Languages in Texas (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 Texas
Texas
United States
0%10%20%CountSpanishVietnameseChinese1Tagalog2UrduHindiFrench3ArabicGermanKoreanWestern AfricanTeluguNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Dravidian languages4GujaratiPersian5Afro-Asiatic6Swahili et al.729.512011%13.105530%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M0.823914%0.486855%0.823914%0.8%205,861206k0.637107%1.060159%0.637107%0.6%159,186159k0.321091%0.563118%0.321091%0.3%80,22780.2k0.287736%0.150236%0.287736%0.3%71,89371.9k0.278855%0.247020%0.278855%0.3%69,67469.7k0.277006%0.410100%0.277006%0.3%69,21269.2k0.272723%0.363857%0.272723%0.3%68,14268.1k0.254357%0.322889%0.254357%0.3%63,55363.6k0.226881%0.369818%0.226881%0.2%56,68856.7k0.218849%0.153965%0.218849%0.2%54,68154.7k0.156253%0.107702%0.156253%0.2%39,04139.0k0.145051%0.119832%0.145051%0.1%36,24236.2k0.142941%0.074545%0.142941%0.1%35,71535.7k0.119000%0.132246%0.119000%0.1%29,73329.7k0.117343%0.137532%0.117343%0.1%29,31929.3k0.109518%0.157348%0.109518%0.1%27,36427.4k0.104756%0.066985%0.104756%0.1%26,17426.2k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Cajun 4including Malayalam, Kannada 5including Farsi, Dari 6including Amharic, Somali 7or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

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 Texas
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Texas
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanWestern AfricanTeluguHindiFrench1Tagalog2UrduDravidian languages3GujaratiSwahili et al.4ArabicNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …SpanishPersian5Afro-Asiatic6Chinese7KoreanVietnamese-14.907243%-15.531691%-14.907243%14.9%85.092757%84.468309%85.092757%85.1%9,47454,07954.1k-18.606097%-22.479560%-18.606097%18.6%81.393903%77.520440%81.393903%81.4%10,17410.2k44,50744.5k-19.971312%-20.753820%-19.971312%20.0%80.028688%79.246180%80.028688%80.0%7,79731,24431.2k-21.553234%-20.627763%-21.553234%21.6%78.446766%79.372237%78.446766%78.4%15,01715.0k54,65754.7k-21.818471%-20.435910%-21.818471%21.8%78.181529%79.564090%78.181529%78.2%15,10115.1k54,11154.1k-25.136176%-31.875946%-25.136176%25.1%74.863824%68.124054%74.863824%74.9%20,16620.2k60,06160.1k-27.752354%-29.427823%-27.752354%27.8%72.247646%70.572177%72.247646%72.2%19,95220.0k51,94151.9k-29.598208%-25.322692%-29.598208%29.6%70.401792%74.677308%70.401792%70.4%10,57110.6k25,14425.1k-31.591161%-34.550527%-31.591161%31.6%68.408839%65.449473%68.408839%68.4%9,39320,34020.3k-32.054711%-28.792915%-32.054711%32.1%67.945289%71.207085%67.945289%67.9%8,39017,78417.8k-36.986000%-37.405871%-36.986000%37.0%63.014000%62.594129%63.014000%63.0%25,20325.2k42,93942.9k-38.196016%-39.254822%-38.196016%38.2%61.803984%60.745178%61.803984%61.8%13,84313.8k22,39922.4k-40.869568%-41.560410%-40.869568%40.9%59.130432%58.439590%59.130432%59.1%3,013,6393.01M4,360,1584.36M-42.030765%-37.726176%-42.030765%42.0%57.969235%62.273824%57.969235%58.0%12,32312.3k16,99617.0k-43.151586%-43.845961%-43.151586%43.2%56.848414%56.154039%56.848414%56.8%11,80811.8k15,55615.6k-48.247962%-55.476722%-48.247962%48.2%51.752038%44.523278%51.752038%51.8%76,80476.8k82,38282.4k-51.181908%-54.055576%-51.181908%51.2%48.818092%45.944424%48.818092%48.8%29,01429.0k27,67427.7k-57.360549%-58.713636%-57.360549%57.4%42.639451%41.286364%42.639451%42.6%118,083118k87,77887.8k
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 Malayalam, Kannada 4or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa 5including Farsi, Dari 6including Amharic, Somali 7including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

