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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2014 Dec 10;312(22):2405–2407. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.15444

Figure. 2013 Applicants With at Least Self-rated Advanced Proficiency in a Non-English Language in the United States.

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The data presented in this figure are from the US Census Bureau.1 The following categories, which were among the top 25 languages, were excluded: other Indic languages, African languages, other Asian, other Indo-European, other Pacific, and other Slavic. LEP indicates limited English proficiency.

aIncludes Cantonese, Mandarin, and other dialects.

bRefers to all LEP speakers in the United States; therefore, in 2013, there were 105 applicants with at least advanced proficiency in any non-English language for every 100 000 LEP speakers.

cThe US Census Bureau combines both Spanish and Spanish Creole.