Languages in Virginia (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 Virginia
Virginia
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1KoreanVietnameseArabicTagalog2Afro-Asiatic3French4UrduPersian5GermanHindiWestern AfricanTeluguRussianNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…BengaliOther AsianTamil6.800564%13.105530%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k0.735150%1.060159%0.735150%0.7%57,34257.3k0.700291%0.369818%0.700291%0.7%54,62354.6k0.648740%0.486855%0.648740%0.6%50,60250.6k0.646266%0.363857%0.646266%0.6%50,40950.4k0.591035%0.563118%0.591035%0.6%46,10146.1k0.421664%0.157348%0.421664%0.4%32,89032.9k0.411267%0.410100%0.411267%0.4%32,07932.1k0.394908%0.150236%0.394908%0.4%30,80330.8k0.376075%0.137532%0.376075%0.4%29,33429.3k0.354101%0.322889%0.354101%0.4%27,62027.6k0.328831%0.247020%0.328831%0.3%25,64925.6k0.274370%0.153965%0.274370%0.3%21,40121.4k0.251665%0.107702%0.251665%0.3%19,63019.6k0.211973%0.301383%0.211973%0.2%16,53416.5k0.199717%0.119832%0.199717%0.2%15,57815.6k0.185063%0.184459%0.185063%0.2%14,43514.4k0.158794%0.098833%0.158794%0.2%12,38612.4k0.153371%0.115549%0.153371%0.2%11,96312.0k0.128051%0.079915%0.128051%0.1%9,988
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Amharic, Somali 4including Cajun 5including Farsi, Dari

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 Virginia
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Virginia
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanTeluguHindiTamilFrench1Western AfricanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog2UrduRussianBengaliArabicPersian3Afro-Asiatic4Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Other AsianSpanishChinese5KoreanVietnamese-12.697321%-15.531691%-12.697321%12.7%87.302679%84.468309%87.302679%87.3%3,50724,11324.1k-15.853286%-20.753820%-15.853286%15.9%84.146714%79.246180%84.146714%84.1%3,11216,51816.5k-16.495770%-20.627763%-16.495770%16.5%83.504230%79.372237%83.504230%83.5%4,23121,41821.4k-16.990388%-18.305481%-16.990388%17.0%83.009612%81.694519%83.009612%83.0%1,6978,291-20.465102%-20.435910%-20.465102%20.5%79.534898%79.564090%79.534898%79.5%6,56525,51425.5k-20.793421%-22.479560%-20.793421%20.8%79.206579%77.520440%79.206579%79.2%4,45016,95117.0k-23.927953%-30.386196%-23.927953%23.9%76.072047%69.613804%76.072047%76.1%3,45410,98111.0k-28.292228%-31.875946%-28.292228%28.3%71.707772%68.124054%71.707772%71.7%13,04313.0k33,05833.1k-30.824920%-29.427823%-30.824920%30.8%69.175080%70.572177%69.175080%69.2%9,49521,30821.3k-32.157978%-44.829344%-32.157978%32.2%67.842022%55.170656%67.842022%67.8%5,31711,21711.2k-32.787018%-41.688798%-32.787018%32.8%67.212982%58.311202%67.212982%67.2%4,0618,325-33.801504%-37.405871%-33.801504%33.8%66.198496%62.594129%66.198496%66.2%17,03917.0k33,37033.4k-35.140110%-37.726176%-35.140110%35.1%64.859890%62.273824%64.859890%64.9%10,30810.3k19,02619.0k-35.202189%-43.845961%-35.202189%35.2%64.797811%56.154039%64.797811%64.8%11,57811.6k21,31221.3k-35.595070%-39.254822%-35.595070%35.6%64.404930%60.745178%64.404930%64.4%5,54510,03310.0k-40.207306%-54.251392%-40.207306%40.2%59.792694%45.748608%59.792694%59.8%4,8107,153-41.374727%-41.560410%-41.374727%41.4%58.625273%58.439590%58.625273%58.6%219,471219k310,976311k-45.626243%-55.476722%-45.626243%45.6%54.373757%44.523278%54.373757%54.4%26,16326.2k31,17931.2k-52.897131%-54.055576%-52.897131%52.9%47.102869%45.944424%47.102869%47.1%28,89428.9k25,72925.7k-55.207304%-58.713636%-55.207304%55.2%44.792696%41.286364%44.792696%44.8%27,93627.9k22,66622.7k
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Cajun 2including Filipino 3including Farsi, Dari 4including Amharic, Somali 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Virginia, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Virginia
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
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 50 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Language by State in the South

There are 17 states in the South. This section compares Virginia to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Virginia.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Virginia, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Virginia
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasFloridaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.GeorgiaMarylandNorth CarolinaN CarolinaDelawareVirginiaOklahomaArkansasSouth CarolinaS CarolinaTennesseeLouisianaAlabamaKentuckyMississippiWest Virginia29.512011%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M120.892141%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M213.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M8.791289%8.791289%8.8%54,24754.2k37.935208%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k47.452966%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k57.396109%7.396109%7.4%690,417690k66.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k76.800564%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k86.800514%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k95.141835%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k104.419025%4.419025%4.4%200,761201k113.926162%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k123.615292%3.615292%3.6%156,774157k133.249851%3.249851%3.2%147,816148k142.573243%2.573243%2.6%106,467106k152.404747%2.404747%2.4%67,25667.3k161.041404%1.041404%1.0%18,16418.2k17
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 17 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Virginia, 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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Major Cities:
Alexandria, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Virginia Beach
Major Counties:
Arlington, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford
Cities:
Alexandria, Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Covington, Danville, Emporia, Fairfax, Falls Church, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Galax, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Hopewell, Lexington, Lynchburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Norton, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Radford, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester
Counties:
Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Gloucester, Goochland, Grayson, Greene, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Highland, Isle of Wight, James City, King George, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Lee, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Montgomery, Nelson, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Orange, Page, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland, Wise, Wythe, York
Metro Areas:
Big Stone Gap Area, Blacksburg Area, Bluefield Area, Charlottesville Area, Danville Area, Harrisonburg Area, Kingsport Area, Lynchburg Area, Martinsville Area, Richmond Area, Roanoke Area, Staunton Area, Virginia Beach Area, Washington Area, Winchester Area
Major Cities:
Alexandria, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Manassas, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Winchester
Major Towns:
Blacksburg, Herndon, Leesburg
Major Unincorporated Places:
Annandale, Arlington, Ashburn, Bailey's Crossroads, Burke, Cave Spring, Centreville, Chantilly, Dale City, Fair Oaks, Lake Ridge, Lincolnia, Linton Hall, Marumsco, McLean, Mechanicsville, Oakton, Reston, Short Pump, South Riding, Springfield, Sterling, Tuckahoe, Tysons Corner, West Falls Church, West Springfield
Congressional Districts:
VA-1, VA-2, VA-3, VA-4, VA-5, VA-6, VA-7, VA-8, VA-9, VA-10, VA-11
State House Districts:
VA-1, VA-2, VA-3, VA-4, VA-5, VA-6, VA-7, VA-8, VA-9, VA-10, VA-11, VA-12, VA-13, VA-14, VA-15, VA-16, VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, VA-20, VA-21, VA-22, VA-23, VA-24, VA-25, VA-26, VA-27, VA-28, VA-29, VA-30, VA-31, VA-32, VA-33, VA-34, VA-35, VA-36, VA-37, VA-38, VA-39, VA-40, VA-41, VA-42, VA-43, VA-44, VA-45, VA-46, VA-47, VA-48, VA-49, VA-50, VA-51, VA-52, VA-53, VA-54, VA-55, VA-56, VA-57, VA-58, VA-59, VA-60, VA-61, VA-62, VA-63, VA-64, VA-65, VA-66, VA-67, VA-68, VA-69, VA-70, VA-71, VA-72, VA-73, VA-74, VA-75, VA-76, VA-77, VA-78, VA-79, VA-80, VA-81, VA-82, VA-83, VA-84, VA-85, VA-86, VA-87, VA-88, VA-89, VA-90, VA-91, VA-92, VA-93, VA-94, VA-95, VA-96, VA-97, VA-98, VA-99, VA-100
State Senate Districts:
VA-1, VA-2, VA-3, VA-4, VA-5, VA-6, VA-7, VA-8, VA-9, VA-10, VA-11, VA-12, VA-13, VA-14, VA-15, VA-16, VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, VA-20, VA-21, VA-22, VA-23, VA-24, VA-25, VA-26, VA-27, VA-28, VA-29, VA-30, VA-31, VA-32, VA-33, VA-34, VA-35, VA-36, VA-37, VA-38, VA-39, VA-40
Neighboring States:
Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia
Neighboring State Equivalents:
District of Columbia