| Table 6.14b. Facilities offering services
in sign language for the hearing impaired and in languages other than
English, by State or jurisdiction: 2011 Percent |
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| State or jurisdiction1 | Number of facilities |
Percent | ||||||||
| Sign language |
Any language other than English |
Language services provided by: | Languages provided by staff counselor2 | |||||||
| Total | Staff counselor only |
On-call interpreter only3 |
Both staff counselor and on-call interpreter |
Spanish | American Indian/Alaska Native language |
Other | ||||
| Total | 13,720 | 28.1 | 41.4 | 100.0 | 41.5 | 34.4 | 24.1 | 94.0 | 3.3 | 26.0 |
| Alabama | 147 | 45.6 | 31.3 | 100.0 | 19.6 | 78.3 | 2.2 | 100.0 | - - | 10.0 |
| Alaska | 76 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 50.0 |
| Arizona | 219 | 42.0 | 61.6 | 100.0 | 28.9 | 25.9 | 45.2 | 89.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 |
| Arkansas | 61 | 44.3 | 45.9 | 100.0 | 7.1 | 78.6 | 14.3 | 100.0 | - - | - - |
| California | 1,639 | 18.8 | 51.7 | 100.0 | 62.4 | 8.6 | 29.0 | 97.2 | 2.8 | 26.2 |
| Colorado | 448 | 17.6 | 31.0 | 100.0 | 64.0 | 5.8 | 30.2 | 97.7 | - - | 11.5 |
| Connecticut | 188 | 23.4 | 51.1 | 100.0 | 62.5 | 5.2 | 32.3 | 100.0 | - - | 35.2 |
| Delaware | 37 | 27.0 | 29.7 | 100.0 | 81.8 | - - | 18.2 | 100.0 | - - | 9.1 |
| District of Columbia | 36 | 22.2 | 30.6 | 100.0 | 63.6 | - - | 36.4 | 100.0 | - - | 36.4 |
| Fed. of Micronesia | 1 | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Florida | 617 | 35.5 | 50.2 | 100.0 | 51.3 | 20.0 | 28.7 | 98.4 | 0.4 | 33.5 |
| Georgia | 249 | 25.7 | 30.5 | 100.0 | 26.3 | 57.9 | 15.8 | 100.0 | - - | 18.8 |
| Guam | 5 | - - | 40.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | - - | 50.0 | 50.0 | - - | 100.0 |
| Hawaii | 119 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 100.0 | 23.1 | 61.5 | 15.4 | 80.0 | - - | 60.0 |
| Idaho | 103 | 10.7 | 19.4 | 100.0 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 20.0 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 30.8 |
| Illinois | 638 | 18.3 | 44.8 | 100.0 | 48.6 | 26.6 | 24.8 | 90.0 | - - | 36.7 |
| Indiana | 274 | 34.7 | 39.4 | 100.0 | 23.1 | 58.3 | 18.5 | 91.1 | - - | 20.0 |
| Iowa | 126 | 27.8 | 36.5 | 100.0 | 6.5 | 58.7 | 34.8 | 100.0 | - - | 10.5 |
| Kansas | 220 | 18.2 | 25.9 | 100.0 | 28.1 | 59.6 | 12.3 | 100.0 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Kentucky | 318 | 50.6 | 53.8 | 100.0 | 6.4 | 87.1 | 6.4 | 100.0 | - - | 13.6 |
| Louisiana | 143 | 18.9 | 11.2 | 100.0 | 6.3 | 81.3 | 12.5 | 100.0 | - - | - - |
| Maine | 213 | 47.4 | 31.9 | 100.0 | 11.8 | 79.4 | 8.8 | 42.9 | 7.1 | 85.7 |
| Maryland | 349 | 16.0 | 28.4 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 37.4 | 29.3 | 93.5 | - - | 27.4 |
| Massachusetts | 322 | 32.0 | 55.3 | 100.0 | 43.8 | 20.2 | 36.0 | 96.5 | - - | 50.0 |
| Michigan | 494 | 38.7 | 37.7 | 100.0 | 13.4 | 62.9 | 23.7 | 76.8 | 4.3 | 59.4 |
| Minnesota | 315 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 100.0 | 22.4 | 67.2 | 10.4 | 68.2 | 9.1 | 36.4 |
| Mississippi | 98 | 27.6 | 19.4 | 100.0 | - - | 89.5 | 10.5 | 100.0 | - - | 50.0 |
| Missouri | 289 | 56.4 | 47.8 | 100.0 | 2.2 | 90.6 | 7.2 | 100.0 | 7.7 | 23.1 |
| Montana | 57 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 100.0 | 29.4 | 47.1 | 23.5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | - - |
