Primary Languages Spoken by People in
Illinois and Selected Counties, 2000
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
February 2005
Primary Language Spoken by People in the United States, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
Chinese
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
German
Tagalog
Vietnamese
Italian
Korean
Russian
Polish
Arabic
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
Japanese
French Creole
Other Indic languages
African languages
Other Asian languages
Greek
Other Indo-European languages
Hindi
Other Pacific Island languages
Persian
Other Slavic languages
Urdu
Other West Germanic languages
Gujarathi
Serbo-Croatian
Other Native North American languages
Armenian
Hebrew
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Yiddish
Navajo
Miao, Hmong
Scandinavian languages
Laotian
Other and unspecified languages
Thai
Hungarian
Totals:
By Age
Ages 5 - 17
18 and older
81.58%
82.24%
18.42%
17.76%
12.86%
10.16%
0.60%
0.81%
0.44%
0.67%
0.31%
0.58%
0.24%
0.52%
0.39%
0.38%
0.13%
0.45%
0.29%
0.35%
0.22%
0.28%
0.14%
0.28%
0.23%
0.23%
0.16%
0.23%
0.10%
0.20%
0.21%
0.16%
0.15%
0.17%
0.13%
0.17%
0.10%
0.17%
0.07%
0.16%
0.10%
0.13%
0.08%
0.13%
0.10%
0.13%
0.10%
0.12%
0.07%
0.13%
0.12%
0.10%
0.09%
0.10%
0.08%
0.09%
0.08%
0.09%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.11%
0.06%
0.07%
0.07%
0.08%
0.06%
0.16%
0.04%
0.03%
0.07%
0.07%
0.05%
0.04%
0.06%
0.03%
0.05%
0.01%
0.05%
100.00%
100.00%
All
82.11%
17.89%
10.71%
0.77%
0.63%
0.53%
0.47%
0.38%
0.38%
0.34%
0.27%
0.25%
0.23%
0.22%
0.18%
0.17%
0.17%
0.16%
0.15%
0.14%
0.12%
0.12%
0.12%
0.12%
0.11%
0.10%
0.10%
0.09%
0.09%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
0.06%
0.06%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.04%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in the State of Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
Polish
Chinese
German
Tagalog
Italian
Korean
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
Greek
Russian
Arabic
Other Indo-European languages
Urdu
Serbo-Croatian
Gujarathi
Other Slavic languages
Other Asian languages
Hindi
Other Indic languages
Vietnamese
Other and unspecified languages
Japanese
African languages
Scandinavian languages
Thai
Persian
Hebrew
Other West Germanic languages
Laotian
Hungarian
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
French Creole
Other Pacific Island languages
Yiddish
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Armenian
Other Native North American languages
Miao, Hmong
Navajo
Totals:
Ages 5 - 17
80.54%
19.46%
13.60%
1.15%
0.41%
0.27%
0.24%
0.16%
0.30%
0.30%
0.19%
0.23%
0.35%
0.21%
0.32%
0.19%
0.25%
0.11%
0.14%
0.09%
0.12%
0.13%
0.12%
0.09%
0.09%
0.02%
0.03%
0.04%
0.05%
0.03%
0.05%
0.02%
0.02%
0.03%
0.02%
0.01%
0.03%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
100.00%
By Age
18 and older
80.83%
19.17%
10.15%
1.73%
0.61%
0.62%
0.62%
0.53%
0.40%
0.37%
0.39%
0.35%
0.30%
0.30%
0.27%
0.27%
0.25%
0.27%
0.25%
0.18%
0.16%
0.15%
0.14%
0.15%
0.14%
0.06%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
All
80.77%
19.23%
10.86%
1.61%
0.57%
0.55%
0.54%
0.45%
0.38%
0.35%
0.35%
0.33%
0.31%
0.28%
0.28%
0.26%
0.25%
0.24%
0.23%
0.16%
0.15%
0.14%
0.14%
0.13%
0.13%
0.06%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in Cook County, Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
Polish
Chinese
Tagalog
Italian
Korean
Greek
Russian
Arabic
German
Other Indo-European languages
Serbo-Croatian
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
Urdu
Other Slavic languages
Gujarathi
Other Asian languages
Other and unspecified languages
African languages
Hindi
Japanese
Vietnamese
Other Indic languages
Hebrew
Thai
Persian
French Creole
Yiddish
Scandinavian languages
Hungarian
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
Other Pacific Island languages
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Armenian
Other West Germanic languages
Laotian
Other Native North American languages
Miao, Hmong
Navajo
Totals:
By Age
Ages 5 - 17
18 and older
68.29%
69.42%
31.71%
30.58%
22.62%
16.37%
2.26%
3.35%
0.59%
0.91%
0.36%
0.92%
0.22%
0.76%
0.49%
0.65%
0.35%
0.68%
0.35%
0.62%
0.62%
0.51%
0.15%
0.63%
0.35%
0.50%
0.34%
0.49%
0.31%
0.45%
0.46%
0.40%
0.17%
0.46%
0.39%
0.37%
0.19%
0.33%
0.26%
0.28%
0.18%
0.26%
0.11%
0.24%
0.15%
0.22%
0.20%
0.20%
0.13%
0.20%
0.10%
0.08%
0.06%
0.09%
0.06%
0.08%
0.07%
0.07%
0.02%
0.07%
0.01%
0.07%
0.02%
0.06%
0.02%
0.05%
0.03%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.01%
0.04%
0.02%
0.04%
0.03%
0.02%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
All
69.19%
30.81%
17.63%
3.13%
0.84%
0.81%
0.65%
0.61%
0.61%
0.56%
0.53%
0.53%
0.47%
0.46%
0.42%
0.41%
0.40%
0.37%
0.30%
0.28%
0.25%
0.21%
0.20%
0.20%
0.18%
0.09%
0.08%
0.07%
0.07%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in Grundy County, Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
German
Polish
Italian
Other Slavic languages
Scandinavian languages
Other Indic languages
Greek
Hungarian
Other Pacific Island languages
Russian
Japanese
Gujarathi
Chinese
Other and unspecified languages
Other Indo-European languages
Other West Germanic languages
Arabic
Persian
Serbo-Croatian
Other Native North American languages
Tagalog
Thai
African languages
Armenian
French Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Korean
Laotian
Miao, Hmong
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Navajo
Other Asian languages
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yiddish
Totals:
By Age
Ages 5 - 17
18 and older
95.04%
94.54%
4.96%
5.46%
4.05%
3.62%
0.33%
0.37%
0.08%
0.30%
0.00%
0.27%
0.00%
0.20%
0.29%
0.09%
0.00%
0.09%
0.00%
0.09%
0.04%
0.04%
0.00%
0.05%
0.00%
0.05%
0.09%
0.03%
0.00%
0.04%
0.00%
0.04%
0.00%
0.04%
0.04%
0.02%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.02%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.04%
0.00%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
All
94.64%
5.36%
3.71%
0.36%
0.25%
0.21%
0.16%
0.14%
0.07%
0.07%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in Kendall County, Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
German
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
Polish
Hindi
Hungarian
Other Indo-European languages
Other West Germanic languages
Tagalog
Italian
Greek
Russian
Laotian
Chinese
Thai
Other Slavic languages
Other Indic languages
Arabic
Gujarathi
Vietnamese
Serbo-Croatian
Other and unspecified languages
Scandinavian languages
Other Native North American languages
Other Asian languages
Armenian
African languages
French Creole
Hebrew
Japanese
Korean
Miao, Hmong
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Navajo
Other Pacific Island languages
Persian
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
Urdu
Yiddish
Totals:
Ages 5 - 17
90.79%
9.21%
7.51%
0.00%
0.10%
0.07%
0.17%
0.26%
0.21%
0.34%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.09%
0.21%
0.06%
0.15%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
By Age
18 and older
90.50%
9.50%
6.13%
0.67%
0.39%
0.34%
0.25%
0.21%
0.15%
0.10%
0.19%
0.15%
0.14%
0.10%
0.05%
0.10%
0.07%
0.09%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
All
90.57%
9.43%
6.45%
0.51%
0.32%
0.27%
0.23%
0.22%
0.16%
0.16%
0.15%
0.12%
0.10%
0.09%
0.09%
0.09%
0.09%
0.07%
0.05%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in Livingston County, Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
German
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
Arabic
Italian
Chinese
Other Asian languages
Scandinavian languages
Polish
Other West Germanic languages
Korean
Japanese
Other Indo-European languages
Other Pacific Island languages
Other and unspecified languages
Other Native North American languages
Other Slavic languages
Tagalog
Hungarian
African languages
Armenian
French Creole
Greek
Gujarathi
Hebrew
Hindi
Laotian
Miao, Hmong
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Navajo
Other Indic languages
Persian
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Thai
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yiddish
Totals:
By Age
Ages 5 - 17
18 and older
96.33%
96.46%
3.67%
3.54%
2.77%
2.26%
0.32%
0.49%
0.32%
0.15%
0.08%
0.12%
0.00%
0.09%
0.00%
0.08%
0.17%
0.03%
0.00%
0.06%
0.00%
0.05%
0.00%
0.04%
0.00%
0.04%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.03%
0.00%
0.02%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
All
96.44%
3.56%
2.36%
0.45%
0.19%
0.12%
0.07%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Primary Language Spoken by People in Will County, Illinois, 2000
Language
English
All languages other than English combined
Spanish or Spanish Creole
Polish
Tagalog
German
Italian
Chinese
Greek
Arabic
Urdu
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
Other Indo-European languages
Other Slavic languages
Korean
Serbo-Croatian
Other Asian languages
Hindi
African languages
Vietnamese
Other Indic languages
Gujarathi
Laotian
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
Persian
Other West Germanic languages
Scandinavian languages
Japanese
Thai
Hungarian
Russian
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
French Creole
Miao, Hmong
Hebrew
Other Pacific Island languages
Other and unspecified languages
Armenian
Other Native North American languages
Navajo
Yiddish
Totals:
By Age
Ages 5 - 17
18 and older
89.11%
87.70%
10.89%
12.30%
7.57%
6.86%
0.52%
0.82%
0.23%
0.60%
0.22%
0.50%
0.13%
0.44%
0.32%
0.29%
0.15%
0.30%
0.18%
0.22%
0.23%
0.19%
0.15%
0.21%
0.10%
0.18%
0.06%
0.18%
0.14%
0.15%
0.04%
0.16%
0.04%
0.15%
0.13%
0.12%
0.06%
0.14%
0.09%
0.08%
0.10%
0.08%
0.03%
0.09%
0.05%
0.08%
0.08%
0.06%
0.06%
0.06%
0.04%
0.05%
0.01%
0.05%
0.05%
0.03%
0.02%
0.04%
0.01%
0.04%
0.02%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
All
88.03%
11.97%
7.03%
0.75%
0.51%
0.43%
0.37%
0.29%
0.26%
0.21%
0.20%
0.20%
0.16%
0.15%
0.15%
0.13%
0.12%
0.12%
0.12%
0.09%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie
Percent of People whose Primary Language is Spanish in the United
States, State of Illinois, and Selected Illinois Counties, 2000
20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
U.S.
Illinois
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Cook
Grundy
Kendall
Livingston
Will
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
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Percent of People whose Primary Language is English in the United
States, State of Illinois, and Selected Illinois Counties, 2000
100%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
U.S.
Illinois
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Cook
Grundy
Kendall
Livingston
Will
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
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Non-English Languages Spoken in Will County, 2000
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
2%
Urdu
2%
Arabic
2%
Spanish or Spanish Creole
68%
Greek
3%
Chinese
3%
Italian
4%
German
4%
Tagalog
5%
Polish
7%
Source: Modern Language Association Language Map
Joliet Junior College
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
www.jjc.edu/admin/ie