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New Jersey Ranks Sixth in the Nation in Residents Who Speak a Foreign Language
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003 American Community Survey

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1
 California 40.8
26 Kansas 8.2
2
 New Mexico 36.0   26 North Carolina 8.2
3
 Texas 32.5   28 New Hampshire 8.1
4
 New York 27.5   28 Pennsylvania 8.1
5
 Arizona 26.4   30 Indiana 7.8
6 NEW JERSEY 26.3   30 Louisiana 7.8
7 Florida 24.2   30 Nebraska 7.8
8 Nevada 24.0   30 Wisconsin 7.8
9
Hawaii 23.6   34 Maine 7.3
10 Illinois 20.2   35 Oklahoma 6.9
11 Massachusetts 19.3   36 North Dakota 5.7
11 Rhode Island 19.3   37 Iowa 5.6
13 Connecticut 17.7   37 Ohio 5.6
14 Colorado 15.0   39 Missouri 5.3
15 Washington 13.7   40 Vermont 5.1
16 Maryland 13.0   41 Wyoming 5.0
17 Alaska 12.6   42 South Dakota 4.9
18 Oregon 12.5   43 South Carolina 4.8
19 Virginia 12.0   44 Tennessee 4.7
20 Utah 11.9   45 Arkansas 4.6
21 Georgia 10.6   46 Montana 4.1
22 Idaho 10.4   47 Kentucky 4.0
23
Delaware 10.2   48 Alabama 3.4
24
Minnesota 9.2   49 Mississippi 3.0
25 Michigan 8.6   50 West Virginia 2.1
             
          50 State Average
12.5%
          N.J. % Above Average 110%

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