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700K Arizonans speak English less than "very well"

Updated: Monday, 04 Mar 2013, 4:01 PM EST
Published : Monday, 04 Mar 2013, 4:01 PM EST

The Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona faces cultural and linguistic challenges in trying to educate the public about the federal health care overhaul and in marketing the changes to limited-English speakers and hard-to-reach populations.

More than 1.6 million people in Arizona age 5 and older speak a language besides English, and about 700,000 of them say they speak English less than "very well."

Here are the most commonly spoken languages besides English in the state:

	Number of speakers	Spoke English less than "Very Well"
Arizona resident over the age of 5 who speak language besides English	1,627,805	706,415
Spanish	1,267,440	597,776
Navajo	88,251	21,154
Chinese	20,940	11,070
Vietnamese	16,670	10,837
Arabic	12,708	5,143
Tagalog	16,252	4,590
Korean	8,726	4,491
Russian	8,495	3,819
Serbo-Croatian	6,557	3,044
German	22,406	2,898

' Source: U.S. Census.

Health overhaul: Arizona language diversity

700K Arizonans speak English less than "very well"

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