Table 8.1b. Number and percentage of children ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity and type of disability: 2004

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Table 8.1b.

Number and percentage of children ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity and type of disability: 2004

Age group and type of disability	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
3 to 5 years
	Number
Any disability ¹	693,245	454,638	103,332	107,080	19,014	9,181
Specific learning disability	13,279	6,723	1,770	4,306	373	107
Speech or language impairment	326,606	223,185	42,352	50,008	7,070	3,991
Mental retardation	22,468	13,596	3,830	4,249	653	140
Emotional disturbance	5,809	4,331	961	399	68	50
Autism	25,664	16,128	3,322	4,163	1,917	134
Hearing impairment	7,702	4,675	1,007	1,605	337	78
Visual impairment	3,268	2,008	400	705	115	40
	Percentage
Any disability ¹	5.9	6.5	5.9	4.4	3.8	8.6
Specific learning disability	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Speech or language impairment	2.8	3.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.7
Mental retardation	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Emotional disturbance	#	0.1	0.1	#	#	#
Autism	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1
Hearing impairment	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Visual impairment	#	#	#	#	#	#

6 to 21 years
	Number
Any disability ¹	6,033,425	3,589,926	1,252,218	974,638	125,325	91,318
Specific learning disability	2,789,895	1,582,301	561,623	550,723	46,603	48,645
Speech or language impairment	1,137,692	725,141	180,761	183,350	33,593	14,847
Mental retardation	555,524	283,306	185,883	68,593	11,003	6,739
Emotional disturbance	483,415	282,488	137,399	50,544	5,649	7,335
Autism	165,552	112,736	25,656	17,564	8,437	1,159
Hearing impairment	71,712	40,313	11,855	15,069	3,556	919
Visual impairment	25,504	15,281	4,593	4,262	1,049	319
	Percentage
Any disability ¹	9.2	8.8	12.6	8.4	4.6	14.1
Specific learning disability	4.2	3.9	5.7	4.7	1.7	7.5
Speech or language impairment	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.2	2.3
Mental retardation	0.8	0.7	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.0
Emotional disturbance	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.1
Autism	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2
Hearing impairment	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Visual impairment	#	#	#	#	#	#
# Rounds to zero. ¹ Total includes other disabilities not separately shown. NOTE: Students may be included in more than one disability category. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), 2004.