| Nebraska | 123 | 34.1 | 42.3 | 100.0 | 1.9 | 71.2 | 26.9 | 100.0 | - - | 26.7 |
| Nevada | 82 | 8.5 | 36.6 | 100.0 | 63.3 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 | - - | 8.3 |
| New Hampshire | 54 | 22.2 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 44.4 | 16.7 | 38.9 | 86.7 | - - | 60.0 |
| New Jersey | 361 | 14.4 | 36.8 | 100.0 | 63.9 | 14.3 | 21.8 | 95.6 | - - | 30.7 |
| New Mexico | 145 | 14.5 | 65.5 | 100.0 | 64.2 | 6.3 | 29.5 | 76.4 | 38.2 | 9.0 |
| New York | 942 | 15.7 | 48.4 | 100.0 | 65.8 | 8.6 | 25.7 | 96.2 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| North Carolina | 436 | 20.9 | 30.7 | 100.0 | 35.1 | 43.3 | 21.6 | 97.4 | - - | 14.5 |
| North Dakota | 58 | 20.7 | 13.8 | 100.0 | - - | 87.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | - - | - - |
| Ohio | 373 | 56.3 | 46.1 | 100.0 | 8.7 | 76.2 | 15.1 | 92.7 | - - | 34.1 |
| Oklahoma | 197 | 33.5 | 30.5 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 68.3 | 16.7 | 94.7 | 10.5 | 21.1 |
| Oregon | 235 | 49.8 | 52.3 | 100.0 | 31.7 | 39.8 | 28.5 | 93.2 | 8.1 | 16.2 |
| Palau | 1 | - - | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | - - | - - | - - | - - | 100.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 578 | 20.6 | 26.0 | 100.0 | 56.7 | 25.3 | 18.0 | 92.9 | - - | 25.9 |
| Puerto Rico | 152 | 8.6 | 95.4 | 100.0 | 91.0 | - - | 9.0 | 100.0 | - - | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 59 | 30.5 | 57.6 | 100.0 | 38.2 | 23.5 | 38.2 | 88.5 | - - | 53.8 |
| South Carolina | 105 | 49.5 | 62.9 | 100.0 | 18.2 | 53.0 | 28.8 | 100.0 | - - | 3.2 |
| South Dakota | 58 | 39.7 | 43.1 | 100.0 | 16.0 | 80.0 | 4.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | - - |
| Tennessee | 208 | 54.8 | 53.8 | 100.0 | 2.7 | 85.7 | 11.6 | 100.0 | - - | 6.3 |
| Texas | 475 | 30.7 | 47.2 | 100.0 | 53.1 | 19.6 | 27.2 | 98.3 | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Utah | 145 | 35.9 | 50.3 | 100.0 | 28.8 | 16.4 | 54.8 | 100.0 | - - | 27.9 |
| Vermont | 42 | 57.1 | 38.1 | 100.0 | - - | 87.5 | 12.5 | 100.0 | - - | 50.0 |
| Virgin Islands | 3 | - - | 33.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | - - | - - | 100.0 | - - | - - |
| Virginia | 213 | 37.6 | 34.7 | 100.0 | 18.9 | 41.9 | 39.2 | 62.8 | - - | 55.8 |
| Washington | 453 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 100.0 | 31.5 | 41.8 | 26.7 | 89.4 | 2.4 | 23.5 |
| West Virginia | 96 | 32.3 | 11.5 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 54.5 | 18.2 | 100.0 | - - | - - |
| Wisconsin | 265 | 39.2 | 35.5 | 100.0 | 13.8 | 78.7 | 7.4 | 90.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 |
| Wyoming | 60 | 40.0 | 36.7 | 100.0 | 9.1 | 68.2 | 22.7 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 42.9 |
| 1 Facilities operated by Federal agencies are included in the States in which the facilities are located. | ||||||||||
| 2 Percentages of facilities based on facilities where languages services are provided by staff counselors only and by both staff counselors and on-call interpreters. | ||||||||||
| 3 Facilities that offered services in any language other than English but did not have a valid response to language provider were classified as providing services by an on-call interpreter only. | ||||||||||
| - - Quantity is zero. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2011. | ||||||||||