026	15,807	36,832
Nevada	214,065	29,516	61,255	18,510	16,630	37,113
New Hampshire	139,078	20,204	35,749	11,629	10,108	22,603
New Jersey	1,063,982	127,389	271,630	97,770	93,994	213,150
New Mexico	205,591	36,264	64,070	25,829	20,239	43,482
New York	2,333,555	293,707	625,437	241,264	231,369	499,015
North Carolina	924,128	141,872	298,213	121,874	104,763	209,578
North Dakota	87,361	12,048	21,070	6,803	5,633	15,369
Ohio	1,422,071	192,291	395,543	136,021	128,475	282,607
Oklahoma	429,566	73,496	146,160	53,377	46,310	91,167
Oregon	423,459	65,507	122,161	47,254	38,199	76,019
Pennsylvania	1,809,320	232,348	468,772	163,441	154,460	356,888
Rhode Island	143,565	19,158	36,846	12,848	11,281	27,844
South Carolina	465,847	71,628	149,545	62,296	53,890	106,977
South Dakota	100,501	14,564	26,094	7,628	6,724	17,071
Tennessee	668,071	110,564	228,973	95,692	80,737	161,007
Texas	1,966,272	302,787	619,167	238,048	219,321	433,549
Utah	183,813	28,367	49,274	18,363	14,546	32,868
Vermont	73,355	10,844	18,925	7,036	5,948	12,266
Virginia	753,882	103,068	219,291	83,977	76,135	156,053
Washington	639,648	107,165	184,896	72,244	59,936	120,075
West Virginia	265,759	46,571	93,758	36,476	32,837	64,499
Wisconsin	662,813	78,834	159,880	50,183	49,928	117,174
Wyoming	54,630	9,137	14,268	4,606	3,734	8,582

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.
In addition to the above, people 16 years old and over are considered to have a disability if they report:
(e) go-outside-home disability: difficulty going outside the home alone to shop or visit a doctor's office.

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 65 years old and over in a state reporting a particular disability type, divide the total population 65 and over reporting the disability type by the total population of the state 65 years old and over. Example: Calculate the percent of people age 65 years old and older in Hawaii reporting a sensory disability. This calculation would be: 21,830/157,997=.1382 and .1382x100=13.82%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

	International Center for Disability Information
By State, The Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 65 Years Old And Older Reporting A Disability, By Disability Type (2000).