Immigration and Spoken Language

Immigration and Spoken Language

Christopher Martincsmartin@buffalo.edu

Christopher Martincsmartin@buffalo.edu

Data SourceData Source

US Census BureauLanguage Use, English Ability, and

Linguistic Isolation data were collected in the 2000 census

Foreign Born Citizens are collected during census years and from the American community surveys.

TIGER/LINE files

US Census BureauLanguage Use, English Ability, and

Linguistic Isolation data were collected in the 2000 census

Foreign Born Citizens are collected during census years and from the American community surveys.

TIGER/LINE files

Data FormatData Format

All data is originally in excel filesSome is also available in PDF

Required parsing and conversionCertain fields had to be extractedConversion to dbf for inclusion in

ArcMap

All data is originally in excel filesSome is also available in PDF

Required parsing and conversionCertain fields had to be extractedConversion to dbf for inclusion in

ArcMap

table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 6 through 7Table 6. Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English by Nativity for the Population 5 Years and Over by State: 2000

[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://w w w .census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf](leading dot indicates sub-part)

NativeForeign

bornPercent

foreign born NativeForeign

bornPercent

foreign born NativeForeign

bornPercent

foreign bornUnited States######### 30,709,064 11.7 21,454,572 25,497,023 54.3 5,647,591 15,672,816 73.5

.Alabama 4,066,305 85,973 2.1 98,051 64,432 39.7 27,998 35,919 56.2

.Alaska 543,080 36,660 6.3 55,325 27,433 33.1 15,609 15,233 49.4

.Arizona 4,109,084 643,640 13.5 682,932 546,305 44.4 178,065 361,872 67.0

.Arkansas 2,420,009 72,196 2.9 65,037 58,718 47.4 18,398 39,311 68.1

.California 22,654,569 8,762,060 27.9 4,598,053 7,803,703 62.9 1,201,707 5,076,072 80.9

.Colorado 3,644,134 362,151 9.0 308,094 295,925 49.0 74,129 193,375 72.3

.Connecticut 2,818,980 365,534 11.5 319,881 264,032 45.2 93,042 141,757 60.4

.Delaw are 688,187 44,191 6.0 36,947 32,586 46.9 11,910 16,470 58.0

.District of Columbia466,987 72,671 13.5 34,723 55,694 61.6 8,149 30,087 78.7

.Florida 12,396,566 2,647,037 17.6 1,377,901 2,095,963 60.3 316,216 1,238,649 79.7

.Georgia 7,027,395 567,081 7.5 289,557 461,881 61.5 83,019 291,232 77.8

.Haw aii 923,928 210,423 18.6 123,091 179,034 59.3 36,300 107,205 74.7

.Idaho 1,133,773 63,020 5.3 61,684 50,195 44.9 13,658 32,881 70.7

State

Population 5 years and over Speak language other than English Speak English less than "very Well"

Language Spoken at Home for Counties and Tracts in New York: 2000Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Special Tabulation 224

Universe: Population 5 years and over[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality, sampling errors, nonsampling error, and definitions, see w w w .census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf]

FIPS State Code

FIPS County Code

Census Tract Code

Area Name (State or County)

Language Code Language

Number of

speakers36 000 000000 New York 000 English only1278619036 000 000000 New York 601 Jamaican Creole438536 000 000000 New York 602 Krio 36036 000 000000 New York 605 Gullah 4036 000 000000 New York 607 German 9268536 000 000000 New York 608 Pennsylvania Dutch245536 000 000000 New York 609 Yiddish 11351536 000 000000 New York 610 Dutch 1032036 000 000000 New York 611 Afrikaans 53536 000 000000 New York 612 Frisian 10536 000 000000 New York 613 Luxembourgian 2536 000 000000 New York 614 Swedish 488036 000 000000 New York 615 Danish 238036 000 000000 New York 616 Norwegian 419536 000 000000 New York 617 Icelandic 50536 000 000000 New York 618 Faroese 1536 000 000000 New York 619 Italian 29427036 000 000000 New York 620 French 174080

table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 6, 61, 116, and 171

Table 5. Detailed List of Languages Spoken at Home for the Population 5 Years and Over by State: 2000

