House of Representatives Apportioned on Language Used

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Spanish

2000 Census.  436 representatives, with DC included.

NJ 15; RI 1.

States with fewer than 0.7 representatives combined with neighbor. 

ME, NH, VT with MA
DE with MD
WV with KY
ND, SD, MT and WY
AK with WA
HI with CA

CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, FL, NJ, NY would gain representation.
CO, IL would stay equal.

Edit: if adjacent small states could gain representation, they were combined without a large neighbor.  In this case, the 4 northern Mountain and Plains states were combined independent of Idaho.

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French

RI 5, NH 11, CT 11, DE 1, NJ 12

Gainers are LA, MD, DC, NY, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME
Even is VA, MT

ND, SD and WY.
AK with WA

Edit: MT separated from WY-SD-ND.

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Chinese

NJ 19; RI 1; DE 1

NJ is 4th in Chinese speakers behind CA, NY, and TX.

Above average: HI, WA, CA, MD, NJ, NY, MA
At average: NV, DE

Combined:

AK with WA
ID, MT, WY, ND, SD and NE
MS and AR
WV with KY
DC with VA
ME, VT with NH

Edit: Northern Plains split off from IA, and AR-MS from LA.  Changes in rounding gave additional seats to MA and SC.

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German

NJ 13; RI 1; DE 1.

Every state has their own representative.

Above average:

FL; WA; OR; UT; MT; CO; ND; SD; KS; MN; MO; WI; IL; IN; MI; OH; PA.

At average:

AK; NV; AZ; NM; ID; WY; NE; IA; KY; DC; DE; NJ; NY; CT; RI; VT; NH.

FL is the only southern state above average.
MA and ME the only northern states below average.

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Tagalog

NJ 24; HI 22.

Above Average: HI, AK, WA, CA, NV, IL, VA, NJ.

Combined:

MT, WY, ND, SD and ID.
NE and IA.
NM with CO.
AR, AL with MS.
WV with KY.
DE, DC with MD.
RI with CT.
ME, NH, VT with MA.

Edit: Northern area (ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, NE, IA) split from KS and divided into two CDs.

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Is it possible to make a map for Irish Gaelic?

Does anyone even speak that in the US now? Maybe in 1875 people did, but now?

They barely speak it in Ireland.

Number 66 in the US.

Just behind Bulgarian and Hawaiian and ahead of Bantu and Kannada.

There are reported speakers in every state except North Dakota.

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Is it possible to make a map for Irish Gaelic?

Does anyone even speak that in the US now? Maybe in 1875 people did, but now?

They barely speak it in Ireland.

Number 66 in the US.

Just behind Bulgarian and Hawaiian and ahead of Bantu and Kannada.

There are reported speakers in every state except North Dakota.

Interesting. What are the total numbers of speakers in the United States?

Swahili	36,690
Marathi	35,010
Danish	33,395
Bulgarian	28,565
Hawaiian	27,160
Irish Gaelic	25,870
Bantu	25,075
Kannada	24,390
Tongan	24,065
Dakota	20,480
Lettish	19,845

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English Only

Every state had its own representative.

NJ 12, DE 1, RI 2.

States below average: CA, AZ, NM, TX, FL, NJ, NY.

States above average: WA, OR, UT, MT, KS, MO, MN, WI, MI, IN, OH, PA, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY.

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Vietnamese

States above average: HI, WA, OR, WA, KS, TX, LA, VA, MA
States at average: NE, OK

Combined

AK with WA
MT, WY, ND, SD, and ID
WV with KY
DC with MD
DE with NJ
RI with CT
VT, ME, and NH.

Edit: Northern New England split off from NY, and Northern Mountain and Plains split off from NV.

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How about Italian?

It's next.  There were 1300 more Vietnamese speakers than Italian speakers (about 1 million each).

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Italian

MA 26; RI 6; CT 22; NJ 50; DE 1.

States above average: MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, FL, IL
States at average: DE, DC, NV

Combined:
ME, VT with NH
HI with CA
AK with WA
And area from ID to MS in 5 districts:
AR and MS
KS and OK
WY and NE
ND, SD and IA
MT and ID

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Korean

NJ 27, RI 1, DE 1.

Above average: HI, AK, WA, CA, IL, VA, MD, NJ, NY.
At average: NV, GA, DE.

ME, VT with NH.
DC with MD.
WV with KY.
AR with MS.
SD, ND and NE.
MT, WY and ID.
NM with AZ.

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Russian

NJ 24, RI 1.

Above average; AK, WA, OR, CA, IL, MO, PA, NJ, NY, MA.
At average CO, CT.

