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Bilingual Education
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Citizenship and
Immigration
Bilingual Ballots
Puerto Rican
Statehood
Ending E.O. 13166,
the "Multilingual Mandate"
Contact us:
1601 N. Kent St.
Suite 1100
Arlington, VA
22209
ph: (703) 816-8821
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Where America's Other
Languages Are Spoken
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European
Languages |
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SPANISH |
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FRENCH |
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GREEK |
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Puerto Rico |
85.38% |
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Maine |
5.29% |
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New York |
0.49% |
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New Mexico |
28.74% |
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Louisiana |
4.68% |
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Massachusetts |
0.48% |
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Texas |
27.00% |
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New Hampshire |
3.41% |
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Illinois |
0.35% |
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California |
25.80% |
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Rhode Island |
1.97% |
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New Jersey |
0.34% |
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Arizona |
19.51% |
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DC |
1.68% |
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Connecticut |
0.30% |
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Florida |
16.46% |
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Massachusetts |
1.42% |
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New Hampshire |
0.29% |
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Nevada |
16.18% |
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Connecticut |
1.35% |
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Maryland |
0.22% |
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New York |
13.61% |
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New York |
1.02% |
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Rhode Island |
0.19% |
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New Jersey |
12.32% |
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Maryland |
0.87% |
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Florida |
0.15% |
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Illinois |
10.86% |
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Florida |
0.86% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.15% |
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GERMAN |
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ITALIAN |
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POLISH |
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North Dakota |
2.48% |
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New York |
1.66% |
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Illinois |
1.61% |
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South Dakota |
1.91% |
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Connecticut |
1.60% |
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Connecticut |
1.21% |
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Montana |
1.11% |
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New Jersey |
1.48% |
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New Jersey |
0.95% |
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Wisconsin |
0.96% |
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Rhode Island |
1.40% |
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New York |
0.63% |
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Indiana |
0.78% |
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Massachusetts |
1.00% |
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Massachusetts |
0.46% |
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Colorado |
0.77% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.61% |
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Michigan |
0.44% |
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Minnesota |
0.76% |
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Illinois |
0.45% |
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Rhode Island |
0.30% |
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Washington |
0.72% |
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Florida |
0.45% |
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Delaware |
0.28% |
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Ohio |
0.69% |
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Delaware |
0.39% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.27% |
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Kansas |
0.67% |
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Nevada |
0.33% |
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Wisconsin |
0.24% |
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PORTUGUESE |
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RUSSIAN |
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SERBO-CROATIAN |
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Rhode Island |
3.80% |
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New York |
1.23% |
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Illinois |
0.26% |
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Massachusetts |
2.68% |
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Washington |
0.57% |
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Iowa |
0.24% |
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Connecticut |
0.96% |
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Massachusetts |
0.55% |
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New York |
0.18% |
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New Jersey |
0.93% |
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Oregon |
0.51% |
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Missouri |
0.16% |
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Florida |
0.37% |
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Alaska |
0.51% |
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Utah |
0.16% |
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Utah |
0.28% |
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New Jersey |
0.49% |
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Arizona |
0.16% |
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California |
0.25% |
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California |
0.38% |
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DC |
0.14% |
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New York |
0.23% |
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Maryland |
0.36% |
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Idaho |
0.14% |
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New Hampshire |
0.21% |
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Illinois |
0.33% |
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North Dakota |
0.14% |
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DC |
0.19% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.28% |
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New Jersey |
0.13% |
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Middle-Eastern
Languages |
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ARABIC |
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HEBREW |
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PERSIAN (FARSI) |
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Michigan |
0.81% |
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New York |
0.38% |
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California |
0.49% |
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New Jersey |
0.60% |
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New Jersey |
0.19% |
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Virginia |
0.29% |
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New York |
0.39% |
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Maryland |
0.13% |
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Maryland |
0.24% |
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Virginia |
0.39% |
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California |
0.11% |
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New York |
0.15% |
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DC |
0.39% |
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Massachusetts |
0.11% |
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Nevada |
0.12% |
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California |
0.34% |
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Florida |
0.10% |
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DC |
0.11% |
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Massachusetts |
0.31% |
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Nevada |
0.09% |
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Washington |
0.10% |
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Illinois |
0.31% |
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DC |
0.07% |
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Texas |
0.09% |
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Florida |
0.22% |
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Connecticut |
0.07% |
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New Jersey |
0.09% |
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Ohio |
0.21% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.05% |
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Oregon |
0.09% |
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East-
and South- Asian Languages |
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CHINESE |
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GUJARATI (India) |
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HINDI |
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California |
2.60% |
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New Jersey |
0.60% |
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New Jersey |
0.40% |
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Hawaii |
2.59% |
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Illinois |
0.25% |
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California |
0.24% |
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New York |
2.11% |
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Georgia |
0.15% |
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New York |
0.23% |
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Massachusetts |
1.20% |
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Delaware |
