Languages in Arizona (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 Arizona
Arizona
United States
0%5%10%15%20%CountSpanishNavajoChinese1Other Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…Tagalog2VietnameseArabicGermanFrench3HindiOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…KoreanAfro-Asiatic4RussianSerbo-CroatianAustronesian5JapaneseItalianPersian620.427867%13.105530%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M1.313517%0.054433%1.313517%1.3%82,66882.7k0.480199%1.060159%0.480199%0.5%30,22230.2k0.420742%0.064097%0.420742%0.4%26,48026.5k0.378398%0.563118%0.378398%0.4%23,81523.8k0.370215%0.486855%0.370215%0.4%23,30023.3k0.366275%0.363857%0.366275%0.4%23,05223.1k0.341710%0.322889%0.341710%0.3%21,50621.5k0.266936%0.410100%0.266936%0.3%16,80016.8k0.167248%0.247020%0.167248%0.2%10,52610.5k0.163054%0.184459%0.163054%0.2%10,26210.3k0.157969%0.369818%0.157969%0.2%9,9420.139776%0.157348%0.139776%0.1%8,7970.123712%0.301383%0.123712%0.1%7,7860.120598%0.084315%0.120598%0.1%7,5900.117786%0.148193%0.117786%0.1%7,4130.107045%0.151584%0.107045%0.1%6,7370.106075%0.212663%0.106075%0.1%6,6760.105249%0.137532%0.105249%0.1%6,624
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Cajun 4including Amharic, Somali 5including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 6including 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 Arizona
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Arizona
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…HindiFrench1ItalianNavajoAustronesian2Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog3RussianSpanishJapaneseSerbo-CroatianArabicPersian4Afro-Asiatic5KoreanChinese6Vietnamese-11.768809%-15.531691%-11.768809%11.8%88.231191%84.468309%88.231191%88.2%2,53118,97519.0k-14.233384%-14.366525%-14.233384%14.2%85.766616%85.633475%85.766616%85.8%3,76922,71122.7k-14.630439%-20.627763%-14.630439%14.6%85.369561%79.372237%85.369561%85.4%1,5408,986-20.511905%-20.435910%-20.511905%20.5%79.488095%79.564090%79.488095%79.5%3,44613,35413.4k-20.925704%-26.578506%-20.925704%20.9%79.074296%73.421494%79.074296%79.1%1,3975,279-24.156868%-19.341645%-24.156868%24.2%75.843132%80.658355%75.843132%75.8%19,97020.0k62,69862.7k-25.064077%-38.172642%-25.064077%25.1%74.935923%61.827358%74.935923%74.9%1,8585,555-26.486065%-30.386196%-26.486065%26.5%73.513935%69.613804%73.513935%73.5%2,7187,544-29.359647%-31.875946%-29.359647%29.4%70.640353%68.124054%70.640353%70.6%6,99216,82316.8k-30.002569%-44.829344%-30.002569%30.0%69.997431%55.170656%69.997431%70.0%2,3365,450-34.785977%-41.560410%-34.785977%34.8%65.214023%58.439590%65.214023%65.2%447,228447k838,428838k-35.297610%-42.702223%-35.297610%35.3%64.702390%57.297777%64.702390%64.7%2,3784,359-36.930171%-37.391846%-36.930171%36.9%63.069829%62.608154%63.069829%63.1%2,8034,787-39.202672%-37.405871%-39.202672%39.2%60.797328%62.594129%60.797328%60.8%9,03714,01514.0k-40.775966%-37.726176%-40.775966%40.8%59.224034%62.273824%59.224034%59.2%2,7013,923-47.357054%-43.845961%-47.357054%47.4%52.642946%56.154039%52.642946%52.6%4,1664,631-48.481191%-54.055576%-48.481191%48.5%51.518809%45.944424%51.518809%51.5%4,8205,122-49.920588%-55.476722%-49.920588%49.9%50.079412%44.523278%50.079412%50.1%15,08715.1k15,13515.1k-58.128755%-58.713636%-58.128755%58.1%41.871245%41.286364%41.871245%41.9%13,54413.5k9,756
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 Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 3including Filipino 4including Farsi, Dari 5including Amharic, Somali 6including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#22

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Arizona, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain Arizona
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
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 13 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Arizona, 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 Counties:
Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma
Counties:
Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Yuma
Metro Areas:
Flagstaff Area, Lake Havasu City Area, Nogales Area, Payson Area, Phoenix Area, Prescott Area, Safford Area, Show Low Area, Sierra Vista Area, Tucson Area, Yuma Area
Major Cities:
Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Bullhead City, Casa Grande, Chandler, Douglas, El Mirage, Eloy, Flagstaff, Glendale, Goodyear, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Maricopa, Mesa, Nogales, Peoria, Phoenix, Prescott, San Luis, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Surprise, Tempe, Tucson, Yuma
Major Towns:
Florence, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, Marana, Oro Valley, Payson, Prescott Valley, Queen Creek, Sahuarita
Major Unincorporated Places:
Anthem, Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Fortuna Foothills, Green Valley, New River, Rio Rico, San Tan Valley, Sierra Vista Southeast, Sun City, Sun City West, Tanque Verde
Congressional Districts:
AZ-1, AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-4, AZ-5, AZ-6, AZ-7, AZ-8, AZ-9
State House Districts:
AZ-1, AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-4, AZ-5, AZ-6, AZ-7, AZ-8, AZ-9, AZ-10, AZ-11, AZ-12, AZ-13, AZ-14, AZ-15, AZ-16, AZ-17, AZ-18, AZ-19, AZ-20, AZ-21, AZ-22, AZ-23, AZ-24, AZ-25, AZ-26, AZ-27, AZ-28, AZ-29, AZ-30
State Senate Districts:
AZ-1, AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-4, AZ-5, AZ-6, AZ-7, AZ-8, AZ-9, AZ-10, AZ-11, AZ-12, AZ-13, AZ-14, AZ-15, AZ-16, AZ-17, AZ-18, AZ-19, AZ-20, AZ-21, AZ-22, AZ-23, AZ-24, AZ-25, AZ-26, AZ-27, AZ-28, AZ-29, AZ-30
Neighboring States:
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah