Languages in Ohio (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 Ohio
Ohio
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishGermanDutch et al.1Chinese2ArabicFrench3Afro-Asiatic4HindiRussianWestern AfricanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …ItalianOther Slavic5VietnameseKoreanSerbo-Croatian2.206979%13.105530%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k0.439815%0.322889%0.439815%0.4%47,90147.9k0.424509%0.160191%0.424509%0.4%46,23446.2k0.407669%1.060159%0.407669%0.4%44,40044.4k0.376057%0.363857%0.376057%0.4%40,95741.0k0.226697%0.410100%0.226697%0.2%24,69024.7k0.179852%0.157348%0.179852%0.2%19,58819.6k0.155566%0.247020%0.155566%0.2%16,94316.9k0.154446%0.301383%0.154446%0.2%16,82116.8k0.144530%0.153965%0.144530%0.1%15,74115.7k0.137102%0.184459%0.137102%0.1%14,93214.9k0.136955%0.119832%0.136955%0.1%14,91614.9k0.133402%0.212663%0.133402%0.1%14,52914.5k0.131134%0.107336%0.131134%0.1%14,28214.3k0.111714%0.486855%0.111714%0.1%12,16712.2k0.104617%0.369818%0.104617%0.1%11,39411.4k0.100540%0.084315%0.100540%0.1%10,95011.0k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Cajun 4including Amharic, Somali 5including 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 Ohio
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Ohio
50%0%50%Don'tDoHindiFrench1Western AfricanGermanItalianArabicSpanishOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Other Slavic2Dutch et al.3Serbo-CroatianAfro-Asiatic4RussianKoreanChinese5VietnameseNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …-17.257865%-20.627763%-17.257865%17.3%82.742135%79.372237%82.742135%82.7%2,92414,01914.0k-21.551235%-20.435910%-21.551235%21.6%78.448765%79.564090%78.448765%78.4%5,32119,36919.4k-24.617242%-22.479560%-24.617242%24.6%75.382758%77.520440%75.382758%75.4%3,87511,86611.9k-25.671698%-15.531691%-25.671698%25.7%74.328302%84.468309%74.328302%74.3%12,29712.3k35,60435.6k-28.969647%-26.578506%-28.969647%29.0%71.030353%73.421494%71.030353%71.0%4,20910,32010.3k-35.500647%-37.405871%-35.500647%35.5%64.499353%62.594129%64.499353%64.5%14,54014.5k26,41726.4k-36.042535%-41.560410%-36.042535%36.0%63.957465%58.439590%63.957465%64.0%86,63486.6k153,732154k-36.331369%-30.386196%-36.331369%36.3%63.668631%69.613804%63.668631%63.7%5,4259,507-36.605517%-37.553415%-36.605517%36.6%63.394483%62.446585%63.394483%63.4%5,2289,054-37.922308%-28.911377%-37.922308%37.9%62.077692%71.088623%62.077692%62.1%17,53317.5k28,70128.7k-38.146119%-37.391846%-38.146119%38.1%61.853881%62.608154%61.853881%61.9%4,1776,773-43.797223%-43.845961%-43.797223%43.8%56.202777%56.154039%56.202777%56.2%8,57911,00911.0k-44.925985%-44.829344%-44.925985%44.9%55.074015%55.170656%55.074015%55.1%7,5579,264-48.077936%-54.055576%-48.077936%48.1%51.922064%45.944424%51.922064%51.9%5,4785,916-50.486486%-55.476722%-50.486486%50.5%49.513514%44.523278%49.513514%49.5%22,41622.4k21,98422.0k-56.053259%-58.713636%-56.053259%56.1%43.946741%41.286364%43.946741%43.9%6,8205,347-58.856262%-39.254822%-58.856262%58.9%41.143738%60.745178%41.143738%41.1%8,7796,137
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 Ukrainian 3including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 4including Amharic, Somali 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#20

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Ohio, selected other states in the Midwest, and entities that contain Ohio
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 Ohio, 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:
Butler, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Warren
Counties:
Adams, Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Brown, Butler, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Meigs, Mercer, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Ottawa, Paulding, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Portage, Preble, Putnam, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Shelby, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Union, Van Wert, Vinton, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot
Metro Areas:
Akron Area, Ashland Area, Ashtabula Area, Athens Area, Bellefontaine Area, Bucyrus Area, Cambridge Area, Canton Area, Celina Area, Chillicothe Area, Cincinnati Area, Cleveland Area, Columbus Area, Coshocton Area, Dayton Area, Defiance Area, Findlay Area, Fremont Area, Greenville Area, Huntington Area, Jackson Area, Lima Area, Mansfield Area, Marietta Area, Marion Area, Mount Vernon Area, New Philadelphia Area, Norwalk Area, Point Pleasant Area, Port Clinton Area, Portsmouth Area, Salem Area, Sandusky Area, Sidney Area, Springfield Area, Tiffin Area, Toledo Area, Urbana Area, Van Wert Area, Wapakoneta Area, Washington Court House Area, Weirton Area, Wheeling Area, Wilmington Area, Wooster Area, Youngstown Area, Zanesville Area
Major Cities:
Akron, Beavercreek, Bowling Green, Brunswick, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Delaware, Dublin, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, Gahanna, Grove City, Hamilton, Hilliard, Huber Heights, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lima, Lorain, Mansfield, Marion, Mason, Massillon, Mentor, Middletown, Newark, North Olmsted, North Ridgeville, North Royalton, Parma, Reynoldsburg, Springfield, Stow, Strongsville, Toledo, Upper Arlington, Warren, Westerville, Westlake, Youngstown
Major Unincorporated Place:
Boardman
Congressional Districts:
OH-1, OH-2, OH-3, OH-4, OH-5, OH-6, OH-7, OH-8, OH-9, OH-10, OH-11, OH-12, OH-13, OH-14, OH-15, OH-16
State House Districts:
OH-1, OH-2, OH-3, OH-4, OH-5, OH-6, OH-7, OH-8, OH-9, OH-10, OH-11, OH-12, OH-13, OH-14, OH-15, OH-16, OH-17, OH-18, OH-19, OH-20, OH-21, OH-22, OH-23, OH-24, OH-25, OH-26, OH-27, OH-28, OH-29, OH-30, OH-31, OH-32, OH-33, OH-34, OH-35, OH-36, OH-37, OH-38, OH-39, OH-40, OH-41, OH-42, OH-43, OH-44, OH-45, OH-46, OH-47, OH-48, OH-49, OH-50, OH-51, OH-52, OH-53, OH-54, OH-55, OH-56, OH-57, OH-58, OH-59, OH-60, OH-61, OH-62, OH-63, OH-64, OH-65, OH-66, OH-67, OH-68, OH-69, OH-70, OH-71, OH-72, OH-73, OH-74, OH-75, OH-76, OH-77, OH-78, OH-79, OH-80, OH-81, OH-82, OH-83, OH-84, OH-85, OH-86, OH-87, OH-88, OH-89, OH-90, OH-91, OH-92, OH-93, OH-94, OH-95, OH-96, OH-97, OH-98, OH-99
State Senate Districts:
OH-1, OH-2, OH-3, OH-4, OH-5, OH-6, OH-7, OH-8, OH-9, OH-10, OH-11, OH-12, OH-13, OH-14, OH-15, OH-16, OH-17, OH-18, OH-19, OH-20, OH-21, OH-22, OH-23, OH-24, OH-25, OH-26, OH-27, OH-28, OH-29, OH-30, OH-31, OH-32, OH-33
Neighboring States:
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia