In 2006, 15.2 percent of residents in Washtenaw County spoke a language other than English at home, an increase of 2 percentage points over the past six years. Within the city of Ann Arbor, those numbers are even higher – 22.8 percent of residents don’t speak English at home. The county’s Asian population is seeing the largest growth, increasing 8.1 percent from 2000 to 2006. In Ann Arbor, Asians account for 17.4 percent of the total population, up from 13 percent in 2000. In Ann Arbor elementary schools alone, about 1,200 students are eligible for English-as-a-second-language support, while many others speak English well but live in homes where languages other than English are spoken. Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers, MyLabSchool Edition (4th Edition)

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