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Spoke a language other than English at home
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Spoke English with difficulty
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| Year |
Total population
(in millions) |
Number
(in millions) |
Percent of total
population |
Number
(in millions) |
Percent of total population |
Percent of those who
spoke a language
other than
English at home |
|
| 1979 |
— |
0.06 |
0.53 |
0.04 |
0.53 |
1.21 |
| 1989 |
— |
0.09 |
0.58 |
0.05 |
0.61 |
1.18 |
| 1992 |
— |
0.10 |
0.55 |
0.06 |
0.57 |
1.08 |
| 1995 |
— |
0.10 |
0.52 |
0.06 |
0.55 |
1.02 |
| 1999 |
— |
0.12 |
0.53 |
0.07 |
0.57 |
0.87 |
| 2000 |
— |
0.12 |
0.21 |
0.07 |
0.13 |
0.60 |
| 2001 |
— |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.37 |
| 2002 |
— |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.37 |
| 2003 |
— |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.37 |
| 2004 |
0.17 |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.37 |
| 2005 |
0.12 |
0.12 |
0.06 |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.25 |
| 2006 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.20 |
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| Percentage change compared with 1979 |
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| 2006 |
— |
3.70 |
10.67 |
4.97 |
25.02 |
3.69 |
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| Percentage change compared with 2000 |
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| 2006 |
— |
1.38 |
1.26 |
2.48 |
2.42 |
2.11 |
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— Not available.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), 1979 and 1989 November Supplement and 1992, 1995, and 1999 October Supplement, and American Community Survey (ACS), 2000–06.
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