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Orleans Parish: Disabilities

Data Tables:  People & Household CharacteristicsHousing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

The numbers on this page come from the U.S. Census. We've interspersed commentary throughout the page to explain terms that can sometimes be misleading and to give you some ideas on how to use this data.

Who determines what counts as a disability? Each person who filled out a Census form determined their own disability status; disabilities were not determined by a healthcare professional. Visit the definitions, or click on the term in the data table to learn more about what each type of disability includes.
Definitions and source links

People reporting disabilities (2000)  
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 5 years and over  
  440,111
  4,045,963
  257,167,527
  With a disability  
23.2%
21.8%
19.3%
  Without a disability  
76.8%
78.2%
80.7%

Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>

Disabilities by life stage

The data below is broken out into age categories because services for children with disabilities will be different than those for people of working age and, likewise, those past retirement age.

Definitions and source links

Multiple disabilities by age (2000)  
Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 5 to 15  
81,524
757,341
45,133,667
  With only one type of disability:  
5.5%
5.5%
4.6%
  With two or more types of disabilities:  
2.1%
1.5%
1.2%
  With no disabilities:  
92.4%
93.0%
94.2%
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 16 to 20  
38,047
353,374
19,555,690
  With only one type of disability:  
10.4%
9.7%
8.8%
  With two or more types of disabilities:  
5.4%
4.7%
4.5%
  With no disabilities:  
84.2%
85.6%
86.7%
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 21 to 64  
266,436
2,445,674
159,131,544
  With only one type of disability:  
12.1%
11.7%
10.2%
  With two or more types of disabilities:  
11.5%
10.4%
9.0%
  With no disabilities:  
76.4%
77.9%
80.8%
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 65 years and over  
54,104
489,574
33,346,626
  With only one type of disability:  
21.9%
21.3%
20.1%
  With two or more types of disabilities:  
28.2%
26.8%
21.8%
  With no disabilities:  
49.9%
51.9%
58.1%
Types of disability by age (2000)  
Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 5 to 15  
81,524
757,341
45,133,667
  Sensory disability  
1.2%
1.3%
1.0%
  Physical disability  
1.8%
1.3%
1.0%
  Mental disability  
5.8%
5.5%
4.6%
  Self-care disability  
1.6%
1.1%
0.9%
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 16 to 64  
304,483
2,799,048
178,687,234
  Sensory disability  
2.7%
3.0%
2.3%
  Physical disability  
7.7%
7.8%
6.2%
  Mental disability  
5.1%
4.7%
3.8%
  Self-care disability  
2.5%
2.3%
1.8%
  Go-outside-home disability  
8.6%
7.0%
6.4%
  Employment disability  
13.6%
12.9%
11.9%
Total civilian noninstitutionalized population 65 years and over  
54,104
489,574
33,346,626
  Sensory disability  
15.3%
16.4%
14.2%
  Physical disability  
35.0%
34.3%
28.6%
  Mental disability  
14.7%
12.4%
9.5%
  Self-care disability  
26.6%
23.7%
20.4%
  Go-outside-home disability  
14.9%
13.5%
10.8%
Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>
Note: Within each age group, the different types of disabilities will not equal 100% because a single person can have more than one type of disability, and many persons have no disabilities.

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Data Tables:  People & Household CharacteristicsHousing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

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