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

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#21

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Texas, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain Texas
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 Texas, 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:
Bexar, Brazoria, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Bend, Harris, Hidalgo, Montgomery, Nueces, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson
Counties:
Anderson, Andrews, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, DeWitt, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, La Salle, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata, Zavala
Metro Areas:
Abilene Area, Alice Area, Amarillo Area, Andrews Area, Athens Area, Austin Area, Bay City Area, Beaumont Area, Beeville Area, Big Spring Area, Bonham Area, Borger Area, Brenham Area, Brownsville Area, Brownwood Area, College Station Area, Corpus Christi Area, Corsicana Area, Dallas Area, Del Rio Area, Dumas Area, Eagle Pass Area, El Campo Area, El Paso Area, Fredericksburg Area, Gainesville Area, Hereford Area, Houston Area, Huntsville Area, Jacksonville Area, Kerrville Area, Killeen Area, Kingsville Area, Lamesa Area, Laredo Area, Levelland Area, Longview Area, Lubbock Area, Lufkin Area, Marshall Area, McAllen Area, Midland Area, Mineral Wells Area, Mount Pleasant Area, Nacogdoches Area, Odessa Area, Palestine Area, Pampa Area, Paris Area, Pecos Area, Plainview Area, Port Lavaca Area, Raymondville Area, Rio Grande City Area, San Angelo Area, San Antonio Area, Sherman Area, Snyder Area, Stephenville Area, Sulphur Springs Area, Sweetwater Area, Texarkana Area, Tyler Area, Uvalde Area, Vernon Area, Victoria Area, Waco Area, Wichita Falls Area, Zapata Area
Major Cities:
Abilene, Allen, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Baytown, Beaumont, Brownsville, Bryan, Carrollton, College Station, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, Edinburg, El Paso, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Irving, Killeen, Laredo, League City, Lewisville, Longview, Lubbock, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, Mission, Missouri City, Odessa, Pasadena, Pearland, Pharr, Plano, Richardson, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sugar Land, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls
Major Unincorporated Places:
Atascocita, The Woodlands
Congressional Districts:
TX-1, TX-2, TX-3, TX-4, TX-5, TX-6, TX-7, TX-8, TX-9, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36
State House Districts:
TX-1, TX-2, TX-3, TX-4, TX-5, TX-6, TX-7, TX-8, TX-9, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36, TX-37, TX-38, TX-39, TX-40, TX-41, TX-42, TX-43, TX-44, TX-45, TX-46, TX-47, TX-48, TX-49, TX-50, TX-51, TX-52, TX-53, TX-54, TX-55, TX-56, TX-57, TX-58, TX-59, TX-60, TX-61, TX-62, TX-63, TX-64, TX-65, TX-66, TX-67, TX-68, TX-69, TX-70, TX-71, TX-72, TX-73, TX-74, TX-75, TX-76, TX-77, TX-78, TX-79, TX-80, TX-81, TX-82, TX-83, TX-84, TX-85, TX-86, TX-87, TX-88, TX-89, TX-90, TX-91, TX-92, TX-93, TX-94, TX-95, TX-96, TX-97, TX-98, TX-99, TX-100, TX-101, TX-102, TX-103, TX-104, TX-105, TX-106, TX-107, TX-108, TX-109, TX-110, TX-111, TX-112, TX-113, TX-114, TX-115, TX-116, TX-117, TX-118, TX-119, TX-120, TX-121, TX-122, TX-123, TX-124, TX-125, TX-126, TX-127, TX-128, TX-129, TX-130, TX-131, TX-132, TX-133, TX-134, TX-135, TX-136, TX-137, TX-138, TX-139, TX-140, TX-141, TX-142, TX-143, TX-144, TX-145, TX-146, TX-147, TX-148, TX-149, TX-150
State Senate Districts:
TX-1, TX-2, TX-3, TX-4, TX-5, TX-6, TX-7, TX-8, TX-9, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31
Neighboring States:
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma