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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 3: Community Profile 33 <br />Race and Ethnicity Estimate Percent <br />Some Other Race Alone 2,109 4.7% <br />Hispanic or Latino 4,258 9.6% <br /> <br />3.4% of the population in Kittitas County is foreign born.36F <br />37 Other than English, the most commonly spoken <br />language in Kittitas County is Spanish (4.6%). The United States Census Bureau estimates that 1.2% of <br />the County’s residents speak English “less than very well.”37F <br />38 <br /> <br />Disabled Population: Approximately, 22.4% of Kittitas County population has a disability type (i.e., <br />hearing, vision, cognitive, or ambulatory, self-care, and independent living difficulty). People with <br />disabilities are more likely to require assistance when responding to a hazard event and more likely to <br />require assistance during the 72 hours after a hazard event, which is the period generally reserved for <br />self-help. Furthermore, individuals with disabilities are likely to be compounded with other vulnerabilities, <br />(e.g., age, economic disadvantage, race, and ethnicity). Table 3-9 summarizes the estimates for the <br />disabled population by disability type, age, race, and ethnicity within Kittitas County.38F <br />39 <br />Table 3-9. Disability Characteristics (2022) <br />Disability Type Estimate Percent <br />Hearing Difficulty 2,112 4.8% <br />Vision Difficulty 1,059 2.4% <br />Cognitive Difficulty 2,358 5.6% <br />Ambulatory Difficulty 2,013 4.8% <br />Self-Care Difficulty 760 1.8% <br />Independent Living Difficulty 1,913 5.2% <br />Age Estimate Percent <br />Under 5 years 14 0.7% <br />5 to 17 years 241 4.1% <br />18 to 34 years 1,074 7.8% <br />35 to 64 years 2,058 13.5% <br />65 to 74 years 771 16.7% <br />75 years and over 1,567 55.9% <br /> <br />37 United States Census Bureau. (2022). DP03: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States (2022: ACS <br />5-Year Estimates Subject Tables). Retrieved from <br />https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP02?g=050XX00US53037 . <br />38 United States Census Bureau. (2022). S1601: Language Spoken at Home (2022: ACS 5-Year Estimates <br />Subject Tables). Retrieved from https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S1601?g=050XX00US53037. <br />39 United States Census Bureau. (2022). S1810: Disability Characteristics (2022: ACS 5 -Year Estimates Subject <br />Tables). Retrieved from https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S1810?g=050XX00US53037 .