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Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home

East Chicago, IN had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 88 cities in 2023, at 40.8%. Danville, IN had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 8.5% and the figure for Indiana was 9.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest40.8East Chicago, IN
Lowest0.4Danville, IN
Median8.588 cities
Indiana9.8History

Top 40 cities, 2023

East Chicago, IN: 40.8 %East Chicago, IN40.8Goshen, IN: 27 %Goshen, IN27Logansport, IN: 26.4 %Logansport, IN26.4Hammond, IN: 26 %Hammond, IN26West Lafayette, IN: 24.3 %West Lafayette, IN24.3Plymouth, IN: 23.3 %Plymouth, IN23.3Elkhart, IN: 23 %Elkhart, IN23Lake Station, IN: 21.6 %Lake Station, IN21.6Speedway, IN: 21 %Speedway, IN21Seymour, IN: 20.7 %Seymour, IN20.7Frankfort, IN: 19.5 %Frankfort, IN19.5Columbus, IN: 18.5 %Columbus, IN18.5Lawrence, IN: 18.4 %Lawrence, IN18.4Indianapolis, IN: 17 %Indianapolis, IN17Carmel, IN: 15.7 %Carmel, IN15.7Bloomington, IN: 15.7 %Bloomington, IN15.7South Bend, IN: 15.7 %South Bend, IN15.7Clarksville, IN: 15.5 %Clarksville, IN15.5Schererville, IN: 15.2 %Schererville, IN15.2Washington, IN: 14.4 %Washington, IN14.4Warsaw, IN: 14.3 %Warsaw, IN14.3Kendallville, IN: 14.3 %Kendallville, IN14.3Plainfield, IN: 14.2 %Plainfield, IN14.2Munster, IN: 14 %Munster, IN14Fort Wayne, IN: 13.8 %Fort Wayne, IN13.8Greenwood, IN: 13.5 %Greenwood, IN13.5Highland, IN: 13.4 %Highland, IN13.4Griffith, IN: 13.4 %Griffith, IN13.4Merrillville, IN: 12.6 %Merrillville, IN12.6St. John, IN: 12 %St. John, IN12Fishers, IN: 11.9 %Fishers, IN11.9Westfield, IN: 11.9 %Westfield, IN11.9Avon, IN: 11.8 %Avon, IN11.8Whitestown, IN: 11.2 %Whitestown, IN11.2Crown Point, IN: 11 %Crown Point, IN11Huntertown, IN: 10.4 %Huntertown, IN10.4Lafayette, IN: 10.3 %Lafayette, IN10.3Hobart, IN: 10.2 %Hobart, IN10.2Shelbyville, IN: 10 %Shelbyville, IN10La Porte, IN: 9.8 %La Porte, IN9.8East Chicago, IN: 40.8 %East Chicago, IN40.8Goshen, IN: 27 %Goshen, IN27Logansport, IN: 26.4 %Logansport, IN26.4Hammond, IN: 26 %Hammond, IN26West Lafayette, IN: 24.3 %West Lafayette, IN24.3Plymouth, IN: 23.3 %Plymouth, IN23.3Elkhart, IN: 23 %Elkhart, IN23Lake Station, IN: 21.6 %Lake Station, IN21.6Speedway, IN: 21 %Speedway, IN21Seymour, IN: 20.7 %Seymour, IN20.7Frankfort, IN: 19.5 %Frankfort, IN19.5Columbus, IN: 18.5 %Columbus, IN18.5Lawrence, IN: 18.4 %Lawrence, IN18.4Indianapolis, IN: 17 %Indianapolis, IN17Carmel, IN: 15.7 %Carmel, IN15.7Bloomington, IN: 15.7 %Bloomington, IN15.7South Bend, IN: 15.7 %South Bend, IN15.7Clarksville, IN: 15.5 %Clarksville, IN15.5Schererville, IN: 15.2 %Schererville, IN15.2Washington, IN: 14.4 %Washington, IN14.4Warsaw, IN: 14.3 %Warsaw, IN14.3Kendallville, IN: 14.3 %Kendallville, IN14.3Plainfield, IN: 14.2 %Plainfield, IN14.2Munster, IN: 14 %Munster, IN14Fort Wayne, IN: 13.8 %Fort Wayne, IN13.8Greenwood, IN: 13.5 %Greenwood, IN13.5Highland, IN: 13.4 %Highland, IN13.4Griffith, IN: 13.4 %Griffith, IN13.4Merrillville, IN: 12.6 %Merrillville, IN12.6St. John, IN: 12 %St. John, IN12Fishers, IN: 11.9 %Fishers, IN11.9Westfield, IN: 11.9 %Westfield, IN11.9Avon, IN: 11.8 %Avon, IN11.8Whitestown, IN: 11.2 %Whitestown, IN11.2Crown Point, IN: 11 %Crown Point, IN11Huntertown, IN: 10.4 %Huntertown, IN10.4Lafayette, IN: 10.3 %Lafayette, IN10.3Hobart, IN: 10.2 %Hobart, IN10.2Shelbyville, IN: 10 %Shelbyville, IN10La Porte, IN: 9.8 %La Porte, IN9.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1East Chicago, IN40.8+2.9 pts
