[lit-ideas] Some Statistics on Non-English Speakers in US
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:57:37 -0400
*Ten percent* of the Spanish-speaking population of the USA do not
speak English at all, according to the Census stats. -EY
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP17&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on
Percent of United States population in "linguistically isolated
households"* = 4.7 percent.
Number of people in such households = 11,893,572
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Spanish-speakers in the US who speak English "not well" = 5,130,400.
Percent of Hispanic population this represents = 18.3 percent
Spanish-speakers in the US who speak English "not at all"= 2,801,448
Percent of Hispanic population this represents = 10.0 percent.
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[* A linquistically isolated household is one in which no member 14
years old and over (1) speaks only English or (2) speaks a
non-English language and speaks English "very well." In other words,
all members 14 years old and over have at least some difficulty with
English.]
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