Languages in North Dakota (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 North Dakota
North Dakota
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishGermanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Swahili et al.1French2Serbo-CroatianChinese3Other Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…Afro-Asiatic4Tagalog5Arabic1.612284%13.105530%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k1.038200%0.322889%1.038200%1.0%7,1090.257031%0.184459%0.257031%0.3%1,7600.232204%0.119832%0.232204%0.2%1,5900.220813%0.066985%0.220813%0.2%1,5120.214825%0.410100%0.214825%0.2%1,4710.201243%0.084315%0.201243%0.2%1,3780.200659%1.060159%0.200659%0.2%1,3740.186639%0.064097%0.186639%0.2%1,2780.185033%0.157348%0.185033%0.2%1,2670.165317%0.563118%0.165317%0.2%1,1320.100914%0.363857%0.100914%0.1%691
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 2including Cajun 3including Mandarin, Cantonese 4including Amharic, Somali 5including 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 North Dakota
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
North Dakota
50%0%50%Don'tDoOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…GermanOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…SpanishFrench1ArabicTagalog2Serbo-CroatianSwahili et al.3Chinese4Afro-Asiatic5Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …-15.397727%-30.386196%-15.397727%15.4%84.602273%69.613804%84.602273%84.6%2711,489-17.133211%-15.531691%-17.133211%17.1%82.866789%84.468309%82.866789%82.9%1,2185,891-19.796557%-14.366525%-19.796557%19.8%80.203443%85.633475%80.203443%80.2%2531,025-23.451087%-41.560410%-23.451087%23.5%76.548913%58.439590%76.548913%76.5%2,5898,451-32.698844%-20.435910%-32.698844%32.7%67.301156%79.564090%67.301156%67.3%481990-36.179450%-37.405871%-36.179450%36.2%63.820550%62.594129%63.820550%63.8%250441-36.749117%-31.875946%-36.749117%36.7%63.250883%68.124054%63.250883%63.3%416716-37.010160%-37.391846%-37.010160%37.0%62.989840%62.608154%62.989840%63.0%510868-41.931217%-28.792915%-41.931217%41.9%58.068783%71.207085%58.068783%58.1%634878-51.018923%-55.476722%-51.018923%51.0%48.981077%44.523278%48.981077%49.0%701673-58.484609%-43.845961%-58.484609%58.5%41.515391%56.154039%41.515391%41.5%741526-70.188679%-39.254822%-70.188679%70.2%29.811321%60.745178%29.811321%29.8%1,116474
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 3or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 4including Mandarin, Cantonese 5including Amharic, Somali

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#15

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of North Dakota, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain North Dakota
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 North Dakota, 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:
Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Ward
Counties:
Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Grant, Griggs, Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Ransom, Renville, Richland, Rolette, Sargent, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Steele, Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward, Wells, Williams
Metro Areas:
Bismarck Area, Dickinson Area, Fargo Area, Grand Forks Area, Jamestown Area, Minot Area, Wahpeton Area, Williston Area
Major Cities:
Beulah, Bismarck, Bottineau, Bowman, Burlington, Carrington, Casselton, Cavalier, Cooperstown, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Ellendale, Fargo, Garrison, Grafton, Grand Forks, Harvey, Hazen, Hettinger, Hillsboro, Horace, Jamestown, Langdon, Larimore, Lincoln, Lisbon, Mandan, Mayville, Minot, New Rockford, New Town, Oakes, Park River, Rolla, Rugby, Stanley, Thompson, Tioga, Valley City, Velva, Wahpeton, Washburn, Watford City, West Fargo, Williston
Major Unincorporated Places:
Belcourt, Fort Totten, Grand Forks AFB, Minot AFB, Shell Valley
Congressional District:
ND-At Large
State House Districts:
ND-1, ND-2, ND-3, ND-4, ND-5, ND-6, ND-7, ND-8, ND-9, ND-10, ND-11, ND-12, ND-13, ND-14, ND-15, ND-16, ND-17, ND-18, ND-19, ND-20, ND-21, ND-22, ND-23, ND-24, ND-25, ND-26, ND-27, ND-28, ND-29, ND-30, ND-31, ND-32, ND-33, ND-34, ND-35, ND-36, ND-37, ND-38, ND-39, ND-40, ND-41, ND-42, ND-43, ND-44, ND-45, ND-46, ND-47
State Senate Districts:
ND-1, ND-2, ND-3, ND-4, ND-5, ND-6, ND-7, ND-8, ND-9, ND-10, ND-11, ND-12, ND-13, ND-14, ND-15, ND-16, ND-17, ND-18, ND-19, ND-20, ND-21, ND-22, ND-23, ND-24, ND-25, ND-26, ND-27, ND-28, ND-29, ND-30, ND-31, ND-32, ND-33, ND-34, ND-35, ND-36, ND-37, ND-38, ND-39, ND-40, ND-41, ND-42, ND-43, ND-44, ND-45, ND-46, ND-47
Neighboring States:
Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota