Table 3.  American Indian Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian
          Persons 5 Years and Over in Households:  1990

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Release date:  August 1995


(Data are estimates based on a sample)

United States                                     United   Region 
Region                                            States  Northeast

     American Indian languages...............    281,990      5,195

Algonquian languages.........................     12,887      1,106
Athapascan-Eyak languages....................    157,694        135
Caddoan languages............................        354          -
Central and South American Indian languages..        431         21
Haida........................................        110          -
Hokan languages..............................      2,430          9
Iroquoian languages..........................     12,046      2,290
Keres........................................      8,346         23
Muskogean languages..........................     13,772         33
Penutian languages...........................      8,190          -
Siouan languages.............................     19,683         85
Tanoan languages.............................      8,255          -
Tlingit......................................      1,088          -
Tonkawa......................................          3          -
Uto-Aztecan languages........................     23,493         22
Wakashan and Salish languages................      1,105          -
Yuchi........................................         65          -
Yuki.........................................          -          -
Unspecified American Indian languages........     12,038      1,471



Table 3.  American Indian Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian
          Persons 5 Years and Over in Households:  1990--Con.

(Data are estimates based on a sample)

United States                                       Region--Con.
Region                                           Midwest      South

     American Indian languages...............     23,618     29,466

Algonquian languages.........................      6,125      1,682
Athapascan-Eyak languages....................        565        945
Caddoan languages............................         74        228
Central and South American Indian languages..         59        300
Haida........................................          -          -
Hokan languages..............................          -          6
Iroquoian languages..........................        882      8,177
Keres........................................          6         56
Muskogean languages..........................        231     13,078
Penutian languages...........................          7         58
Siouan languages.............................     12,603        681
Tanoan languages.............................         82        849
Tlingit......................................          -          -
Tonkawa......................................          -          3
Uto-Aztecan languages........................        153        670
Wakashan and Salish languages................          -          -
Yuchi........................................          -         65
Yuki.........................................          -          -
Unspecified American Indian languages........      2,831      2,668



Table 3.  American Indian Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian
          Persons 5 Years and Over in Households:  1990--Con.

(Data are estimates based on a sample)

United States                                Region--Con.
Region                                              West

     American Indian languages...............    223,711

Algonquian languages.........................      3,974
Athapascan-Eyak languages....................    156,049
Caddoan languages............................         52
Central and South American Indian languages..         51
Haida........................................        110
Hokan languages..............................      2,415
Iroquoian languages..........................        697
Keres........................................      8,261
Muskogean languages..........................        430
Penutian languages...........................      8,125
Siouan languages.............................      6,314
Tanoan languages.............................      7,324
Tlingit......................................      1,088
Tonkawa......................................          -
Uto-Aztecan languages........................     22,648
Wakashan and Salish languages................      1,105
Yuchi........................................          -
Yuki.........................................          -
Unspecified American Indian languages........      5,068

NOTE:  The American Indian languages shown above are the major
languages.
More detailed languages are available from the report mentioned
below.

- Represents or rounds to zero.

Source:  Racial Statistics Branch
         Population Division
         Bureau of Census
         Washington, DC  20233

The data in this table are consistent with those published in
1990 CP-3-7, 1990 Census of Population, "Characteristics of
American Indians by Tribe and Language," issued July 1994.  The
report is available from the Government Printing Office (GPO) for
$51.00.  The GPO stock number for the report is 003-024-08700-6. 
The GPO telephone number is (202) 512-1800.

The Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF) 13, "Characteristics of
American Indians by Tribe and Language," can be ordered from the
Census Bureau's Customer Service Office on (301) 763-INFO(4636) or FAX
(301) 457-3842.  Also, a CD-ROM presenting these data will be
available from the Customer Services Office in Summer 1995.