Languages in Maryland (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 Maryland
Maryland
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1French2Western AfricanKoreanTagalog3Afro-Asiatic4RussianVietnameseHindiUrduGermanArabicPersian5HaitianNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …PortugueseGujaratiSwahili et al.6Greek7.452966%13.105530%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k1.198548%1.060159%1.198548%1.2%67,02767.0k0.861981%0.410100%0.861981%0.9%48,20548.2k0.808819%0.153965%0.808819%0.8%45,23245.2k0.676263%0.369818%0.676263%0.7%37,81937.8k0.579971%0.563118%0.579971%0.6%32,43432.4k0.471233%0.157348%0.471233%0.5%26,35326.4k0.405822%0.301383%0.405822%0.4%22,69522.7k0.395934%0.486855%0.395934%0.4%22,14222.1k0.338427%0.247020%0.338427%0.3%18,92618.9k0.333867%0.150236%0.333867%0.3%18,67118.7k0.312391%0.322889%0.312391%0.3%17,47017.5k0.295636%0.363857%0.295636%0.3%16,53316.5k0.256851%0.137532%0.256851%0.3%14,36414.4k0.253328%0.269929%0.253328%0.3%14,16714.2k0.219836%0.119832%0.219836%0.2%12,29412.3k0.201990%0.234186%0.201990%0.2%11,29611.3k0.190045%0.132246%0.190045%0.2%10,62810.6k0.178226%0.066985%0.178226%0.2%9,9670.169821%0.097388%0.169821%0.2%9,497
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 3including Filipino 4including Amharic, Somali 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 Maryland
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Maryland
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanHindiSwahili et al.1Western AfricanFrench2GreekArabicTagalog3UrduGujaratiPortugueseHaitianAfro-Asiatic4Persian5RussianNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …SpanishChinese6KoreanVietnamese-12.810532%-15.531691%-12.810532%12.8%87.189468%84.468309%87.189468%87.2%2,23815,23215.2k-17.716369%-20.627763%-17.716369%17.7%82.283631%79.372237%82.283631%82.3%3,35315,57315.6k-17.738537%-28.792915%-17.738537%17.7%82.261463%71.207085%82.261463%82.3%1,7688,199-19.888574%-22.479560%-19.888574%19.9%80.111426%77.520440%80.111426%80.1%8,99636,23636.2k-23.999585%-20.435910%-23.999585%24.0%76.000415%79.564090%76.000415%76.0%11,56911.6k36,63636.6k-24.344530%-25.476984%-24.344530%24.3%75.655470%74.523016%75.655470%75.7%2,3127,185-24.944051%-37.405871%-24.944051%24.9%75.055949%62.594129%75.055949%75.1%4,12412,40912.4k-27.107356%-31.875946%-27.107356%27.1%72.892644%68.124054%72.892644%72.9%8,79223,64223.6k-27.240105%-29.427823%-27.240105%27.2%72.759895%70.572177%72.759895%72.8%5,08613,58513.6k-31.652239%-34.550527%-31.652239%31.7%68.347761%65.449473%68.347761%68.3%3,3647,264-32.179533%-36.093908%-32.179533%32.2%67.820467%63.906092%67.820467%67.8%3,6357,661-34.283899%-41.592228%-34.283899%34.3%65.716101%58.407772%65.716101%65.7%4,8579,310-34.591887%-43.845961%-34.591887%34.6%65.408113%56.154039%65.408113%65.4%9,11617,23717.2k-35.588972%-37.726176%-35.588972%35.6%64.411028%62.273824%64.411028%64.4%5,1129,252-35.655431%-44.829344%-35.655431%35.7%64.344569%55.170656%64.344569%64.3%8,09214,60314.6k-38.766878%-39.254822%-38.766878%38.8%61.233122%60.745178%61.233122%61.2%4,7667,528-44.867033%-41.560410%-44.867033%44.9%55.132967%58.439590%55.132967%55.1%187,004187k229,792230k-45.841228%-55.476722%-45.841228%45.8%54.158772%44.523278%54.158772%54.2%30,72630.7k36,30136.3k-54.541368%-54.055576%-54.541368%54.5%45.458632%45.944424%45.458632%45.5%20,62720.6k17,19217.2k-55.225364%-58.713636%-55.225364%55.2%44.774636%41.286364%44.774636%44.8%12,22812.2k9,914
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 Farsi, Dari 6including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Maryland, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Maryland
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 Maryland, 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 City:
Baltimore
Major Counties:
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Washington, Wicomico
City:
Baltimore
Counties:
Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Somerset, St. Mary's, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, Worcester
Metro Areas:
Baltimore Area, California Area, Cambridge Area, Cumberland Area, Easton Area, Hagerstown Area, Philadelphia Area, Salisbury Area, Washington Area
Major Cities:
Annapolis, Baltimore, Bowie, College Park, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Hagerstown, Rockville, Salisbury
Major Unincorporated Places:
Aspen Hill, Bel Air North, Bel Air South, Bethesda, Carney, Catonsville, Chillum, Clinton, Columbia, Crofton, Dundalk, Edgewood, Eldersburg, Ellicott City, Essex, Germantown, Glen Burnie, Ilchester, Lochearn, Middle River, Milford Mill, Montgomery Village, North Bethesda, Odenton, Olney, Owings Mills, Parkville, Pasadena, Perry Hall, Pikesville, Potomac, Randallstown, Reisterstown, Severn, Severna Park, Silver Spring, South Laurel, Towson, Waldorf, Wheaton, Woodlawn
Congressional Districts:
MD-1, MD-2, MD-3, MD-4, MD-5, MD-6, MD-7, MD-8
State Legislative Districts:
MD-4, MD-5, MD-6, MD-7, MD-8, MD-10, MD-11, MD-12, MD-13, MD-14, MD-15, MD-16, MD-17, MD-18, MD-19, MD-20, MD-21, MD-22, MD-24, MD-25, MD-26, MD-28, MD-32, MD-33, MD-36, MD-39, MD-40, MD-41, MD-43, MD-45, MD-46
State Legislative Subdistricts:
MD-1A, MD-1B, MD-1C, MD-2A, MD-2B, MD-3A, MD-3B, MD-9A, MD-9B, MD-23A, MD-23B, MD-27A, MD-27B, MD-27C, MD-29A, MD-29B, MD-29C, MD-30A, MD-30B, MD-31A, MD-31B, MD-34A, MD-34B, MD-35A, MD-35B, MD-37A, MD-37B, MD-38A, MD-38B, MD-38C, MD-42A, MD-42B, MD-44A, MD-44B, MD-47A, MD-47B
State Senate Districts:
MD-1, MD-2, MD-3, MD-4, MD-5, MD-6, MD-7, MD-8, MD-9, MD-10, MD-11, MD-12, MD-13, MD-14, MD-15, MD-16, MD-17, MD-18, MD-19, MD-20, MD-21, MD-22, MD-23, MD-24, MD-25, MD-26, MD-27, MD-28, MD-29, MD-30, MD-31, MD-32, MD-33, MD-34, MD-35, MD-36, MD-37, MD-38, MD-39, MD-40, MD-41, MD-42, MD-43, MD-44, MD-45, MD-46, MD-47
Neighboring States:
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Neighboring State Equivalents:
District of Columbia