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Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children

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Table 4: Language Background

Count
Percentage of Total Households

1990
2000
Increase/
(Decrease)
1990
2000
Percentage Point
Increase/
(Decrease)
Households in Linguistic Isolation
40
46
6
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%

Count
Percentage of School-Age Children
School-Age Children (ages 5 to 17) Speaking Little or No English
6
26
20
0.1%
0.6%
0.5%

Note: A household consists of all the people who occupy a housing unit, including related family members and all unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit.  When a household is in linguistic isolation, the primary language for all members 14-years-old and over is not English, and English is spoken less than "very well."  All of the members of a linguistically isolated household are tabulated as linguistically isolated, including members less than 14-years-old who may speak only English.

 

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