Languages in Indiana (State)

Language Spoken At Home#1

Percentage of the total population living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and Indiana
Indiana
United States
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%CountSpanishGermanChinese1Dutch et al.2Other AsianFrench3ArabicTagalog4HindiKoreanVietnameseWestern African4.626104%13.105530%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k0.519794%0.322889%0.519794%0.5%32,06932.1k0.435137%1.060159%0.435137%0.4%26,84626.8k0.420533%0.160191%0.420533%0.4%25,94525.9k0.201246%0.115549%0.201246%0.2%12,41612.4k0.182412%0.410100%0.182412%0.2%11,25411.3k0.176107%0.363857%0.176107%0.2%10,86510.9k0.121597%0.563118%0.121597%0.1%7,5020.116070%0.247020%0.116070%0.1%7,1610.114903%0.369818%0.114903%0.1%7,0890.108760%0.486855%0.108760%0.1%6,7100.100153%0.153965%0.100153%0.1%6,179

Speaking English 'Very Well'#2

Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and Indiana
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Indiana
50%0%50%Don'tDoHindiWestern AfricanGermanFrench1Tagalog2Dutch et al.3ArabicSpanishKoreanChinese4VietnameseOther Asian-17.595308%-20.627763%-17.595308%17.6%82.404692%79.372237%82.404692%82.4%1,2605,901-19.566273%-22.479560%-19.566273%19.6%80.433727%77.520440%80.433727%80.4%1,2094,970-20.334279%-15.531691%-20.334279%20.3%79.665721%84.468309%79.665721%79.7%6,52125,54825.5k-24.435756%-20.435910%-24.435756%24.4%75.564244%79.564090%75.564244%75.6%2,7508,504-28.579046%-31.875946%-28.579046%28.6%71.420954%68.124054%71.420954%71.4%2,1445,358-30.179225%-28.911377%-30.179225%30.2%69.820775%71.088623%69.820775%69.8%7,83018,11518.1k-40.561436%-37.405871%-40.561436%40.6%59.438564%62.594129%59.438564%59.4%4,4076,458-41.197225%-41.560410%-41.197225%41.2%58.802775%58.439590%58.802775%58.8%117,581118k167,829168k-52.080688%-54.055576%-52.080688%52.1%47.919312%45.944424%47.919312%47.9%3,6923,397-56.906057%-55.476722%-56.906057%56.9%43.093943%44.523278%43.093943%43.1%15,27715.3k11,56911.6k-59.761550%-58.713636%-59.761550%59.8%40.238450%41.286364%40.238450%40.2%4,0102,700-72.688466%-54.251392%-72.688466%72.7%27.311534%45.748608%27.311534%27.3%9,0253,391

Language by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares Indiana to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Indiana.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Indiana, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Indiana
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasCaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaFloridaArizonaNew JerseyNew YorkIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoRhode IslandConnecticutUtahOregonMassachusettsWashingtonIdahoGeorgiaKansasMarylandNorth CarolinaN CarolinaNebraskaDelawareVirginiaOklahomaArkansasWyomingPennsylvaniaIndianaWisconsinSouth CarolinaS CarolinaTennesseeIowaMinnesotaLouisianaAlaskaAlabamaMichiganKentuckyMissouriMississippiOhioNew HampshireSouth DakotaHawaiiNorth DakotaMontanaWest VirginiaVermontMaine29.512011%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M128.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M228.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k321.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k420.892141%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M520.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M615.926284%15.926284%15.9%1,335,7291.34M715.032768%15.032768%15.0%2,785,0812.79M813.232963%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M913.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k1011.632811%11.632811%11.6%116,296116k1111.517761%11.517761%11.5%391,576392k129.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k138.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k148.603765%8.603765%8.6%548,794549k158.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k167.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k177.935208%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k187.538962%7.538962%7.5%203,505204k197.452966%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k207.396109%7.396109%7.4%690,417690k217.362800%7.362800%7.4%128,899129k226.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k236.800564%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k246.800514%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k255.141835%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k264.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k274.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k284.626104%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k294.590155%4.590155%4.6%248,533249k304.419025%4.419025%4.4%200,761201k313.926162%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k323.905289%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k333.817511%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k343.615292%3.615292%3.6%156,774157k353.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k363.249851%3.249851%3.2%147,816148k372.925168%2.925168%2.9%273,083273k382.573243%2.573243%2.6%106,467106k392.509444%2.509444%2.5%142,678143k402.404747%2.404747%2.4%67,25667.3k412.206979%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k422.092448%2.092448%2.1%26,42426.4k432.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k441.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k451.612284%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k461.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k471.041404%1.041404%1.0%18,16418.2k481.036265%1.036265%1.0%6,175490.902214%0.902214%0.9%11,41111.4k50

Language by State in the Midwest

There are 12 states in the Midwest. This section compares Indiana to all of the states in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Indiana.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#15

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Indiana, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain Indiana
0%5%10%Count#IllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesKansasNebraskaIndianaWisconsinIowaMinnesotaMichiganMissouriOhioSouth DakotaNorth Dakota13.232963%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M113.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M7.538962%7.538962%7.5%203,505204k27.362800%7.362800%7.4%128,899129k34.626104%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k44.590155%4.590155%4.6%248,533249k53.905289%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k63.817511%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k72.925168%2.925168%2.9%273,083273k82.509444%2.509444%2.5%142,678143k92.206979%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k102.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k111.612284%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k12

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Indiana, and the extent to which the report speaking English. All data are based on survey responses and were not verified in any other way. A full list of the languages recognized in the survey is as follows:

  • Armenian, Austronesian (including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian), Arabic, Afro-Asiatic (including Amharic, Somali), Bengali, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), Dutch et al. (including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch), Dravidian languages (including Malayalam, Kannada), French (including Cajun), German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Hmong, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, Navajo, Other Slavic (including Ukrainian), Other Indo-European languages, Other Asian, Other Native American, Other, Portuguese, Polish, Persian (including Farsi, Dari), Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili et al. (or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), Telugu, Tamil, Tai-Kadai (including Thai, Lao), Tagalog (including Filipino), Urdu, Vietnamese, and Western African

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