Connecticut: Census data for your State Plan

429,568 of 3,555,703 civilian noninstitutionalized residents of Connecticut report a disability, 12.1%. 2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

The state in numbers

What Connecticut's centers reported.

Counties

Population and people with a disability for each of Connecticut's 9 counties, with the disability count by age band. Each estimate has a margin of error that is wide for small counties; the Census Bureau publishes the margins with the table.

Civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability by county, ConnecticutU.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-year estimates, tables B18101 and B18101A-I (civilian noninstitutionalized population)
CountyPopulationWith a disabilityDisability rateUnder 1818 to 6465 and over
Capitol Planning Region956,001116,74412.2%10,17557,76148,808
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region324,00541,36712.8%3,64021,78115,946
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region173,00619,82211.5%9239,3019,598
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region447,51262,76614.0%4,39332,53525,838
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region94,87613,28114.0%7476,4936,041
Northwest Hills Planning Region111,91613,60112.2%7006,3616,540
South Central Connecticut Planning Region562,31665,61311.7%5,74731,38428,482
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region268,97738,64414.4%3,68318,84516,116
Western Connecticut Planning Region617,09457,7309.4%5,73524,73227,263

Draft indicator language

Illustrations, not recommendations

These sentences show what an indicator looks like when the Census denominator is written into it, with Connecticut's numbers filled in. The council, the designated state entity and the centers decide the targets. The plan's own definition of served, unserved and underserved governs; nothing here replaces it.

  1. Statewide reach. "By the end of the plan period, the Independent Living network will serve at least 1,929 consumers statewide, 44.9 per 10,000 of the 429,568 civilian noninstitutionalized residents with a disability (2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates), the national median rate in report year 2023." The 2023 baseline is 1,881 consumers, 43.8 per 10,000.
  2. Reach in the largest county. "Centers will serve at least 524 consumers who live in Capitol Planning Region, 44.9 per 10,000 of its 116,744 residents with a disability, and will report the county figure each quarter."
  3. Presence in the smallest county. "At least one center will record consumers served in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (13,281 residents with a disability) in every quarter of the plan period, and the network will report reach per 10,000 for that county annually, noting the estimate's margin of error."
  4. Working-age reach. "Of consumers served, at least the share corresponding to the state's age mix will be aged 18 to 64. In Connecticut, 209,193 of 429,568 people with a disability (49%) are of working age."
  5. Youth transition. "The network will serve at least N young people aged 14 to 24 each year, against a base of 35,743 children under 18 with a disability in the state (the Census band does not match 14 to 24 exactly; the plan should say so)."
  6. Improvement on baseline. "The network will increase consumers served by 10% over the 2023 baseline, from 1,881 to 2,069, and will publish reach per 10,000 by county each year so the increase can be seen where it happens."

Each of these needs the same twelve-month window and the same definition of a consumer at every center. Without that, the numerator cannot be trusted, and no denominator fixes it. The common definitions are the place to start.

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How penetration rates and thresholds work, and the county table as a CSV.