0.13% |
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Maryland |
0.23% |
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New Jersey |
1.07% |
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Maryland |
0.12% |
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Virginia |
0.18% |
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Washington |
0.88% |
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California |
0.11% |
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Illinois |
0.16% |
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Maryland |
0.85% |
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Connecticut |
0.11% |
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Massachusetts |
0.15% |
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Nevada |
0.64% |
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Texas |
0.10% |
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Connecticut |
0.15% |
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Illinois |
0.57% |
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New York |
0.10% |
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Delaware |
0.13% |
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DC |
0.54% |
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Massachusetts |
0.08% |
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Texas |
0.11% |
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JAPANESE |
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KOREAN |
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LAOTIAN |
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Hawaii |
4.96% |
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Hawaii |
1.62% |
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Rhode Island |
0.32% |
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California |
0.49% |
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California |
0.95% |
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Alaska |
0.20% |
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Washington |
0.44% |
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Alaska |
0.75% |
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Minnesota |
0.17% |
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Nevada |
0.31% |
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Washington |
0.72% |
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Hawaii |
0.17% |
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Oregon |
0.29% |
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New Jersey |
0.70% |
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Iowa |
0.14% |
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Utah |
0.25% |
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Maryland |
0.67% |
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California |
0.13% |
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Alaska |
0.24% |
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Virginia |
0.60% |
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Kansas |
0.13% |
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New York |
0.19% |
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New York |
0.58% |
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Washington |
0.12% |
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DC |
0.17% |
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Illinois |
0.38% |
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Utah |
0.11% |
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Massachusetts |
0.17% |
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Nevada |
0.36% |
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Arkansas |
0.10% |
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MIAO/HMONG (Indochina) |
MON-KHMER (Cambodia) |
TAGALOG (Philippines) |
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Minnesota |
0.91% |
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Rhode Island |
0.57% |
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Hawaii |
5.37% |
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Wisconsin |
0.61% |
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Massachusetts |
0.36% |
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California |
1.99% |
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California |
0.21% |
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Washington |
0.26% |
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Nevada |
1.59% |
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Rhode Island |
0.11% |
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California |
0.23% |
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Alaska |
1.54% |
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North Carolina |
0.10% |
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Minnesota |
0.12% |
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New Jersey |
0.85% |
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Colorado |
0.09% |
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Maine |
0.09% |
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Washington |
0.76% |
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Alaska |
0.08% |
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Oregon |
0.09% |
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Illinois |
0.54% |
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Michigan |
0.07% |
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Utah |
0.08% |
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Virginia |
0.51% |
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Oregon |
0.05% |
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Pennsylvania |
0.08% |
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Maryland |
0.37% |
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Kansas |
0.04% |
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Virginia |
0.07% |
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New York |
0.37% |
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THAI |
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URDU (Pakistan, etc.) |
VIETNAMESE |
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Nevada |
0.20% |
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New York |
0.30% |
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California |
1.30% |
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Hawaii |
0.13% |
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Illinois |
0.28% |
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Hawaii |
0.73% |
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Alaska |
0.13% |
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New Jersey |
0.24% |
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Washington |
0.72% |
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California |
0.13% |
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Virginia |
0.23% |
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Texas |
0.64% |
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Washington |
0.07% |
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Texas |
0.17% |
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Louisiana |
0.56% |
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Maryland |
0.06% |
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Maryland |
0.17% |
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Oregon |
0.56% |
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Virginia |
0.06% |
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DC |
0.11% |
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Massachusetts |
0.51% |
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Colorado |
0.06% |
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Connecticut |
0.10% |
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Virginia |
0.48% |
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Illinois |
0.05% |
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California |
0.10% |
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Kansas |
0.42% |
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Iowa |
0.05% |
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Georgia |
0.09% |
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Nebraska |
0.37% |
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Other
Languages |
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AFRICAN LANGUAGES |
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AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES |
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FRENCH CREOLE |
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DC |
0.96% |
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New Mexico |
5.66% |
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Florida |
1.39% |
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Maryland |
0.75% |
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Alaska |
5.20% |
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Massachusetts |
0.73% |
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Minnesota |
0.54% |
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Arizona |
2.53% |
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New York |
0.65% |
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Georgia |
0.33% |
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South Dakota |
1.61% |
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Rhode Island |
0.44% |
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Virginia |
0.32% |
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Montana |
1.11% |
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New Jersey |
0.37% |
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New York |
0.31% |
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Oklahoma |
0.60% |
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Connecticut |
0.25% |
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New Jersey |
0.27% |
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Utah |
0.54% |
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Delaware |
0.16% |
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Rhode Island |
0.26% |
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North Dakota |
0.43% |
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Maryland |
0.14% |
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Massachusetts |
0.24% |
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Wyoming |
0.43% |
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DC |
0.11% |
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Washington |
0.23% |
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Mississippi |
0.21% |
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Louisiana |
0.11% |
Source: ProEnglish analysis of U.S. Census data.
Ranked by proportion of population in eash state who speak the language.
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