Languages in Arkansas (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 Arkansas
Arkansas
United States
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%CountSpanishAustronesian1Chinese2GermanVietnameseTai-Kadai3French45.141835%13.105530%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k0.206834%0.148193%0.206834%0.2%5,7450.180876%1.060159%0.180876%0.2%5,0240.180732%0.322889%0.180732%0.2%5,0200.161435%0.486855%0.161435%0.2%4,4840.129933%0.102331%0.129933%0.1%3,6090.114560%0.410100%0.114560%0.1%3,182
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Thai, Lao 4including Cajun

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 Arkansas
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Arkansas
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1SpanishChinese2Tai-Kadai3VietnameseAustronesian4-13.366534%-15.531691%-13.366534%13.4%86.633466%84.468309%86.633466%86.6%6714,349-16.404777%-20.435910%-16.404777%16.4%83.595223%79.564090%83.595223%83.6%5222,660-47.864080%-41.560410%-47.864080%47.9%52.135920%58.439590%52.135920%52.1%68,35968.4k74,46074.5k-48.029459%-55.476722%-48.029459%48.0%51.970541%44.523278%51.970541%52.0%2,4132,611-53.671377%-49.973990%-53.671377%53.7%46.328623%50.026010%46.328623%46.3%1,9371,672-63.782337%-58.713636%-63.782337%63.8%36.217663%41.286364%36.217663%36.2%2,8601,624-64.595300%-38.172642%-64.595300%64.6%35.404700%61.827358%35.404700%35.4%3,7112,034
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 Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Thai, Lao 4including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Arkansas, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Arkansas
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 Arkansas to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Arkansas.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#10

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Arkansas, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Arkansas
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 Arkansas, 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:
Benton, Craighead, Crawford, Faulkner, Garland, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Sebastian, Washington, White
Counties:
Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell
Metro Areas:
Arkadelphia Area, Batesville Area, Blytheville Area, Camden Area, El Dorado Area, Fayetteville Area, Forrest City Area, Fort Smith Area, Harrison Area, Helena Area, Hope Area, Hot Springs Area, Jonesboro Area, Little Rock Area, Magnolia Area, Malvern Area, Memphis Area, Mountain Home Area, Paragould Area, Pine Bluff Area, Russellville Area, Searcy Area, Texarkana Area
Major Cities:
Arkadelphia, Batesville, Beebe, Bella Vista, Benton, Bentonville, Blytheville, Bryant, Cabot, Camden, Centerton, Clarksville, Conway, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Greenwood, Harrison, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hope, Hot Springs, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Lowell, Magnolia, Malvern, Marion, Maumelle, Monticello, Mountain Home, Newport, North Little Rock, Osceola, Paragould, Pine Bluff, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Sherwood, Siloam Springs, Springdale, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Van Buren, West Memphis, Wynne
Major Unincorporated Place:
Hot Springs Village
Congressional Districts:
AR-1, AR-2, AR-3, AR-4
State House Districts:
AR-1, AR-2, AR-3, AR-4, AR-5, AR-6, AR-7, AR-8, AR-9, AR-10, AR-11, AR-12, AR-13, AR-14, AR-15, AR-16, AR-17, AR-18, AR-19, AR-20, AR-21, AR-22, AR-23, AR-24, AR-25, AR-26, AR-27, AR-28, AR-29, AR-30, AR-31, AR-32, AR-33, AR-34, AR-35, AR-36, AR-37, AR-38, AR-39, AR-40, AR-41, AR-42, AR-43, AR-44, AR-45, AR-46, AR-47, AR-48, AR-49, AR-50, AR-51, AR-52, AR-53, AR-54, AR-55, AR-56, AR-57, AR-58, AR-59, AR-60, AR-61, AR-62, AR-63, AR-64, AR-65, AR-66, AR-67, AR-68, AR-69, AR-70, AR-71, AR-72, AR-73, AR-74, AR-75, AR-76, AR-77, AR-78, AR-79, AR-80, AR-81, AR-82, AR-83, AR-84, AR-85, AR-86, AR-87, AR-88, AR-89, AR-90, AR-91, AR-92, AR-93, AR-94, AR-95, AR-96, AR-97, AR-98, AR-99, AR-100
State Senate Districts:
AR-1, AR-2, AR-3, AR-4, AR-5, AR-6, AR-7, AR-8, AR-9, AR-10, AR-11, AR-12, AR-13, AR-14, AR-15, AR-16, AR-17, AR-18, AR-19, AR-20, AR-21, AR-22, AR-23, AR-24, AR-25, AR-26, AR-27, AR-28, AR-29, AR-30, AR-31, AR-32, AR-33, AR-34, AR-35
Neighboring States:
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas