Boston's top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010

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Boston's top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010

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Title:
Boston's top 6 foreign languages spoken at home, 2010
Description:
A single map compares the distribution of six major languages other than English spoken in individual households throughout the city. These languages are Spanish, Chinese, French (Haitian) Creole, Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Italian. For all of Boston, approximately 36% of the total population speaks a language other than English, compared to 26% in 1990. The highest percentages are found in East Boston (68.5%), Dorchester (41.6%) and Roslindale (40.6%). In Boston Public Schools, 47% of the students speak a language other than English as their first language, while English Language Learner students speak more than 85 different languages as their home language.
Cartographer:
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Name on Item:
prepared by BRA Office of Digital Cartography & GIS
Date:
[2014]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Language and languages--Maps
Linguistic demography--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map : color ; 83 x 67 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston : Boston Redevelopment Authority
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:25,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Shows tracts where 10% or more of adults speak at home Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Portuguese, French Creole or Italian.
Maps created for a 2014 exhibition at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "City of Neighborhoods: The Changing Face of Boston" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2014.
Identifier:
06_01_014898
Call #:
G3764.B6E3 2010 .B67
Barcode:
39999065707364