Table 15: Number and Percent of Persons Speaking a Language Other Than English at Home by Language Spoken for the United States and States in the United States, 1990 and 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Speaking Spanish Speaking Other Languages Speaking Asian and Pacific Island Languages _____________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent _____________________ ____________ ______________________ _____________ _______________________ ____________ US/State 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 17,345,064 28,101,052 7.5 10.7 10,028,294 10,017,989 4.4 3.8 4,471,621 6,960,065 1.9 2.7 Alabama 42,653 89,729 1.1 2.2 49,371 43,812 1.3 1.1 15,842 22,122 0.4 0.5 Alaska 10,020 16,674 2.0 2.9 37,455 12,851 7.6 2.2 12,690 22,186 2.6 3.8 Arizona 478,234 927,395 14.2 19.5 190,810 102,004 5.7 2.1 31,243 62,204 0.9 1.3 Arkansas 27,351 82,465 1.3 3.3 24,458 22,695 1.1 0.9 8,972 15,238 0.4 0.6 California 5,478,712 8,105,505 20.0 25.8 1,234,637 1,335,332 4.5 4.3 1,905,985 2,709,179 7.0 8.6 Colorado 203,896 421,670 6.7 10.5 81,568 100,148 2.7 2.5 35,167 63,745 1.2 1.6 Connecticut 167,007 268,044 5.5 8.4 272,421 251,335 8.9 7.9 26,747 47,993 0.9 1.5 Delaware 15,302 34,690 2.5 4.7 21,952 22,584 3.6 3.1 5,073 9,359 0.8 1.3 District of Columbia 35,021 49,461 6.1 9.2 29,349 23,721 5.1 4.4 6,978 8,974 1.2 1.7 Florida 1,447,747 2,476,528 12.0 16.5 564,574 755,214 4.7 5.0 85,994 164,516 0.7 1.1 Georgia 122,295 426,115 2.0 5.6 110,996 168,629 1.9 2.2 51,255 116,456 0.9 1.5 Hawaii 13,729 18,820 1.3 1.7 14,993 14,242 1.5 1.3 226,002 267,157 22.0 23.6 Idaho 37,081 80,241 4.0 6.7 16,855 19,460 1.8 1.6 5,059 8,105 0.5 0.7 Illinois 728,380 1,253,676 6.9 10.9 603,959 640,237 5.7 5.5 166,773 248,800 1.6 2.2 Indiana 90,146 185,576 1.8 3.3 132,786 126,530 2.6 2.2 22,894 36,707 0.4 0.6 Iowa 31,620 79,491 1.2 2.9 53,390 49,032 2.1 1.8 15,381 25,335 0.6 0.9 Kansas 62,059 137,247 2.7 5.5 48,139 41,207 2.1 1.6 21,406 33,203 0.9 1.3 Kentucky 31,293 70,061 0.9 1.9 42,895 51,025 1.2 1.4 12,294 21,031 0.4 0.6 Louisiana 72,173 105,189 1.9 2.5 290,804 225,750 7.5 5.4 29,017 41,963 0.7 1.0 Maine 5,934 9,611 0.5 0.8 95,329 76,079 8.3 6.3 4,178 5,737 0.4 0.5 Maryland 122,871 230,829 2.8 4.7 188,020 198,932 4.2 4.0 84,160 135,899 1.9 2.7 Massachusetts 228,458 370,011 4.1 6.2 527,064 529,784 9.4 8.9 96,706 171,253 1.7 2.9 Michigan 137,490 246,688 1.6 2.7 372,891 303,122 4.3 3.3 59,426 104,467 0.7 1.1 Minnesota 42,362 132,066 1.0 2.9 137,023 110,644 3.4 2.4 47,776 103,520 1.2 2.3 Mississippi 25,061 50,515 1.1 1.9 31,682 23,700 1.3 0.9 9,773 13,558 0.4 0.5 Missouri 59,585 110,752 1.3 2.1 92,231 97,816 1.9 1.9 26,394 41,970 0.6 0.8 Montana 8,083 12,953 1.1 1.5 26,525 17,978 3.6 2.1 2,412 3,066 0.3 0.4 Nebraska 24,555 77,655 1.7 4.9 38,019 27,905 2.6 1.7 7,298 15,014 0.5 0.9 Nevada 85,474 299,947 7.7 16.2 35,608 47,183 3.2 2.5 25,070 68,523 2.3 3.7 New Hampshire 9,619 18,647 0.9 1.6 74,037 64,067 7.2 5.5 5,140 9,891 0.5 0.9 New Jersey 621,416 967,741 8.6 12.3 631,061 659,248 8.8 8.4 153,671 275,832 2.1 3.5 New Mexico 388,186 485,681 27.9 28.7 97,863 22,032 7.0 1.3 7,950 11,517 0.6 0.7 New York 1,848,825 2,416,126 11.0 13.6 1,600,022 1,654,540 9.6 9.3 459,873 671,019 2.7 3.8 North Carolina 105,963 378,942 1.7 5.0 101,820 119,961 1.6 1.6 33,083 78,246 0.5 1.0 North Dakota 4,296 8,263 0.7 1.4 40,789 24,191 6.9 4.0 1,812 1,933 0.3 0.3 Ohio 139,194 213,147 1.4 2.0 352,359 296,816 3.5 2.8 54,595 84,658 0.5 0.8 Oklahoma 64,562 141,060 2.2 4.4 58,661 36,892 2.0 1.1 22,575 34,517 0.8 1.1 Oregon 83,087 217,614 3.1 6.8 66,153 82,828 2.5 2.6 42,470 75,279 1.6 2.4 Pennsylvania 213,096 356,754 1.9 3.1 508,995 428,122 4.6 3.7 84,785 143,955 0.8 1.2 Rhode Island 35,492 79,443 3.8 8.1 111,244 91,449 11.9 9.3 12,756 19,926 1.4 2.0 South Carolina 44,427 110,030 1.4 2.9 54,987 55,116 1.7 1.5 13,749 25,534 0.4 0.7 South Dakota 5,033 10,052 0.8 1.4 34,907 19,510 5.4 2.8 2,054 3,053 0.3 0.4 Tennessee 49,661 133,931 1.1 2.5 60,253 68,879 1.3 1.3 21,636 39,701 0.5 0.7 Texas 3,443,106 5,195,182 22.1 27.0 320,165 358,019 2.1 1.9 207,033 374,330 1.3 1.9 Utah 51,945 150,244 3.3 7.4 46,113 49,865 3.0 2.5 22,346 37,805 1.4 1.9 Vermont 3,196 5,791 0.6 1.0 25,627 24,334 4.9 4.2 1,586 3,015 0.3 0.5 Virginia 152,663 316,274 2.7 4.8 162,427 195,846 2.8 3.0 103,431 170,136 1.8 2.6 Washington 143,647 321,490 3.2 5.8 125,710 176,722 2.8 3.2 133,816 242,836 3.0 4.4 West Virginia 13,337 17,652 0.8 1.0 26,496 19,491 1.6 1.1 4,370 6,038 0.3 0.4 Wisconsin 75,931 168,778 1.7 3.4 153,992 124,719 3.4 2.5 33,715 61,447 0.7 1.2 Wyoming 13,790 18,606 3.3 4.0 8,809 6,391 2.1 1.4 1,210 2,117 0.3 0.5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________