US counties by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024

Starr County had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 3144 counties in 2024, at 91.1%. Wheatland County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 2.9% and the figure for the United States was 13.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest91.1Starr County
Median2.93144 counties
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Map of counties, 2024

%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Starr County: 91.1 %Starr County91.1Maverick County: 88.1 %Maverick County88.1Kenedy County: 86.9 %Kenedy County86.9Webb County: 86 %Webb County86Zapata County: 82.4 %Zapata County82.4Hidalgo County: 78.9 %Hidalgo County78.9Santa Cruz County: 77.1 %Santa Cruz County77.1Imperial County: 74 %Imperial County74Cameron County: 71.3 %Cameron County71.3Presidio County: 71.2 %Presidio County71.2Zavala County: 67.5 %Zavala County67.5Miami-Dade County: 66.7 %Miami-Dade County66.7El Paso County: 66.1 %El Paso County66.1Crockett County: 64.1 %Crockett County64.1Val Verde County: 62.8 %Val Verde County62.8Hudspeth County: 62.7 %Hudspeth County62.7Reeves County: 61.9 %Reeves County61.9Willacy County: 60.5 %Willacy County60.5Crane County: 58.6 %Crane County58.6Brooks County: 58.2 %Brooks County58.2Loving County: 57.6 %Loving County57.6Seward County: 56.8 %Seward County56.8Dimmit County: 55.8 %Dimmit County55.8Deaf Smith County: 54.7 %Deaf Smith County54.7Parmer County: 54.3 %Parmer County54.3Culberson County: 53.7 %Culberson County53.7Yuma County: 53.3 %Yuma County53.3Jim Hogg County: 53.1 %Jim Hogg County53.1Sutton County: 52.1 %Sutton County52.1Castro County: 51.6 %Castro County51.6Colusa County: 51.4 %Colusa County51.4Adams County: 51.2 %Adams County51.2Luna County: 50.8 %Luna County50.8Yoakum County: 50.1 %Yoakum County50.1Monterey County: 49.8 %Monterey County49.8Bailey County: 49.7 %Bailey County49.7Cochran County: 49.6 %Cochran County49.6Hendry County: 49.3 %Hendry County49.3Duval County: 49 %Duval County49Uvalde County: 48.5 %Uvalde County48.5Starr County: 91.1 %Starr County91.1Maverick County: 88.1 %Maverick County88.1Kenedy County: 86.9 %Kenedy County86.9Webb County: 86 %Webb County86Zapata County: 82.4 %Zapata County82.4Hidalgo County: 78.9 %Hidalgo County78.9Santa Cruz County: 77.1 %Santa Cruz County77.1Imperial County: 74 %Imperial County74Cameron County: 71.3 %Cameron County71.3Presidio County: 71.2 %Presidio County71.2Zavala County: 67.5 %Zavala County67.5Miami-Dade County: 66.7 %Miami-Dade County66.7El Paso County: 66.1 %El Paso County66.1Crockett County: 64.1 %Crockett County64.1Val Verde County: 62.8 %Val Verde County62.8Hudspeth County: 62.7 %Hudspeth County62.7Reeves County: 61.9 %Reeves County61.9Willacy County: 60.5 %Willacy County60.5Crane County: 58.6 %Crane County58.6Brooks County: 58.2 %Brooks County58.2Loving County: 57.6 %Loving County57.6Seward County: 56.8 %Seward County56.8Dimmit County: 55.8 %Dimmit County55.8Deaf Smith County: 54.7 %Deaf Smith County54.7Parmer County: 54.3 %Parmer County54.3Culberson County: 53.7 %Culberson County53.7Yuma County: 53.3 %Yuma County53.3Jim Hogg County: 53.1 %Jim Hogg County53.1Sutton County: 52.1 %Sutton County52.1Castro County: 51.6 %Castro County51.6Colusa County: 51.4 %Colusa County51.4Adams County: 51.2 %Adams County51.2Luna County: 50.8 %Luna County50.8Yoakum County: 50.1 %Yoakum County50.1Monterey County: 49.8 %Monterey County49.8Bailey County: 49.7 %Bailey County49.7Cochran County: 49.6 %Cochran County49.6Hendry County: 49.3 %Hendry County49.3Duval County: 49 %Duval County49Uvalde County: 48.5 %Uvalde County48.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Starr County91.1-1.4 pts
2Maverick County88.1+0.4 pts
3Kenedy County86.9-1.6 pts
4Webb County86-1.3 pts
5Zapata County82.4-1.9 pts
6Hidalgo County78.9-0.4 pts
7Santa Cruz County77.1-0.7 pts
8Imperial County74+0.3 pts
9Cameron County71.3+1.3 pts
10Presidio County71.2+0.3 pts
11Zavala County67.5-4.5 pts
12Miami-Dade County66.7+0.3 pts
13El Paso County66.1-0.2 pts
