Languages in Delaware (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 Delaware
Delaware
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1French2Western AfricanHaitianTagalog3GujaratiGermanTeluguSwahili et al.4HindiItalianKoreanArabicTamilDutch et al.5UrduVietnameseNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Greek6.860664%13.105530%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k0.849748%1.060159%0.849748%0.8%7,4700.362764%0.410100%0.362764%0.4%3,1890.309185%0.153965%0.309185%0.3%2,7180.270281%0.269929%0.270281%0.3%2,3760.261408%0.563118%0.261408%0.3%2,2980.261181%0.132246%0.261181%0.3%2,2960.257882%0.322889%0.257882%0.3%2,2670.254242%0.107702%0.254242%0.3%2,2350.248327%0.066985%0.248327%0.2%2,1830.243549%0.247020%0.243549%0.2%2,1410.208285%0.212663%0.208285%0.2%1,8310.191449%0.369818%0.191449%0.2%1,6830.173021%0.363857%0.173021%0.2%1,5210.168243%0.079915%0.168243%0.2%1,4790.163238%0.160191%0.163238%0.2%1,4350.152090%0.150236%0.152090%0.2%1,3370.145151%0.486855%0.145151%0.1%1,2760.142193%0.119832%0.142193%0.1%1,2500.115120%0.097388%0.115120%0.1%1,012
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 3including Filipino 4or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 5including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch

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 Delaware
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Delaware
50%0%50%Don'tDoSwahili et al.1Western AfricanGermanTamilNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …TeluguGreekHindiTagalog2French3UrduArabicItalianDutch et al.4SpanishGujaratiKoreanChinese5HaitianVietnamese-11.635364%-28.792915%-11.635364%11.6%88.364636%71.207085%88.364636%88.4%2541,929-11.699779%-22.479560%-11.699779%11.7%88.300221%77.520440%88.300221%88.3%3182,400-14.027349%-15.531691%-14.027349%14.0%85.972651%84.468309%85.972651%86.0%3181,949-16.497634%-18.305481%-16.497634%16.5%83.502366%81.694519%83.502366%83.5%2441,235-16.880000%-39.254822%-16.880000%16.9%83.120000%60.745178%83.120000%83.1%2111,039-18.523490%-20.753820%-18.523490%18.5%81.476510%79.246180%81.476510%81.5%4141,821-19.268775%-25.476984%-19.268775%19.3%80.731225%74.523016%80.731225%80.7%195817-20.784680%-20.627763%-20.784680%20.8%79.215320%79.372237%79.215320%79.2%4451,696-21.322889%-31.875946%-21.322889%21.3%78.677111%68.124054%78.677111%78.7%4901,808-23.581060%-20.435910%-23.581060%23.6%76.418940%79.564090%76.418940%76.4%7522,437-25.579656%-29.427823%-25.579656%25.6%74.420344%70.572177%74.420344%74.4%342995-26.364234%-37.405871%-26.364234%26.4%73.635766%62.594129%73.635766%73.6%4011,120-26.925177%-26.578506%-26.925177%26.9%73.074823%73.421494%73.074823%73.1%4931,338-33.728223%-28.911377%-33.728223%33.7%66.271777%71.088623%66.271777%66.3%484951-40.093847%-41.560410%-40.093847%40.1%59.906153%58.439590%59.906153%59.9%24,18124.2k36,13036.1k-43.945993%-34.550527%-43.945993%43.9%56.054007%65.449473%56.054007%56.1%1,0091,287-48.366013%-54.055576%-48.366013%48.4%51.633987%45.944424%51.633987%51.6%814869-48.808568%-55.476722%-48.808568%48.8%51.191432%44.523278%51.191432%51.2%3,6463,824-53.114478%-41.592228%-53.114478%53.1%46.885522%58.407772%46.885522%46.9%1,2621,114-57.601881%-58.713636%-57.601881%57.6%42.398119%41.286364%42.398119%42.4%735541
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 2including Filipino 3including Cajun 4including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Delaware, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Delaware
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 Delaware, 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:
Kent, New Castle, Sussex
Counties:
Kent, New Castle, Sussex
Metro Areas:
Dover Area, Philadelphia Area, Salisbury Area
Major Cities:
Delaware City, Dover, Harrington, Lewes, Milford, New Castle, Newark, Rehoboth Beach, Seaford, Wilmington
Major Towns:
Bellefonte, Blades, Bridgeville, Camden, Cheswold, Clayton, Delmar, Elsmere, Felton, Georgetown, Greenwood, Laurel, Middletown, Millsboro, Millville, Milton, Ocean View, Selbyville, Smyrna, Townsend, Wyoming
Major Unincorporated Places:
Bear, Brookside, Claymont, Dover Base Housing, Edgemoor, Glasgow, Greenville, Highland Acres, Hockessin, Kent Acres, Long Neck, North Star, Pike Creek, Pike Creek Valley, Rising Sun-Lebanon, Riverview, Rodney Village, Wilmington Manor, Woodside East
Congressional District:
DE-At Large
State House Districts:
DE-1, DE-2, DE-3, DE-4, DE-5, DE-6, DE-7, DE-8, DE-9, DE-10, DE-11, DE-12, DE-13, DE-14, DE-15, DE-16, DE-17, DE-18, DE-19, DE-20, DE-21, DE-22, DE-23, DE-24, DE-25, DE-26, DE-27, DE-28, DE-29, DE-30, DE-31, DE-32, DE-33, DE-34, DE-35, DE-36, DE-37, DE-38, DE-39, DE-40, DE-41
State Senate Districts:
DE-1, DE-2, DE-3, DE-4, DE-5, DE-6, DE-7, DE-8, DE-9, DE-10, DE-11, DE-12, DE-13, DE-14, DE-15, DE-16, DE-17, DE-18, DE-19, DE-20, DE-21
Neighboring States:
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania