Languages in Florida (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 Florida
Florida
United States
0%5%10%15%20%CountSpanishHaitianFrench1PortugueseChinese2Tagalog3GermanVietnameseArabicItalianRussianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…OtherPolishHindiHebrewKoreanGujaratiGreek20.892141%13.105530%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M2.088641%0.269929%2.088641%2.1%393,505394k0.554521%0.410100%0.554521%0.6%104,473104k0.485450%0.234186%0.485450%0.5%91,46091.5k0.367251%1.060159%0.367251%0.4%69,19169.2k0.343255%0.563118%0.343255%0.3%64,67064.7k0.336917%0.322889%0.336917%0.3%63,47663.5k0.313340%0.486855%0.313340%0.3%59,03459.0k0.297995%0.363857%0.297995%0.3%56,14356.1k0.257422%0.212663%0.257422%0.3%48,49948.5k0.212067%0.301383%0.212067%0.2%39,95440.0k0.177763%0.184459%0.177763%0.2%33,49133.5k0.168400%0.081567%0.168400%0.2%31,72731.7k0.123507%0.181071%0.123507%0.1%23,26923.3k0.123109%0.247020%0.123109%0.1%23,19423.2k0.114266%0.071199%0.114266%0.1%21,52821.5k0.111124%0.369818%0.111124%0.1%20,93620.9k0.108008%0.132246%0.108008%0.1%20,34920.3k0.107791%0.097388%0.107791%0.1%20,30820.3k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Cajun 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Filipino

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 Florida
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Florida
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanHebrewHindiGreekFrench1OtherItalianGujaratiTagalog2Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…ArabicPolishPortugueseSpanishHaitianRussianKoreanChinese3Vietnamese-15.386918%-15.531691%-15.386918%15.4%84.613082%84.468309%84.613082%84.6%9,76753,70953.7k-17.721107%-15.938138%-17.721107%17.7%82.278893%84.061862%82.278893%82.3%3,81517,71317.7k-20.186255%-20.627763%-20.186255%20.2%79.813745%79.372237%79.813745%79.8%4,68218,51218.5k-24.862123%-25.476984%-24.862123%24.9%75.137877%74.523016%75.137877%75.1%5,04915,25915.3k-25.464953%-20.435910%-25.464953%25.5%74.535047%79.564090%74.535047%74.5%26,60426.6k77,86977.9k-25.631166%-27.391610%-25.631166%25.6%74.368834%72.608390%74.368834%74.4%8,13223,59523.6k-26.429411%-26.578506%-26.429411%26.4%73.570589%73.421494%73.570589%73.6%12,81812.8k35,68135.7k-26.522188%-34.550527%-26.522188%26.5%73.477812%65.449473%73.477812%73.5%5,39714,95215.0k-28.520179%-31.875946%-28.520179%28.5%71.479821%68.124054%71.479821%71.5%18,44418.4k46,22646.2k-28.954047%-30.386196%-28.954047%29.0%71.045953%69.613804%71.045953%71.0%9,69723,79423.8k-32.283633%-37.405871%-32.283633%32.3%67.716367%62.594129%67.716367%67.7%18,12518.1k38,01838.0k-35.669775%-39.289221%-35.669775%35.7%64.330225%60.710779%64.330225%64.3%8,30014,96915.0k-35.726000%-36.093908%-35.726000%35.7%64.274000%63.906092%64.274000%64.3%32,67532.7k58,78558.8k-43.111595%-41.560410%-43.111595%43.1%56.888405%58.439590%56.888405%56.9%1,696,9281.70M2,239,2012.24M-44.541747%-41.592228%-44.541747%44.5%55.458253%58.407772%55.458253%55.5%175,274175k218,231218k-44.666366%-44.829344%-44.666366%44.7%55.333634%55.170656%55.333634%55.3%17,84617.8k22,10822.1k-48.438097%-54.055576%-48.438097%48.4%51.561903%45.944424%51.561903%51.6%10,14110.1k10,79510.8k-55.728346%-55.476722%-55.728346%55.7%44.271654%44.523278%44.271654%44.3%38,55938.6k30,63230.6k-56.826575%-58.713636%-56.826575%56.8%43.173425%41.286364%43.173425%43.2%33,54733.5k25,48725.5k
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 Filipino 3including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#22

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Florida, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Florida
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 Florida, 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:
Brevard, Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia
Counties:
Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
Metro Areas:
Arcadia Area, Cape Coral Area, Clewiston Area, Crestview Area, Deltona Area, Gainesville Area, Homosassa Springs Area, Jacksonville Area, Key West Area, Lake City Area, Lakeland Area, Miami Area, Naples Area, North Port Area, Ocala Area, Okeechobee Area, Orlando Area, Palatka Area, Palm Bay Area, Panama City Area, Pensacola Area, Port St. Lucie Area, Punta Gorda Area, Sebastian Area, Sebring Area, Tallahassee Area, Tampa Area, The Villages Area, Wauchula Area
Major Cities:
Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Cape Coral, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Daytona Beach, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Deltona, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Hialeah, Hollywood, Homestead, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Largo, Lauderhill, Melbourne, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miramar, North Miami, Orlando, Palm Bay, Palm Coast, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg, Sunrise, Tallahassee, Tamarac, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Weston
Major Town:
Davie
Major Unincorporated Places:
Alafaya, Brandon, Kendall, Lehigh Acres, Pine Hills, Riverview, Spring Hill, The Villages, Town 'n' Country
Congressional Districts:
FL-1, FL-2, FL-3, FL-4, FL-5, FL-6, FL-7, FL-8, FL-9, FL-10, FL-11, FL-12, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, FL-19, FL-20, FL-21, FL-22, FL-23, FL-24, FL-25, FL-26, FL-27
State House Districts:
FL-1, FL-2, FL-3, FL-4, FL-5, FL-6, FL-7, FL-8, FL-9, FL-10, FL-11, FL-12, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, FL-19, FL-20, FL-21, FL-22, FL-23, FL-24, FL-25, FL-26, FL-27, FL-28, FL-29, FL-30, FL-31, FL-32, FL-33, FL-34, FL-35, FL-36, FL-37, FL-38, FL-39, FL-40, FL-41, FL-42, FL-43, FL-44, FL-45, FL-46, FL-47, FL-48, FL-49, FL-50, FL-51, FL-52, FL-53, FL-54, FL-55, FL-56, FL-57, FL-58, FL-59, FL-60, FL-61, FL-62, FL-63, FL-64, FL-65, FL-66, FL-67, FL-68, FL-69, FL-70, FL-71, FL-72, FL-73, FL-74, FL-75, FL-76, FL-77, FL-78, FL-79, FL-80, FL-81, FL-82, FL-83, FL-84, FL-85, FL-86, FL-87, FL-88, FL-89, FL-90, FL-91, FL-92, FL-93, FL-94, FL-95, FL-96, FL-97, FL-98, FL-99, FL-100, FL-101, FL-102, FL-103, FL-104, FL-105, FL-106, FL-107, FL-108, FL-109, FL-110, FL-111, FL-112, FL-113, FL-114, FL-115, FL-116, FL-117, FL-118, FL-119, FL-120
State Senate Districts:
FL-1, FL-2, FL-3, FL-4, FL-5, FL-6, FL-7, FL-8, FL-9, FL-10, FL-11, FL-12, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, FL-19, FL-20, FL-21, FL-22, FL-23, FL-24, FL-25, FL-26, FL-27, FL-28, FL-29, FL-30, FL-31, FL-32, FL-33, FL-34, FL-35, FL-36, FL-37, FL-38, FL-39, FL-40
Neighboring States:
Alabama, Georgia