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Native Speakers Worldwide

9,000-11,000

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The Mississippi Band of Choctaws has around 5,000 fluent speakers in seven small communities scattered throughout the state (the tribal headquarters is in Philadelphia, Mississippi). The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma counts at least 4,000 speakers among its more than 20,000 members, most of them middle-aged or elderly.

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2008

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Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana

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28,500

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2010

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34.1472,-94.81

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9,000-11,000

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2007

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Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Lousisiana

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2010

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31.6822,-92.1252; 32.7713,-89.1163; 34.1472,-94.81

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11,400

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120,400

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The number for the ethnic population includes "111,400 in Oklahoma (1998 Choctaw Language Department, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma).

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2009

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USA;

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Oklahoma

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Oklahoma

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10,400

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10,400 (2010 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 20,000 (Golla 2007).

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2016

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USA: Louisiana; Mississippi; Oklahoma; Tennessee.

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2005

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32.25,-88.5

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