Languages in New York (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 York
New York
United States
0%5%10%15%CountSpanishChinese1RussianItalianHaitianDutch et al.2French3BengaliKoreanArabicPolishWestern AfricanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog4UrduHebrewGreekHindiGermanOther Asian15.032768%13.105530%15.032768%15.0%2,785,0812.79M3.050656%1.060159%3.050656%3.1%565,187565k1.206780%0.301383%1.206780%1.2%223,577224k0.923708%0.212663%0.923708%0.9%171,133171k0.854511%0.269929%0.854511%0.9%158,313158k0.853961%0.160191%0.853961%0.9%158,211158k0.727522%0.410100%0.727522%0.7%134,786135k0.615494%0.098833%0.615494%0.6%114,031114k0.557189%0.369818%0.557189%0.6%103,229103k0.509340%0.363857%0.509340%0.5%94,36494.4k0.473791%0.181071%0.473791%0.5%87,77887.8k0.471583%0.153965%0.471583%0.5%87,36987.4k0.451731%0.184459%0.451731%0.5%83,69183.7k0.407940%0.563118%0.407940%0.4%75,57875.6k0.401145%0.150236%0.401145%0.4%74,31974.3k0.356701%0.071199%0.356701%0.4%66,08566.1k0.343693%0.097388%0.343693%0.3%63,67563.7k0.326690%0.247020%0.326690%0.3%60,52560.5k0.317363%0.322889%0.317363%0.3%58,79758.8k0.270604%0.115549%0.270604%0.3%50,13450.1k

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 York
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
New York
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanHebrewFrench1Western AfricanHindiTagalog2GreekItalianOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…ArabicDutch et al.3UrduHaitianPolishSpanishBengaliRussianOther AsianKoreanChinese4-15.505893%-15.531691%-15.505893%15.5%84.494107%84.468309%84.494107%84.5%9,11749,68049.7k-18.532193%-15.938138%-18.532193%18.5%81.467807%84.061862%81.467807%81.5%12,24712.2k53,83853.8k-23.122579%-20.435910%-23.122579%23.1%76.877421%79.564090%76.877421%76.9%31,16631.2k103,620104k-26.570065%-22.479560%-26.570065%26.6%73.429935%77.520440%73.429935%73.4%23,21423.2k64,15564.2k-27.849649%-20.627763%-27.849649%27.8%72.150351%79.372237%72.150351%72.2%16,85616.9k43,66943.7k-28.669719%-31.875946%-28.669719%28.7%71.330281%68.124054%71.330281%71.3%21,66821.7k53,91053.9k-29.372595%-25.476984%-29.372595%29.4%70.627405%74.523016%70.627405%70.6%18,70318.7k44,97245.0k-31.085179%-26.578506%-31.085179%31.1%68.914821%73.421494%68.914821%68.9%53,19753.2k117,936118k-34.596313%-30.386196%-34.596313%34.6%65.403687%69.613804%65.403687%65.4%28,95429.0k54,73754.7k-38.647154%-37.405871%-38.647154%38.6%61.352846%62.594129%61.352846%61.4%36,46936.5k57,89557.9k-39.437839%-28.911377%-39.437839%39.4%60.562161%71.088623%60.562161%60.6%62,39562.4k95,81695.8k-40.332889%-29.427823%-40.332889%40.3%59.667111%70.572177%59.667111%59.7%29,97530.0k44,34444.3k-42.044557%-41.592228%-42.044557%42.0%57.955443%58.407772%57.955443%58.0%66,56266.6k91,75191.8k-42.727107%-39.289221%-42.727107%42.7%57.272893%60.710779%57.272893%57.3%37,50537.5k50,27350.3k-44.504630%-41.560410%-44.504630%44.5%55.495370%58.439590%55.495370%55.5%1,239,4901.24M1,545,5911.55M-51.646482%-41.688798%-51.646482%51.6%48.353518%58.311202%48.353518%48.4%58,89358.9k55,13855.1k-54.631738%-44.829344%-54.631738%54.6%45.368262%55.170656%45.368262%45.4%122,144122k101,433101k-57.543783%-54.251392%-57.543783%57.5%42.456217%45.748608%42.456217%42.5%28,84928.8k21,28521.3k-58.603687%-54.055576%-58.603687%58.6%41.396313%45.944424%41.396313%41.4%60,49660.5k42,73342.7k-65.432326%-55.476722%-65.432326%65.4%34.567674%44.523278%34.567674%34.6%369,815370k195,372195k

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Language by State in the Northeast

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of New York, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain New York
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 York, 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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