Languages in Rhode Island (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 Rhode Island
Rhode Island
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishPortugueseFrench1HaitianChinese2ItalianKhmerArabicWestern AfricanTai-Kadai3PolishRussianVietnameseGreekHindiTagalog4GermanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Korean11.632811%13.105530%11.632811%11.6%116,296116k3.161473%0.234186%3.161473%3.2%31,60631.6k0.938459%0.410100%0.938459%0.9%9,3820.752508%0.269929%0.752508%0.8%7,5230.679087%1.060159%0.679087%0.7%6,7890.672286%0.212663%0.672286%0.7%6,7210.390208%0.069842%0.390208%0.4%3,9010.337693%0.363857%0.337693%0.3%3,3760.308785%0.153965%0.308785%0.3%3,0870.257771%0.102331%0.257771%0.3%2,5770.203456%0.181071%0.203456%0.2%2,0340.202656%0.301383%0.202656%0.2%2,0260.188452%0.486855%0.188452%0.2%1,8840.167246%0.097388%0.167246%0.2%1,6720.166246%0.247020%0.166246%0.2%1,6620.164745%0.563118%0.164745%0.2%1,6470.160444%0.322889%0.160444%0.2%1,6040.133837%0.184459%0.133837%0.1%1,3380.114932%0.369818%0.114932%0.1%1,149
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Cajun 2including Mandarin, Cantonese 3including Thai, Lao 4including 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 Rhode Island
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Rhode Island
50%0%50%Don'tDoGreekGermanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…HindiFrench1ItalianWestern AfricanTagalog2PolishPortugueseArabicHaitianRussianSpanishKoreanTai-Kadai3VietnameseChinese4Khmer-11.842105%-25.476984%-11.842105%11.8%88.157895%74.523016%88.157895%88.2%1981,474-13.403990%-15.531691%-13.403990%13.4%86.596010%84.468309%86.596010%86.6%2151,389-16.965620%-30.386196%-16.965620%17.0%83.034380%69.613804%83.034380%83.0%2271,111-17.509025%-20.627763%-17.509025%17.5%82.490975%79.372237%82.490975%82.5%2911,371-19.846515%-20.435910%-19.846515%19.8%80.153485%79.564090%80.153485%80.2%1,8627,520-24.445767%-26.578506%-24.445767%24.4%75.554233%73.421494%75.554233%75.6%1,6435,078-26.141885%-22.479560%-26.141885%26.1%73.858115%77.520440%73.858115%73.9%8072,280-31.086825%-31.875946%-31.086825%31.1%68.913175%68.124054%68.913175%68.9%5121,135-33.185841%-39.289221%-33.185841%33.2%66.814159%60.710779%66.814159%66.8%6751,359-37.024616%-36.093908%-37.024616%37.0%62.975384%63.906092%62.975384%63.0%11,70211.7k19,90419.9k-38.892180%-37.405871%-38.892180%38.9%61.107820%62.594129%61.107820%61.1%1,3132,063-39.944171%-41.592228%-39.944171%39.9%60.055829%58.407772%60.055829%60.1%3,0054,518-40.918065%-44.829344%-40.918065%40.9%59.081935%55.170656%59.081935%59.1%8291,197-41.801954%-41.560410%-41.801954%41.8%58.198046%58.439590%58.198046%58.2%48,61448.6k67,68267.7k-41.862489%-54.055576%-41.862489%41.9%58.137511%45.944424%58.137511%58.1%481668-42.918122%-49.973990%-42.918122%42.9%57.081878%50.026010%57.081878%57.1%1,1061,471-50.477707%-58.713636%-50.477707%50.5%49.522293%41.286364%49.522293%49.5%951933-52.702902%-55.476722%-52.702902%52.7%47.297098%44.523278%47.297098%47.3%3,5783,211-52.806973%-51.044288%-52.806973%52.8%47.193027%48.955712%47.193027%47.2%2,0601,841
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 Thai, Lao 4including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#22

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Rhode Island, selected other states in the Northeast, and entities that contain Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island, 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:
Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington
Counties:
Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington
Metro Area:
Providence Area
Major Cities:
Central Falls, Cranston, East Providence, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, Warwick, Woonsocket
Major Unincorporated Places:
Ashaway, Bradford, Carolina, Charlestown, Chepachet, Clayville, Cumberland Hill, Foster Center, Greene, Greenville, Harmony, Harrisville, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Kingston, Melville, Misquamicut, Narragansett Pier, Newport East, Pascoag, Quonochontaug, Tiverton, Valley Falls, Wakefield-Peacedale, Watch Hill, Weekapaug, Westerly, Wyoming
Congressional Districts:
RI-1, RI-2
State House Districts:
RI-1, RI-2, RI-3, RI-4, RI-5, RI-6, RI-7, RI-8, RI-9, RI-10, RI-11, RI-12, RI-13, RI-14, RI-15, RI-16, RI-17, RI-18, RI-19, RI-20, RI-21, RI-22, RI-23, RI-24, RI-25, RI-26, RI-27, RI-28, RI-29, RI-30, RI-31, RI-32, RI-33, RI-34, RI-35, RI-36, RI-37, RI-38, RI-39, RI-40, RI-41, RI-42, RI-43, RI-44, RI-45, RI-46, RI-47, RI-48, RI-49, RI-50, RI-51, RI-52, RI-53, RI-54, RI-55, RI-56, RI-57, RI-58, RI-59, RI-60, RI-61, RI-62, RI-63, RI-64, RI-65, RI-66, RI-67, RI-68, RI-69, RI-70, RI-71, RI-72, RI-73, RI-74, RI-75
State Senate Districts:
RI-1, RI-2, RI-3, RI-4, RI-5, RI-6, RI-7, RI-8, RI-9, RI-10, RI-11, RI-12, RI-13, RI-14, RI-15, RI-16, RI-17, RI-18, RI-19, RI-20, RI-21, RI-22, RI-23, RI-24, RI-25, RI-26, RI-27, RI-28, RI-29, RI-30, RI-31, RI-32, RI-33, RI-34, RI-35, RI-36, RI-37, RI-38
Neighboring States:
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York