Arizona has most Indian language speakers (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Arizona has most Indian language speakers

Published: Dec. 11, 2011 at 7:49 PM
USA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Apache County in Arizona has 37,000
speakers of an American Indian language, the highest concentration in
the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau says.

A report by the bureau's American FactFinder said although the
majority of American Indian language speakers reside in areas where
there are concentrated populations of American Indians or Alaskan
indigenous peoples, only 5 percent of the residents of those areas
speak a tribal language.

Sixty-five percent of tribal language speakers live in just three
states -- Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico. Nine counties within the
three states contain half the nation's tribal language speakers, the
report said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/12/11/Arizona-has-most-Indian-language-speakers/UPI-82861323650994/#ixzz1gM3HQRxc