Languages in Congressional District 17, Pennsylvania (Congressional District)

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 Pennsylvania and Congressional District 17
Congressional District 17
Pennsylvania
0%1%2%3%4%5%CountSpanishItalianPolishNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Chinese1French2GermanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Other Slavic3Dutch et al.4GujaratiArabicTagalog5PortugueseRussianHindi5.370206%4.670721%5.370206%5.4%35,61835.6k0.432716%0.329188%0.432716%0.4%2,8700.390349%0.166487%0.390349%0.4%2,5890.270033%0.143297%0.270033%0.3%1,7910.249076%0.691245%0.249076%0.2%1,6520.242743%0.310082%0.242743%0.2%1,6100.226158%0.377633%0.226158%0.2%1,5000.218167%0.170928%0.218167%0.2%1,4470.211835%0.149892%0.211835%0.2%1,4050.192084%0.575332%0.192084%0.2%1,2740.190727%0.156412%0.190727%0.2%1,2650.185148%0.290123%0.185148%0.2%1,2280.157105%0.129394%0.157105%0.2%1,0420.150320%0.110983%0.150320%0.2%9970.129061%0.306205%0.129061%0.1%8560.114285%0.193722%0.114285%0.1%758
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 3including Ukrainian 4including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 5including Filipino

Speaking English 'Very Well'#2

Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Congressional District 17
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
Pennsylvania
Congressional District 17
50%0%50%Don'tDoTagalog1Dutch et al.2GermanItalianFrench3HindiPolishOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…SpanishArabicOther Slavic4RussianPortugueseGujaratiChinese5Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …-11.420345%-28.513799%-11.420345%11.4%88.579655%71.486201%88.579655%88.6%119923-17.503925%-31.405982%-17.503925%17.5%82.496075%68.594018%82.496075%82.5%2231,051-18.933333%-18.614244%-18.933333%18.9%81.066667%81.385756%81.066667%81.1%2841,216-22.160279%-26.256575%-22.160279%22.2%77.839721%73.743425%77.839721%77.8%6362,234-26.459627%-23.377422%-26.459627%26.5%73.540373%76.622578%73.540373%73.5%4261,184-30.870712%-21.260853%-30.870712%30.9%69.129288%78.739147%69.129288%69.1%234524-33.526458%-33.522445%-33.526458%33.5%66.473542%66.477555%66.473542%66.5%8681,721-34.416033%-39.398934%-34.416033%34.4%65.583967%60.601066%65.583967%65.6%498949-34.729631%-39.392294%-34.729631%34.7%65.270369%60.607706%65.270369%65.3%12,37012.4k23,24823.2k-36.319218%-37.454307%-36.319218%36.3%63.680782%62.545693%63.680782%63.7%446782-39.857651%-36.156100%-39.857651%39.9%60.142349%63.843900%60.142349%60.1%560845-42.056075%-47.717618%-42.056075%42.1%57.943925%52.282382%57.943925%57.9%360496-43.831494%-39.484882%-43.831494%43.8%56.168506%60.515118%56.168506%56.2%437560-54.703557%-39.151393%-54.703557%54.7%45.296443%60.848607%45.296443%45.3%692573-55.871671%-55.679680%-55.871671%55.9%44.128329%44.320320%44.128329%44.1%923729-73.925181%-53.026886%-73.925181%73.9%26.074819%46.973114%26.074819%26.1%1,324467
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Filipino 2including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 3including Cajun 4including Ukrainian 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by Congressional District in Pennsylvania

There are 18 congressional districts in Pennsylvania. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Spanish Spoken at Home by Congressional District#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%5%10%Count#Congressional District 16PA-16United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 1PA-1Congressional District 15PA-15Congressional District 13PA-13Congressional District 17PA-17PennsylvaniaCongressional District 2PA-2Congressional District 4PA-4Congressional District 11PA-11Congressional District 6PA-6Congressional District 8PA-8Congressional District 10PA-10Congressional District 7PA-7Congressional District 14PA-14Congressional District 9PA-9Congressional District 5PA-5Congressional District 3PA-3Congressional District 12PA-12Congressional District 18PA-1813.322538%13.322538%13.3%89,67889.7k113.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M12.342128%12.342128%12.3%82,43982.4k210.821366%10.821366%10.8%73,59273.6k39.022524%9.022524%9.0%60,97961.0k45.370206%5.370206%5.4%35,61835.6k54.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k4.582709%4.582709%4.6%30,60730.6k64.549138%4.549138%4.5%30,76530.8k74.057238%4.057238%4.1%27,15427.2k83.839198%3.839198%3.8%26,15326.2k93.235465%3.235465%3.2%21,78421.8k102.560315%2.560315%2.6%17,05417.1k112.461899%2.461899%2.5%16,66116.7k121.618547%1.618547%1.6%10,77810.8k131.558730%1.558730%1.6%10,31610.3k141.279773%1.279773%1.3%8,600151.238367%1.238367%1.2%8,174161.039028%1.039028%1.0%6,919170.959769%0.959769%1.0%6,45618
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of congressional district out of 18 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Language by Congressional District in the Northeast

