Linguistic Isolation in South Carolina
A linguistically isolated household is one in which no member 14 years old and over:
- speaks only English, or
- speaks a non-English language and speaks English "very well."
In other words, all members 14 years old and over have at least some difficulty with English.
Of the 113,866 households in South Carolina that spoke a language other than English in 2000, 14.0 percent (15,889 households) were linguistically isolated.
Linguistic Isolation of Households: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| Total Households | 1,534,334 | 100.0 | 105,539,122 | 100.0 |
| Speak English | 1,420,468 | 92.6 | 85,633,619 | 81.1 |
| Speak Spanish | 60,628 | 4.0 | 10,771,168 | 10.2 |
| Linguistically Isolated | 9,714 | 16.0 | 2,571,597 | 23.9 |
| Not Linguistically Isolated | 50,914 | 84.0 | 8,199,571 | 76.1 |
| Speak Indo-European Language | 37,748 | 2.5 | 5,509,602 | 5.2 |
| Linguistically Isolated | 2,799 | 7.4 | 855,080 | 15.5 |
| Not Linguistically Isolated | 34,949 | 92.6 | 4,654,522 | 84.5 |
| Speak Asian or Pacific Island Language | 12,489 | 0.8 | 2,755,826 | 2.6 |
| Linguistically Isolated | 3,015 | 24.1 | 804,731 | 29.2 |
| Not Linguistically Isolated | 9,474 | 75.9 | 1,951,095 | 70.8 |
| Speak Other Language | 3,001 | 0.2 | 868,907 | 0.8 |
| Linguistically Isolated | 361 | 12.0 | 130,230 | 15.0 |
| Not Linguistically Isolated | 2,640 | 88.0 | 738,677 | 85.0 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table P20.