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PERCENT RANKING, 2000

States Ranked by Percent of Population Age 5+ Speaking Spanish
Rank State Number Speaking Spanish Total Population Age 5+ Percent Speaking Spanish
1. New Mexico 485,681 1,689,911 28.74%
2. Texas 5,195,182 19,241,518 27.00%
3. California 8,105,505 31,416,629 25.80%
4. Arizona 927,395 4,752,724 19.51%
5. Florida 2,476,528 15,043,603 16.46%
6. Nevada 299,947 1,853,720 16.18%
7. New York 2,416,126 17,749,110 13.61%
8. New Jersey 967,741 7,856,268 12.32%
9. Illinois 1,253,676 11,547,505 10.86%
10. Colorado 421,670 4,006,285 10.53%
11. District of Columbia 49,461 539,658 9.17%
12. Connecticut 268,044 3,184,514 8.42%
13. Rhode Island 79,443 985,184 8.06%
14. Utah 150,244 2,023,875 7.42%
15. Oregon 217,614 3,199,323 6.80%
16. Idaho 80,241 1,196,793 6.70%
17. Massachusetts 370,011 5,954,249 6.21%
18. Washington 321,490 5,501,398 5.84%
19. Georgia 426,115 7,594,476 5.61%
20. Kansas 137,247 2,500,360 5.49%
21. North Carolina 378,942 7,513,165 5.04%
22. Nebraska 77,655 1,594,700 4.87%
23. Virginia 316,274 6,619,266 4.78%
24. Delaware 34,690 732,378 4.74%
25. Maryland 230,829 4,945,043 4.67%
26. Oklahoma 141,060 3,215,719 4.39%
27. Wyoming 18,606 462,809 4.02%
28. Wisconsin 168,778 5,022,073 3.36%
29. Arkansas 82,465 2,492,205 3.31%
30. Indiana 185,576 5,657,818 3.28%
31. Pennsylvania 356,754 11,555,538 3.09%
32. South Carolina 110,030 3,748,669 2.94%
33. Iowa 79,491 2,738,499 2.90%
34. Minnesota 132,066 4,591,491 2.88%
35. Alaska 16,674 579,740 2.88%
36. Michigan 246,688 9,268,782 2.66%
37. Louisiana 105,189 4,153,367 2.53%
38. Tennessee 133,931 5,315,920 2.52%
39. Alabama 89,729 4,152,278 2.16%
40. Missouri 110,752 5,226,022 2.12%
41. Ohio 213,147 10,599,968 2.01%
42. Mississippi 50,515 2,641,453 1.91%
43. Kentucky 70,061 3,776,230 1.86%
44. Hawaii 18,820 1,134,351 1.66%
45. New Hampshire 18,647 1,160,340 1.61%
46. Montana 12,953 847,362 1.53%
47. South Dakota 10,052 703,820 1.43%
48. North Dakota 8,263 603,106 1.37%
49. West Virginia 17,652 1,706,931 1.03%
50. Vermont 5,791 574,842 1.01%
51. Maine 9,611 1,204,164 0.80%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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