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Disabled Population by Type

The percentages of different disabilities in Springfield

hearing disability

vision disability

cognitive disability

ambulatory disability

Self-Care disability

Independent Living disability

hearing disability

vision disability

cognitive Disability

ambulatory disability

self care disability

independent living disability

hearing disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 4.6 3.8 4.9 4.1 4.7 4.4 3.7 3.5
8 2016 5.0 3.7 5.6 4.1 5.1 4.5 3.7 3.5
9 2017 5.1 4.0 5.5 3.8 5.0 4.5 3.8 3.6
10 2018 6.1 3.8 5.8 4.1 5.4 5.0 3.8 3.6

vision disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 3.3 2.0 3.8 2.8 3.5 2.7 2.3 2.3
8 2016 3.4 2.2 4.0 2.9 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.3
9 2017 3.3 2.5 4.0 2.7 3.7 2.8 2.4 2.3
10 2018 3.8 2.0 3.6 2.7 3.7 2.9 2.4 2.3

cognitive disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 6.3 5.9 10.8 9.0 8.7 6.9 5.7 5.0
8 2016 7.0 5.9 11.0 9.1 9.1 7.1 5.7 5.0
9 2017 7.0 5.8 11.0 9.4 8.9 7.0 5.7 5.1
10 2018 8.0 4.7 10.5 9.8 9.1 7.1 5.8 5.1

ambulatory disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 9.7 6.7 14.6 12.0 11.4 9.9 7.6 7.0
8 2016 9.9 7.8 13.7 11.3 11.1 9.9 7.6 7.0
9 2017 9.9 7.4 13.5 10.3 10.8 9.6 7.6 7.0
10 2018 10.4 6.0 13.8 10.7 10.9 9.7 7.6 7.0

self-care disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 3.6 2.0 4.8 4.5 3.9 3.3 2.8 2.7
8 2016 3.5 2.4 5.0 3.8 3.9 3.3 2.8 2.7
9 2017 3.2 2.3 4.6 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.7
10 2018 3.7 2.1 4.9 3.3 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.7

independent living disability

wdt_ID Year NE Springfield (45503) NW Springfield (45504) SE Springfield (45505) SW Springfield (45506) Springfield Clark County Ohio United States
7 2015 7.3 4.9 13.5 9.8 9.6 7.6 6.3 5.8
8 2016 7.6 5.6 13.0 8.7 9.6 7.5 6.3 5.8
9 2017 8.2 5.1 12.7 8.0 9.4 7.4 6.2 5.8
10 2018 8.2 4.4 11.9 9.0 9.3 7.6 6.3 5.8

This measures the percentage of the total adult population in Springfield who live, uninstitutionalized, with various disabilities, compared to Clark County, Ohio, and the U.S.

In 2017:

  • Springfield has a higher percentage of people living with a hearing disability than Ohio.*
  • Springfield has a higher percentage of people living with a vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, or independent living disability than Clark County, Ohio, or the U.S.*
  • There is a higher percentage of people living in SE Springfield with a vision, cognitive, ambulatory, or self-care disability than in NW Springfield,

*Denotes a statistically significant finding with 90% confidence, the standard for the ACS.

All data comes from U.S. Census Bureau.

The percentages from each year were retrieved from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2017 5-year Estimates of Disability Characteristics.

This post was last updated on 15 July 2019.

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