[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://w w w .census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf]

(leading dots indicate sub-parts)

Language United States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaw areDist. of Columbia Florida

5 years and over 262,375,152 4,152,278 579,740 4,752,724 2,492,205 31,416,629 4,006,285 3,184,514 732,378 539,658 15,043,603

.Speak only English 215,423,557 3,989,795 496,982 3,523,487 2,368,450 19,014,873 3,402,266 2,600,601 662,845 449,241 11,569,739

.Speak other language 46,951,595 162,483 82,758 1,229,237 123,755 12,401,756 604,019 583,913 69,533 90,417 3,473,864

.Spanish or Spanish Creole 28,101,052 89,729 16,674 927,395 82,465 8,105,505 421,670 268,044 34,690 49,461 2,476,528

.Other Indo-European languages 10,017,989 43,812 12,851 102,004 22,695 1,335,332 100,148 251,335 22,584 23,721 755,214..French (incl. Patois, Cajun) 1,643,838 13,656 2,197 15,663 7,312 135,067 18,045 42,947 4,041 9,085 129,118..French Creole 453,368 239 71 205 157 4,107 272 7,856 1,199 598 208,487..Italian 1,008,370 2,158 518 8,992 1,106 84,190 5,703 50,891 2,860 1,723 67,257..Portuguese or Portuguese Creole 564,630 774 187 2,632 318 78,403 2,141 30,667 340 1,013 55,014..German 1,383,442 14,905 3,574 25,103 7,444 141,671 30,824 14,310 3,420 2,695 89,656..Yiddish 178,945 207 45 1,067 21 8,952 470 1,710 166 117 18,225..Other West Germanic languages 251,135 812 277 3,181 919 30,796 2,491 1,834 1,245 454 12,730..Scandinavian languages 162,252 473 701 2,878 256 28,653 3,377 3,535 152 637 10,467..Greek 365,436 1,393 126 3,075 314 28,847 2,494 9,445 938 791 23,041..Russian 706,242 1,220 2,952 4,073 571 118,382 10,737 8,807 542 1,110 19,729..Polish 667,414 649 496 5,456 629 23,435 5,064 38,492 2,036 371 24,850..Serbo-Croatian 233,865 285 264 7,438 380 23,872 2,600 2,543 164 781 11,654..Other Slavic languages 301,079 705 501 3,081 485 28,696 3,774 6,309 807 896 14,150

Language DataLanguage Data

Wide Variety availableCensus TractCountyState

Individual languagesLanguage Families

Wide Variety availableCensus TractCountyState

Individual languagesLanguage Families

Data UsedData Used

Total Foreign Born PopulationPercentage of total pop.

Total Number of Non-English Speakers at HomePercentage of total pop.

Number of speakers per language familyPercentage of total pop.

Primary Language Family per Unit

Total Foreign Born PopulationPercentage of total pop.

Total Number of Non-English Speakers at HomePercentage of total pop.

Number of speakers per language familyPercentage of total pop.

Primary Language Family per Unit

Visualizing Language DataVisualizing Language Data

Predominant non english languageLanguage family is essentially a

category, assigned a unique colorNumber of non english speakers

Dot Density worked well herePercentage of Total Population

Graduated symbol worked bestCalculated field was useful mostly for the

legend

Predominant non english languageLanguage family is essentially a

category, assigned a unique colorNumber of non english speakers

Dot Density worked well herePercentage of Total Population

Graduated symbol worked bestCalculated field was useful mostly for the

legend

Graduated SymbolsGraduated Symbols

Proportional SymbolsProportional Symbols

Predominant Language Family

Predominant Language Family

Visualizing Immigration Data

Visualizing Immigration Data

Not actually done yetNot available at the county level

Percent of total populationGraduated Symbols a likely choice

Raw Number per countyDot density could workDependent on the range of values

Not actually done yetNot available at the county level

Percent of total populationGraduated Symbols a likely choice

Raw Number per countyDot density could workDependent on the range of values

Multivariate VisualizationMultivariate Visualization

Mostly looked really ugly Also, confusing

Mostly looked really ugly Also, confusing

C’est FinisC’est Finis

Questions?Questions?