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Table S-6-3. Standard Errors for the Number and percentage of children ages 5-17 who spoke a language other than English at home and who spoke English with difficulty, by language spoken, region, and state or jurisdiction: 2009

[Numbers in thousands]
Region and state or jurisdiction	Total, ages 5–17	Spoke a language other than English at home
		Number	Percent	Spoke English with difficulty
				Total, ages 5–17		Percentage distribution by type of language spoken
				Number	Percent	Spanish	Other Indo-European	Asian/Pacific Islander	Other
				Number	Percent	Spanish	Other Indo-European	Asian/Pacific Islander	Other
United States	20.8	44.0	0.08	25.9	0.05	0.37	0.26	0.25	0.19
Northeast	7.0	16.3	0.18	9.4	0.10	1.26	1.20	0.63	0.67
Connecticut	1.5	3.7	0.61	1.9	0.31	4.54	3.85	4.30	†
Maine	1.7	2.1	1.01	1.5	0.75	9.35	9.23	1.21	14.93
Massachusetts	2.1	5.6	0.53	3.2	0.31	3.16	3.39	2.25	1.09
New Hampshire	1.2	1.8	0.82	0.9	0.43	13.69	9.12	†	†
New Jersey	1.9	6.7	0.45	3.9	0.26	2.40	2.03	1.42	0.87
New York	4.5	10.5	0.33	6.1	0.19	1.66	1.68	1.06	0.93
Pennsylvania	3.3	6.5	0.32	3.7	0.18	3.92	3.96	2.25	1.49
Rhode Island	0.7	1.7	1.05	1.1	0.67	4.41	†	†	†
Vermont	1.0	0.8	0.87	†	†	†	†	†	†

Midwest	10.9	16.2	0.14	8.3	0.07	1.16	0.99	0.91	0.82
Illinois	2.8	7.0	0.31	5.6	0.24	1.83	1.17	0.99	0.91
Indiana	2.8	4.4	0.39	2.4	0.21	4.62	4.35	2.73	†
Iowa	2.0	2.7	0.52	1.3	0.25	6.10	5.26	3.42	†
Kansas	2.1	2.5	0.51	1.4	0.28	4.87	3.36	3.84	†
Michigan	3.0	5.5	0.32	2.3	0.13	4.49	3.37	2.76	3.78
Minnesota	3.2	4.9	0.54	2.7	0.30	4.31	3.47	4.34	2.88
Missouri	2.3	3.6	0.35	2.1	0.20	4.81	4.48	2.86	4.85
Nebraska	1.5	2.6	0.82	1.5	0.49	6.04	†	4.93	4.76
North Dakota	0.9	0.8	0.83	0.6	0.56	16.12	†	0.00	12.64
Ohio	3.2	5.3	0.27	2.4	0.12	3.53	3.55	2.15	2.97
South Dakota	1.3	1.0	0.70	0.6	0.44	14.43	†	†	†
Wisconsin	2.7	5.1	0.53	2.4	0.25	5.01	3.19	5.02	0.38

South	10.3	17.8	0.09	13.6	0.07	0.57	0.39	0.42	0.26
Alabama	2.1	2.9	0.36	1.2	0.15	5.52	†	5.18	†
Arkansas	1.8	2.4	0.47	1.3	0.26	4.73	3.75	3.03	†
Delaware	0.8	1.7	1.11	0.6	0.40	9.87	7.31	8.69	†
District of Columbia	0.6	0.9	1.23	0.6	0.78	7.99	7.74	†	†
Florida	3.1	9.6	0.33	4.9	0.17	1.49	1.46	0.80	0.29
Georgia	2.3	4.9	0.27	3.6	0.20	2.63	1.57	2.17	0.74
Kentucky	2.4	2.5	0.34	1.1	0.16	6.34	4.63	3.88	†
Louisiana	2.0	3.0	0.38	1.4	0.17	7.28	3.96	6.97	†
Maryland	1.9	5.0	0.51	2.7	0.28	3.67	3.09	3.60	1.12
Mississippi	1.5	1.6	0.29	0.8	0.14	8.21	†	†	†
North Carolina	3.0	4.2	0.26	3.0	0.18	2.44	1.71	1.71	1.15
Oklahoma	2.0	3.1	0.49	1.7	0.27	3.47	2.65	2.75	0.42
South Carolina	1.9	3.1	0.40	1.5	0.19	4.98	2.91	3.85	3.50
Tennessee	2.0	3.2	0.30	1.4	0.13	4.53	3.07	2.98	1.99
Texas	3.2	10.8	0.23	10.3	0.21	0.76	0.31	0.46	0.44
Virginia	3.0	5.1	0.39	2.5	0.19	2.71	2.82	2.84	1.08
West Virginia	1.4	1.1	0.38	0.7	0.23	11.16	†	†	†

West	6.8	24.4	0.19	14.9	0.12	0.53	0.32	0.41	0.28
Alaska	1.1	1.5	1.16	0.7	0.51	†	†	9.96	8.60
Arizona	1.9	7.9	0.67	4.4	0.36	2.24	1.14	1.03	1.79
California	3.7	17.3	0.26	10.6	0.16	0.54	0.29	0.49	0.22
Colorado	2.1	5.4	0.62	2.8	0.32	2.68	1.43	2.24	0.91
Hawaii	1.1	2.1	1.09	1.4	0.68	†	†	3.49	†
Idaho	1.1	2.2	0.73	1.7	0.57	8.61	†	8.82	4.13
Montana	1.2	1.0	0.61	0.5	0.31	†	18.59	†	†
Nevada	1.7	4.2	0.85	3.0	0.62	2.45	1.44	†	1.56
New Mexico	2.3	3.9	1.08	2.3	0.65	3.04	0.97	†	†
Oregon	2.0	4.7	0.75	2.6	0.41	3.45	1.90	2.59	†
Utah	2.1	3.7	0.63	2.2	0.36	5.21	2.47	4.76	†
Washington	2.3	6.9	0.62	3.8	0.34	3.25	3.04	1.90	1.99
Wyoming	1.3	1.0	1.12	0.6	0.66	†	†	†	†
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2009.

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