Highlights of Ohio's linguistic diversity
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Posted: 03/04/2013
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By: Associated Press
Ohio faces cultural and linguistic challenges in trying to educate and market the state's new health insurance exchange to limited-English speakers and hard-to-reach populations.
Here are the most commonly spoken languages besides English for people over age 5 in the state:
Number of speakers Spoke English less than "Very Well"
Ohio Population Age 5: 10,734,806 and Older: 232,224
Spanish: 220,860/ 85,486
German 56,444/ 14,512
Chinese 31,106/ 15,584
French 31,081/ 7,724
Arabic 25,305/ 7,757
Pennsylvania Dutch 23,306/ 8,315
Italian 19,876/ 4,792
Russian 14,829/ 7,641
Greek 13,157/ 3,540
Hindi 12 ,458/ 2,093
Polish 11 ,533/ 3,551
Vietnamese 11,222/ 6,714
Source: U.S. Census, 2007 estimates.
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