Table 8.2b. Number and percentage of elementary and secondary school students who spoke a language other than English at home and percentage who spoke English with difficulty, by race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2005

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Table 8.2b.

Number and percentage of elementary and secondary school students who spoke a language other than English at home and percentage who spoke English with difficulty, by race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2005

Race/ethnicity and subgroup	Number who spoke a language other than English at home	Percentage of population who spoke a language other than English at home	Percentage of population who spoke English with difficulty
Total ¹	10,770,000	20.4	5.3
White	1,770,000	5.7	1.3
Black	445,000	5.6	1.4
Hispanic	6,939,000	69.8	19.1
Mexican	4,833,000	72.3	21.3
Puerto Rican	480,000	52.3	10.1
Dominican	240,000	88.4	22.7
Central American	526,000	86.0	23.6
South American	313,000	79.7	16.4
Other Hispanic or Latino	546,000	51.2	10.3
Asian	1,323,000	65.3	17.8
Asian Indian	232,000	65.3	10.7
Chinese	316,000	74.4	21.1
Filipino	129,000	36.3	10.0
Japanese	33,000	47.3	19.4
Korean	150,000	72.7	23.3
Vietnamese	206,000	79.5	26.3
Other Asian	257,000	72.3	18.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22,000	32.8	6.1 !
American Indian/Alaska Native	78,000	17.5	2.8
More than one race	112,000	8.9	1.7
! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Respondents were asked if each child in the household spoke a language other than English at home. If they answered "yes," they were asked how well each child could speak English. Categories used for reporting were "very well," "well," "not well," and "not at all." All those who reported speaking English less than "very well" were considered to have difficulty speaking English. Includes those students who are age 5 or older. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2005.