Languages in Georgia (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 Georgia
Georgia
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1KoreanVietnameseFrench2HindiWestern AfricanGermanGujaratiAfro-Asiatic3ArabicHaitianRussianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …TeluguUrduTagalog4Swahili et al.57.935208%13.105530%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k0.484246%1.060159%0.484246%0.5%45,70545.7k0.479118%0.369818%0.479118%0.5%45,22145.2k0.474075%0.486855%0.474075%0.5%44,74544.7k0.419119%0.410100%0.419119%0.4%39,55839.6k0.298356%0.247020%0.298356%0.3%28,16028.2k0.292222%0.153965%0.292222%0.3%27,58127.6k0.247458%0.322889%0.247458%0.2%23,35623.4k0.243527%0.132246%0.243527%0.2%22,98523.0k0.222400%0.157348%0.222400%0.2%20,99121.0k0.183644%0.363857%0.183644%0.2%17,33317.3k0.178505%0.269929%0.178505%0.2%16,84816.8k0.150301%0.301383%0.150301%0.2%14,18614.2k0.142440%0.184459%0.142440%0.1%13,44413.4k0.140617%0.234186%0.140617%0.1%13,27213.3k0.140384%0.119832%0.140384%0.1%13,25013.3k0.138837%0.107702%0.138837%0.1%13,10413.1k0.138509%0.150236%0.138509%0.1%13,07313.1k0.137375%0.563118%0.137375%0.1%12,96613.0k0.106544%0.066985%0.106544%0.1%10,05610.1k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 3including Amharic, Somali 4including Filipino 5or 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 Georgia
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Georgia
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanSwahili et al.1Western AfricanFrench2TeluguUrduHindiHaitianTagalog3Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseArabicGujaratiRussianSpanishAfro-Asiatic4Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Chinese5KoreanVietnamese-12.750471%-15.531691%-12.750471%12.8%87.249529%84.468309%87.249529%87.2%2,97820,37820.4k-19.222355%-28.792915%-19.222355%19.2%80.777645%71.207085%80.777645%80.8%1,9338,123-19.350277%-22.479560%-19.350277%19.4%80.649723%77.520440%80.649723%80.6%5,33722,24422.2k-20.059154%-20.435910%-20.059154%20.1%79.940846%79.564090%79.940846%79.9%7,93531,62331.6k-23.046398%-20.753820%-23.046398%23.0%76.953602%79.246180%76.953602%77.0%3,02010,08410.1k-23.804788%-29.427823%-23.804788%23.8%76.195212%70.572177%76.195212%76.2%3,1129,961-23.831676%-20.627763%-23.831676%23.8%76.168324%79.372237%76.168324%76.2%6,71121,44921.4k-26.489791%-41.592228%-26.489791%26.5%73.510209%58.407772%73.510209%73.5%4,46312,38512.4k-27.533549%-31.875946%-27.533549%27.5%72.466451%68.124054%72.466451%72.5%3,5709,396-29.775364%-30.386196%-29.775364%29.8%70.224636%69.613804%70.224636%70.2%4,0039,441-32.534659%-36.093908%-32.534659%32.5%67.465341%63.906092%67.465341%67.5%4,3188,954-33.041020%-37.405871%-33.041020%33.0%66.958980%62.594129%66.958980%67.0%5,72711,60611.6k-37.824668%-34.550527%-37.824668%37.8%62.175332%65.449473%62.175332%62.2%8,69414,29114.3k-40.018328%-44.829344%-40.018328%40.0%59.981672%55.170656%59.981672%60.0%5,6778,509-45.079210%-41.560410%-45.079210%45.1%54.920790%58.439590%54.920790%54.9%337,623338k411,332411k-47.220237%-43.845961%-47.220237%47.2%52.779763%56.154039%52.779763%52.8%9,91211,07911.1k-48.860377%-39.254822%-48.860377%48.9%51.139623%60.745178%51.139623%51.1%6,4746,776-51.051307%-55.476722%-51.051307%51.1%48.948693%44.523278%48.948693%48.9%23,33323.3k22,37222.4k-54.297782%-54.055576%-54.297782%54.3%45.702218%45.944424%45.702218%45.7%24,55424.6k20,66720.7k-63.256230%-58.713636%-63.256230%63.3%36.743770%41.286364%36.743770%36.7%28,30428.3k16,44116.4k
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 Cajun 3including Filipino 4including Amharic, Somali 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Georgia, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Georgia
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 Georgia, 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:
Bibb, Chatham, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Houston, Muscogee, Paulding, Richmond
Counties:
Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth
Metro Areas:
Albany Area, Americus Area, Athens Area, Atlanta Area, Augusta Area, Bainbridge Area, Brunswick Area, Calhoun Area, Cedartown Area, Chattanooga Area, Columbus Area, Cordele Area, Cornelia Area, Dalton Area, Douglas Area, Dublin Area, Eufaula Area, Fitzgerald Area, Gainesville Area, Hinesville Area, Jefferson Area, Jesup Area, LaGrange Area, Macon Area, Milledgeville Area, Moultrie Area, Rome Area, Savannah Area, St. Marys Area, Statesboro Area, Summerville Area, Thomaston Area, Thomasville Area, Tifton Area, Toccoa Area, Valdosta Area, Vidalia Area, Warner Robins Area, Waycross Area
Major Cities:
Acworth, Albany, Alpharetta, Atlanta, Brookhaven, Canton, Carrollton, Chamblee, Columbus, Dalton, Decatur, Douglasville, Duluth, Dunwoody, East Point, Gainesville, Griffin, Hinesville, Johns Creek, Kennesaw, LaGrange, Lawrenceville, Marietta, McDonough, Milton, Newnan, Peachtree City, Peachtree Corners, Pooler, Rome, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Savannah, Smyrna, Statesboro, Stockbridge, Sugar Hill, Tucker, Union City, Valdosta, Warner Robins, Woodstock
Major Places:
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), Macon-Bibb County
Major Unincorporated Places:
Candler-McAfee, Evans, Mableton, Martinez, Redan
Congressional Districts:
GA-1, GA-2, GA-3, GA-4, GA-5, GA-6, GA-7, GA-8, GA-9, GA-10, GA-11, GA-12, GA-13, GA-14
State House Districts:
GA-1, GA-2, GA-3, GA-4, GA-5, GA-6, GA-7, GA-8, GA-9, GA-10, GA-11, GA-12, GA-13, GA-14, GA-15, GA-16, GA-17, GA-18, GA-19, GA-20, GA-21, GA-22, GA-23, GA-24, GA-25, GA-26, GA-27, GA-28, GA-29, GA-30, GA-31, GA-32, GA-33, GA-34, GA-35, GA-36, GA-37, GA-38, GA-39, GA-40, GA-41, GA-42, GA-43, GA-44, GA-45, GA-46, GA-47, GA-48, GA-49, GA-50, GA-51, GA-52, GA-53, GA-54, GA-55, GA-56, GA-57, GA-58, GA-59, GA-60, GA-61, GA-62, GA-63, GA-64, GA-65, GA-66, GA-67, GA-68, GA-69, GA-70, GA-71, GA-72, GA-73, GA-74, GA-75, GA-76, GA-77, GA-78, GA-79, GA-80, GA-81, GA-82, GA-83, GA-84, GA-85, GA-86, GA-87, GA-88, GA-89, GA-90, GA-91, GA-92, GA-93, GA-94, GA-95, GA-96, GA-97, GA-98, GA-99, GA-100, GA-101, GA-102, GA-103, GA-104, GA-105, GA-106, GA-107, GA-108, GA-109, GA-110, GA-111, GA-112, GA-113, GA-114, GA-115, GA-116, GA-117, GA-118, GA-119, GA-120, GA-121, GA-122, GA-123, GA-124, GA-125, GA-126, GA-127, GA-128, GA-129, GA-130, GA-131, GA-132, GA-133, GA-134, GA-135, GA-136, GA-137, GA-138, GA-139, GA-140, GA-141, GA-142, GA-143, GA-144, GA-145, GA-146, GA-147, GA-148, GA-149, GA-150, GA-151, GA-152, GA-153, GA-154, GA-155, GA-156, GA-157, GA-158, GA-159, GA-160, GA-161, GA-162, GA-163, GA-164, GA-165, GA-166, GA-167, GA-168, GA-169, GA-170, GA-171, GA-172, GA-173, GA-174, GA-175, GA-176, GA-177, GA-178, GA-179, GA-180
State Senate Districts:
GA-1, GA-2, GA-3, GA-4, GA-5, GA-6, GA-7, GA-8, GA-9, GA-10, GA-11, GA-12, GA-13, GA-14, GA-15, GA-16, GA-17, GA-18, GA-19, GA-20, GA-21, GA-22, GA-23, GA-24, GA-25, GA-26, GA-27, GA-28, GA-29, GA-30, GA-31, GA-32, GA-33, GA-34, GA-35, GA-36, GA-37, GA-38, GA-39, GA-40, GA-41, GA-42, GA-43, GA-44, GA-45, GA-46, GA-47, GA-48, GA-49, GA-50, GA-51, GA-52, GA-53, GA-54, GA-55, GA-56
Neighboring States:
Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee