Languages in Tennessee (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 Tennessee
Tennessee
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishArabicChinese1GermanFrench2VietnameseKoreanOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tai-Kadai3Tagalog43.926162%13.105530%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k0.344558%0.363857%0.344558%0.3%21,17621.2k0.210955%1.060159%0.210955%0.2%12,96513.0k0.207913%0.322889%0.207913%0.2%12,77812.8k0.191707%0.410100%0.191707%0.2%11,78211.8k0.157293%0.486855%0.157293%0.2%9,6670.142145%0.369818%0.142145%0.1%8,7360.122473%0.184459%0.122473%0.1%7,5270.118861%0.102331%0.118861%0.1%7,3050.112011%0.563118%0.112011%0.1%6,884
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 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 Tennessee
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Tennessee
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1Tagalog2Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tai-Kadai3ArabicSpanishChinese4KoreanVietnamese-13.773674%-15.531691%-13.773674%13.8%86.226326%84.468309%86.226326%86.2%1,76011,01811.0k-18.562214%-20.435910%-18.562214%18.6%81.437786%79.564090%81.437786%81.4%2,1879,595-23.184195%-31.875946%-23.184195%23.2%76.815805%68.124054%76.815805%76.8%1,5965,288-34.555600%-30.386196%-34.555600%34.6%65.444400%69.613804%65.444400%65.4%2,6014,926-42.258727%-49.973990%-42.258727%42.3%57.741273%50.026010%57.741273%57.7%3,0874,218-44.252928%-37.405871%-44.252928%44.3%55.747072%62.594129%55.747072%55.7%9,37111,80511.8k-44.614913%-41.560410%-44.614913%44.6%55.385087%58.439590%55.385087%55.4%107,654108k133,642134k-45.800231%-55.476722%-45.800231%45.8%54.199769%44.523278%54.199769%54.2%5,9387,027-47.069597%-54.055576%-47.069597%47.1%52.930403%45.944424%52.930403%52.9%4,1124,624-63.473673%-58.713636%-63.473673%63.5%36.526327%41.286364%36.526327%36.5%6,1363,531
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 Tennessee to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tennessee.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#13

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Tennessee, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Tennessee
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
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 17 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Tennessee, 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:
Blount, Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sevier, Shelby, Sullivan, Sumner, Washington, Williamson, Wilson
Counties:
Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Fentress, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardeman, Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Maury, McMinn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Tipton, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weakley, White, Williamson, Wilson
Metro Areas:
Athens Area, Brownsville Area, Chattanooga Area, Clarksville Area, Cleveland Area, Cookeville Area, Crossville Area, Dayton Area, Dyersburg Area, Greeneville Area, Jackson Area, Johnson City Area, Kingsport Area, Knoxville Area, Lawrenceburg Area, Lewisburg Area, Martin Area, McMinnville Area, Memphis Area, Morristown Area, Nashville Area, Newport Area, Paris Area, Sevierville Area, Shelbyville Area, Tullahoma Area, Union City Area
Major Cities:
Athens, Bartlett, Brentwood, Bristol, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cleveland, Columbia, Cookeville, Crossville, Dickson, Dyersburg, East Ridge, Elizabethton, Franklin, Gallatin, Germantown, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Jackson, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, La Vergne, Lakeland, Lebanon, Lewisburg, Maryville, McMinnville, Memphis, Morristown, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro, Oak Ridge, Portland, Red Bank, Sevierville, Shelbyville, Soddy-Daisy, Spring Hill, Springfield, Tullahoma
Major Place:
Nashville-Davidson
Major Towns:
Arlington, Collierville, Farragut, Greeneville, Smyrna
Major Unincorporated Places:
Middle Valley, Seymour
Congressional Districts:
TN-1, TN-2, TN-3, TN-4, TN-5, TN-6, TN-7, TN-8, TN-9
State House Districts:
TN-1, TN-2, TN-3, TN-4, TN-5, TN-6, TN-7, TN-8, TN-9, TN-10, TN-11, TN-12, TN-13, TN-14, TN-15, TN-16, TN-17, TN-18, TN-19, TN-20, TN-21, TN-22, TN-23, TN-24, TN-25, TN-26, TN-27, TN-28, TN-29, TN-30, TN-31, TN-32, TN-33, TN-34, TN-35, TN-36, TN-37, TN-38, TN-39, TN-40, TN-41, TN-42, TN-43, TN-44, TN-45, TN-46, TN-47, TN-48, TN-49, TN-50, TN-51, TN-52, TN-53, TN-54, TN-55, TN-56, TN-57, TN-58, TN-59, TN-60, TN-61, TN-62, TN-63, TN-64, TN-65, TN-66, TN-67, TN-68, TN-69, TN-70, TN-71, TN-72, TN-73, TN-74, TN-75, TN-76, TN-77, TN-78, TN-79, TN-80, TN-81, TN-82, TN-83, TN-84, TN-85, TN-86, TN-87, TN-88, TN-89, TN-90, TN-91, TN-92, TN-93, TN-94, TN-95, TN-96, TN-97, TN-98, TN-99
State Senate Districts:
TN-1, TN-2, TN-3, TN-4, TN-5, TN-6, TN-7, TN-8, TN-9, TN-10, TN-11, TN-12, TN-13, TN-14, TN-15, TN-16, TN-17, TN-18, TN-19, TN-20, TN-21, TN-22, TN-23, TN-24, TN-25, TN-26, TN-27, TN-28, TN-29, TN-30, TN-31, TN-32, TN-33
Neighboring States:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia