Table 59: Number and Percent Speaking English Only and Speaking a Language Other Than English at Home Among the Population 5 Years of Age and Over for the United States and States in the United States, 1990 and 2000 - Ranked by Number Speaking Language Other than English in 2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Speaking English Only Speaking a Language Other Than English ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Number Percent Number Percent ______________________ ____________ _____________________ ___________ Rank US/State 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ . United States 198,600,798 215,423,557 86.2 82.1 31,844,979 46,951,595 13.8 17.9 1 California 18,764,213 19,014,873 68.5 60.5 8,619,334 12,401,756 31.5 39.5 2 Texas 11,635,518 13,230,765 74.6 68.8 3,970,304 6,010,753 25.4 31.2 3 New York 12,834,328 12,786,189 76.7 72.0 3,908,720 4,962,921 23.3 28.0 4 Florida 9,996,969 11,569,739 82.7 76.9 2,098,315 3,473,864 17.3 23.1 5 Illinois 9,086,726 9,326,786 85.8 80.8 1,499,112 2,220,719 14.2 19.2 6 New Jersey 5,794,548 5,854,578 80.5 74.5 1,406,148 2,001,690 19.5 25.5 7 Arizona 2,674,519 3,523,487 79.2 74.1 700,287 1,229,237 20.8 25.9 8 Massachusetts 4,753,523 4,838,679 84.8 81.3 852,228 1,115,570 15.2 18.7 9 Pennsylvania 10,278,294 10,583,054 92.7 91.6 806,876 972,484 7.3 8.4 10 Michigan 8,024,930 8,487,401 93.4 91.6 569,807 781,381 6.6 8.4 11 Washington 4,098,706 4,730,512 91.0 86.0 403,173 770,886 9.0 14.0 12 Georgia 5,699,642 6,843,038 95.2 90.1 284,546 751,438 4.8 9.9 13 Virginia 5,327,898 5,884,075 92.7 88.9 418,521 735,191 7.3 11.1 14 Ohio 9,517,064 9,951,475 94.6 93.9 546,148 648,493 5.4 6.1 15 Maryland 4,030,234 4,322,329 91.1 87.4 395,051 622,714 8.9 12.6 16 New Mexico 896,049 1,072,947 64.5 63.5 493,999 616,964 35.5 36.5 17 Colorado 2,722,355 3,402,266 89.5 84.9 320,631 604,019 10.5 15.1 18 North Carolina 5,931,435 6,909,648 96.1 92.0 240,866 603,517 3.9 8.0 19 Connecticut 2,593,825 2,600,601 84.8 81.7 466,175 583,913 15.2 18.3 20 Nevada 964,298 1,425,748 86.8 76.9 146,152 427,972 13.2 23.1 21 Minnesota 3,811,700 4,201,503 94.4 91.5 227,161 389,988 5.6 8.5 22 Oregon 2,448,772 2,810,654 92.7 87.9 191,710 388,669 7.3 12.1 23 Louisiana 3,494,359 3,771,003 89.9 90.8 391,994 382,364 10.1 9.2 24 Wisconsin 4,267,496 4,653,361 94.2 92.7 263,638 368,712 5.8 7.3 25 Indiana 4,900,334 5,295,736 95.2 93.6 245,826 362,082 4.8 6.4 26 Hawaii 771,485 832,226 75.2 73.4 254,724 302,125 24.8 26.6 27 Missouri 4,570,494 4,961,741 96.2 94.9 178,210 264,281 3.8 5.1 28 Tennessee 4,413,193 5,059,404 97.1 95.2 131,550 256,516 2.9 4.8 29 Utah 1,432,947 1,770,626 92.2 87.5 120,404 253,249 7.8 12.5 30 Oklahoma 2,775,957 2,977,187 95.0 92.6 145,798 238,532 5.0 7.4 31 Kansas 2,158,011 2,281,705 94.3 91.3 131,604 218,655 5.7 8.7 32 Rhode Island 776,931 788,560 83.0 80.0 159,492 196,624 17.0 20.0 33 South Carolina 3,118,376 3,552,240 96.5 94.8 113,163 196,429 3.5 5.2 34 Alabama 3,651,936 3,989,795 97.1 96.1 107,866 162,483 2.9 3.9 35 Iowa 2,483,135 2,578,477 96.1 94.2 100,391 160,022 3.9 5.8 36 Kentucky 3,348,473 3,627,757 97.5 96.1 86,482 148,473 2.5 3.9 37 Nebraska 1,389,032 1,469,046 95.2 92.1 69,872 125,654 4.8 7.9 38 Arkansas 2,125,884 2,368,450 97.2 95.0 60,781 123,755 2.8 5.0 39 Idaho 867,708 1,084,914 93.6 90.7 58,995 111,879 6.4 9.3 40 New Hampshire 935,825 1,064,252 91.3 91.7 88,796 96,088 8.7 8.3 41 Mississippi 2,312,289 2,545,931 97.2 96.4 66,516 95,522 2.8 3.6 42 Maine 1,036,681 1,110,198 90.8 92.2 105,441 93,966 9.2 7.8 43 District of Columbia 498,936 449,241 87.5 83.2 71,348 90,417 12.5 16.8 44 Alaska 435,260 496,982 87.9 85.7 60,165 82,758 12.1 14.3 45 Delaware 575,393 662,845 93.1 90.5 42,327 69,533 6.9 9.5 46 West Virginia 1,642,729 1,661,036 97.4 97.3 44,203 45,895 2.6 2.7 47 South Dakota 599,232 658,245 93.5 93.5 41,994 45,575 6.5 6.5 48 Montana 703,198 803,031 95.0 94.8 37,020 44,331 5.0 5.2 49 North Dakota 543,942 565,130 92.1 93.7 46,897 37,976 7.9 6.3 50 Vermont 491,112 540,767 94.2 94.1 30,409 34,075 5.8 5.9 51 Wyoming 394,904 433,324 94.3 93.6 23,809 29,485 5.7 6.4 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________