Languages in Idaho (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 Idaho
Idaho
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishGermanChinese1French2ArabicSerbo-CroatianTagalog3Other Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Russian7.943040%13.105530%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k0.296368%0.322889%0.296368%0.3%4,5090.226433%1.060159%0.226433%0.2%3,4450.204480%0.410100%0.204480%0.2%3,1110.168855%0.363857%0.168855%0.2%2,5690.165240%0.084315%0.165240%0.2%2,5140.144667%0.563118%0.144667%0.1%2,2010.138489%0.064097%0.138489%0.1%2,1070.112987%0.184459%0.112987%0.1%1,7190.106085%0.301383%0.106085%0.1%1,614
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 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 Idaho
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Idaho
50%0%50%Don'tDoOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…French1GermanRussianTagalog2Serbo-CroatianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…SpanishArabicChinese3-10.536308%-14.366525%-10.536308%10.5%89.463692%85.633475%89.463692%89.5%2221,885-13.500482%-20.435910%-13.500482%13.5%86.499518%79.564090%86.499518%86.5%4202,691-14.016412%-15.531691%-14.016412%14.0%85.983588%84.468309%85.983588%86.0%6323,877-28.562577%-44.829344%-28.562577%28.6%71.437423%55.170656%71.437423%71.4%4611,153-29.350295%-31.875946%-29.350295%29.4%70.649705%68.124054%70.649705%70.6%6461,555-29.912490%-37.391846%-29.912490%29.9%70.087510%62.608154%70.087510%70.1%7521,762-37.929029%-30.386196%-37.929029%37.9%62.070971%69.613804%62.070971%62.1%6521,067-39.311692%-41.560410%-39.311692%39.3%60.688308%58.439590%60.688308%60.7%47,50747.5k73,34073.3k-55.546905%-37.405871%-55.546905%55.5%44.453095%62.594129%44.453095%44.5%1,4271,142-56.690856%-55.476722%-56.690856%56.7%43.309144%44.523278%43.309144%43.3%1,9531,492
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 Idaho to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Idaho.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Idaho, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Idaho
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 West

There are 13 states in the West. This section compares Idaho to all of the states in the West and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Idaho.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#13

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Idaho, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain Idaho
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#CaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaArizonaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoUtahOregonWashingtonIdahoWyomingAlaskaHawaiiMontana28.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M128.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k221.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k320.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M413.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k59.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k68.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k78.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k87.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k94.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k103.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k111.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k121.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k13
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 13 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Idaho, 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:
Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Canyon, Kootenai, Twin Falls
Counties:
Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Shoshone, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington
Metro Areas:
Blackfoot Area, Boise City Area, Burley Area, Coeur d'Alene Area, Hailey Area, Idaho Falls Area, Jackson Area, Lewiston Area, Logan Area, Moscow Area, Mountain Home Area, Ontario Area, Pocatello Area, Rexburg Area, Sandpoint Area, Twin Falls Area
Major Cities:
American Falls, Ammon, Blackfoot, Boise City, Buhl, Burley, Caldwell, Chubbuck, Coeur d'Alene, Eagle, Emmett, Fruitland, Garden City, Gooding, Grangeville, Hailey, Hayden, Heyburn, Idaho Falls, Jerome, Ketchum, Kimberly, Kuna, Lewiston, McCall, Meridian, Middleton, Moscow, Mountain Home, Nampa, Orofino, Payette, Pocatello, Post Falls, Preston, Rathdrum, Rexburg, Rigby, Rupert, Salmon, Sandpoint, Shelley, Soda Springs, St. Anthony, Star, Twin Falls, Weiser
Major Unincorporated Places:
Fort Hall, Lincoln, Mountain Home AFB
Congressional Districts:
ID-1, ID-2
State House Districts:
ID-1, ID-2, ID-3, ID-4, ID-5, ID-6, ID-7, ID-8, ID-9, ID-10, ID-11, ID-12, ID-13, ID-14, ID-15, ID-16, ID-17, ID-18, ID-19, ID-20, ID-21, ID-22, ID-23, ID-24, ID-25, ID-26, ID-27, ID-28, ID-29, ID-30, ID-31, ID-32, ID-33, ID-34, ID-35
State Senate Districts:
ID-1, ID-2, ID-3, ID-4, ID-5, ID-6, ID-7, ID-8, ID-9, ID-10, ID-11, ID-12, ID-13, ID-14, ID-15, ID-16, ID-17, ID-18, ID-19, ID-20, ID-21, ID-22, ID-23, ID-24, ID-25, ID-26, ID-27, ID-28, ID-29, ID-30, ID-31, ID-32, ID-33, ID-34, ID-35
Neighboring States:
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming