Languages in New Hampshire (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 New Hampshire
New Hampshire
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishFrench1Chinese2GermanPortugueseNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …ArabicGreekRussianVietnameseOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…TeluguSerbo-CroatianTagalog3ItalianHindiTamilKorean2.092448%13.105530%2.092448%2.1%26,42426.4k1.683524%0.410100%1.683524%1.7%21,26021.3k0.448359%1.060159%0.448359%0.4%5,6620.293389%0.322889%0.293389%0.3%3,7050.255696%0.234186%0.255696%0.3%3,2290.240888%0.119832%0.240888%0.2%3,0420.216340%0.363857%0.216340%0.2%2,7320.199236%0.097388%0.199236%0.2%2,5160.151961%0.301383%0.151961%0.2%1,9190.151169%0.486855%0.151169%0.2%1,9090.149347%0.184459%0.149347%0.1%1,8860.133510%0.107702%0.133510%0.1%1,6860.129075%0.084315%0.129075%0.1%1,6300.120365%0.563118%0.120365%0.1%1,5200.119098%0.212663%0.119098%0.1%1,5040.113951%0.247020%0.113951%0.1%1,4390.109516%0.079915%0.109516%0.1%1,3830.102627%0.369818%0.102627%0.1%1,296

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 New Hampshire
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
New Hampshire
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanItalianTamilFrench1HindiGreekTagalog2RussianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…ArabicTeluguSpanishPortugueseKoreanSerbo-CroatianChinese3Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Vietnamese-6.423752%-15.531691%-6.423752%6.4%93.576248%84.468309%93.576248%93.6%2383,467-14.960106%-26.578506%-14.960106%15.0%85.039894%73.421494%85.039894%85.0%2251,279-15.835141%-18.305481%-15.835141%15.8%84.164859%81.694519%84.164859%84.2%2191,164-19.844779%-20.435910%-19.844779%19.8%80.155221%79.564090%80.155221%80.2%4,21917,04117.0k-23.627519%-20.627763%-23.627519%23.6%76.372481%79.372237%76.372481%76.4%3401,099-25.119237%-25.476984%-25.119237%25.1%74.880763%74.523016%74.880763%74.9%6321,884-25.921053%-31.875946%-25.921053%25.9%74.078947%68.124054%74.078947%74.1%3941,126-26.055237%-44.829344%-26.055237%26.1%73.944763%55.170656%73.944763%73.9%5001,419-27.730647%-30.386196%-27.730647%27.7%72.269353%69.613804%72.269353%72.3%5231,363-30.087848%-37.405871%-30.087848%30.1%69.912152%62.594129%69.912152%69.9%8221,910-32.680902%-20.753820%-32.680902%32.7%67.319098%79.246180%67.319098%67.3%5511,135-36.500908%-41.560410%-36.500908%36.5%63.499092%58.439590%63.499092%63.5%9,64516,77916.8k-39.702694%-36.093908%-39.702694%39.7%60.297306%63.906092%60.297306%60.3%1,2821,947-43.904321%-54.055576%-43.904321%43.9%56.095679%45.944424%56.095679%56.1%569727-46.687117%-37.391846%-46.687117%46.7%53.312883%62.608154%53.312883%53.3%761869-50.317909%-55.476722%-50.317909%50.3%49.682091%44.523278%49.682091%49.7%2,8492,813-52.991453%-39.254822%-52.991453%53.0%47.008547%60.745178%47.008547%47.0%1,6121,430-64.903091%-58.713636%-64.903091%64.9%35.096909%41.286364%35.096909%35.1%1,239670

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of New Hampshire, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain New Hampshire
0%10%20%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

Language by State in the Northeast

There are 9 states in the Northeast. This section compares New Hampshire to all of the states in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with New Hampshire.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#21

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of New Hampshire, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain New Hampshire
0%5%10%15%Count#New JerseyNew YorkUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesRhode IslandConnecticutMassachusettsPennsylvaniaNew HampshireVermontMaine15.926284%15.926284%15.9%1,335,7291.34M115.032768%15.032768%15.0%2,785,0812.79M213.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.632811%11.632811%11.6%116,296116k311.517761%11.517761%11.5%391,576392k48.603765%8.603765%8.6%548,794549k54.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k62.092448%2.092448%2.1%26,42426.4k71.036265%1.036265%1.0%6,17580.902214%0.902214%0.9%11,41111.4k9

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of New Hampshire, 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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Congressional Districts:

