Languages in Oklahoma (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 Oklahoma
Oklahoma
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishVietnameseOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…Chinese1GermanArabicFrench2KoreanTagalog36.800514%13.105530%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k0.481139%0.486855%0.481139%0.5%17,36817.4k0.424791%0.064097%0.424791%0.4%15,33415.3k0.267967%1.060159%0.267967%0.3%9,6730.243894%0.322889%0.243894%0.2%8,8040.147239%0.363857%0.147239%0.1%5,3150.141145%0.410100%0.141145%0.1%5,0950.122501%0.369818%0.122501%0.1%4,4220.102721%0.563118%0.102721%0.1%3,708

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 Oklahoma
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Oklahoma
50%0%50%Don'tDoOther Native AmericanOther Native Ameri…GermanFrench1Tagalog2ArabicSpanishKoreanChinese3Vietnamese-12.175558%-14.366525%-12.175558%12.2%87.824442%85.633475%87.824442%87.8%1,86713,46713.5k-14.970468%-15.531691%-14.970468%15.0%85.029532%84.468309%85.029532%85.0%1,3187,486-17.291462%-20.435910%-17.291462%17.3%82.708538%79.564090%82.708538%82.7%8814,214-25.404531%-31.875946%-25.404531%25.4%74.595469%68.124054%74.595469%74.6%9422,766-30.348071%-37.405871%-30.348071%30.3%69.651929%62.594129%69.651929%69.7%1,6133,702-43.946831%-41.560410%-43.946831%43.9%56.053169%58.439590%56.053169%56.1%107,882108k137,601138k-47.874265%-54.055576%-47.874265%47.9%52.125735%45.944424%52.125735%52.1%2,1172,305-50.821875%-55.476722%-50.821875%50.8%49.178125%44.523278%49.178125%49.2%4,9164,757-55.884385%-58.713636%-55.884385%55.9%44.115615%41.286364%44.115615%44.1%9,7067,662

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

There are 17 states in the South. This section compares Oklahoma to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Oklahoma.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#12

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Oklahoma, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Oklahoma
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasFloridaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.GeorgiaMarylandNorth CarolinaN CarolinaDelawareVirginiaOklahomaArkansasSouth CarolinaS CarolinaTennesseeLouisianaAlabamaKentuckyMississippiWest Virginia29.512011%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M120.892141%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M213.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M8.791289%8.791289%8.8%54,24754.2k37.935208%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k47.452966%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k57.396109%7.396109%7.4%690,417690k66.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k76.800564%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k86.800514%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k95.141835%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k104.419025%4.419025%4.4%200,761201k113.926162%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k123.615292%3.615292%3.6%156,774157k133.249851%3.249851%3.2%147,816148k142.573243%2.573243%2.6%106,467106k152.404747%2.404747%2.4%67,25667.3k161.041404%1.041404%1.0%18,16418.2k17

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Oklahoma, 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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