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TextLanguages Spoken at Home by Fairfax County Elementary Students
Introduction
The 2008 American Community Survey conducted by
the U.S. Census Bureau indicated that 35 percent of Fairfax County’s
residents age five years and older spoke a language other than
English at home. Fairfax County Public Schools information
indicates that 44 percent of all elementary school students spoke a
language other than English at home as of May 2009. These
households containing elementary students who speak languages other
than English at home form a very diverse group with more
than 100 different languages being spoken.
Not all households which speak a language other than English contain members who are immigrants. Data from the 2000 Census indicate that 83 percent of the households that spoke a language other than English at home had at least one member who was an immigrant. However, all of the household members were native-born citizens in 17 percent of these households.
These language maps depict the geographic distribution of Fairfax County elementary students who speak languages other than English at home. Only data for elementary school students are used in these analyses because the secondary schools have different geographic boundaries from which they draw students. Due to the large number of languages spoken in Fairfax County only selected languages are shown.
All Maps are in PDF Format
- Elementary School Students Who Speak a Language Other Than English at Home
- Elementary School Students Who Speak a Language of Western, Central or Southern Africa
- Elementary School Students Who Speak an Afro-Asiatic Language
- Elementary School Students Who Speak an Indo-Iranian Language
- Elementary School Students Who Speak a Dravidian Language
- Elementary School Students Who Speak a Language of Eastern Asia or Oceania
- Elementary School Students Who Speak a Language of Central/Eastern Europe or Eurasia
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