Combined:
ME, VT, and NH.
DE with MD.
DC with VA.
AR, MS, and LA.
SD, ND, and MT.
WY and ID.
NM with AZ.
HI with CA.

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Polish

RI 2, CT 25, NJ 48, DE 1.

Above average in MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MI, IL
At average in WI and RI

Combined:

AK with WA
HI with CA
ID. WY and UT
MT, ND, SD and IA
NM with CO
AR, OK and KS
LA, MS and AL
WV and KY
DC with VA
ME, VT with NH

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Arabic

MA 13; RI 2; NJ 33

Interesting some of the less urban states with a small population.  This is one of the few language groups for which WV has its own representative.

Population is almost equal among the 4 Census regions: West 97; Midwest 115; South 107; Northeast 117.

Above average: MA, NY, NJ, DC, VA, MI, IL,CA.
At average: RI

Combined:

HI with CA
AK with WA
ID, MT, WY, ND, and SD
NM with CO
AR with MS
DE with MD
ME, VT with NH

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Portuguese

MA 124; RI 29; CT 24; NJ 56.

Above average: MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, FL, UT and CA
At average: NH and DC.

What's up with Utah?

Combined:
ME, VT with NH
DE with MD
KY, WV with TN
AR, MS and AL
KS and OK
IA and WI
MT, WY, ND, SD, and NE
NM with CO
AK with WA

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Edit: changed listing standard to 40 states or 20,000 or more speakers.  Additions denoted with "+".  Languages that have been requested are in bold

Any requests?  All the one's I have done so far have more speakers than Wyoming has population.  Those listed below have enumerated speakers from at least 40 States (or DC) or have 20,000 or more speakers.

Afrikaans
+Albanian
+Amharic
+Armenian
Bantu
Bengali
Bisayan
Bulgarian
Cantonese
Chamorro
+Cherokee
Croatian
+Cush**te
Czech
+Dakota
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Formosan
French Creole
Greek
Gujarathi
+Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
+Ilocano
+India, n.e.c.
Indonesian
Irish Gaelic
Japanese
+Kannada
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba
Laotian
+Lettish
Lithuanian
+Malay
+Malayalam
Mandarin
+Marathi
+Miao, Hmong
+Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Navaho
Norwegian
Panjabi
+Pennsylvania Dutch
Persian
Romanian
+Samoan
Serbian
Serbocroatian
Slovak
Swahili
Swedish
+Syriac
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
+Tongan
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Yiddish

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NAVAJO! Oh, and Chamorro please. Shame Samoan ain´t listed.

I changed the listing standard to 40 or more states or 50,000 plus speakers.  So Samoan is included.  I suppose you'll also want Dakota, Cherokee and Hawaiian?

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Vietnamese
States above average: HI, WA, OR, WA, KS, TX, LA, VA, MA

Interesting how Lousiana has so many Vietnamese speakers. I knew there were some, I just didn't think there were that many.

Originally a lot were set up as shrimpers.  Currently the largest concentration are (were) in the New Orleans area, both Orleans and Jefferson parishes, and in East Baton Rouge Parish.  There are high relative concentrations along the coast:

Plaquemines 1.9%
Vermillion      1.6%
Orleans         1.5%
Jefferson       1.5%
St.Mary          1.4%

In New Orleans there are census tracts on the West Bank that are more than 10% Vietnamese but the highest concentration is an area east of the city where there is one tract that is 46% Vietnamese.  I believe this is an area where the houses are built on stilts, because they are outside the levee system, but I don't think they were high enough.

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Norwegian and Swedish, definitely.

Too bad Hmong or Somali aren't on the lists. I think I'd like those maps.

I've added Hmong and Cush**te (Somali and Oromo) to the list.  Most other languages with similar numbers of speakers were qualifying simply because they were spoken in more states.

How come so may Somalis and Hmong in Minnesota?

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Hindi

RI 1, NJ 43, DE 1

Hindi is number 17 in the US with 317,000 speakers.

Above average: MA, CT, NY, NJ, MD, VA, IL, CA
At Average: DE

Combined:

HI with CA
AK with WA
NM with CO
MT, WY, ND, SD and ID
AR with MS
WV with KY
DC with MD
ME, VT with NH

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Yiddish

RI 1; NJ 22.

Yiddish is 26th in the US with 179,000 speakers, 63% in NY.

Above average: NY, NJ, FL.

5 states did not report any speakers, but the Census Bureau uses minimum thresholds for reporting this data.  The states are shown with a "."

