{"id":254,"date":"2021-03-24T03:31:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T03:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2021-11-21T14:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T19:27:23","slug":"language-diversity-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/language-diversity-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Diversity Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LDI.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LDI.png 959w, https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LDI-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LDI-768x475.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><figcaption>Based on 2019 US Census Data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>State<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>LDI<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alabama<\/td><td>0.103<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alaska<\/td><td>0.292<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arizona<\/td><td>0.427<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arkansas<\/td><td>0.142<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>California<\/td><td>0.604<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colorado<\/td><td>0.295<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Connecticut<\/td><td>0.381<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Delaware<\/td><td>0.242<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>District of Columbia<\/td><td>0.306<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Florida<\/td><td>0.454<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Georgia<\/td><td>0.255<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hawaii<\/td><td>0.447<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Idaho<\/td><td>0.199<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Illinois<\/td><td>0.391<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indiana<\/td><td>0.165<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Iowa<\/td><td>0.157<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kansas<\/td><td>0.217<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kentucky<\/td><td>0.109<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Louisiana<\/td><td>0.152<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maine<\/td><td>0.117<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maryland<\/td><td>0.336<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Massachusetts<\/td><td>0.410<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michigan<\/td><td>0.184<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Minnesota<\/td><td>0.222<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mississippi<\/td><td>0.077<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Missouri<\/td><td>0.121<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Montana<\/td><td>0.081<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nebraska<\/td><td>0.210<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nevada<\/td><td>0.470<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New Hampshire<\/td><td>0.153<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New Jersey<\/td><td>0.500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New 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