STATE OF LOUISIANA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION - PLANNING AND BUDGET
1990 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING - SUMMARY TAPE FILE 4A
LOUISIANA: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION
ALL PERSONS
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| PA25.PERSONS BY AGE BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH |
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| 18 TO 59 | 18 TO 59 | 18 TO 59 |
| YEARS PCT | YEARS PCT | YEARS PCT |
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| * TOTAL 2,351,909 100 | | |
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| SPEAK ONLY | | |
| ENGLISH 2,117,483 90.0 | | |
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| SPAN/CREOLE:49,113 2.1 | FRN/CREOLE:146,229 6.2 | ITALIAN: 2,050 .1 |
| ENG EXCEL 30,567 1.3 | ENG EXCEL 112,409 4.8 | ENG EXCEL 1,566 .1 |
| ENG WELL 10,563 .4 | ENG WELL 26,154 1.1 | ENG WELL 326 |
| ENG POOR 6,839 .3 | ENG POOR 7,496 .3 | ENG POOR 152 |
| ENG NONE 1,144 | ENG NONE 170 | ENG NONE 6 |
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| PORTUGUE/CREOL:501 | GERMAN: 6,274 .3 | YIDDISH: 67 |
| ENG EXCEL 288 | ENG EXCEL 4,799 .2 | ENG EXCEL 43 |
| ENG WELL 136 | ENG WELL 1,081 | ENG WELL 24 |
| ENG POOR 46 | ENG POOR 386 | ENG POOR |
| ENG NONE 31 | ENG NONE 8 | ENG NONE |
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| OTH W GERMANIC:396 | SCANDIVAVIAN: 449 | POLISH: 393 |
| ENG EXCE 340 | ENG EXCEL 362 | ENG EXCEL 312 |
| ENG WELL 49 | ENG WELL 57 | ENG WELL 52 |
| ENG POOR 7 | ENG POOR 30 | ENG POOR 29 |
| ENG NONE | ENG NONE | ENG NONE |
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| RUSSIAN: 256 | SOUTH SLAVIC: 366 | SLAVIC LANG: 235 |
| ENG EXCEL 153 | ENG EXCEL 233 | ENG EXCEL 177 |
| ENG WELL 64 | ENG WELL 91 | ENG WELL 58 |
| ENG POOR 39 | ENG POOR 35 | ENG POOR |
| ENG NONE | ENG NONE 7 | ENG NONE |
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| GREEK: 949 | INDIC: 2,604 .1 | INDO-EUROP.: 954 |
| ENG EXCEL 736 | ENG EXDEL 1,964 .1 | ENG EXCEL 660 |
| ENG WELL 194 | ENG WELL 516 | ENG WELL 242 |
| ENG POOR 19 | ENG POOR 124 | ENG POOR 52 |
| ENG NONE | ENG NONE | ENG NONE |
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| CHINESE: 3,621 .2 | JAPANESE: 1,021 | MON-KHMER: 168 |
| ENG EXCEL 1,612 .1 | ENG EXCEL 593 | ENG EXCEL 47 |
| ENG WELL 1,249 .1 | ENG WELL 246 | ENG WELL 54 |
| ENG POOR 652 | ENG POOR 182 | ENG POOR 59 |
| ENG NONE 108 | ENG NONE | ENG NONE 8 |
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| KOREAN: 2,069 .1 | TAGALOG: 1,800 .1 | VIETNAMESE:8,387 .4 |
| ENG EXCEL 1,029 | ENG EXCEL 1,144 | ENG EXCEL 2,957 .1 |
| ENG WELL 664 | ENG WELL 600 | ENG WELL 2,654 .1 |
| ENG POOR 359 | ENG POOR 51 | ENG POOR 2,269 .1 |
| ENG NONE 17 | ENG NONE 5 | ENG NONE 507 |
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| ASIA/PAC ISL:2,833 .1 | ARABIC: 1,819 .1 | HUNGARIAN: 261 |
| ENG EXCEL 1,577 .1 | ENG EXCEL 1,175 | ENG EXCEL 199 |
| ENG WELL 923 | ENG WELL 461 | ENG WELL 38 |
| ENG POOR 267 | ENG POOR 147 | ENG POOR 24 |
| ENG NONE 66 | ENG NONE 36 | ENG NONE |
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| NATIVE N AMER: 354 | OTH/UNSPECIF:1,257 .1 | |
| ENG EXCEL 306 | ENG EXCEL 917 | |
| ENG WELL 42 | ENG WELL 318 | |
| ENG POOR 6 | ENG POOR 22 | |
| ENG NONE | ENG NONE | |
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