Facts and Figures About States Where More Than Ten Percent of Rural Students Are Learning English


Last Updated: November 26, 2010
 

This article appeared in the November 2010 Rural Policy Matters.

Question: There are ten states in which more than 10% of rural students are learning English. What are the states?

Answer: In New Mexico, 33.8% of rural students are English Language Learners. The other nine states are California, where 26.7% of rural students are learning English, Arizona (24.3%); Texas (19.0%), Nevada (17.0%), Alaska (15.1%), Florida (14.0%), Washington (12.5%), and Colorado (11.1%).

Read more from the November 2010 Rural Policy Matters.