Cities in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024
Martinsburg, WV had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 13 cities in 2024, at 5.9%. St. Albans, WV had the lowest, at 0.2%. The median was 0.9% and the figure for West Virginia was 1.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
All cities, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2024 (%) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martinsburg, WV | 5.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 2 | Beckley, WV | 3.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 3 | Morgantown, WV | 1.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 4 | Huntington, WV | 1.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 5 | Wheeling, WV | 1.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 6 | Fairmont, WV | 1.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 7 | Charleston, WV | 0.9 | -0 pts |
| 8 | Parkersburg, WV | 0.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 9 | Weirton, WV | 0.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 10 | Clarksburg, WV | 0.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 11 | Vienna, WV | 0.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 12 | South Charleston, WV | 0.5 | 0 pts |
| 13 | St. Albans, WV | 0.2 | -0.1 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 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 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.Citation styles
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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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in West Virginia 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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in West Virginia 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/west-virginia-cities. 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). Cities in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 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/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/west-virginia-cities.
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), Cities in West Virginia 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/west-virginia-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which city has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?
Martinsburg, WV, with 5.9% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which city has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?
St. Albans, WV, with 0.2% in 2024.
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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