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258. Children With Difficulty Speaking English
[In percent, except total. For children 5 to 17 years old (1,250 represents 1,250,000). For children reported to speak English less than "very well". Based on the Current
Population Survey; see textSection 1, Population, and Appendix III]
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Characteristic
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1979
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1989
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1992
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1995 1
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Total with difficulty speaking English (1,000)
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1,250
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1,850
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2,178
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2,431
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Percent of children 5 to 17
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2.8
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4.4
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4.9
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5.1
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Race and Hispanic origin:
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White, non-Hispanic
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0.5
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0.8
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0.6
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0.7
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Black, non-Hispanic
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0.3
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0.5
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1.3
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0.9
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Hispanic 2
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28.7
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27.4
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29.9
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31.0
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Other, non-Hispanic 3
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19.8
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20.4
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21.0
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14.1
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Region: 4
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Northeast
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2.9
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4.8
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5.3
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5.0
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Midwest
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1.1
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1.3
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1.6
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2.3
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South
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2.2
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3.8
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3.5
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3.4
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West
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6.5
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8.8
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10.4
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11.4
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Percent speaking another language at home
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32.7
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34.9
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34.2
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36.5
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White, non-Hispanic
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17.3
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22.6
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17.2
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19.0
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Black, non-Hispanic
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25.6
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22.5
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31.0
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31.8
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Hispanic 2
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38.2
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38.5
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39.0
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41.9
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Other, non-Hispanic 3
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44.9
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38.1
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36.1
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31.1
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1 Reflects revised interviewing techniques and/or change in population controlsto the 1990 Census-based estimates.
2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
3 Includes mostly Asian/Pacific Islanders, but also American Indian/Alaska Native children.
4 Ccomposition of regions:NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.MIDWEST: Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]
Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children:National Indicators of Well-Being, 1998.
http://www.childstats.gov
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/258_children_with_difficulty_speaking_english.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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