Languages in Illinois (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 Illinois
Illinois
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishPolishChinese1Tagalog2ArabicOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…UrduKoreanGujaratiHindiRussianGermanFrench3Other Slavic4ItalianGreekSerbo-CroatianWestern AfricanAfro-Asiatic5Telugu13.232963%13.105530%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M1.489461%0.181071%1.489461%1.5%179,651180k0.846206%1.060159%0.846206%0.8%102,065102k0.678839%0.563118%0.678839%0.7%81,87881.9k0.510700%0.363857%0.510700%0.5%61,59861.6k0.387838%0.184459%0.387838%0.4%46,77946.8k0.386628%0.150236%0.386628%0.4%46,63346.6k0.371828%0.369818%0.371828%0.4%44,84844.8k0.368993%0.132246%0.368993%0.4%44,50644.5k0.356797%0.247020%0.356797%0.4%43,03543.0k0.344858%0.301383%0.344858%0.3%41,59541.6k0.332190%0.322889%0.332190%0.3%40,06740.1k0.294591%0.410100%0.294591%0.3%35,53235.5k0.290238%0.107336%0.290238%0.3%35,00735.0k0.281582%0.212663%0.281582%0.3%33,96334.0k0.263682%0.097388%0.263682%0.3%31,80431.8k0.258144%0.084315%0.258144%0.3%31,13631.1k0.190084%0.153965%0.190084%0.2%22,92722.9k0.174862%0.157348%0.174862%0.2%21,09121.1k0.173602%0.107702%0.173602%0.2%20,93920.9k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Cajun 4including Ukrainian 5including Amharic, Somali

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 Illinois
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Illinois
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanHindiTeluguWestern AfricanFrench1Tagalog2UrduGreekItalianArabicOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Serbo-CroatianGujaratiSpanishAfro-Asiatic3Other Slavic4PolishRussianKoreanChinese5-17.001522%-15.531691%-17.001522%17.0%82.998478%84.468309%82.998478%83.0%6,81233,25533.3k-21.861276%-20.627763%-21.861276%21.9%78.138724%79.372237%78.138724%78.1%9,40833,62733.6k-22.555996%-20.753820%-22.555996%22.6%77.444004%79.246180%77.444004%77.4%4,72316,21616.2k-23.282593%-22.479560%-23.282593%23.3%76.717407%77.520440%76.717407%76.7%5,33817,58917.6k-24.983114%-20.435910%-24.983114%25.0%75.016886%79.564090%75.016886%75.0%8,87726,65526.7k-27.687535%-31.875946%-27.687535%27.7%72.312465%68.124054%72.312465%72.3%22,67022.7k59,20859.2k-28.430511%-29.427823%-28.430511%28.4%71.569489%70.572177%71.569489%71.6%13,25813.3k33,37533.4k-28.568733%-25.476984%-28.568733%28.6%71.431267%74.523016%71.431267%71.4%9,08622,71822.7k-28.690045%-26.578506%-28.690045%28.7%71.309955%73.421494%71.309955%71.3%9,74424,21924.2k-33.582259%-37.405871%-33.582259%33.6%66.417741%62.594129%66.417741%66.4%20,68620.7k40,91240.9k-37.820389%-30.386196%-37.820389%37.8%62.179611%69.613804%62.179611%62.2%17,69217.7k29,08729.1k-39.173304%-37.391846%-39.173304%39.2%60.826696%62.608154%60.826696%60.8%12,19712.2k18,93918.9k-41.160742%-34.550527%-41.160742%41.2%58.839258%65.449473%58.839258%58.8%18,31918.3k26,18726.2k-41.225657%-41.560410%-41.225657%41.2%58.774343%58.439590%58.774343%58.8%657,999658k938,092938k-41.676544%-43.845961%-41.676544%41.7%58.323456%56.154039%58.323456%58.3%8,79012,30112.3k-42.188705%-37.553415%-42.188705%42.2%57.811295%62.446585%57.811295%57.8%14,76914.8k20,23820.2k-46.907059%-39.289221%-46.907059%46.9%53.092941%60.710779%53.092941%53.1%84,26984.3k95,38295.4k-47.575430%-44.829344%-47.575430%47.6%52.424570%55.170656%52.424570%52.4%19,78919.8k21,80621.8k-52.530771%-54.055576%-52.530771%52.5%47.469229%45.944424%47.469229%47.5%23,55923.6k21,28921.3k-52.985842%-55.476722%-52.985842%53.0%47.014158%44.523278%47.014158%47.0%54,08054.1k47,98548.0k
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 Amharic, Somali 4including Ukrainian 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

There are 12 states in the Midwest. This section compares Illinois to all of the states in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Illinois.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Illinois, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain Illinois
0%5%10%Count#IllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesKansasNebraskaIndianaWisconsinIowaMinnesotaMichiganMissouriOhioSouth DakotaNorth Dakota13.232963%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M113.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M7.538962%7.538962%7.5%203,505204k27.362800%7.362800%7.4%128,899129k34.626104%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k44.590155%4.590155%4.6%248,533249k53.905289%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k63.817511%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k72.925168%2.925168%2.9%273,083273k82.509444%2.509444%2.5%142,678143k92.206979%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k102.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k111.612284%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k12
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 12 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Illinois, 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:
Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, McLean, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Tazewell, Will, Winnebago
Counties:
Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, LaSalle, Lake, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, Woodford
Metro Areas:
Bloomington Area, Burlington Area, Canton Area, Cape Girardeau Area, Carbondale Area, Centralia Area, Champaign Area, Charleston Area, Chicago Area, Danville Area, Davenport Area, Decatur Area, Dixon Area, Effingham Area, Fort Madison Area, Freeport Area, Galesburg Area, Jacksonville Area, Kankakee Area, Lincoln Area, Macomb Area, Mount Vernon Area, Ottawa Area, Paducah Area, Peoria Area, Pontiac Area, Quincy Area, Rochelle Area, Rockford Area, Springfield Area, St. Louis Area, Sterling Area, Taylorville Area
Major Cities:
Aurora, Belleville, Berwyn, Bloomington, Champaign, Chicago, Crystal Lake, DeKalb, Decatur, Des Plaines, Elgin, Elmhurst, Evanston, Joliet, Moline, Naperville, Park Ridge, Peoria, Quincy, Rock Island, Rockford, Springfield, Urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton
Major Towns:
Cicero, Normal
Major Villages:
Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Downers Grove, Glenview, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Mount Prospect, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Orland Park, Palatine, Plainfield, Romeoville, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood, Tinley Park, Wheeling
Congressional Districts:
IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-18
State House Districts:
IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-18, IL-19, IL-20, IL-21, IL-22, IL-23, IL-24, IL-25, IL-26, IL-27, IL-28, IL-29, IL-30, IL-31, IL-32, IL-33, IL-34, IL-35, IL-36, IL-37, IL-38, IL-39, IL-40, IL-41, IL-42, IL-43, IL-44, IL-45, IL-46, IL-47, IL-48, IL-49, IL-50, IL-51, IL-52, IL-53, IL-54, IL-55, IL-56, IL-57, IL-58, IL-59, IL-60, IL-61, IL-62, IL-63, IL-64, IL-65, IL-66, IL-67, IL-68, IL-69, IL-70, IL-71, IL-72, IL-73, IL-74, IL-75, IL-76, IL-77, IL-78, IL-79, IL-80, IL-81, IL-82, IL-83, IL-84, IL-85, IL-86, IL-87, IL-88, IL-89, IL-90, IL-91, IL-92, IL-93, IL-94, IL-95, IL-96, IL-97, IL-98, IL-99, IL-100, IL-101, IL-102, IL-103, IL-104, IL-105, IL-106, IL-107, IL-108, IL-109, IL-110, IL-111, IL-112, IL-113, IL-114, IL-115, IL-116, IL-117, IL-118
State Senate Districts:
IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-18, IL-19, IL-20, IL-21, IL-22, IL-23, IL-24, IL-25, IL-26, IL-27, IL-28, IL-29, IL-30, IL-31, IL-32, IL-33, IL-34, IL-35, IL-36, IL-37, IL-38, IL-39, IL-40, IL-41, IL-42, IL-43, IL-44, IL-45, IL-46, IL-47, IL-48, IL-49, IL-50, IL-51, IL-52, IL-53, IL-54, IL-55, IL-56, IL-57, IL-58, IL-59
Neighboring States:
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin