Illinois State Board of Education
Public School Bilingual Census
1984-92
|
Language
|
84-85
|
85-86
|
86-87
|
87-88
|
88-89
|
89-90
|
90-91
|
91-92
|
|
1
|
Spanish
|
39,914
|
43,237
|
43,551
|
44,704
|
46,614
|
55,097
|
59,489
|
65,820
|
|
2
|
Polish
|
832
|
975
|
1,085
|
1,231
|
1,344
|
1,886
|
2,703
|
3,287
|
|
3
|
Urdu
|
453
|
565
|
589
|
680
|
726
|
933
|
1,103
|
1,313
|
|
4
|
Arabic
|
1,192
|
1,303
|
1,181
|
1,142
|
1,265
|
1,546
|
1,687
|
1,757
|
|
5
|
Serb/Croat/Bosnian
|
233
|
247
|
250
|
279
|
267
|
311
|
297
|
352
|
|
6
|
Gujarati
|
470
|
514
|
564
|
635
|
735
|
900
|
1,010
|
1,019
|
|
7
|
Korean
|
1,167
|
1,290
|
1,245
|
1,326
|
1,361
|
1,497
|
1,463
|
1,526
|
|
8
|
Cantonese
|
789
|
917
|
897
|
855
|
807
|
930
|
959
|
1,040
|
|
9
|
Vietnamese
|
1,037
|
1,036
|
942
|
942
|
880
|
994
|
1,075
|
1,280
|
|
10
|
Russian
|
124
|
118
|
83
|
70
|
136
|
532
|
678
|
851
|
|
11
|
Pilipino
|
487
|
564
|
649
|
674
|
710
|
869
|
853
|
972
|
|
12
|
Assyrian
|
795
|
789
|
696
|
643
|
673
|
781
|
708
|
682
|
|
13
|
Japanese
|
449
|
495
|
537
|
622
|
773
|
798
|
860
|
781
|
|
14
|
Romanian
|
307
|
392
|
347
|
396
|
413
|
545
|
691
|
797
|
|
15
|
Mandarin
|
160
|
194
|
203
|
177
|
249
|
328
|
446
|
500
|
|
16
|
Lao
|
933
|
809
|
875
|
885
|
765
|
726
|
656
|
562
|
|
17
|
Albanian
|
75
|
62
|
98
|
127
|
138
|
143
|
153
|
154
|
|
18
|
Hindi
|
291
|
322
|
304
|
308
|
285
|
325
|
318
|
312
|
|
19
|
Cambodian
|
816
|
915
|
762
|
681
|
624
|
598
|
551
|
522
|
|
20
|
Bulgarian
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
19
|
59
|
|
21
|
Malayalam
|
97
|
100
|
115
|
105
|
123
|
133
|
172
|
185
|
|
22
|
Greek
|
846
|
795
|
739
|
674
|
610
|
662
|
613
|
533
|
|
23
|
Ukrainian
|
18
|
20
|
24
|
21
|
25
|
35
|
71
|
82
|
|
24
|
Italian
|
681
|
673
|
719
|
629
|
518
|
580
|
539
|
497
|
|
25
|
French
|
121
|
133
|
148
|
115
|
104
|
115
|
116
|
121
|
|
26
|
Panjabi
|
68
|
70
|
59
|
53
|
54
|
61
|
81
|
100
|
|
27
|
German
|
202
|
205
|
189
|
184
|
166
|
154
|
160
|
144
|
|
28
|
Lithuanian
|
7
|
15
|
14
|
9
|
11
|
17
|
21
|
40
|
|
29
|
Thai
|
122
|
115
|
119
|
97
|
152
|
146
|
147
|
173
|
|
30
|
Haitian Creole
|
161
|
185
|
164
|
178
|
101
|
102
|
182
|
197
|
|
31
|
Portuguese
|
44
|
60
|
63
|
95
|
89
|
90
|
114
|
122
|
|
32
|
Telugu (Telegu)
|
26
|
21
|
24
|
23
|
34
|
44
|
48
|
55
|
|
Other
|
1,029
|
1,203
|
1,207
|
1,258
|
1,284
|
1,322
|
1,308
|
1,343
|
|
Total
|
53,947
|
58,327
|
58,430
|
59,810
|
62,032
|
73,185
|
79,291
|
87,178
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chicago
|
34,700
|
37,685
|
39,968
|
36,919
|
37,395
|
44,955
|
46,003
|
50,693
|
|
Downstate
|
19,247
|
20,642
|
18,462
|
22,891
|
24,637
|
28,230
|
33,288
|
36,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By County:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cook
|
42,205
|
45,797
|
45,552
|
45,986
|
47,575
|
57,418
|
60,457
|
66,641
|
|
Suburban Cook
|
7,505
|
8,112
|
5,584
|
9,067
|
10,180
|
12,463
|
14,454
|
15,948
|
|
Kane
|
3,876
|
4,261
|
4,435
|
5,341
|
5,374
|
5,655
|
6,719
|
7,155
|
|
DuPage
|
2,095
|
2,194
|
2,396
|
2,541
|
2,616
|
3,145
|
3,714
|
4,019
|
|
Lake
|
2,312
|
2,497
|
2,501
|
2,575
|
2,960
|
3,376
|
4,253
|
4,462
|
|
Will
|
840
|
950
|
861
|
830
|
869
|
785
|
939
|
1,161
|
|
Other
|
2,619
|
2,628
|
2,685
|
2,537
|
2,638
|
2,806
|
3,209
|
3,740
|
Public School Bilingual Census
1992-1999
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