2Goshen, IN27+1.5 pts
3Logansport, IN26.4-1.6 pts
4Hammond, IN26+0.8 pts
5West Lafayette, IN24.3-0.8 pts
6Plymouth, IN23.3-1.2 pts
7Elkhart, IN230 pts
8Lake Station, IN21.6+1.2 pts
9Speedway, IN21+3.1 pts
10Seymour, IN20.7+5.7 pts
11Frankfort, IN19.5+1.5 pts
12Columbus, IN18.5-0.2 pts
13Lawrence, IN18.4+2 pts
14Indianapolis, IN17+2.2 pts
15Carmel, IN15.7+0.3 pts
16Bloomington, IN15.7+1.2 pts
16South Bend, IN15.7+0.6 pts
18Clarksville, IN15.5+1.4 pts
19Schererville, IN15.2-2.4 pts
20Washington, IN14.4-0.2 pts
21Warsaw, IN14.3+1.7 pts
22Kendallville, IN14.3+1.4 pts
23Plainfield, IN14.2+0.8 pts
24Munster, IN14-1 pts
25Fort Wayne, IN13.8+0.5 pts
26Greenwood, IN13.5+1.7 pts
27Highland, IN13.4-0.9 pts
28Griffith, IN13.4+1.6 pts
29Merrillville, IN12.6+0.1 pts
30St. John, IN12+1.8 pts
31Fishers, IN11.9+0.6 pts
32Westfield, IN11.9+0.3 pts
33Avon, IN11.8-0.4 pts
34Whitestown, IN11.2+1.3 pts
35Crown Point, IN11-0.9 pts
36Huntertown, IN10.4+2.8 pts
37Lafayette, IN10.3+0.2 pts
38Hobart, IN10.2+0.9 pts
39Shelbyville, IN10+0.3 pts
40La Porte, IN9.80 pts
41Mishawaka, IN8.6+0.7 pts
42Jasper, IN8.6+2.2 pts
43Brownsburg, IN8.6+0.7 pts
44Portage, IN8.5-0.8 pts
45Dyer, IN8.5-0.8 pts
46Noblesville, IN8+0.4 pts
47Valparaiso, IN7.8-0.6 pts
48Crawfordsville, IN7.8-0.5 pts
49Anderson, IN7.4+1 pts
50Vincennes, IN7.2-0.3 pts
51Chesterton, IN6.7-1.7 pts
52Zionsville, IN6.7-0.1 pts
53Richmond, IN6.3+0.4 pts
54Lebanon, IN6.2+0.2 pts
55New Haven, IN6.2+0.6 pts
56Cedar Lake, IN5.9+0.4 pts
57Terre Haute, IN5.8-0.3 pts
58Gary, IN5.6+1 pts
59Marion, IN5.5+0.4 pts
60McCordsville, IN5.4-2 pts
61Bargersville, IN5.3+2 pts
62Lowell, IN5.2-0 pts
63Michigan City, IN5.1+1.3 pts
64Evansville, IN5+0.3 pts
65Muncie, IN4.9+0.8 pts
66Huntington, IN4.7-0.1 pts
67Jeffersonville, IN4.7-0.3 pts
68Greenfield, IN4.7+0.1 pts
69New Albany, IN4.2-0.2 pts
70Bluffton, IN4-0.1 pts
71Columbia City, IN3.9+1.7 pts
72Sellersburg, IN3.9-1.7 pts
73Kokomo, IN3.8-0.2 pts
74Franklin, IN3.7+0.2 pts
75Greensburg, IN3.5-0.3 pts
76Decatur, IN3+1.2 pts
77Beech Grove, IN2.8+0.1 pts
78Madison, IN2.7-0.8 pts
79Martinsville, IN2.6+1.4 pts
79Wabash, IN2.6+0.6 pts
81Connersville, IN2.4-1.1 pts
82Peru, IN2.4-0.2 pts
83Yorktown, IN2.20 pts
84Auburn, IN2.2+0.4 pts
85New Castle, IN2.1+0.5 pts
86Mooresville, IN1.5+0.2 pts
87Bedford, IN1.3-0.5 pts
88Danville, IN0.4-0.5 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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) (Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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), Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/indiana-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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). Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/indiana-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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), Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/indiana-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English 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): Cities in Indiana by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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East Chicago, IN, with 40.8% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Danville, IN, with 0.4% in 2023.

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