Languages in Minnesota (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 Minnesota
Minnesota
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishAfro-Asiatic1HmongVietnameseChinese2GermanFrench3RussianArabicOther AsianTai-Kadai4Western AfricanSwahili et al.5Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…HindiTagalog6KhmerOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…TeluguKorean3.817511%13.105530%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k1.211685%0.157348%1.211685%1.2%61,82161.8k1.183873%0.076038%1.183873%1.2%60,40260.4k0.450072%0.486855%0.450072%0.5%22,96323.0k0.441056%1.060159%0.441056%0.4%22,50322.5k0.409089%0.322889%0.409089%0.4%20,87220.9k0.287530%0.410100%0.287530%0.3%14,67014.7k0.275829%0.301383%0.275829%0.3%14,07314.1k0.243470%0.363857%0.243470%0.2%12,42212.4k0.237531%0.115549%0.237531%0.2%12,11912.1k0.217559%0.102331%0.217559%0.2%11,10011.1k0.203094%0.153965%0.203094%0.2%10,36210.4k0.176967%0.066985%0.176967%0.2%9,0290.174400%0.184459%0.174400%0.2%8,8980.152076%0.247020%0.152076%0.2%7,7590.124087%0.563118%0.124087%0.1%6,3310.120147%0.069842%0.120147%0.1%6,1300.112562%0.064097%0.112562%0.1%5,7430.111288%0.107702%0.111288%0.1%5,6780.108427%0.369818%0.108427%0.1%5,532
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Amharic, Somali 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Cajun 4including Thai, Lao 5or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 6including 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 Minnesota
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Minnesota
50%0%50%Don'tDoOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…TeluguGermanHindiOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…French1Swahili et al.2Tagalog3ArabicWestern AfricanSpanishKoreanHmongRussianChinese4Afro-Asiatic5Tai-Kadai6KhmerVietnameseOther Asian-6.999826%-14.366525%-6.999826%7.0%93.000174%85.633475%93.000174%93.0%4025,341-14.476928%-20.753820%-14.476928%14.5%85.523072%79.246180%85.523072%85.5%8224,856-16.098122%-15.531691%-16.098122%16.1%83.901878%84.468309%83.901878%83.9%3,36017,51217.5k-17.592473%-20.627763%-17.592473%17.6%82.407527%79.372237%82.407527%82.4%1,3656,394-18.757024%-30.386196%-18.757024%18.8%81.242976%69.613804%81.242976%81.2%1,6697,229-23.687798%-20.435910%-23.687798%23.7%76.312202%79.564090%76.312202%76.3%3,47511,19511.2k-25.739285%-28.792915%-25.739285%25.7%74.260715%71.207085%74.260715%74.3%2,3246,705-33.233296%-31.875946%-33.233296%33.2%66.766704%68.124054%66.766704%66.8%2,1044,227-34.149090%-37.405871%-34.149090%34.1%65.850910%62.594129%65.850910%65.9%4,2428,180-34.501062%-22.479560%-34.501062%34.5%65.498938%77.520440%65.498938%65.5%3,5756,787-43.070359%-41.560410%-43.070359%43.1%56.929641%58.439590%56.929641%56.9%83,88983.9k110,883111k-43.420101%-54.055576%-43.420101%43.4%56.579899%45.944424%56.579899%56.6%2,4023,130-43.972054%-42.197703%-43.972054%44.0%56.027946%57.802297%56.027946%56.0%26,56026.6k33,84233.8k-46.379592%-44.829344%-46.379592%46.4%53.620408%55.170656%53.620408%53.6%6,5277,546-47.678087%-55.476722%-47.678087%47.7%52.321913%44.523278%52.321913%52.3%10,72910.7k11,77411.8k-48.232801%-43.845961%-48.232801%48.2%51.767199%56.154039%51.767199%51.8%29,81829.8k32,00332.0k-51.063063%-49.973990%-51.063063%51.1%48.936937%50.026010%48.936937%48.9%5,6685,432-55.709625%-51.044288%-55.709625%55.7%44.290375%48.955712%44.290375%44.3%3,4152,715-58.677002%-58.713636%-58.677002%58.7%41.322998%41.286364%41.322998%41.3%13,47413.5k9,489-74.643122%-54.251392%-74.643122%74.6%25.356878%45.748608%25.356878%25.4%9,0463,073
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Cajun 2or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 3including Filipino 4including Mandarin, Cantonese 5including Amharic, Somali 6including Thai, Lao

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Minnesota, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain Minnesota
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 Minnesota, 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:
Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Crow Wing, Dakota, Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Washington, Wright
Counties:
Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Metro Areas:
Albert Lea Area, Alexandria Area, Austin Area, Bemidji Area, Brainerd Area, Duluth Area, Fairmont Area, Fargo Area, Faribault Area, Fergus Falls Area, Grand Forks Area, Grand Rapids Area, Hutchinson Area, La Crosse Area, Mankato Area, Marshall Area, Minneapolis Area, New Ulm Area, Owatonna Area, Red Wing Area, Rochester Area, St. Cloud Area, Wahpeton Area, Willmar Area, Winona Area, Worthington Area
Major Cities:
Andover, Apple Valley, Austin, Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Champlin, Chanhassen, Chaska, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Crystal, Duluth, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Elk River, Faribault, Farmington, Fridley, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mankato, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Moorhead, New Brighton, Oakdale, Owatonna, Plymouth, Prior Lake, Ramsey, Richfield, Rochester, Rosemount, Roseville, Savage, Shakopee, Shoreview, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park, St. Paul, White Bear Lake, Winona, Woodbury
Congressional Districts:
MN-1, MN-2, MN-3, MN-4, MN-5, MN-6, MN-7, MN-8
State House Districts:
MN-1A, MN-1B, MN-2A, MN-2B, MN-3A, MN-3B, MN-4A, MN-4B, MN-5A, MN-5B, MN-6A, MN-6B, MN-7A, MN-7B, MN-8A, MN-8B, MN-9A, MN-9B, MN-10A, MN-10B, MN-11A, MN-11B, MN-12A, MN-12B, MN-13A, MN-13B, MN-14A, MN-14B, MN-15A, MN-15B, MN-16A, MN-16B, MN-17A, MN-17B, MN-18A, MN-18B, MN-19A, MN-19B, MN-20A, MN-20B, MN-21A, MN-21B, MN-22A, MN-22B, MN-23A, MN-23B, MN-24A, MN-24B, MN-25A, MN-25B, MN-26A, MN-26B, MN-27A, MN-27B, MN-28A, MN-28B, MN-29A, MN-29B, MN-30A, MN-30B, MN-31A, MN-31B, MN-32A, MN-32B, MN-33A, MN-33B, MN-34A, MN-34B, MN-35A, MN-35B, MN-36A, MN-36B, MN-37A, MN-37B, MN-38A, MN-38B, MN-39A, MN-39B, MN-40A, MN-40B, MN-41A, MN-41B, MN-42A, MN-42B, MN-43A, MN-43B, MN-44A, MN-44B, MN-45A, MN-45B, MN-46A, MN-46B, MN-47A, MN-47B, MN-48A, MN-48B, MN-49A, MN-49B, MN-50A, MN-50B, MN-51A, MN-51B, MN-52A, MN-52B, MN-53A, MN-53B, MN-54A, MN-54B, MN-55A, MN-55B, MN-56A, MN-56B, MN-57A, MN-57B, MN-58A, MN-58B, MN-59A, MN-59B, MN-60A, MN-60B, MN-61A, MN-61B, MN-62A, MN-62B, MN-63A, MN-63B, MN-64A, MN-64B, MN-65A, MN-65B, MN-66A, MN-66B, MN-67A, MN-67B
State Senate Districts:
MN-1, MN-2, MN-3, MN-4, MN-5, MN-6, MN-7, MN-8, MN-9, MN-10, MN-11, MN-12, MN-13, MN-14, MN-15, MN-16, MN-17, MN-18, MN-19, MN-20, MN-21, MN-22, MN-23, MN-24, MN-25, MN-26, MN-27, MN-28, MN-29, MN-30, MN-31, MN-32, MN-33, MN-34, MN-35, MN-36, MN-37, MN-38, MN-39, MN-40, MN-41, MN-42, MN-43, MN-44, MN-45, MN-46, MN-47, MN-48, MN-49, MN-50, MN-51, MN-52, MN-53, MN-54, MN-55, MN-56, MN-57, MN-58, MN-59, MN-60, MN-61, MN-62, MN-63, MN-64, MN-65, MN-66, MN-67
Neighboring States:
Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin