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