Participation in Education
Elementary/Secondary Enrollment
Table A-6-1. Number and percentage of children ages 5-17 who spoke only English at home, who spoke a language other than English at home and who spoke English with difficulty, and percent enrolled in school: Selected years, 1980-2009
| [Numbers in thousands] |
| Characteristic |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Total, number |
47,917 |
45,217 |
53,076 |
53,406 |
53,217 |
53,012 |
53,300 |
| Total, percent enrolled in school |
95.1 |
92.5 |
96.8 |
96.2 |
96.4 |
96.8 |
96.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spoke only English at home |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
43,226 |
38,926 |
43,297 |
42,562 |
42,367 |
42,125 |
42,096 |
| Percent of total population |
90.2 |
86.1 |
81.6 |
79.7 |
79.6 |
79.5 |
79.0 |
| Percent enrolled in school |
95.4 |
92.7 |
97.1 |
96.3 |
96.6 |
96.9 |
97.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spoke a language other than English at home |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
4,691 |
6,291 |
9,779 |
10,845 |
10,850 |
10,887 |
11,204 |
| Percent of total population |
9.8 |
13.9 |
18.4 |
20.3 |
20.4 |
20.5 |
21.0 |
| Percent enrolled in school |
92.9 |
91.2 |
95.6 |
95.8 |
95.9 |
96.2 |
96.3 |
| Spoke English with difficulty |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
1,941 |
2,373 |
3,503 |
2,758 |
2,739 |
2,673 |
2,654 |
| Percent of total population |
4.1 |
5.2 |
6.6 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
| Percent enrolled in school |
89.8 |
87.9 |
92.3 |
92.1 |
92.0 |
92.8 |
93.3 |
| Percent of those who spoke a language other than English at home |
41.4 |
37.7 |
35.8 |
25.4 |
25.2 |
24.6 |
23.7 |
| NOTE: Respondents were asked whether each child in the household spoke a language other than English at home. Those who answered "yes" were asked how well each child could speak English using the following categories: "very well," "well," "not well," and "not at all." All children who were reported to speak English less than "very well" were considered to have difficulty speaking English. Spanish-language versions of the questionnaires were available to respondents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information on the Long Form Decennial Census and the American Community Survey, see supplemental note 3. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Long Form Decennial Census, 1980, 1990, and 2000, and American Community Survey (ACS), 2006–2009. |
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