Table E-4-1.  Number and percentage of children ages 5–17 who spoke a language other than English at home and who spoke English with difficulty, by sex, race/ethnicity, and nativity: 2010

[Numbers in thousands]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and nativity	Total population		Spoke a language other than English at home
			Number		Percent		Spoke English with difficulty
							Total				Ages 5–9				Ages 10–17
							Number		Percent		Number		Percent		Number		Percent
Total1	54,037		11,774		21.8		2,710		5.0		1,418		6.9		1,292		3.8
Sex
Male	27,693		5,927		21.4		1,420		5.1		736		7.1		684		3.9
Female	26,344		5,847		22.2		1,290		4.9		682		6.8		608		3.7
Race/ethnicity
White	29,421		1,653		5.6		325		1.1		138		1.3		186		1.0
Black	7,645		467		6.1		101		1.3		36		1.3		65		1.3
Hispanic	12,093		7,886		65.2		1,878		15.5		1,050		21.6		828		11.4
Asian	2,314		1,455		62.9		353		15.3		169		18.5		183		13.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	94		28		29.7		4		4.7		2		4.8		3		4.7
American Indian/Alaska Native2	420		63		15.0		9		2.1		3		2.1		6		2.1
American Indian	340		48		14.2		5		1.6		2		1.5		4		1.7
Alaska Native	28		8		27.2		2		7.5		1	!	6.6	!	1		8.0
Two or more races	1,922		184		9.6		33		1.7		16		1.9		17		1.5
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	15,113		817		5.4		161		1.1		70		1.3		91		1.0
Black	3,903		222		5.7		50		1.3		18		1.3		32		1.3
Hispanic	6,206		3,990		64.3		993		16.0		551		22.2		441		11.9
Asian	1,168		742		63.5		191		16.3		87		19.4		104		14.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	52		15		29.3		2		4.3		1	!	4.8	!	1	!	4.0	!
American Indian/Alaska Native2	213		32		15.1		4		1.8		1		1.4		3		2.0
American Indian	172		25		14.5		2		1.2		1	!	0.8	!	2		1.5
Alaska Native	14		4		25.0		1		6.3		#		5.0	!	1	!	7.2	!
Two or more races	972		87		9.0		16		1.7		7		1.8		9		1.5
Female
White	14,308		836		5.8		163		1.1		69		1.3		95		1.1
Black	3,741		245		6.5		52		1.4		19		1.4		33		1.4
Hispanic	5,887		3,896		66.2		885		15.0		499		21.0		386		11.0
Asian	1,145		712		62.2		162		14.2		83		17.7		79		11.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	43		13		30.1		2		5.1		1	!	4.6	!	1	!	5.4	!
American Indian/Alaska Native2	207		31		14.9		5		2.5		2		2.9		3		2.2
American Indian	169		23		13.9		3		2.0		1	!	2.2	!	2		1.9
Alaska Native	13		4		29.6		1	!	8.8	!	#		9.0	!	1	!	8.7	!
Two or more races	950		97		10.2		16		1.7		8		2.0		8		1.5
Nativity
Hispanic or Latino
Born within the United States3	10,800		6,647		61.6		1,419		13.1		916		20.0		503		8.1
Born outside of the United States	1,293		1,239		95.8		459		35.5		134		48.3		325		32.0

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

2 Includes persons reporting American Indian only, Alaska Native only, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.

3 Born within the United States refers to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas. Also includes those born abroad of American parents.

NOTE: Respondents were asked whether 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 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. A Spanish-language version of the American Community Survey (ACS) was available to respondents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2010.