Languages in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1Dutch et al.2GermanItalianFrench3VietnameseRussianArabicKoreanHindiOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PolishGujaratiHaitianOther Slavic4Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Tagalog5Western AfricanGreek4.670721%13.105530%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k0.691245%1.060159%0.691245%0.7%83,42983.4k0.575332%0.160191%0.575332%0.6%69,43969.4k0.377633%0.322889%0.377633%0.4%45,57845.6k0.329188%0.212663%0.329188%0.3%39,73139.7k0.310082%0.410100%0.310082%0.3%37,42537.4k0.309411%0.486855%0.309411%0.3%37,34437.3k0.306205%0.301383%0.306205%0.3%36,95737.0k0.290123%0.363857%0.290123%0.3%35,01635.0k0.241587%0.369818%0.241587%0.2%29,15829.2k0.193722%0.247020%0.193722%0.2%23,38123.4k0.170928%0.184459%0.170928%0.2%20,63020.6k0.166487%0.181071%0.166487%0.2%20,09420.1k0.156412%0.132246%0.156412%0.2%18,87818.9k0.154043%0.269929%0.154043%0.2%18,59218.6k0.149892%0.107336%0.149892%0.1%18,09118.1k0.143297%0.119832%0.143297%0.1%17,29517.3k0.129394%0.563118%0.129394%0.1%15,61715.6k0.116410%0.153965%0.116410%0.1%14,05014.1k0.112508%0.097388%0.112508%0.1%13,57913.6k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 3including Cajun 4including Ukrainian 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 Pennsylvania
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Pennsylvania
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanHindiWestern AfricanFrench1ItalianGreekTagalog2Dutch et al.3PolishOther Slavic4ArabicHaitianGujaratiSpanishOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…RussianKoreanNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Chinese5Vietnamese-18.614244%-15.531691%-18.614244%18.6%81.385756%84.468309%81.385756%81.4%8,48437,09437.1k-21.260853%-20.627763%-21.260853%21.3%78.739147%79.372237%78.739147%78.7%4,97118,41018.4k-23.366548%-22.479560%-23.366548%23.4%76.633452%77.520440%76.633452%76.6%3,28310,76710.8k-23.377422%-20.435910%-23.377422%23.4%76.622578%79.564090%76.622578%76.6%8,74928,67628.7k-26.256575%-26.578506%-26.256575%26.3%73.743425%73.421494%73.743425%73.7%10,43210.4k29,29929.3k-26.290596%-25.476984%-26.290596%26.3%73.709404%74.523016%73.709404%73.7%3,57010,00910.0k-28.513799%-31.875946%-28.513799%28.5%71.486201%68.124054%71.486201%71.5%4,45311,16411.2k-31.405982%-28.911377%-31.405982%31.4%68.594018%71.088623%68.594018%68.6%21,80821.8k47,63147.6k-33.522445%-39.289221%-33.522445%33.5%66.477555%60.710779%66.477555%66.5%6,73613,35813.4k-36.156100%-37.553415%-36.156100%36.2%63.843900%62.446585%63.843900%63.8%6,54111,55011.6k-37.454307%-37.405871%-37.454307%37.5%62.545693%62.594129%62.545693%62.5%13,11513.1k21,90121.9k-37.903399%-41.592228%-37.903399%37.9%62.096601%58.407772%62.096601%62.1%7,04711,54511.5k-39.151393%-34.550527%-39.151393%39.2%60.848607%65.449473%60.848607%60.8%7,39111,48711.5k-39.392294%-41.560410%-39.392294%39.4%60.607706%58.439590%60.607706%60.6%222,065222k341,662342k-39.398934%-30.386196%-39.398934%39.4%60.601066%69.613804%60.601066%60.6%8,12812,50212.5k-47.717618%-44.829344%-47.717618%47.7%52.282382%55.170656%52.282382%52.3%17,63517.6k19,32219.3k-49.032855%-54.055576%-49.032855%49.0%50.967145%45.944424%50.967145%51.0%14,29714.3k14,86114.9k-53.026886%-39.254822%-53.026886%53.0%46.973114%60.745178%46.973114%47.0%9,1718,124-55.679680%-55.476722%-55.679680%55.7%44.320320%44.523278%44.320320%44.3%46,45346.5k36,97637.0k-63.201585%-58.713636%-63.201585%63.2%36.798415%41.286364%36.798415%36.8%23,60223.6k13,74213.7k
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 Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch 4including Ukrainian 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain Pennsylvania
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
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 9 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Pennsylvania, 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:
Allegheny, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Westmoreland, York
Counties:
Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York
Metro Areas:
Allentown Area, Altoona Area, Bloomsburg Area, Bradford Area, Chambersburg Area, DuBois Area, East Stroudsburg Area, Erie Area, Gettysburg Area, Harrisburg Area, Huntingdon Area, Indiana Area, Johnstown Area, Lancaster Area, Lebanon Area, Lewisburg Area, Lewistown Area, Lock Haven Area, Meadville Area, New Castle Area, New York Area, Oil City Area, Philadelphia Area, Pittsburgh Area, Pottsville Area, Reading Area, Sayre Area, Scranton Area, Selinsgrove Area, Somerset Area, St. Marys Area, State College Area, Sunbury Area, Warren Area, Williamsport Area, York Area, Youngstown Area
Major Boroughs:
Baldwin, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Franklin Park, Hanover, Indiana, Lansdale, Norristown, Phoenixville, Plum, Pottstown, State College, West Chester, West Mifflin, Wilkinsburg
Major Cities:
Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Chester, Easton, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Hermitage, Johnstown, Lancaster, Lebanon, McKeesport, New Castle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, York
Major Municipalities:
Bethel Park, Monroeville, Murrysville
Major Town:
Bloomsburg
Major Unincorporated Places:
Allison Park, Drexel Hill, Fullerton, Hershey, Horsham, King of Prussia, Levittown, Upper St. Clair, Willow Grove
Congressional Districts:
PA-1, PA-2, PA-3, PA-4, PA-5, PA-6, PA-7, PA-8, PA-9, PA-10, PA-11, PA-12, PA-13, PA-14, PA-15, PA-16, PA-17, PA-18
State House Districts:
PA-1, PA-2, PA-3, PA-4, PA-5, PA-6, PA-7, PA-8, PA-9, PA-10, PA-11, PA-12, PA-13, PA-14, PA-15, PA-16, PA-17, PA-18, PA-19, PA-20, PA-21, PA-22, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25, PA-26, PA-27, PA-28, PA-29, PA-30, PA-31, PA-32, PA-33, PA-34, PA-35, PA-36, PA-37, PA-38, PA-39, PA-40, PA-41, PA-42, PA-43, PA-44, PA-45, PA-46, PA-47, PA-48, PA-49, PA-50, PA-51, PA-52, PA-53, PA-54, PA-55, PA-56, PA-57, PA-58, PA-59, PA-60, PA-61, PA-62, PA-63, PA-64, PA-65, PA-66, PA-67, PA-68, PA-69, PA-70, PA-71, PA-72, PA-73, PA-74, PA-75, PA-76, PA-77, PA-78, PA-79, PA-80, PA-81, PA-82, PA-83, PA-84, PA-85, PA-86, PA-87, PA-88, PA-89, PA-90, PA-91, PA-92, PA-93, PA-94, PA-95, PA-96, PA-97, PA-98, PA-99, PA-100, PA-101, PA-102, PA-103, PA-104, PA-105, PA-106, PA-107, PA-108, PA-109, PA-110, PA-111, PA-112, PA-113, PA-114, PA-115, PA-116, PA-117, PA-118, PA-119, PA-120, PA-121, PA-122, PA-123, PA-124, PA-125, PA-126, PA-127, PA-128, PA-129, PA-130, PA-131, PA-132, PA-133, PA-134, PA-135, PA-136, PA-137, PA-138, PA-139, PA-140, PA-141, PA-142, PA-143, PA-144, PA-145, PA-146, PA-147, PA-148, PA-149, PA-150, PA-151, PA-152, PA-153, PA-154, PA-155, PA-156, PA-157, PA-158, PA-159, PA-160, PA-161, PA-162, PA-163, PA-164, PA-165, PA-166, PA-167, PA-168, PA-169, PA-170, PA-171, PA-172, PA-173, PA-174, PA-175, PA-176, PA-177, PA-178, PA-179, PA-180, PA-181, PA-182, PA-183, PA-184, PA-185, PA-186, PA-187, PA-188, PA-189, PA-190, PA-191, PA-192, PA-193, PA-194, PA-195, PA-196, PA-197, PA-198, PA-199, PA-200, PA-201, PA-202, PA-203
State Senate Districts:
PA-1, PA-2, PA-3, PA-4, PA-5, PA-6, PA-7, PA-8, PA-9, PA-10, PA-11, PA-12, PA-13, PA-14, PA-15, PA-16, PA-17, PA-18, PA-19, PA-20, PA-21, PA-22, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25, PA-26, PA-27, PA-28, PA-29, PA-30, PA-31, PA-32, PA-33, PA-34, PA-35, PA-36, PA-37, PA-38, PA-39, PA-40, PA-41, PA-42, PA-43, PA-44, PA-45, PA-46, PA-47, PA-48, PA-49, PA-50
Neighboring States:
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, West Virginia