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In the United States, Americans with disabilities constitute the third-largest minority ( after persons of Hispanic origin and African Americans ); all three of those minority groups number in the 30-some millions in America.

According to the U. S. Bureau of the Census, as of 2004, there were some 32 million disabled adults ( aged 18 or over ) in the United States, plus another 5 million children and youth ( under age 18 ).

If one were to add impairments — or limitations that fall short of being disabilities — Census estimates put the figure at 51 million.