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Orleans Parish: Immigration & Language

Data Tables:  People & Household CharacteristicsHousing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

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Immigration status (2000)  
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total foreign-born population  
20,581
115,885
31,107,889
  Recent immigrant (between 1995-2000)  
19.8%
21.8%
24.4%
  Not recent immigrant (prior to 1995)  
80.2%
78.2%
75.6%

Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>

English as a second language and ability to speak English

The Census asks whether a language other than English is spoken at home. People who do speak a language other than English at home are then asked to report how well they speak English.

We've combined the categories of people who speak only English at home with those who speak another language at home but report that they speak English "well." This way we can focus on data about those individuals for whom speaking English is a barrier.

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English as a second language (2000)  
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total population 5 to 17 years  
96,232
902,844
53,096,003
  Native English speaker or speaks English as a second language "well" or "very well"  
99.5%
99.4%
97.5%
  Speaks Spanish at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.3%
0.3%
2.0%
  Speaks other languages at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
Total population 18 to 64 years  
 298,706
2,732,426
174,300,177
  Native English speaker or speaks English as a second language "well" or "very well"  
98.5%
98.9%
95.2%
  Speaks Spanish at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.7%
0.5%
3.6%
  Speaks other languages at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.8%
0.6%
1.2%
Total population 65 years and over  
56,801
518,097
34,978,972
  Native English speaker or speaks English as a second language "well" or "very well"  
98.2%
98.5%
96.1%
  Speaks Spanish at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.9%
0.4%
1.9%
  Speaks other languages at home and speaks English "not well" or "not at all"  
0.9%
1.1%
2.0%
Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>

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Data Tables:  People & Household CharacteristicsHousing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

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