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. STATE STATS
   

New Jersey Ranks Fifth in the Nation in Percentage of People 5 Years and Over Who Speak a Language Other Than English at Home, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

California

42.3%


26

North Carolina

9.2%

2

New Mexico

36.1%

 

27

Pennsylvania

9.1%

3

Texas

33.6%

 

28

Nebraska

9.0%

4

New York

28.2%

 

29

Michigan

8.9%

5

Arizona

27.4%

 

30

New Hampshire

8.7%

5

NEW JERSEY

27.4%

 

31

Louisiana

8.4%

7

Nevada

26.2%

 

32

Oklahoma

8.1%

8

Florida

25.4%

 

33

Wisconsin

8.0%

9

Hawaii

24.0%

 

34

Maine

7.6%

10

Illinois

21.5%

 

35

Indiana

7.3%

11

Massachusetts

20.3%

 

36

Iowa

6.2%

11

Rhode Island

20.3%

 

37

Ohio

6.1%

13

Connecticut

19.0%

 

38

South Dakota

6.0%

14

Colorado

17.0%

 

39

Arkansas

5.9%

15

Washington

16.0%

 

39

South Carolina

5.9%

16

Maryland

14.5%

 

39

Wyoming

5.9%

17

Oregon

13.9%

 

42

North Dakota

5.7%

17

Utah

13.9%

 

43

Tennessee

5.6%

19

Alaska

13.6%

 

44

Missouri

5.3%

20

Virginia

12.7%

 

45

Vermont

5.1%

21

Georgia

11.6%

 

46

Alabama

4.2%

22

Delaware

11.5%

 

46

Montana

4.2%

23

Idaho

9.7%

 

48

Kentucky

3.9%

24

Kansas

9.4%

 

49

Mississippi

3.1%

24

Minnesota

9.4%

 

50

West Virginia

2.2%

             
          50 State Average
13.25%
          N.J. % Above Average 112.83%

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