There are 78 congressional districts in the Northeast. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Spanish Spoken at Home by Congressional District#19

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in the Northeast, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Congressional District 15NY-15Congressional District 8NJ-8Congressional District 13NY-13Congressional District 14NY-14Congressional District 7NY-7Congressional District 9NJ-9Congressional District 16NY-16Congressional District 7MA-7Congressional District 17NY-17Congressional District 2NY-2Congressional District 6NJ-6Congressional District 4NY-4Congressional District 10NJ-10Congressional District 5NY-5Congressional District 4CT-4Congressional District 6NY-6Congressional District 3MA-3Congressional District 12NJ-12Congressional District 8NY-8Congressional District 1RI-1Congressional District 5CT-5Congressional District 16PA-16United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 2NJ-2Congressional District 1MA-1Congressional District 1PA-1Congressional District 1CT-1Congressional District 18NY-18Congressional District 12NY-12Congressional District 15PA-15Congressional District 3CT-3Congressional District 1NJ-1Congressional District 13PA-13Congressional District 2MA-2Congressional District 17PA-17PennsylvaniaCongressional District 2PA-2Congressional District 6PA-6Congressional District 24NY-24Congressional District 21NY-21Congressional District 5PA-5Congressional District 1ME-1Congressional District 12PA-12Congressional District (at Large)VT-At LargeCongressional District 18PA-18Congressional District 2ME-258.457462%58.457462%58.5%401,556402k150.069318%50.069318%50.1%355,740356k248.679293%48.679293%48.7%349,308349k342.930516%42.930516%42.9%290,124290k435.945898%35.945898%35.9%248,384248k531.259954%31.259954%31.3%219,644220k620.370483%20.370483%20.4%141,165141k718.365981%18.365981%18.4%133,371133k817.848971%17.848971%17.8%123,479123k917.808360%17.808360%17.8%120,938121k1017.171296%17.171296%17.2%119,879120k1116.299588%16.299588%16.3%110,846111k1216.116829%16.116829%16.1%111,449111k1315.977074%15.977074%16.0%115,906116k1415.880981%15.880981%15.9%109,601110k1515.783421%15.783421%15.8%108,562109k1615.358004%15.358004%15.4%108,899109k1714.036605%14.036605%14.0%99,34899.3k1813.966909%13.966909%14.0%98,50498.5k1913.683643%13.683643%13.7%68,47568.5k2013.363287%13.363287%13.4%90,44590.4k2113.322538%13.322538%13.3%89,67889.7k2213.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M12.708625%12.708625%12.7%87,40787.4k2312.542696%12.542696%12.5%86,77186.8k2412.342128%12.342128%12.3%82,43982.4k2512.068178%12.068178%12.1%81,67281.7k2611.147116%11.147116%11.1%75,81875.8k2710.953964%10.953964%11.0%75,94075.9k2810.821366%10.821366%10.8%73,59273.6k2910.758148%10.758148%10.8%73,09073.1k309.724123%9.724123%9.7%66,79566.8k349.022524%9.022524%9.0%60,97961.0k396.652488%6.652488%6.7%46,76146.8k455.370206%5.370206%5.4%35,61835.6k484.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k4.582709%4.582709%4.6%30,60730.6k503.839198%3.839198%3.8%26,15326.2k562.818601%2.818601%2.8%18,99519.0k612.142195%2.142195%2.1%14,47114.5k671.279773%1.279773%1.3%8,600721.076043%1.076043%1.1%6,890741.039028%1.039028%1.0%6,919751.036265%1.036265%1.0%6,175760.959769%0.959769%1.0%6,456770.723976%0.723976%0.7%4,52178
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of congressional district out of 78 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Language by Congressional District in the United States

There are 435 congressional districts in the United States. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Spanish Spoken at Home by Congressional District#35

