Language and Ancestry, 1990


Language and Ancestry, 1990  
   
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Persons 5 years and over 936,423
Speak a language other than English 159,492
Do not speak English "very well" 65,927
Speak Spanish 35,492
Do not speak English "very well" 19,789
Speak Asian or Pacific Island language 12,756
Do not speak English "very well" 7,182
   
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 1,003,464
Native population 908,376
Percent born in state of residence 70
Foreign-born population 95,088
Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990 35,079
   
ANCESTRY  
Total Ancestries reported 1,276,935
Arab 6,370
Austrian 2,710
Belgian 1,336
Canadian 5,459
Czech 1,927
Danish 1,978
Dutch 6,933
English 161,001
Finnish 1,562
French (except Basque) 134,177
French Canadian 72,843
German 73,482
Greek 6,208
Hungarian 2,902
Irish 213,801
Italian 199,190
Lithuanian 4,580
Norwegian 4,010
Polish 47,227
Portuguese 94,650
Romanian 1,102
Russian 12,412
Scotch-Irish 13,638
Scottish 24,144
Slovak 2,231
Subsaharan African 12,618
Swedish 22,373
Swiss 1,459
Ukrainian 3,530
United States or American 20,994
Welsh 3,253
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 2,182
Yugoslavian 331
Other ancestries 114,322

By U.S. Census Bureau