14Crockett County64.1+4.6 pts
15Val Verde County62.8+0.8 pts
16Hudspeth County62.7-1.5 pts
17Reeves County61.9+0.6 pts
18Willacy County60.5-0.5 pts
19Crane County58.6+7.4 pts
20Brooks County58.2-11 pts
21Loving County57.6+29.8 pts
22Seward County56.8+1.3 pts
23Dimmit County55.8+1.1 pts
24Deaf Smith County54.7-1.8 pts
25Parmer County54.3-0.3 pts
26Culberson County53.7-10.5 pts
27Yuma County53.3+0.9 pts
28Jim Hogg County53.1-5.1 pts
29Sutton County52.1+1.6 pts
30Castro County51.6+0.1 pts
31Colusa County51.4-0.4 pts
32Adams County51.2+2.5 pts
33Luna County50.8-0.7 pts
34Yoakum County50.1+2.9 pts
35Monterey County49.8+0.6 pts
36Bailey County49.7-0.4 pts
37Cochran County49.6+6.5 pts
38Hendry County49.3+0.7 pts
39Duval County49-2.1 pts
40Uvalde County48.5+0.9 pts
41Kinney County48+5.6 pts
42La Salle County47.5-11.1 pts
43Winkler County47.4-0.2 pts
44Pecos County47-2 pts
45Osceola County46.8+0.6 pts
46Jim Wells County46.4-1.1 pts
47Ochiltree County46.3+0.6 pts
48Tulare County46-0.4 pts
49Moore County46+2.4 pts
50Franklin County45.9-0.2 pts
51Bronx County45.1-0.2 pts
52Ector County45+0.3 pts
53Frio County44.9-6.4 pts
54San Miguel County44.6-0.8 pts
55Rio Arriba County44.4-0.9 pts
56Guadalupe County44.4-1.7 pts
57Merced County44.2-0.3 pts
58Grant County44.2+2.5 pts
59Ford County43.9-0.6 pts
60Reagan County43.3+2.6 pts
61Lea County43+0.6 pts
62Doña Ana County42.9-0.5 pts
63Mora County42.8-0.7 pts
64Madera County42.7+0.1 pts
65Lamb County42.5+0.3 pts
66Stanton County41.3-3.5 pts
67Hamilton County41.2+3.3 pts
68Andrews County40.5+0.6 pts
69Texas County40.4+0.6 pts
70Colfax County40.4+1.1 pts
71San Benito County40.4+1.1 pts
72Yakima County40.3-0.6 pts
73Kern County40.1+0.4 pts
74Atascosa County40.1+0.7 pts
75Manassas Park city40.1+0.1 pts
76Upton County39.3-1.9 pts
77Manassas city39.2+1 pts
78Finney County39-0.3 pts
79Floyd County38.9-0.1 pts
80Sherman County38.6-1 pts
81Terry County37.8+3.4 pts
82Kings County37.7-0.1 pts
83Los Angeles County37.6-0.1 pts
84Titus County37.5+0.3 pts
85Passaic County37.4+0.6 pts
85Ward County37.4+2.3 pts
87Glenn County36.8+2 pts
88Schleicher County36.4+0.5 pts
89Dallam County36.3+1 pts
90Edwards County36.2-2.3 pts
91Hale County35.9+0.1 pts
92San Bernardino County35.8+0.5 pts
93Harris County35.3+0.2 pts
94De Baca County35.3-0.3 pts
95Riverside County35+0.4 pts
96Garza County34.8-4.1 pts
97Hansford County34.5-0.8 pts
98Stanislaus County34.1-0.2 pts
99Dallas County33.7-0.1 pts
100Jerome County33.7+1.1 pts
101Grant County33.5-0 pts
102Hudson County33.4-0.4 pts
102Santa Barbara County33.4+0.6 pts
104Caldwell County33.4-1.6 pts
105Fresno County33.3-0.3 pts
106Chaves County33.2+1.4 pts
107Bee County32.9-0.7 pts
108Bexar County32.8-0.1 pts
109Morrow County32.3-1.4 pts
110Liberty County32.2+1.7 pts
111Bastrop County32-0.6 pts
112Kleberg County32-0.1 pts
113Crosby County31.9-1.6 pts
114Hemphill County31.5+1.5 pts
115Dakota County31.4+0.4 pts
116Dawson County31.3+0.8 pts
117Hidalgo County30.3-2.4 pts
118Whitfield County30.2+1.2 pts
119Ventura County30.2-0 pts
120Union County30.2+0.6 pts
121Dawson County30-1.9 pts
122Nueces County30-0.2 pts
123Sevier County29.7-0.9 pts
124Martin County29.7-0.4 pts
125Sterling County29.6+4 pts
126Power County29.4+1.9 pts
127Terrell County29.2-8.8 pts
128Hardee County29-0.4 pts
129Lipscomb County28.7+0.4 pts
130Howard County28.6-0.9 pts
131Broward County28.5+0.6 pts
132Kearny County28.5+0.6 pts
133Taos County28.5-0.4 pts
134Midland County28.4+0.4 pts
135San Patricio County28.3-0.1 pts
136Costilla County27.8-3.2 pts
137Lincoln County27.5+2.1 pts
138Brewster County27.3+0.9 pts
139Clark County27.2-1.5 pts
140Live Oak County27.2+0.3 pts
141Eddy County27.1+2.7 pts
142San Joaquin County27.1+0.2 pts
143Napa County26.8-0.2 pts
144Nobles County26.8+0.4 pts
145Yuma County26.5+3.5 pts
146McMullen County26.5+14.3 pts
147Santa Cruz County26.4+0.9 pts
148Wharton County26.4+2.1 pts
149Gonzales County26.3-1 pts
150Orange County26.2+0.3 pts
151Douglas County26.2-1.4 pts
152Kane County26.1-0.2 pts
153Santa Fe County26-0.2 pts
154Hall County25.9-0.9 pts