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in the United States, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Congressional District 40CA-40Congressional District 25FL-25Congressional District 15TX-15Congressional District 27FL-27Congressional District 16TX-16Congressional District 28TX-28Congressional District 26FL-26Congressional District 34TX-34Congressional District 29TX-29Congressional District 4IL-4Congressional District 44CA-44Congressional District 51CA-51Congressional District 29CA-29Congressional District 33TX-33Congressional District 21CA-21Congressional District 15NY-15Congressional District 46CA-46Congressional District 34CA-34Congressional District 35CA-35Congressional District 23TX-23Congressional District 8NJ-8Congressional District 7AZ-7Congressional District 13NY-13Congressional District 3AZ-3Congressional District 32CA-32Congressional District 16CA-16Congressional District 20TX-20Congressional District 38CA-38Congressional District 41CA-41Congressional District 14NY-14Congressional District 20CA-20Congressional District 14FL-14Congressional District 2NY-2Congressional District 48CA-48United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 1AZ-1Congressional District 2RI-2Congressional District 4KS-4Congressional District (at Large)DE-At LargeCongressional District 1ID-1Congressional District 17PA-17Congressional District 4IA-4PennsylvaniaCongressional District 6VA-6Congressional District 7TN-7Congressional District 22NY-22Congressional District (at Large)SD-At LargeCongressional District 8IN-8Congressional District (at Large)MT-At LargeCongressional District 18PA-18Congressional District 5KY-5Congressional District 3WV-3Congressional District 6OH-6Congressional District 2ME-280.293806%80.293806%80.3%523,184523k173.179124%73.179124%73.2%513,615514k270.166788%70.166788%70.2%481,822482k367.773969%67.773969%67.8%472,901473k467.449288%67.449288%67.4%454,706455k567.074856%67.074856%67.1%448,985449k666.521706%66.521706%66.5%475,722476k766.486283%66.486283%66.5%437,507438k865.188725%65.188725%65.2%432,374432k961.986926%61.986926%62.0%402,253402k1061.819199%61.819199%61.8%411,068411k1161.017087%61.017087%61.0%412,301412k1260.731910%60.731910%60.7%406,738407k1360.012066%60.012066%60.0%392,911393k1459.883946%59.883946%59.9%388,754389k1558.457462%58.457462%58.5%401,556402k1658.133884%58.133884%58.1%390,233390k1757.472995%57.472995%57.5%387,818388k1853.203822%53.203822%53.2%361,180361k1952.900508%52.900508%52.9%361,694362k2050.069318%50.069318%50.1%355,740356k2149.694935%49.694935%49.7%347,057347k2248.679293%48.679293%48.7%349,308349k2347.143018%47.143018%47.1%322,619323k2446.208158%46.208158%46.2%311,650312k2543.072608%43.072608%43.1%283,037283k2643.072512%43.072512%43.1%304,533305k2743.004838%43.004838%43.0%288,968289k2842.975505%42.975505%43.0%294,980295k2942.930516%42.930516%42.9%290,124290k3041.450895%41.450895%41.5%281,178281k3223.311669%23.311669%23.3%162,090162k6317.808360%17.808360%17.8%120,938121k9414.779931%14.779931%14.8%101,543102k12513.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.679891%11.679891%11.7%80,37480.4k1569.577436%9.577436%9.6%47,82147.8k1877.651207%7.651207%7.7%51,25051.3k2186.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k2336.252539%6.252539%6.3%48,79148.8k2495.370206%5.370206%5.4%35,61835.6k2684.895609%4.895609%4.9%34,97835.0k2804.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k3.944534%3.944534%3.9%27,77827.8k3113.097838%3.097838%3.1%21,50621.5k3422.237655%2.237655%2.2%15,00815.0k3732.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k3841.673400%1.673400%1.7%11,35411.4k4041.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k4170.959769%0.959769%1.0%6,4564310.932871%0.932871%0.9%6,2374320.881767%0.881767%0.9%5,0244330.833342%0.833342%0.8%5,5784340.723976%0.723976%0.7%4,521435
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of congressional district out of 435 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Congressional District 17, 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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State:
Pennsylvania
Counties:
Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill
Metro Areas:
Allentown Area, East Stroudsburg Area, Pottsville Area, Scranton Area
Boroughs:
