Population speaking a language other than English at home
People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.
Key facts
- Population speaking a language other than English at home in the United States was 22.3% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- California had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 51 states in 2024, at 44.4%, and West Virginia the lowest, at 2.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 6,415 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
US states by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Maryland
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Jefferson County
- Anoka County
- McLennan County
- Nueces County
- Allen County
- Middlesex County
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest population speaking a language other than English at home? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"language_other_than_english_share","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=language_other_than_english_share&level=region&within=United%20States