Languages in the United States

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
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1Tagalog2VietnameseFrench3KoreanArabicGermanRussianHaitianHindiPortugueseItalianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PolishDutch et al.4Afro-Asiatic5Western AfricanJapaneseUrdu13.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M1.060159%1.060159%1.1%3,166,6023.17M0.563118%0.563118%0.6%1,681,9831.68M0.486855%0.486855%0.5%1,454,1921.45M0.410100%0.410100%0.4%1,224,9321.22M0.369818%0.369818%0.4%1,104,6151.10M0.363857%0.363857%0.4%1,086,8081.09M0.322889%0.322889%0.3%964,441964k0.301383%0.301383%0.3%900,205900k0.269929%0.269929%0.3%806,254806k0.247020%0.247020%0.2%737,826738k0.234186%0.234186%0.2%699,492699k0.212663%0.212663%0.2%635,205635k0.184459%0.184459%0.2%550,964551k0.181071%0.181071%0.2%540,843541k0.160191%0.160191%0.2%478,476478k0.157348%0.157348%0.2%469,984470k0.153965%0.153965%0.2%459,880460k0.151584%0.151584%0.2%452,768453k0.150236%0.150236%0.2%448,742449k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Cajun 4including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 5including Amharic, Somali

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
Less Than 'Very Well'
'Very Well'
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1HindiWestern AfricanItalianDutch et al.2UrduOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog3PortugueseArabicPolishSpanishHaitianJapaneseAfro-Asiatic4RussianKoreanChinese5Vietnamese-15.531691%-15.531691%15.5%84.468309%84.468309%84.5%149,794150k814,647815k-20.435910%-20.435910%20.4%79.564090%79.564090%79.6%250,326250k974,606975k-20.627763%-20.627763%20.6%79.372237%79.372237%79.4%152,197152k585,629586k-22.479560%-22.479560%22.5%77.520440%77.520440%77.5%103,379103k356,501357k-26.578506%-26.578506%26.6%73.421494%73.421494%73.4%168,828169k466,377466k-28.911377%-28.911377%28.9%71.088623%71.088623%71.1%138,334138k340,142340k-29.427823%-29.427823%29.4%70.572177%70.572177%70.6%132,055132k316,687317k-30.386196%-30.386196%30.4%69.613804%69.613804%69.6%167,417167k383,547384k-31.875946%-31.875946%31.9%68.124054%68.124054%68.1%536,148536k1,145,8351.15M-36.093908%-36.093908%36.1%63.906092%63.906092%63.9%252,474252k447,018447k-37.405871%-37.405871%37.4%62.594129%62.594129%62.6%406,530407k680,278680k-39.289221%-39.289221%39.3%60.710779%60.710779%60.7%212,493212k328,350328k-41.560410%-41.560410%41.6%58.439590%58.439590%58.4%16,268,85016.3M22,876,21622.9M-41.592228%-41.592228%41.6%58.407772%58.407772%58.4%335,339335k470,915471k-42.702223%-42.702223%42.7%57.297777%57.297777%57.3%193,342193k259,426259k-43.845961%-43.845961%43.8%56.154039%56.154039%56.2%206,069206k263,915264k-44.829344%-44.829344%44.8%55.170656%55.170656%55.2%403,556404k496,649497k-54.055576%-54.055576%54.1%45.944424%45.944424%45.9%597,106597k507,509508k-55.476722%-55.476722%55.5%44.523278%44.523278%44.5%1,756,7271.76M1,409,8751.41M-58.713636%-58.713636%58.7%41.286364%41.286364%41.3%853,809854k600,383600k
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 Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 3including Filipino 4including Amharic, Somali 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Map of Language Spoken at Home by State in the United States

Spanish Language Spoken At Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken at home (%):
0%6%11%17%22%28%

Chinese Language Spoken At Home by State#4

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Chinese is spoken at home (%):
0.1%0.7%1.3%1.8%2.4%3.0%

Tagalog Language Spoken At Home by State#5

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Tagalog is spoken at home (%):
0.0%0.9%1.7%2.6%3.4%4.3%

Vietnamese Language Spoken At Home by State#6

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Vietnamese is spoken at home (%):
0.02%0.30%0.57%0.85%1.13%1.41%

French Language Spoken At Home by State#7

Percentage of the total population living in households in which French is spoken at home (%):
0.0%0.7%1.2%1.8%2.3%3.0%

Korean Language Spoken At Home by State#8

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Korean is spoken at home (%):
0.03%0.28%0.53%0.78%1.03%1.29%

Arabic Language Spoken At Home by State#9

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Arabic is spoken at home (%):
0.04%0.29%0.54%0.79%1.04%1.30%

German Language Spoken At Home by State#10

Percentage of the total population living in households in which German is spoken at home (%):
0.10%0.28%0.45%0.62%0.79%0.97%

Russian Language Spoken At Home by State#11

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Russian is spoken at home (%):
0.02%0.24%0.47%0.69%0.91%1.14%

Haitian Language Spoken At Home by State#12

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Haitian is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.40%0.79%1.19%1.58%1.98%

Hindi Language Spoken At Home by State#13

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Hindi is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.17%0.33%0.49%0.65%0.82%

Portuguese Language Spoken At Home by State#14

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Portuguese is spoken at home (%):
0.0%0.6%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.0%

Italian Language Spoken At Home by State#15

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Italian is spoken at home (%):
0.01%0.19%0.36%0.54%0.71%0.89%

Other Indo-European languages Language Spoken At Home by State#16

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Other Indo-European languages is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.10%0.18%0.27%0.36%0.45%

Polish Language Spoken At Home by State#17

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Polish is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.28%0.56%0.84%1.12%1.40%

Dutch et al. Language Spoken At Home by State#18

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Dutch et al. is spoken at home (%):
0.01%0.17%0.33%0.49%0.65%0.81%

Afro-Asiatic Language Spoken At Home by State#19

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Afro-Asiatic is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.23%0.46%0.68%0.91%1.14%

Western African Language Spoken At Home by State#20

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Western African is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.16%0.31%0.46%0.61%0.76%

Japanese Language Spoken At Home by State#21

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Japanese is spoken at home (%):
0.0%0.7%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.2%

Urdu Language Spoken At Home by State#22

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Urdu is spoken at home (%):
0.00%0.08%0.15%0.23%0.30%0.38%
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Language by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares all 50 of those to each other and the United States.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of the United States and selected states in the United States
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

Definitions

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

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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