Languages in New Mexico (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 Mexico
New Mexico
United States
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountSpanishNavajoOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…GermanFrench1Chinese2VietnameseArabicTagalog328.015085%13.105530%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k3.203397%0.054433%3.203397%3.2%62,43162.4k1.710914%0.064097%1.710914%1.7%33,34433.3k0.367335%0.322889%0.367335%0.4%7,1590.262610%0.410100%0.262610%0.3%5,1180.233465%1.060159%0.233465%0.2%4,5500.206475%0.486855%0.206475%0.2%4,0240.173636%0.363857%0.173636%0.2%3,3840.170045%0.563118%0.170045%0.2%3,314
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Cajun 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including 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 New Mexico
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
New Mexico
50%0%50%Don'tDoNavajoOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…French1GermanTagalog2SpanishArabicChinese3Vietnamese-14.585703%-19.341645%-14.585703%14.6%85.414297%80.658355%85.414297%85.4%9,10653,32553.3k-14.827255%-14.366525%-14.827255%14.8%85.172745%85.633475%85.172745%85.2%4,94428,40028.4k-15.416178%-20.435910%-15.416178%15.4%84.583822%79.564090%84.583822%84.6%7894,329-17.851655%-15.531691%-17.851655%17.9%82.148345%84.468309%82.148345%82.1%1,2785,881-21.514786%-31.875946%-21.514786%21.5%78.485214%68.124054%78.485214%78.5%7132,601-26.925965%-41.560410%-26.925965%26.9%73.074035%58.439590%73.074035%73.1%147,012147k398,974399k-31.264775%-37.405871%-31.264775%31.3%68.735225%62.594129%68.735225%68.7%1,0582,326-41.978022%-55.476722%-41.978022%42.0%58.021978%44.523278%58.021978%58.0%1,9102,640-59.517893%-58.713636%-59.517893%59.5%40.482107%41.286364%40.482107%40.5%2,3951,629
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 Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#12

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of New Mexico, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain New Mexico
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 New Mexico, 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:
Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, Doña Ana, Eddy, Lea, McKinley, Otero, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Valencia
Counties:
Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Doña Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union, Valencia
Metro Areas:
Alamogordo Area, Albuquerque Area, Carlsbad Area, Clovis Area, Deming Area, Española Area, Farmington Area, Gallup Area, Grants Area, Hobbs Area, Las Cruces Area, Las Vegas Area, Los Alamos Area, Portales Area, Roswell Area, Ruidoso Area, Santa Fe Area, Silver City Area, Taos Area
Major Cities:
Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Anthony, Artesia, Aztec, Belen, Bloomfield, Carlsbad, Clovis, Deming, Española, Farmington, Gallup, Grants, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Lovington, Portales, Raton, Rio Communities, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Santa Fe, Socorro, Sunland Park, Truth or Consequences, Tucumcari
Major Towns:
Bernalillo, Silver City, Taos
Major Unincorporated Places:
Chaparral, El Cerro Mission, Eldorado at Santa Fe, Lee Acres, Los Alamos, Los Chaves, Meadow Lake, North Hobbs, North Valley, Paradise Hills, Placitas, Shiprock, South Valley, White Rock, Zuni Pueblo
Major Villages:
Corrales, Los Lunas, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, Ruidoso
Congressional Districts:
NM-1, NM-2, NM-3
State House Districts:
NM-1, NM-2, NM-3, NM-4, NM-5, NM-6, NM-7, NM-8, NM-9, NM-10, NM-11, NM-12, NM-13, NM-14, NM-15, NM-16, NM-17, NM-18, NM-19, NM-20, NM-21, NM-22, NM-23, NM-24, NM-25, NM-26, NM-27, NM-28, NM-29, NM-30, NM-31, NM-32, NM-33, NM-34, NM-35, NM-36, NM-37, NM-38, NM-39, NM-40, NM-41, NM-42, NM-43, NM-44, NM-45, NM-46, NM-47, NM-48, NM-49, NM-50, NM-51, NM-52, NM-53, NM-54, NM-55, NM-56, NM-57, NM-58, NM-59, NM-60, NM-61, NM-62, NM-63, NM-64, NM-65, NM-66, NM-67, NM-68, NM-69, NM-70
State Senate Districts:
NM-1, NM-2, NM-3, NM-4, NM-5, NM-6, NM-7, NM-8, NM-9, NM-10, NM-11, NM-12, NM-13, NM-14, NM-15, NM-16, NM-17, NM-18, NM-19, NM-20, NM-21, NM-22, NM-23, NM-24, NM-25, NM-26, NM-27, NM-28, NM-29, NM-30, NM-31, NM-32, NM-33, NM-34, NM-35, NM-36, NM-37, NM-38, NM-39, NM-40, NM-41, NM-42
Neighboring States:
Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah