[Lazarus] TDBF Indexes
Jon Foster
jon-lists at jfpossibilities.com
Tue Aug 5 02:48:32 CEST 2008
JoshyFun wrote:
I stand, hanging my head in shame, humbled & corrected
I will look for the source of my info & email them cause they was wrong
Government census should be fairly accurate
I search for info on languages & as soon as I open my big mouth, it
promptly gets my foot shoved in it
At least I get more accurate information
Thanks
> Hello Philip,
>
> Monday, August 4, 2008, 10:38:35 PM, you wrote:
>
> HPJ> "for example, the second most popular language in the state of Texas,
> HPJ> USA is Vietnamese"
> HPJ> Please cite your source for this claim. I think the many Spanish
> HPJ> speakers in Texas would be scratching their heads over this one.
>
> OT: from census.gov
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> NATIVITY AND LANGUAGE: Sixteen percent of the people living in Texas
> in 2005 were foreign born. Eighty-four percent were native, including
> 61 percent who were born in Texas.
>
> Among people at least five years old living in Texas in 2005, 34
> percent spoke a language other than English at home. Of those speaking
> a language other than English at home, 86 percent spoke Spanish and 14
> percent spoke some other language; 44 percent reported that they did
> not speak English "very well."
>
> xref: http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t20/tab05.pdf
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>
> cut and drop to the trash bin.
>
>
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