50-State Comparison: English Learner Policies

50-State Comparison: English Learner Policies

Percentage and number of English learners

May 2020

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics. View the full 50-State Comparison: English Learner Policies here.
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Percentage and number of English learners
Alabama 3.5 percent
25,212
Alaska 12.1 percent
15,623
Arizona 8.1 percent
88,629
Arkansas 8.3 percent
39,836
California 19.2 percent
1,197,296
Colorado 11.9 percent
104,299
Connecticut 7.4 percent
38,089
Delaware 9.1 percent
12,296
District of Columbia 10.9 percent
8,145
Florida 10.1 percent
280,540
Georgia 6.6 percent
113,605
Hawaii 8.2 percent
14,773
Idaho 6.0 percent
17,849
Illinois 11.3 percent
217,790
Indiana 5.4 percent
55,607
Iowa 6.1 percent
29,473
Kansas 10.3 percent
49,238
Kentucky 3.9 percent
25,653
Louisiana 3.6 percent
25,060
Maine 3.3 percent
5,775
Maryland 9.2 percent
79,656
Massachusetts 10.0 percent
93,217
Michigan 6.6 percent
97,837
Minnesota 8.5 percent
73,203
Mississippi 2.7 percent
12,865
Missouri 3.8 percent
33,925
Montana 2.2 percent
3,191
Nebraska 7.6 percent
23,332
Nevada 17.1 percent
81,635
New Hampshire 2.8 percent
4,988
New Jersey 5.9 percent
79,574
New Mexico 16.3 percent
52,892
New York 9.2 percent
243,737
North Carolina 6.9 percent
105,801
North Dakota 3.4 percent
3,669
Ohio 3.2 percent
53,392
Oklahoma 8.0 percent
52,200
Oregon 8.8 percent
51,036
Pennsylvania 3.6 percent
61,724
Rhode Island 9.0 percent
12,620
South Carolina 6.1 percent
45,574
South Dakota 4.1 percent
5,452
Tennessee 4.6 percent
44,790
Texas 18.0 percent
926,325
Utah 7.1 percent
46,220
Vermont 2.2 percent
1,770
Virginia 9.1 percent
114,739
Washington 11.7 percent
127,777
West Virginia 0.8 percent
2,035
Wisconsin 6.2 percent
49,905
Wyoming 3.0 percent
2,839