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According to Census 2000, 48.9 million people 5 years old and over living in housing units had a disability. This represents 19.2 percent of that population. The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS), a national sample that used the American Community Survey (ACS) design, estimated that 39.7 million people aged 5 and over living in housing units (15.6 percent) had a disability.
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