Population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA

Population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA was 42.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.1 pts from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 68 cities in 2024.

202442.6%

Change on 2023+2.1 pts

Rank3rd of 68Cities in Pennsylvania ranked

Series high42.62024

Series low40.42023

Next release: Friday, 29 January 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.

All 4 values

Period	%
2024	42.6
2023	40.4
2022	40.6
2021	41.2

Compared with Pennsylvania and United States

Place	2024
Allentown, PA	42.6
Pennsylvania	5.6
United States	13.6

Rankings

US states by population speaking Spanish at home 51 places
US cities by population speaking Spanish at home 3219 places
Cities in Pennsylvania by population speaking Spanish at home 68 places

Definition

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish 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 or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Population speaking Spanish at home, Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Population speaking Spanish at home, Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/spanish-spoken-at-home/allentown-pa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Population speaking Spanish at home, Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/spanish-spoken-at-home/allentown-pa.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Population speaking Spanish at home, Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/spanish-spoken-at-home/allentown-pa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_population_speaking_spanish_at_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Population speaking Spanish at home, Allentown, PA, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/spanish-spoken-at-home/allentown-pa. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA?

Population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA was 42.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.1 pts from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 68 cities in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest population speaking Spanish at home in Allentown, PA?

42.6% in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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