Languages in Iowa (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 Iowa
Iowa
United States
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%CountSpanishGermanChinese1Serbo-CroatianVietnameseTai-Kadai2ArabicFrench3Other AsianDutch et al.4Swahili et al.53.905289%13.105530%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k0.417875%0.322889%0.417875%0.4%12,15912.2k0.398079%1.060159%0.398079%0.4%11,58311.6k0.307830%0.084315%0.307830%0.3%8,9570.266383%0.486855%0.266383%0.3%7,7510.208233%0.102331%0.208233%0.2%6,0590.200328%0.363857%0.200328%0.2%5,8290.167576%0.410100%0.167576%0.2%4,8760.154001%0.115549%0.154001%0.2%4,4810.139257%0.160191%0.139257%0.1%4,0520.125923%0.066985%0.125923%0.1%3,664

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 Iowa
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Iowa
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanDutch et al.1French2Swahili et al.3ArabicSpanishSerbo-CroatianTai-Kadai4Chinese5VietnameseOther Asian-18.537709%-15.531691%-18.537709%18.5%81.462291%84.468309%81.462291%81.5%2,2549,905-23.346496%-28.911377%-23.346496%23.3%76.653504%71.088623%76.653504%76.7%9463,106-31.193601%-20.435910%-31.193601%31.2%68.806399%79.564090%68.806399%68.8%1,5213,355-39.574236%-28.792915%-39.574236%39.6%60.425764%71.207085%60.425764%60.4%1,4502,214-39.663750%-37.405871%-39.663750%39.7%60.336250%62.594129%60.336250%60.3%2,3123,517-42.726145%-41.560410%-42.726145%42.7%57.273855%58.439590%57.273855%57.3%48,55148.6k65,08265.1k-43.195266%-37.391846%-43.195266%43.2%56.804734%62.608154%56.804734%56.8%3,8695,088-50.684932%-49.973990%-50.684932%50.7%49.315068%50.026010%49.315068%49.3%3,0712,988-61.875162%-55.476722%-61.875162%61.9%38.124838%44.523278%38.124838%38.1%7,1674,416-65.862469%-58.713636%-65.862469%65.9%34.137531%41.286364%34.137531%34.1%5,1052,646-77.839768%-54.251392%-77.839768%77.8%22.160232%45.748608%22.160232%22.2%3,488993

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Iowa, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Iowa
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 Iowa to all of the states in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Iowa.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#14

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Iowa, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain Iowa
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 Iowa, 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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