English Language Proficiency of Spanish Speaking Population   
Data Set:  Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data

P19. AGE BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER [67] - Universe: Population 5 years and over

P20. HOUSEHOLD LANGUAGE BY LINGUISTIC ISOLATION [14] - Universe: Households

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ESL (Spanish Speakers) Outreach Mapper  (national scale - zoomable to street level)

Map 1 --  18-64 Limited English-Speaking Ability (Spanish speakers only)

Map 2 --  5-17 Limited English-Speaking Ability (Spanish speakers only)

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) Sample Data

Maps 1 and 2 are color-coded at the block group level only.  Color coding is not applied to the county or tract levels (75-200-mile scale), since the absolute numbers depicted by the dots are more meaningful . The dots are scattered randomly by tract or county, and do not represent specific population centers..

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At the tract level, scaled blue dots represent persons (50 and higher) with limited English-speaking ability; and at the county level scaled red dots represent persons (100 and higer) with limited English speaking ability.

Block group color coding shows the percentage of Spanish speakers who either "do not speak English well" or "do not speak English at all".  At a scale of about 5 miles, block group population counts for these two limited English categories are displayed in purple boxes.

Note: Some official definitions (for instance, Voting Rights Act Sec. 203 language minority coverage) extend the term "limited English"  to include persons who "speak English well".  Under these interpretations,  just one category  -- "Speak English Very Well" --  defines  persons who are considered proficient in English.

See Map 9 below.

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Map 3 -- Percent Latino (any race, all ages)

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

Map 4  -- Population Below Poverty

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) Sample Data

At a scale of about 5 miles, the block group population counts for persons living in poverty are displayed in purple boxes.

Map 5  -- Population Under 18 Below Poverty

At a scale of about 5 miles, the block group population counts for children  living in poverty are displayed in purple boxes.

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 1) Sample Data

Map 6 --  Female Householder (single-parent) with own children

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

At a scale of about 5 miles, the block group female single parent household counts are displayed in purple boxes.

Map 7 -- Housing Tenure

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

Map 8 -- Foreign Born Non-citizen Population (any race or ethnicity, all ages)

At a scale of about 5 miles, the block group count of foreign born non-citizens is displayed in purple boxes. Percentage calculations are based on the the total population. (all ages)

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) Sample Data

Map 9 -- Sec. 203 Language Map -- Voting Rights Act language minority analysis New 12/04

This thematic map shows voting age  non-English speakers who do not speak English "very well". This category includes all  non-English speakers 18 and over who speak English "well", "not well", or "not at all".

At a scale of about 5 miles , the  number (by block group) of 18+ non-English speaking persons  who do not speak English "very well" is displayed in purple boxes.

Note: The limited English thematic Map 9 above is not directly comparable to Maps 1 and 2. Those maps  show English proficiency for Spanish speakers as a percentage  of the Spanish-speaking population, rather than the overall non-English speaking population. The maps also employ a more restrictive definition  for limited English  -- "speak English not well" or "not at all".

Calculan que 20 por ciento de los residentes de EU no habla inglés (El Universal, 2003)

SF4 ESL data by national origin (Census 2000 -- released in 2003)

Población hablante de lengua indígena:  (Census 2000 -- Mexico)

Estadisticas  (INEGI)   Informe (INEGI -- 2003)