State House Districts:
NH-Belknap County No. 1, NH-Belknap County No. 2, NH-Belknap County No. 3, NH-Belknap County No. 4, NH-Belknap County No. 5, NH-Belknap County No. 6, NH-Belknap County No. 7, NH-Carroll County No. 1, NH-Carroll County No. 2, NH-Carroll County No. 3, NH-Carroll County No. 4, NH-Carroll County No. 5, NH-Carroll County No. 6, NH-Cheshire County No. 1, NH-Cheshire County No. 2, NH-Cheshire County No. 3, NH-Cheshire County No. 4, NH-Cheshire County No. 5, NH-Cheshire County No. 6, NH-Cheshire County No. 7, NH-Cheshire County No. 8, NH-Cheshire County No. 9, NH-Cheshire County No. 10, NH-Cheshire County No. 11, NH-Cheshire County No. 12, NH-Cheshire County No. 13, NH-Coos County No. 1, NH-Coos County No. 2, NH-Coos County No. 3, NH-Coos County No. 4, NH-Coos County No. 5, NH-Coos County No. 6, NH-Grafton County No. 1, NH-Grafton County No. 2, NH-Grafton County No. 3, NH-Grafton County No. 4, NH-Grafton County No. 5, NH-Grafton County No. 6, NH-Grafton County No. 7, NH-Grafton County No. 8, NH-Grafton County No. 9, NH-Grafton County No. 10, NH-Grafton County No. 11, NH-Grafton County No. 12, NH-Grafton County No. 13, NH-Hillsborough County No. 1, NH-Hillsborough County No. 2, NH-Hillsborough County No. 3, NH-Hillsborough County No. 4, NH-Hillsborough County No. 5, NH-Hillsborough County No. 6, NH-Hillsborough County No. 7, NH-Hillsborough County No. 8, NH-Hillsborough County No. 9, NH-Hillsborough County No. 10, NH-Hillsborough County No. 11, NH-Hillsborough County No. 12, NH-Hillsborough County No. 13, NH-Hillsborough County No. 14, NH-Hillsborough County No. 15, NH-Hillsborough County No. 16, NH-Hillsborough County No. 17, NH-Hillsborough County No. 18, NH-Hillsborough County No. 19, NH-Hillsborough County No. 20, NH-Hillsborough County No. 21, NH-Hillsborough County No. 22, NH-Hillsborough County No. 23, NH-Hillsborough County No. 24, NH-Hillsborough County No. 25, NH-Hillsborough County No. 26, NH-Hillsborough County No. 27, NH-Hillsborough County No. 28, NH-Hillsborough County No. 29, NH-Hillsborough County No. 30, NH-Hillsborough County No. 31, NH-Hillsborough County No. 32, NH-Hillsborough County No. 33, NH-Hillsborough County No. 34, NH-Hillsborough County No. 35, NH-Hillsborough County No. 36, NH-Hillsborough County No. 37, NH-Merrimack County No. 1, NH-Merrimack County No. 2, NH-Merrimack County No. 3, NH-Merrimack County No. 4, NH-Merrimack County No. 5, NH-Merrimack County No. 6, NH-Merrimack County No. 7, NH-Merrimack County No. 8, NH-Merrimack County No. 9, NH-Merrimack County No. 10, NH-Merrimack County No. 11, NH-Merrimack County No. 12, NH-Merrimack County No. 13, NH-Merrimack County No. 14, NH-Merrimack County No. 15, NH-Merrimack County No. 16, NH-Merrimack County No. 17, NH-Merrimack County No. 18, NH-Merrimack County No. 19, NH-Merrimack County No. 20, NH-Merrimack County No. 21, NH-Merrimack County No. 22, NH-Merrimack County No. 23, NH-Merrimack County No. 24, NH-Rockingham County No. 1, NH-Rockingham County No. 2, NH-Rockingham County No. 3, NH-Rockingham County No. 4, NH-Rockingham County No. 5, NH-Rockingham County No. 6, NH-Rockingham County No. 7, NH-Rockingham County No. 8, NH-Rockingham County No. 9, NH-Rockingham County No. 10, NH-Rockingham County No. 11, NH-Rockingham County No. 12, NH-Rockingham County No. 13, NH-Rockingham County No. 14, NH-Rockingham County No. 15, NH-Rockingham County No. 16, NH-Rockingham County No. 17, NH-Rockingham County No. 18, NH-Rockingham County No. 19, NH-Rockingham County No. 20, NH-Rockingham County No. 21, NH-Rockingham County No. 22, NH-Rockingham County No. 23, NH-Rockingham County No. 24, NH-Rockingham County No. 25, NH-Rockingham County No. 26, NH-Rockingham County No. 27, NH-Rockingham County No. 28, NH-Rockingham County No. 29, NH-Strafford County No. 1, NH-Strafford County No. 2, NH-Strafford County No. 3, NH-Strafford County No. 4, NH-Strafford County No. 5, NH-Strafford County No. 6, NH-Strafford County No. 7, NH-Strafford County No. 8, NH-Strafford County No. 9, NH-Strafford County No. 10, NH-Strafford County No. 11, NH-Strafford County No. 12, NH-Strafford County No. 13, NH-Strafford County No. 14, NH-Strafford County No. 15, NH-Strafford County No. 16, NH-Strafford County No. 17, NH-Strafford County No. 18, NH-Sullivan County No. 1, NH-Sullivan County No. 2, NH-Sullivan County No. 3, NH-Sullivan County No. 4, NH-Sullivan County No. 5, NH-Sullivan County No. 6, NH-Sullivan County No. 7, NH-Sullivan County No. 8

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