Archbald, Ashland, Auburn, Avoca, Bangor, Blakely, Bowmanstown, Coaldale, Cressona, Deer Lake, Delaware Water Gap, Dickson City, Dunmore, Dupont, Duryea, East Bangor, Exeter, Frackville, Freemansburg, Gilberton, Girardville, Glendon, Gordon, Hughestown, Jermyn, Jessup, Jim Thorpe, Laflin, Landingville, Lansford, Lehighton, Mahanoy City, Mayfield, McAdoo, Mechanicsville, Middleport, Minersville, Moosic, Mount Carbon, Nazareth, Nesquehoning, New Philadelphia, New Ringgold, Old Forge, Olyphant, Orwigsburg, Palmerton, Palo Alto, Parryville, Pen Argyl, Pine Grove, Port Carbon, Port Clinton, Portland, Ringtown, Roseto, Schuylkill Haven, Shenandoah, St. Clair, Stockertown, Summit Hill, Tamaqua, Tatamy, Taylor, Throop, Tower City, Tremont, Weissport, West Easton, West Pittston, West Wyoming, Wilson, Wind Gap, Wyoming, Yatesville
Cities:
Bethlehem, Carbondale, Easton, Pittston, Pottsville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
Townships:
Barry, Bethlehem, Blythe, Branch, Butler, Carbondale, Cass, Chestnuthill, Coolbaugh, Delano, East Brunswick, East Norwegian, East Penn, East Union, Eldred, Eldred, Forks, Foster, Frailey, Franklin, Hamilton, Hegins, Hubley, Jenkins, Kline, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Towamensing, Mahanoy, Mahoning, Middle Smithfield, New Castle, Newton, North Manheim, North Union, Norwegian, Palmer, Pine Grove, Pittston, Plainfield, Plains, Polk, Porter, Ransom, Reilly, Ross, Rush, Ryan, Schuylkill, Smithfield, South Manheim, Spring Brook, Stroud, Thornhurst, Tobyhanna, Towamensing, Tremont, Tunkhannock, Union, Upper Mahantongo, Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Nazareth, Walker, Washington, Washington, Wayne, West Brunswick, West Mahanoy, West Penn, Wilkes-Barre
Unincorporated Places:
Ackermanville, Altamont, Arlington Heights, Beurys Lake, Branchdale, Brandonville, Brodheadsville, Browntown, Buck Run, Cumbola, Delano, Donaldson, Eastlawn Gardens, Effort, Emerald Lakes, Englewood, Forestville, Fountain Springs, Friedensburg, Georgetown, Gouldsboro, Grier City, Heckscherville, Hegins, Hilldale, Hometown, Hudson, Indian Mountain Lake, Inkerman, Kelayres, Klingerstown, Lake Wynonah, Lavelle, Locustdale, Marlin, Martins Creek, McKeansburg, Middletown, Muir, Newtown, Nuremberg, Old Orchard, Oneida, Orwin, Palmer Heights, Park Crest, Plains, Pocono Pines, Ravine, Reinerton, Renningers, Saw Creek, Saylorsburg, Seltzer, Shenandoah Heights, Sheppton, Sierra View, Summit Station, Sun Valley, Tuscarora, Valley View, Weissport East
Unified School Districts:
Bangor, Bethlehem, Blue Mountain, Carbondale, Dunmore, East Stroudsburg, Easton, Hazleton, Jim Thorpe, Lakeland, Lehighton, Mahanoy, Mid Valley, Minersville, Nazareth, North Pocono, North Schuylkill, Old Forge, Palmerton, Panther Valley, Pen Argyl, Pine Grove, Pittston, Pleasant Valley, Pocono Mountain, Pottsville, Riverside, Schuylkill Haven, Scranton, Shenandoah Valley, St. Clair, Stroudsburg, Tamaqua, Tri-Valley, Valley View, Wilkes-Barre, Williams Valley, Wilson, Wyoming
ZIP Codes:
07832, 17901, 17921, 17922, 17923, 17925, 17929, 17930, 17931, 17933, 17934, 17935, 17936, 17938, 17941, 17943, 17944, 17945, 17946, 17948, 17949, 17951, 17952, 17953, 17954, 17957, 17959, 17960, 17961, 17963, 17964, 17965, 17967, 17968, 17970, 17972, 17974, 17976, 17978, 17979, 17980, 17981, 17982, 17983, 17985, 18013, 18015, 18017, 18020, 18030, 18040, 18042, 18045, 18058, 18063, 18064, 18071, 18072, 18083, 18085, 18091, 18201, 18202, 18210, 18211, 18212, 18214, 18218, 18220, 18229, 18231, 18232, 18235, 18237, 18240, 18241, 18242, 18244, 18245, 18248, 18250, 18252, 18301, 18302, 18321, 18322, 18324, 18326, 18327, 18330, 18331, 18333, 18334, 18335, 18343, 18344, 18346, 18347, 18350, 18351, 18353, 18354, 18355, 18356, 18360, 18403, 18407, 18411, 18424, 18433, 18434, 18436, 18444, 18447, 18452, 18466, 18503, 18504, 18505, 18507, 18508, 18509, 18510, 18512, 18517, 18518, 18519, 18610, 18640, 18641, 18642, 18643, 18644, 18701, 18702, 18704, 18705, 18706, 19549
State House Districts:
PA-112, PA-113, PA-114, PA-115, PA-118, PA-120, PA-121, PA-122, PA-123, PA-124, PA-125, PA-135, PA-136, PA-137, PA-138, PA-176, PA-189
State Senate Districts:
PA-14, PA-18, PA-22, PA-29, PA-40
Neighboring Congressional Districts:
NJ-5, NJ-7, PA-10, PA-11, PA-15
Nearby Congressional Districts:
PA-6, PA-8