In 1990, there were 5,264 persons over 5 years of age who spoke
the Hopi language at home.
989 of them were 5 to 17 years old.
3,309 of them were 18 to 54 years old.
388 of them were 55 to 64 years old.
578 of them were 65 years and older.
The vast majority of these people live in Arizona, with small numbers
in Utah and New Mexico.
Hopi is classified as a Uto-Aztecan language.
Caution: Remember! This information was gathered by the U.S. government,
so don't expect it to be accurate. Not only is it a difficult task
to take a census for a country as large as the U.S., the
"qualifications" for being counted as an Indian are set by the
government, not the Indians. There is also the possibility that the
Hopi--who tend to be the most indepedence-minded of the Indians
within the U.S.--made a personal decision to refuse to fill out
their census form.
Pilamaya,
Michael Pipe Jr.