The maps below explore the American Community Survey 5-year (Table S1810) disability estimates. The ACS asks a set of disability indicator questions to determine disability, if a respondent can answer “yes” to any disability question they are classified as having a disability. The data below are for all age groups.
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2017
People with Disabilities: Georgia
This map of Georgia shows general rates of disability across the state at the county level. Disability rates are broken into four categories from 7.2 to 27.1%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled to show if there are any differences between disability rates in urban vs rural areas. Overall, there are higher rates of disability in rural counties than urban ones. The counties with the lowest rates of disability (7.2 to 13.8%) are primarily located surrounding the large urban areas. Counties with the highest rates of disability, 18.4 to 27.1%, are mainly found scattered across the southern half of the state, with a few along the northern border.
In the upper corner is an inset map of the United States showing how overall general disability rates in Georgia compare to the rest of the country. Overall, general disability rates in Georgia are in the lowest category compared to the rest of the U.S.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced September 2019 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
Maps of Disability by Sex
People with Disabilities – Female
People with Disabilities – Male
Disability Rates by Functional Limitation
People with Vision Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of people with vision difficulty for ages 5 and older by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 1.3 to 9.0%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates in urban compared to rural areas.
Macon is in a county with the second-highest rate of 3.4 to 4.2%. The other four cities are in counties with the lowest rate of 1.3 to 2.5%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
People with Hearing Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of people with hearing difficulty for ages 5 and older by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 1.7 to 10.0%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates in urban compared to rural areas.
Warner Robins is in a county with the second-lowest rate of 3.6 to 4.4%. The other four cities are in counties with the lowest rate of 1.7 to 3.5%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
People with Cognitive Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of people with cognitive difficulty by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 2.3 to 11.6%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates in urban compared to rural areas.
Gainesville and Atlanta are in counties with the lowest rate of 2.3 to 4.9%. Macon, Warner Robins and Savannah are in counties with the second-lowest rate of 5.0 to 6.1%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
People with Mobility Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of people with mobility difficulty for all ages by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 3.6 to 17.6%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates of people with mobility difficulty in urban compared to rural areas.
Macon is in a county with the second-lowest rate of 8.3 to 9.7%. The other four cities are in counties with the lowest rate of 3.6 to 8.2%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
People with Self Care Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of people with self-care difficulty by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 1.1 to 8.2%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates in urban compared to rural areas.
Warner Robins, Atlanta, and Gainesville are in counties with the lowest rate of 1.1 to 2.6%. Macon and Savannah are in counties with the second-lowest rate of 2.7 to 3.3%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
People with Independent Living (IL) Difficulty
This map of the state of Georgia shows rates of independent living (IL) difficulty for people 18 years of age and older by county. Rates are broken into four categories from 3.0 to 14.3%.
The five largest urban areas (Gainesville, Atlanta, Macon, Warner Robins, and Savannah) are labeled on the map to show if there are any differences between rates of people with independent living difficulty in urban compared to rural areas.
Macon is in a county with the second-highest rate of 7.6 to 8.9%. The other four cities are in counties with the lowest rate of 3.0 to 6.0%.
To browse or download the data used to make this map, use our Disability Data Lookup Tool.
Map produced April 2020 based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data.
Veterans
Veterans with Disabilities
Poverty
People with Disabilities in Poverty
Employment
People Employed with a Disability
People Unemployed with a Disability
Out of the Labor Force with a Disability
These maps are part of RTC:Rural’s State Profile Map Series, which is part of Disability Counts.