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Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) recently released a 47-page report on Hawaii’s non-English speaking population. The report, based on information collected by the U.S. Census and American Community Survey data collected from 2010 to 2014, investigated residents age five and older who can speak a language other than English.

According to the American Community Survey data, around one-in-four people in Hawaii spoke a language other than English at home—a figure higher than the national average of 21%. However, considering that Hawaii is the most ethnically diverse state in the U.S., a 4.4% difference was less than the DBEDT expected.

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Access the report at http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/reports_studies/non-english-speaking-population-in-hawaii/