The number of communities required by law to help non-English-proficient people vote rose to 331 this year, up from 263 in 2016, the Census Bureau announced Wednesday.
The increase largely reflected the higher number of Hispanics in communities across the country who are eligible to vote but are not proficient in English.of states, counties and communities where populations of eligible voters not proficient in English are large enough to trigger protection under the federal Voting Rights Act that requires language help for such voters.
A total of 24,244,810 voting-age citizens live in the communities, a 22.3 percent increase from 2016. Most are Latino, about 20.4 million; 3.6 million are Asian American and 236,942 are American Indian and Alaska Native, the Census Bureau said.