Table 64: 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 - Ranked by Percent Speaking Other Languages in 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Speaking Spanish Speaking Other Languages Speaking Asian and Pacific Island Languages _____________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________________ Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent _____________________ ____________ __________________ _____________ _______________________ ____________ Rank 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 2 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 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 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 15 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 15 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 16 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 17 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 22 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 22 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 23 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 27 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 27 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 27 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 27 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 28 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 33 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 33 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 35 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 35 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 36 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 37 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 40 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 40 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 40 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 41 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 43 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 43 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 46 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 46 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 46 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 49 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 49 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 49 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 51 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 51 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________