Image: Bar Chart of Non-English Speakers in Cook County, Il (2015)
Description: 1.71M of Cook County, IL citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is higher than the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Cook County, IL was Spanish. 19.3% of the overall population of Cook County, IL are native Spanish speakers. 2.65% speak Polish and 1.18% speak Chinese, the next two most common languages. When compared to other counties, Cook County, IL has a relatively high number of residents that are native Polish speakers. In 2015, there were 138,938 native Polish speakers living in Cook County, IL, approximately 15.19 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.
Title: Bar Chart of Non-English Speakers in Cook County, Il (2015)
Credit: Interactive Visualization: Data USA Data Source: Census Bureau - ACS 5-year Estimate, Data Source: Census Bureau - ACS 1-year Estimate
Author: Datawheel
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