Languages in Oregon (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 Oregon
Oregon
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1VietnameseRussianGermanFrench2KoreanJapaneseOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog3Austronesian4ArabicOther Slavic5HindiAfro-Asiatic6Other AsianTai-Kadai7Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Persian88.922994%13.105530%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k0.772612%1.060159%0.772612%0.8%28,97529.0k0.643474%0.486855%0.643474%0.6%24,13224.1k0.570413%0.301383%0.570413%0.6%21,39221.4k0.385013%0.322889%0.385013%0.4%14,43914.4k0.292966%0.410100%0.292966%0.3%10,98711.0k0.269714%0.369818%0.269714%0.3%10,11510.1k0.267474%0.151584%0.267474%0.3%10,03110.0k0.256702%0.184459%0.256702%0.3%9,6270.256675%0.563118%0.256675%0.3%9,6260.242276%0.148193%0.242276%0.2%9,0860.229664%0.363857%0.229664%0.2%8,6130.198706%0.107336%0.198706%0.2%7,4520.165322%0.247020%0.165322%0.2%6,2000.161215%0.157348%0.161215%0.2%6,0460.147776%0.115549%0.147776%0.1%5,5420.119485%0.102331%0.119485%0.1%4,4810.106126%0.119832%0.106126%0.1%3,9800.105379%0.137532%0.105379%0.1%3,952

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 Oregon
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Oregon
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1HindiOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…JapaneseTagalog2Austronesian3ArabicPersian4SpanishRussianAfro-Asiatic5Other Slavic6KoreanNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Tai-Kadai7Chinese8Other AsianVietnamese-9.225016%-15.531691%-9.225016%9.2%90.774984%84.468309%90.774984%90.8%1,33213,10713.1k-12.815145%-20.435910%-12.815145%12.8%87.184855%79.564090%87.184855%87.2%1,4089,579-13.741935%-20.627763%-13.741935%13.7%86.258065%79.372237%86.258065%86.3%8525,348-28.794017%-30.386196%-28.794017%28.8%71.205983%69.613804%71.205983%71.2%2,7726,855-31.322899%-42.702223%-31.322899%31.3%68.677101%57.297777%68.677101%68.7%3,1426,889-31.529192%-31.875946%-31.529192%31.5%68.470808%68.124054%68.470808%68.5%3,0356,591-32.533568%-38.172642%-32.533568%32.5%67.466432%61.827358%67.466432%67.5%2,9566,130-36.096598%-37.405871%-36.096598%36.1%63.903402%62.594129%63.903402%63.9%3,1095,504-36.133603%-37.726176%-36.133603%36.1%63.866397%62.273824%63.866397%63.9%1,4282,524-40.851552%-41.560410%-40.851552%40.9%59.148448%58.439590%59.148448%59.1%136,704137k197,932198k-42.903889%-44.829344%-42.903889%42.9%57.096111%55.170656%57.096111%57.1%9,17812,21412.2k-43.929871%-43.845961%-43.929871%43.9%56.070129%56.154039%56.070129%56.1%2,6563,390-45.195921%-37.553415%-45.195921%45.2%54.804079%62.446585%54.804079%54.8%3,3684,084-48.106772%-54.055576%-48.106772%48.1%51.893228%45.944424%51.893228%51.9%4,8665,249-48.316583%-39.254822%-48.316583%48.3%51.683417%60.745178%51.683417%51.7%1,9232,057-48.672171%-49.973990%-48.672171%48.7%51.327829%50.026010%51.327829%51.3%2,1812,300-51.834340%-55.476722%-51.834340%51.8%48.165660%44.523278%48.165660%48.2%15,01915.0k13,95614.0k-53.085529%-54.251392%-53.085529%53.1%46.914471%45.748608%46.914471%46.9%2,9422,600-61.876347%-58.713636%-61.876347%61.9%38.123653%41.286364%38.123653%38.1%14,93214.9k9,200

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Oregon, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Oregon
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 West

There are 13 states in the West. This section compares Oregon to all of the states in the West and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Oregon.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#22

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Oregon, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain Oregon
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#CaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaArizonaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoUtahOregonWashingtonIdahoWyomingAlaskaHawaiiMontana28.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M128.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k221.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k320.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M413.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k59.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k68.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k78.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k87.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k94.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k103.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k111.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k121.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k13

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Oregon, 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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