Languages in Nevada (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 Nevada
Nevada
United States
0%5%10%15%20%CountSpanishTagalog1Chinese2KoreanAfro-Asiatic3Austronesian4VietnameseFrench5GermanTai-Kadai6JapaneseArabicRussianPersian7ItalianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseOther Slavic8Serbo-CroatianArmenian21.123566%13.105530%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k2.846883%0.563118%2.846883%2.8%75,69175.7k1.072052%1.060159%1.072052%1.1%28,50328.5k0.412565%0.369818%0.412565%0.4%10,96911.0k0.378489%0.157348%0.378489%0.4%10,06310.1k0.358291%0.148193%0.358291%0.4%9,5260.347760%0.486855%0.347760%0.3%9,2460.317294%0.410100%0.317294%0.3%8,4360.303453%0.322889%0.303453%0.3%8,0680.295216%0.102331%0.295216%0.3%7,8490.233833%0.151584%0.233833%0.2%6,2170.226461%0.363857%0.226461%0.2%6,0210.213786%0.301383%0.213786%0.2%5,6840.157030%0.137532%0.157030%0.2%4,1750.155563%0.212663%0.155563%0.2%4,1360.140857%0.184459%0.140857%0.1%3,7450.134425%0.234186%0.134425%0.1%3,5740.131341%0.107336%0.131341%0.1%3,4920.127429%0.084315%0.127429%0.1%3,3880.118402%0.079353%0.118402%0.1%3,148
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Filipino 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Amharic, Somali 4including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 5including Cajun 6including Thai, Lao 7including Farsi, Dari 8including Ukrainian

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 Nevada
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Nevada
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1ItalianArabicAustronesian2Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseTagalog3ArmenianRussianPersian4Other Slavic5JapaneseSerbo-CroatianSpanishVietnameseAfro-Asiatic6KoreanTai-Kadai7Chinese8-13.844819%-15.531691%-13.844819%13.8%86.155181%84.468309%86.155181%86.2%1,1176,951-18.373637%-20.435910%-18.373637%18.4%81.626363%79.564090%81.626363%81.6%1,5506,886-22.727273%-26.578506%-22.727273%22.7%77.272727%73.421494%77.272727%77.3%9403,196-26.839395%-37.405871%-26.839395%26.8%73.160605%62.594129%73.160605%73.2%1,6164,405-26.873819%-38.172642%-26.873819%26.9%73.126181%61.827358%73.126181%73.1%2,5606,966-27.797063%-30.386196%-27.797063%27.8%72.202937%69.613804%72.202937%72.2%1,0412,704-28.007834%-36.093908%-28.007834%28.0%71.992166%63.906092%71.992166%72.0%1,0012,573-30.148895%-31.875946%-30.148895%30.1%69.851105%68.124054%69.851105%69.9%22,82022.8k52,87152.9k-30.495553%-43.338115%-30.495553%30.5%69.504447%56.661885%69.504447%69.5%9602,188-30.946517%-44.829344%-30.946517%30.9%69.053483%55.170656%69.053483%69.1%1,7593,925-34.562874%-37.726176%-34.562874%34.6%65.437126%62.273824%65.437126%65.4%1,4432,732-39.117984%-37.553415%-39.117984%39.1%60.882016%62.446585%60.882016%60.9%1,3662,126-39.375905%-42.702223%-39.375905%39.4%60.624095%57.297777%60.624095%60.6%2,4483,769-40.791027%-37.391846%-40.791027%40.8%59.208973%62.608154%59.208973%59.2%1,3822,006-40.913858%-41.560410%-40.913858%40.9%59.086142%58.439590%59.086142%59.1%229,780230k331,839332k-49.924292%-58.713636%-49.924292%49.9%50.075708%41.286364%50.075708%50.1%4,6164,630-51.137832%-43.845961%-51.137832%51.1%48.862168%56.154039%48.862168%48.9%5,1464,917-53.924697%-54.055576%-53.924697%53.9%46.075303%45.944424%46.075303%46.1%5,9155,054-55.229966%-49.973990%-55.229966%55.2%44.770034%50.026010%44.770034%44.8%4,3353,514-59.085009%-55.476722%-59.085009%59.1%40.914991%44.523278%40.914991%40.9%16,84116.8k11,66211.7k
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 Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 3including Filipino 4including Farsi, Dari 5including Ukrainian 6including Amharic, Somali 7including Thai, Lao 8including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Nevada, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain Nevada
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 Nevada, 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:
Carson City, Clark, Elko, Lyon, Washoe
Counties:
Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, White Pine
Metro Areas:
Carson City Area, Elko Area, Fallon Area, Fernley Area, Gardnerville Ranchos Area, Las Vegas Area, Pahrump Area, Reno Area, Winnemucca Area
Major Cities:
Boulder City, Carlin, Elko, Ely, Fallon, Fernley, Henderson, Las Vegas, Lovelock, Mesquite, North Las Vegas, Reno, Sparks, West Wendover, Winnemucca, Yerington
Major Place:
Carson City
Major Unincorporated Places:
Battle Mountain, Cold Springs, Dayton, Enterprise, Gardnerville, Gardnerville Ranchos, Golden Valley, Hawthorne, Incline Village, Indian Hills, Johnson Lane, Kingsbury, Laughlin, Lemmon Valley, Minden, Moapa Valley, Mogul, Nellis AFB, Pahrump, Paradise, Silver Springs, Spanish Springs, Spring Creek, Spring Valley, Stagecoach, Summerlin South, Sun Valley, Sunrise Manor, Tonopah, Topaz Ranch Estates, Washoe Valley, Whitney, Winchester
Congressional Districts:
NV-1, NV-2, NV-3, NV-4
Assembly Districts:
NV-1, NV-2, NV-3, NV-4, NV-5, NV-6, NV-7, NV-8, NV-9, NV-10, NV-11, NV-12, NV-13, NV-14, NV-15, NV-16, NV-17, NV-18, NV-19, NV-20, NV-21, NV-22, NV-23, NV-24, NV-25, NV-26, NV-27, NV-28, NV-29, NV-30, NV-31, NV-32, NV-33, NV-34, NV-35, NV-36, NV-37, NV-38, NV-39, NV-40, NV-41, NV-42
State Senate Districts:
NV-1, NV-2, NV-3, NV-4, NV-5, NV-6, NV-7, NV-8, NV-9, NV-10, NV-11, NV-12, NV-13, NV-14, NV-15, NV-16, NV-17, NV-18, NV-19, NV-20, NV-21
Neighboring States:
Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah