Table 4.1A Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English of Californians, by Detailed Origin, 2000
|
|
Speaks |
Speaks Other
Language at Home and Speaks English: |
|
|||
|
English Only |
Very Well |
Well |
Not Well |
Not at All |
Row Count |
|
Total Hispanic |
21.8 |
35.8 |
17.2 |
15.5 |
9.7 |
9,804,724 |
|
Mexican |
21.2 |
35.7 |
16.9 |
15.8 |
10.3 |
7,647,270 |
|
Puerto Rican |
46.0 |
37.8 |
10.7 |
4.4 |
1.1 |
126,642 |
|
Cuban |
27.7 |
42.5 |
12.9 |
12.7 |
4.2 |
67,508 |
|
Other Hispanic |
22.1 |
35.6 |
19.0 |
15.1 |
8.1 |
1,963,304 |
|
Central American |
7.7 |
34.6 |
23.6 |
22.5 |
11.6 |
594,318 |
Guatemalan |
7.1 |
30.7 |
23.8 |
24.1 |
14.3 |
148,810 |
|
Honduran |
9.3 |
27.4 |
17.6 |
27.8 |
17.9 |
27,996 |
|
Nicaraguan |
12.1 |
41.4 |
21.0 |
16.2 |
9.4 |
59,574 |
|
Salvadoran |
5.5 |
34.1 |
25.4 |
23.9 |
11.1 |
286,643 |
|
South American |
14.9 |
46.5 |
21.7 |
12.8 |
4.1 |
153,291 |
Argentinean |
16.5 |
51.9 |
18.5 |
10.8 |
2.3 |
22,857 |
|
Colombian |
17.1 |
41.7 |
20.6 |
12.6 |
8.0 |
28,144 |
|
Ecuadorian |
14.3 |
46.9 |
21.3 |
13.1 |
4.4 |
19,847 |
|
Peruvian |
11.1 |
43.8 |
23.3 |
17.6 |
4.2 |
46,161 |
Non-Hispanic |
78.0
|
12.5
|
5.5
|
3.2
|
0.8
|
21,617,299
|
White alone |
77.0 |
12.3 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
18,885,193 |
|
Black alone |
92.1 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2,058,949 |
|
Asian alone |
19.5 |
38.8 |
23.6 |
14.4 |
3.6 |
3,444,382 |
Universe: Persons
5 years and older.
Source: Census
2000, 1-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files.
Figure 4.1A Language Spoken at Home and Californian’s Ability to Speak English by Detailed Origin, 2000
Table 4.1B Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English of Hispanic
Californians, by Nativity, Period Of Entry and Citizenship, 2000
|
|
|
Speaks |
Speaks Other Language at Home and Speaks
English |
|
|||
|
English Only |
Very Well |
Well |
Not Well |
Not at All |
Row Count |
||
|
|
Native |
36.6 |
46.1 |
11.9 |
4.6 |
0.8 |
5,089,353 |
|
Entered 1991-99 |
Citizen |
6.3 |
35.3 |
22.7 |
23.8 |
12.0 |
81,758 |
|
Non-citizen |
5.8 |
14.4 |
17.3 |
30.5 |
32.1 |
1,393,095 |
|
|
Entered |
Citizen |
4.9 |
34.4 |
32.1 |
22.2 |
6.4 |
420,670 |
|
1980-90 |
Non-citizen |
5.3 |
23.7 |
23.3 |
29.5 |
18.2 |
1,466,207 |
|
Entered |
Citizen |
5.5 |
37.5 |
31.0 |
20.1 |
5.8 |
537,860 |
|
1965-79 |
Non-Citizen |
6.0 |
24.4 |
22.0 |
29.4 |
18.2 |
535,628 |
|
Entered |
Citizen |
8.9 |
41.7 |
24.0 |
18.2 |
7.2 |
204,480 |
|
Pre-1965 |
Non-Citizen |
8.8 |
30.9 |
21.4 |
22.8 |
16.0 |
75,673 |
Universe: Persons
5 years and older.
Source: Census
2000, 1-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files.
Table 4.1C Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak
English of Non-Hispanic Californians, by Nativity, Period Of Entry and
Citizenship, 2000
|
|
|
Speaks |
Speaks Other
Language at Home and Speaks English |
|
|||
|
English Only |
Very Well |
Well |
Not Well |
Not at All |
Row Count |
||
|
|
Native |
92.0 |
6.3 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
17,614,343 |
|
Entered 1991-99 |
Citizen |
9.1 |
38.1 |
30.8 |
17.9 |
4.1 |
212,020 |
|
Non-citizen |
11.0 |
35.1 |
28.5 |
18.8 |
6.7 |
1,030,917 |
|
|
Entered |
Citizen |
8.5 |
43.4 |
28.8 |
16.2 |
3.2 |
877,176 |
|
1980-90 |
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