Boston's top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010
Bostons top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010
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Boston's top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010
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A single map compares the distribution of six major languages other than English spoken in individual households throughout the city. These languages are Spanish, Chinese, French (Haitian) Creole, Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Italian. For all of Boston, approximately 36% of the total population speaks a language other than English, compared to 26% in 1990. The highest percentages are found in East Boston (68.5%), Dorchester (41.6%) and Roslindale (40.6%). In Boston Public Schools, 47% of the students speak a language other than English as their first language, while English Language Learner students speak more than 85 different languages as their home language.
Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Shows tracts where 10% or more of adults speak at home Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Portuguese, French Creole or Italian.
Maps created for a 2014 exhibition at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.
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Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "City of Neighborhoods: The Changing Face of Boston" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2014.
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