Percent of Population Above 5 Years of Age with a Disability

The method for calculating the Number and Percent of individuals over the age of 5 with a disability involves using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau(https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html ). The process starts by identifying all respondents aged five years and older who answer "yes" to one or more of the six disability questions related to hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, or independent living difficulties. For the number of individuals with disabilities, the total count of such respondents in each specified county is summed up. To calculate the percentage, this number is divided by the total population of individuals over the age of five in the same area, and then multiplied by 100 to convert the result into a percentage form. *This calculation method is provided by the CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking (https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages )