Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home

Franklin County had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 67 counties in 2022, at 15.6%. Washington County had the lowest, at 0.2%. The median was 2% and the figure for Alabama was 3.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest15.6Franklin County
Median267 counties
Alabama3.4History

Map of counties, 2022

Autauga County: 1.7 %Baldwin County: 2.9 %Barbour County: 6.4 %Bibb County: 2 %Blount County: 7.5 %Bullock County: 9.1 %Butler County: 1.3 %Calhoun County: 2.7 %Chambers County: 2 %Cherokee County: 1.7 %Chilton County: 7.1 %Choctaw County: 1.6 %Clarke County: 0.7 %Clay County: 2.5 %Cleburne County: 1.9 %Coffee County: 5.5 %Colbert County: 1.7 %Conecuh County: 0.8 %Coosa County: 0.9 %Covington County: 1.4 %Crenshaw County: 1.8 %Cullman County: 3.2 %Dale County: 4.3 %Dallas County: 0.4 %DeKalb County: 12.9 %Elmore County: 2 %Escambia County: 0.8 %Etowah County: 3.1 %Fayette County: 0.4 %Franklin County: 15.6 %Geneva County: 2.3 %Greene County: 0.3 %Hale County: 0.6 %Henry County: 1.6 %Houston County: 2.4 %Jackson County: 1.9 %Jefferson County: 3.5 %Lamar County: 0.3 %Lauderdale County: 2.7 %Lawrence County: 2.2 %Lee County: 2.6 %Limestone County: 4.2 %Lowndes County: 0.4 %Macon County: 1.5 %Madison County: 3.5 %Marengo County: 1.3 %Marion County: 2 %Marshall County: 12 %Mobile County: 1.8 %Monroe County: 0.3 %Montgomery County: 2.7 %Morgan County: 6.8 %Perry County: 0.7 %Pickens County: 4.9 %Pike County: 1.6 %Randolph County: 1.7 %Russell County: 4 %St. Clair County: 2.1 %Shelby County: 4.9 %Sumter County: 0.9 %Talladega County: 2.3 %Tallapoosa County: 2.8 %Tuscaloosa County: 2.8 %Walker County: 2.3 %Washington County: 0.2 %Wilcox County: 0.5 %Winston County: 2 %
  • Under 0.8
  • 0.8 to 1.6
  • 1.6 to 2
  • 2 to 2.6
  • 2.6 to 4.3
  • 4.3 and over
%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Franklin County: 15.6 %Franklin County15.6DeKalb County: 12.9 %DeKalb County12.9Marshall County: 12 %Marshall County12Bullock County: 9.1 %Bullock County9.1Blount County: 7.5 %Blount County7.5Chilton County: 7.1 %Chilton County7.1Morgan County: 6.8 %Morgan County6.8Barbour County: 6.4 %Barbour County6.4Coffee County: 5.5 %Coffee County5.5Shelby County: 4.9 %Shelby County4.9Pickens County: 4.9 %Pickens County4.9Dale County: 4.3 %Dale County4.3Limestone County: 4.2 %Limestone County4.2Russell County: 4 %Russell County4Madison County: 3.5 %Madison County3.5Jefferson County: 3.5 %Jefferson County3.5Cullman County: 3.2 %Cullman County3.2Etowah County: 3.1 %Etowah County3.1Baldwin County: 2.9 %Baldwin County2.9Tuscaloosa County: 2.8 %Tuscaloosa County2.8Tallapoosa County: 2.8 %Tallapoosa County2.8Montgomery County: 2.7 %Montgomery County2.7Calhoun County: 2.7 %Calhoun County2.7Lauderdale County: 2.7 %Lauderdale County2.7Lee County: 2.6 %Lee County2.6Clay County: 2.5 %Clay County2.5Houston County: 2.4 %Houston County2.4Walker County: 2.3 %Walker County2.3Talladega County: 2.3 %Talladega County2.3Geneva County: 2.3 %Geneva County2.3Lawrence County: 2.2 %Lawrence County2.2St. Clair County: 2.1 %St. Clair County2.1Bibb County: 2 %Bibb County2Chambers County: 2 %Chambers County2Marion County: 2 %Marion County2Winston County: 2 %Winston County2Elmore County: 2 %Elmore County2Cleburne County: 1.9 %Cleburne County1.9Jackson County: 1.9 %Jackson County1.9Crenshaw County: 1.8 %Crenshaw County1.8Franklin County: 15.6 %Franklin County15.6DeKalb County: 12.9 %DeKalb County12.9Marshall County: 12 %Marshall County12Bullock County: 9.1 %Bullock County9.1Blount County: 7.5 %Blount County7.5Chilton County: 7.1 %Chilton County7.1Morgan County: 6.8 %Morgan County6.8Barbour County: 6.4 %Barbour County6.4Coffee County: 5.5 %Coffee County5.5Shelby County: 4.9 %Shelby County4.9Pickens County: 4.9 %Pickens County4.9Dale County: 4.3 %Dale County4.3Limestone County: 4.2 %Limestone County4.2Russell County: 4 %Russell County4Madison County: 3.5 %Madison County3.5Jefferson County: 3.5 %Jefferson County3.5Cullman County: 3.2 %Cullman County3.2Etowah County: 3.1 %Etowah County3.1Baldwin County: 2.9 %Baldwin County2.9Tuscaloosa County: 2.8 %Tuscaloosa County2.8Tallapoosa County: 2.8 %Tallapoosa County2.8Montgomery County: 2.7 %Montgomery County2.7Calhoun County: 2.7 %Calhoun County2.7Lauderdale County: 2.7 %Lauderdale County2.7Lee County: 2.6 %Lee County2.6Clay County: 2.5 %Clay County2.5Houston County: 2.4 %Houston County2.4Walker County: 2.3 %Walker County2.3Talladega County: 2.3 %Talladega County2.3Geneva County: 2.3 %Geneva County2.3Lawrence County: 2.2 %Lawrence County2.2St. Clair County: 2.1 %St. Clair County2.1Bibb County: 2 %Bibb County2Chambers County: 2 %Chambers County2Marion County: 2 %Marion County2Winston County: 2 %Winston County2Elmore County: 2 %Elmore County2Cleburne County: 1.9 %Cleburne County1.9Jackson County: 1.9 %Jackson County1.9Crenshaw County: 1.8 %Crenshaw County1.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Franklin County15.6+0.5 pts
2DeKalb County12.9-0.4 pts
3Marshall County12-0 pts
4Bullock County9.1+0.8 pts
5Blount County7.5+0.1 pts
6Chilton County7.1-0.1 pts
7Morgan County6.8-0.1 pts
8Barbour County6.4+0.8 pts
9Coffee County5.5+0.8 pts
10Shelby County4.9+0.3 pts
11Pickens County4.9-0 pts
12Dale County4.3-0.1 pts
13Limestone County4.2+0.1 pts
14Russell County4+0.2 pts
15Madison County3.50 pts
16Jefferson County3.5+0.1 pts
17Cullman County3.2+0.2 pts
18Etowah County3.1+0.2 pts
19Baldwin County2.9-0.3 pts
20Tuscaloosa County2.8-0.2 pts
21Tallapoosa County2.8+0.3 pts
22Montgomery County2.7-0 pts
23Calhoun County2.7+0.2 pts
23Lauderdale County2.7+0.2 pts
25Lee County2.6+0.1 pts
26Clay County2.5-0 pts
27Houston County2.4+0.3 pts
28Walker County2.3+0.3 pts
29Talladega County2.3-0.1 pts
30Geneva County2.30 pts
31Lawrence County2.2+0.1 pts
32St. Clair County2.1-0 pts
33Bibb County2+0.7 pts
34Chambers County2+0.4 pts
35Marion County2-0.5 pts
36Winston County2-0.1 pts
37Elmore County2-0.1 pts
38Cleburne County1.9-0.3 pts
39Jackson County1.90 pts
40Crenshaw County1.8+1.4 pts
40Mobile County1.8-0 pts
42Cherokee County1.7-0.4 pts
43Randolph County1.7-0.3 pts
44Autauga County1.7-0.2 pts
45Colbert County1.7+0.2 pts
46Choctaw County1.6+0.5 pts
47Henry County1.6-0.3 pts
48Pike County1.6-0.3 pts
49Macon County1.5+0.7 pts
50Covington County1.4+0.1 pts
51Butler County1.3+0.4 pts
52Marengo County1.3+0.1 pts
53Sumter County0.9-0.9 pts
54Coosa County0.9+0.4 pts
55Conecuh County0.8+0.7 pts
56Escambia County0.8-0.1 pts
57Clarke County0.7+0.3 pts
58Perry County0.7+0.1 pts
59Hale County0.6-0.1 pts
60Wilcox County0.5-0.4 pts
61Lowndes County0.4-0.1 pts
62Dallas County0.4+0.3 pts
63Fayette County0.4-0 pts
64Lamar County0.3+0.1 pts
65Greene County0.3-0.3 pts
65Monroe County0.3+0.1 pts
67Washington County0.20 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties 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 Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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 (Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022. 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. Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022.

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, Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_alabama_by_2022,
  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: Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022. 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - 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: Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/alabama-counties?period=2022.
N1  - 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

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:

Rank Counties in Alabama by population speaking Spanish at home using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"spanish_at_home_share","level":"province","within":"Alabama","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=spanish_at_home_share&level=province&within=Alabama&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Franklin County, with 15.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?

Washington County, with 0.2% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Population speaking Spanish at home: other rankings

Counties in Alabama: more rankings