Combined:

HI with CA
AK with WA
OR, UT, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD and IA
NE, OK, AR and KS
LA, MS and AL
SC with NC
KY, WV with IN
DC with VA
DE with MD
ME, NH, VT with MA

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Navaho

None reported for VT, RI, DE, DC, MS

Navaho (Census Bureau spelling) is the 27th most frequently spoken language with 178,000 speakers, over 51% in Arizona, 39% in NM, 5% in UT, the only states above average.

Combined:
HI with CA
AK with WA
OR and ID
MT, SD, and WY
NE and KS
IA, MN, ND, IL, and MO
MI, WI and OH
IN, AR, WV, TN, and KY
LA, FL, AL, MS and GA
VA, SC, and NC
MD, CT, NH, PA, MA, NH, ME, DE, DC, RI, VT and NY.

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Miao, Hmong

RI 3.

29th most frequently spoken language with 138,000 speakers.  18 States and DC report no speakers.   If a state has no reported speakers, it is blank on the map.  If it is part of a multi-state CD it will have an * unless it has the most speakers in the district.

Above average: CA, CO, MN, WI, MI, NC, RI
At average AK

Combined:
HI with CA
Southwest: TX and UT
Midwest: IN, MO, MT and IA
Southeast: FL and TN
Northeast: CT, VA, MD and NY

Not only are speakers localized in a few states, they are generally localized in a few
counties within the state, and census tracts within counties.

Counties with large numbers of Hmong speakers:

CA

Fresno 22,510 (3%)
Sacramento 16,535
Merced 6,075 (3%)
San Joaquin (Stockton) 5,935
Butte (Oroville) 2,735
Yuba (Marysville) 2,580 (4%)
San Diego 1,450
Tulare (Visalia) 1,110
Orange 995
Stanislaus (Modesto) 870
Amador (E Sacto suburbs) 722 (2%)
Riverside 722
Yolo (W Sacto suburbs) 556
Humboldt (Eureka-Arcata) 515
Glenn (N. Central Valley) 505 (2%)
Los Angeles 450

CO

Adams (N Denver suburbs) 2,390

GA

Barrow (extreme E Atlanta suburb) 335
DeKalb 335
Gwinnet 250

Barrow is just west of Athens.

KS

Wyandott (KCK) 995

MA

Worcester  (Fitchburg especially) 815

MI

Wayne (Detroit) 1,680
Oakland (N Detroit suburbs) 1,415
Macomb (N Detroit suburbs) 1,320
Ingham (Lansing) 690

MN

Ramsey (St.Paul) 25,485 (5%)
Census Tract 329, just east of the State Capital is about 2/3 Hmong speakers.
Hennepin (Minneapolis) 12, 660
Anoka (N MSP suburbs) 785
Washington (E MSP suburbs) 790
Olmsted (Rochester) 340

NC

Catawba (Hickory) 2,000
Burke (Morganton) 1,980 (2%)
Mecklenburg (Charlotte) 770

Catawba and Burke are midway between Asheville and Winston-Salem on I-40.

OR

Multnomah (Portland) 1,295

RI

Providence 945

Almost 1/2 in Census Tract 2 in southern Providence, just NE of Cranston.

SC

Spartanburg 885

WA

King (Seattle) 930
Spokane 535

WI

Milwaukee 7,565
Marathon (Wausau) 3,950 (3%)
Sheboygan 2,615 (2%)
Dane (Madison) 2,155
Brown (Green Bay) 2,585
Outagamie (Appleton) 2,145
La Crosse 1,855 (2%)
Winnebago (Oshkosh) 1,515
Eau Claire 1,415
Manitowoc 975 (Lake Michigan between Sheboygan and Door Peninsula)
Wood (Wisconsin Rapids) 560 (Central, S of Wausau)
Portage (Stevens Point) 545

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Do enough people claim to speak Cymraeg/Welsh for it show up?

2655 good enough for 124th place among the following:

Fijian
Chadic
Nilotic
Shoshoni
Basque
Welsh
Micronesian
Mongolian
Romany
Sudanic
Eskimo

Pretty broad distribution (32 states) and more than Scottich Gaelic (1605) and Breton (45).

415   California
230   Florida
210   New York
150   Washington
145   Ohio
145   New Jersey
135   Pennsylvania
115   Connecticut
95   Michigan
75   Texas
70   Virginia
60   Massachusetts
55   New Mexico
55   Georgia
55   Illinois
55   Colorado
45   Wisconsin
45   Missouri
40   Oregon
40   Tennessee
40   Louisiana
35   New Hampshire
35   Minnesota
35   Arizona
30   North Carolina
25   Rhode Island
25   Utah
25   Kansas
25   Maryland
20   Oklahoma
20   North Dakota
20   Vermont
15   Hawaii
10   Arkansas
4   Montana
4   Iowa