Language distribution in the US - interactive map

[csziggy]

I just got a link to this site in an email. It's interesting, shows the distribution of all sorts of languages in the US. This is not intended as a political statement, just for information that is interesting.

http://www.mla.org/map_single

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Cool and very informative.

Thanks!

[charlie]

2. Thank you

Fun and interesting.

[etherealtruth]

3. very interesting

[Bucky]

4. Armenians in southern California

Portuguese & Russian spoken pretty evenly around the nation

[Bucky]

5. But check out Spanish by % by county in Idaho!

There's a huge pocket of Spanish speakers in northeast Idaho. I wonder what that's all about!

[SoCalDem]

6. Agriculture workers, probably..nt

[IDemo]

9. No real northeast here, to speak of (it's a panhandle)

There is a significant Latino population all across the southern part, however.

Also not mentioned on the map is Idaho's Basque population, the largest in the world outside of the Iberian peninsula.

[ladjf]

7. Thanks. I just spent the past 30 minutes checking out the language

distribution in the U.S.

[kentauros]

8. That's a cool map!

I'm always amazed at how many different languages I hear in Houston. If you look in that part of Texas, you might be surprised, too. Just go through the list and watch as we rarely go under that pale green color (500-999) for Harris County :D

[Karenina]

10. VERY COOL!

[rainbow4321]

11. Wow, that is one neat map

My North TX county highest stats (besides English): Chinese/Japanese/Thai, etc.. has us in no less than bright red, Persian is highest on the scale (dark brown), Spanish: 3rd color down, Hindi: 2nd highest color. Pretty darn good for a Texas suburb :) .

My own neighborhood shows the same diversity. I can take the doggies for a walk and there are times when I will hear every language except English as I pass by people outside their houses. Back when a stray dog showed up and my doorstep (I ended up keeping him) one of my first thoughts/worries was: "uh-oh, I wonder if he understands English??". I was thisclose to having one of my daughter's bilingual friends come over and speak some commands to the dog cuz I got of what looked like blank doggie stares for the first week he was with us.
Silly thought, I know, but given my neighborhood's diverse demographics, at the time I really was worried if he did!