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288. Foreign Language Enrollments in Public High Schools
[In thousands (8,649.5 represents 8,649,500), except percent. As of fall, for grades 9 through 12]
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LANGUAGE
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1960
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1965
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1968
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1970
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1974
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1976
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1978
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1982
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1985
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1990
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1994
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Total enrollment
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8,649.5
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11,611.2
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12,721.4
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13,301.9
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13,648.9
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13,952.1
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13,941.4
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12,879.3
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12,466.5
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11,099.6
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11,847.5
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Enrolled in all foreign languages
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2,522.0
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3,659.1
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3,890.4
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3,779.3
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3,294.5
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3,174.0
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3,200.1
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2,909.8
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4,028.9
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4,256.9
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5,001.9
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Percent of all students
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29.2
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31.5
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30.6
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28.4
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24.1
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22.7
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23.0
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22.6
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32.3
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38.4
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42.2
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Enrolled in modern foreign
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languages 1
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1,867.4
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3,067.6
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3,518.4
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3,514.1
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3,127.3
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3,023.5
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3,048.3
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2,740.2
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3,852.0
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4,093.0
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4,813.0
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Spanish
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933.4
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1,426.8
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1,698.0
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1,810.8
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1,678.1
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1,717.0
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1,631.4
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1,562.8
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2,334.4
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2,611.4
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3,219.8
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French
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744.4
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1,251.4
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1,328.1
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1,230.7
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977.9
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888.4
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856.0
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858.0
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1,133.7
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1,089.4
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1,105.9
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German
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150.8
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328.0
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423.2
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410.5
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393.0
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352.7
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330.6
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266.9
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312.2
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295.4
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326.0
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Italian
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20.0
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25.2
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26.9
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27.3
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40.2
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45.6
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45.5
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44.1
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47.3
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40.4
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43.8
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Japanese
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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6.2
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8.6
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25.1
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42.3
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Russian
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9.7
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26.7
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24.3
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20.2
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15.1
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11.3
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8.8
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5.7
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6.4
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16.5
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16.4
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Percent of all students 1
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21.6
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26.4
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27.7
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26.4
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22.9
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21.7
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21.9
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21.3
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30.9
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36.9
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40.6
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Spanish
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10.8
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12.3
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13.3
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13.6
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12.3
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12.3
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11.7
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12.1
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18.7
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23.5
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27.2
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French
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8.6
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10.8
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10.4
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9.3
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7.2
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6.4
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6.1
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6.7
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9.1
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9.8
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9.3
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German
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1.7
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2.8
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3.3
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3.1
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2.9
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2.5
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2.4
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2.1
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2.5
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2.7
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2.8
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Italian
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.3
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0.3
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0.3
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0.3
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0.4
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0.4
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0.4
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Japanese
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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0.1
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0.1
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0.2
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0.4
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Russian
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0.1
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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(Z)
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0.1
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0.2
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0.1
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NA Not available. Z Less than .05 percent.
1 Includes other foreign languages, not shown separately.
Source: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Yonkers, NY,Foreign Language Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools, Fall 1994.
http://www.actfl.org/
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/288_foreign_language_enrollments_in_public_high.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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