Texas Disability Statistics

Selected general Texas disability statistics:

Percent of Texas population with a disability:
- Aged 5 - 17 : 6.7%
- Aged 18 - 64: 11.9%
- Aged 65 +: 47.7%
Percent of Texas population 5 years and older with a Disability by Race:
- White: 14.8%
- African American: 17.1%
- Asian/Pacific Islander: 7.1%
- American Indian/Alaska Native: 25.4%
- Hispanic: 12.2%
Percent of Texas population 5 years and older with a Disability by Gender:
- Male: 13.9%
- Female: 15.2%

Employment of working-age people (ages 21-64) by disability status for 2005
- No Disability: 76.7%
- Disability: 40.3%
- Sensory Disability: 49.5%
- Physical Disability: 33.5%
- Mental Disability: 29.6%
- Self-Care Disability: 17.1
- Go-Outside-Home Disability: 16.4
- Employment Disability: 17.7
Percentage of working-age people with disabilities working full-time/full-year in 2005: 25.8%
Median labor earnings of working-age people with disabilities who worked full-time/full-year in 2005: $28,000

Source: Cornell University, Employment and Disability Institute,
2005 Disability Status Reports: Texas

Number of people in Texas households who are 5 years and over: 20,332,988
- Percentage without a disability: 85.8%
- Percentage with one disability: 6.7%
- Percentage with two or more types of disabilities: 7.5%
Number of people in Texas households who are 5 to 15 years old: 3,767,757
- Percentage with: any disability: 6.7%
- with a sensory disability: 1.6%
- with a physical disability: 1.1%
- with a mental disability: 5.2%
- with a self care disability: 0.8%
Number of people in Texas households who are 16 to 64 years old: 14,417,382
- Percentage with: any disability: 11.7%
- with a sensory disability: 3.2%
- with a physical disability: 7.0%
- with a mental disability: 4.2%
- with a self care disability: 2.1%
- with a-go-outside-home disability: 2.8%
- with an employment disability: 5.9%
Number of people in Texas households who are 65 years and older: 2,147,849
- Percentage with: any disability: 44.3%
- with a sensory disability: 18.5%
- with a physical disability: 34.6%
- with a mental disability: 13.3%
- with a self care disability: 11.9%
- with a-go-outside-home disability: 18.9%
Percent of Texas population aged 5 and over who live below the poverty level:
- With any disability: 23.8%
- With a sensory disability: 22.5
- With a physical disability: 23.7
- With a mental disability: 28.5
- Without a disability: 15.5%
Percent of Texas population aged 18 - 34 years enrolled in college or graduate school with disabilities: 13.3%

Total number of Texas receiving benefits from Social Security program-Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI): 2,955,290
Number of Texans receiving OASDI benefits to workers with disabilities: 378,720
Number of disabled and blind Texans receiving SSI payments: 391,939
Average Federal SSI payment for disabled and blind recipients: $412.00

Source: Social Security Administration; Texas State Statistics; December 2005