Languages in District of Columbia (State Equivalent)

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 District of Columbia
District of Columbia
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishFrench1Afro-Asiatic2Chinese3Western AfricanGermanArabicTagalog4ItalianRussianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseHindiKoreanPersian5JapaneseOther AsianOtherSwahili et al.6Vietnamese8.791289%13.105530%8.791289%8.8%54,24754.2k1.456112%0.410100%1.456112%1.5%8,9851.085318%0.157348%1.085318%1.1%6,6970.834125%1.060159%0.834125%0.8%5,1470.421843%0.153965%0.421843%0.4%2,6030.412120%0.322889%0.412120%0.4%2,5430.344702%0.363857%0.344702%0.3%2,1270.334979%0.563118%0.334979%0.3%2,0670.333520%0.212663%0.333520%0.3%2,0580.326228%0.301383%0.326228%0.3%2,0130.299974%0.184459%0.299974%0.3%1,8510.271289%0.234186%0.271289%0.3%1,6740.227371%0.247020%0.227371%0.2%1,4030.220240%0.369818%0.220240%0.2%1,3590.183290%0.137532%0.183290%0.2%1,1310.137589%0.151584%0.137589%0.1%8490.137103%0.115549%0.137103%0.1%8460.132403%0.081567%0.132403%0.1%8170.130783%0.066985%0.130783%0.1%8070.125435%0.486855%0.125435%0.1%774
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Cajun 2including Amharic, Somali 3including Mandarin, Cantonese 4including Filipino 5including Farsi, Dari 6or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

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 District of Columbia
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
District of Columbia
50%0%50%Don'tDoPersian1GermanHindiOtherOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…ItalianWestern AfricanKoreanArabicFrench2Swahili et al.3Other AsianPortugueseRussianJapaneseChinese4Tagalog5SpanishVietnameseAfro-Asiatic6-6.719717%-37.726176%-6.719717%6.7%93.280283%62.273824%93.280283%93.3%761,055-6.763665%-15.531691%-6.763665%6.8%93.236335%84.468309%93.236335%93.2%1722,371-7.982894%-20.627763%-7.982894%8.0%92.017106%79.372237%92.017106%92.0%1121,291-8.812729%-27.391610%-8.812729%8.8%91.187271%72.608390%91.187271%91.2%72745-8.968125%-30.386196%-8.968125%9.0%91.031875%69.613804%91.031875%91.0%1661,685-15.840622%-26.578506%-15.840622%15.8%84.159378%73.421494%84.159378%84.2%3261,732-18.440261%-22.479560%-18.440261%18.4%81.559739%77.520440%81.559739%81.6%4802,123-18.837380%-54.055576%-18.837380%18.8%81.162620%45.944424%81.162620%81.2%2561,103-21.391631%-37.405871%-21.391631%21.4%78.608369%62.594129%78.608369%78.6%4551,672-22.047858%-20.435910%-22.047858%22.0%77.952142%79.564090%77.952142%78.0%1,9817,004-24.659232%-28.792915%-24.659232%24.7%75.340768%71.207085%75.340768%75.3%199608-25.413712%-54.251392%-25.413712%25.4%74.586288%45.748608%74.586288%74.6%215631-26.463560%-36.093908%-26.463560%26.5%73.536440%63.906092%73.536440%73.5%4431,231-27.272727%-44.829344%-27.272727%27.3%72.727273%55.170656%72.727273%72.7%5491,464-27.679623%-42.702223%-27.679623%27.7%72.320377%57.297777%72.320377%72.3%235614-39.110161%-55.476722%-39.110161%39.1%60.889839%44.523278%60.889839%60.9%2,0133,134-39.187228%-31.875946%-39.187228%39.2%60.812772%68.124054%60.812772%60.8%8101,257-40.560768%-41.560410%-40.560768%40.6%59.439232%58.439590%59.439232%59.4%22,00322.0k32,24432.2k-44.702842%-58.713636%-44.702842%44.7%55.297158%41.286364%55.297158%55.3%346428-47.961774%-43.845961%-47.961774%48.0%52.038226%56.154039%52.038226%52.0%3,2123,485
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Farsi, Dari 2including Cajun 3or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 4including Mandarin, Cantonese 5including Filipino 6including Amharic, Somali

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain District of Columbia
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasCaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaFloridaArizonaNew JerseyNew YorkIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoRhode IslandConnecticutUtahOregonDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.MassachusettsWashingtonIdahoGeorgiaKansasMarylandNorth 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%334,636335k148.791289%8.791289%8.8%54,24754.2k8.603765%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 District of Columbia to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with District of Columbia.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia, 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 County:
District of Columbia
County:
District of Columbia
Metro Area:
Washington Area
Major City:
Washington
Delegate District:
DC-At Large
Wards:
DC-1, DC-2, DC-3, DC-4, DC-5, DC-6, DC-7, DC-8
Neighboring States:
Maryland, Virginia