Census Bureau

link to 1990 Census gateway Summary Tables on Language Use and English Ability: 1990 (from CPH-L-96 and CPH-L-133)

Table 1. Language Use and English Ability, Persons 5 Years and Over, by State: 1990 Census. (9k)

Table 2. Language Use and English Ability, Persons 5 to 17 Years, by State: 1990 Census. (8k)

Table 3. Language Use and English Ability, Persons 18 Years and Over, by State: 1990 Census. (9k)

Table 4. Languages Spoken at Home by Persons 5 Years and Over, by State: 1990 Census. (20k)

Table 5. Detailed Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for Persons 5 Years and Over--50 Languages with Greatest Number of Speakers: United States 1990 (11k)

The entire CPHL-133 contains a complete listing of all languages reported (up to 350 individual language categories) for each State by ability to speak English (68 pages of data). To order a copy, contact Population Division at 301-763-2422.