155Gooding County25.8-1.3 pts
156Cumberland County25.7-0.2 pts
157Atkinson County25.7+0.9 pts
157Saline County25.7+2.3 pts
159Hall County25.7+0.4 pts
160Wyandotte County25.7+0.8 pts
161Curry County25.6+1.2 pts
162Concho County25.5-3.2 pts
163Valencia County25.3+0.2 pts
164Waller County25.1+0.9 pts
165Medina County25+0.4 pts
166Hall County24.9+1.2 pts
167Matagorda County24.9-1 pts
168Minidoka County24.9+0.8 pts
169Hood River County24.7-1.8 pts
170Hockley County24.7-0.5 pts
171Garfield County24.7+0.1 pts
172Stevens County24.5-2.8 pts
173Refugio County24.5-0.3 pts
174Crawford County24.3+0.3 pts
174Orange County24.3-0 pts
176Conejos County24.3-1.9 pts
177Buena Vista County24.2+0.3 pts
178San Diego County24.1+0.4 pts
179Adams County24+0.1 pts
179Swisher County24-5.4 pts
181Navarro County24-0.1 pts
182Scurry County23.9+0.1 pts
183Jeff Davis County23.9-3.4 pts
184Potter County23.8+0.4 pts
185Gaines County23.6+1 pts
186Chelan County23.5-0.4 pts
187Beaver County23.4-0.1 pts
187Collier County23.4+0.1 pts
189McCulloch County23.4-1.4 pts
190Watonwan County23.4+0.6 pts
191Queens County23.3+0.1 pts
192Cochise County23.2-0.1 pts
193Karnes County23.1-1.9 pts
194Polk County23.1+1.1 pts
195Hillsborough County23+0.2 pts
196Esmeralda County22.8+12.5 pts
197Calhoun County22.6-1.8 pts
198Cimarron County22.4+3.2 pts
199Phillips County22.3-0.6 pts
200Clark County22.3+0.1 pts
201Glades County22.3-0.1 pts
202Umatilla County22.2+0.6 pts
203Victoria County22.2-0.4 pts
204Menard County22+0.1 pts
205Hays County21.7-0.2 pts
206Cottle County21.7+9 pts
207Socorro County21.7-1.4 pts
208Gray County21.7+1.8 pts
209Wilson County21.7+0.3 pts
210Roosevelt County21.6+0.7 pts
211Briscoe County21.4-1.1 pts
212Grant County21.3+0.4 pts
213Eagle County21.3-1.1 pts
214Tom Green County21.3-0.2 pts
214Yolo County21.3+0.1 pts
216Westchester County21.2+0.4 pts
217Cassia County21.2+1.5 pts
218Knox County21.1-0.2 pts
219Runnels County21.1-1.2 pts
220Cook County21.10 pts
221Sonoma County21+0.3 pts
221Tarrant County21+0.1 pts
223Bernalillo County21-0 pts
224Greenlee County20.9+4.1 pts
224Otero County20.9-0.3 pts
226Mitchell County20.9+1.4 pts
227Marion County20.9+0.3 pts
228Pima County20.8-0.1 pts
229Nolan County20.8-0.5 pts
230Blaine County20.70 pts
231Travis County20.7+0.3 pts
232Harper County20.6+0.1 pts
233Greater Bridgeport Planning Region20.6+0.6 pts
234Sierra County20.5+1.5 pts
235Providence County20.5+0.6 pts
236Morgan County20.4+2.2 pts
237Essex County20.4+0.5 pts
237Saguache County20.4+0.3 pts
239Union County20.3+0.7 pts
240Gwinnett County20.3+0.2 pts
241Montgomery County20.2+0.8 pts
242Austin County20.2+1 pts
243Harrisonburg city20.1+1.1 pts
244Duplin County20.1-0.1 pts
245Palm Beach County20.1+0.5 pts
246Prince William County20-0.1 pts
246Sutter County200 pts
248Owyhee County19.9+0.9 pts
249Haskell County19.9-2.7 pts
250DeSoto County19.8+0.7 pts

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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.

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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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-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 Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (US counties by population speaking Spanish at home, 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

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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 counties by population speaking Spanish at home, 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/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-counties. 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 Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US counties by population speaking Spanish at home, 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/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Starr County, with 91.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Wheatland County, with 0% in 2024.

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