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Languages Spoken In The United States
The following data comes from the Modern Language Association
(MLA) Language Map and the 2000 US Census. The MLA Language Map is
accessible on the web at
www.mla.org/census_main.
Each table shows the number of speakers over the age of five
in each of the regions represented. The "% Total"
column represents the percentage of speakers out of the total population (age
five and older) and the "% Language" column represents the percentage out
of all speakers of all languages other than English (age five and older).
Languages Spoken in
the Mainland US I
Languages Spoken in Ohio |
Languages Spoken in Cuyahoga County |
Languages Spoken in Cleveland
|
Language |
Total |
% Total |
% Lang. |
|
English |
215,423,557 |
82.1% |
|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
28,101,052 |
10.7% |
59.9% |
|
Chinese |
2,022,143 |
0.8% |
4.3% |
|
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
1,643,838 |
0.6% |
3.5% |
|
German |
1,383,442 |
0.5% |
2.9% |
|
Tagalog |
1,224,241 |
0.5% |
2.6% |
|
Vietnamese |
1,009,627 |
0.4% |
2.2% |
|
Italian |
1,008,370 |
0.4% |
2.1% |
|
Korean |
894,063 |
0.3% |
1.9% |
|
Russian |
706,242 |
0.3% |
1.5% |
|
Polish |
667,414 |
0.3% |
1.4% |
|
Arabic |
614,582 |
0.2% |
1.3% |
|
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
564,630 |
0.2% |
1.2% |
|
Japanese |
477,997 |
0.2% |
1.0% |
|
French Creole |
453,368 |
0.2% |
1.0% |
|
Other Indic languages |
439,289 |
0.2% |
0.9% |
|
African languages |
418,505 |
0.2% |
0.9% |
|
Other Asian languages |
398,434 |
0.2% |
0.8% |
|
Greek |
365,436 |
0.1% |
0.8% |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
327,946 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Hindi |
317,057 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Other Pacific Island languages |
313,841 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Persian |
312,085 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Other Slavic languages |
301,079 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Urdu |
262,900 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Other West Germanic languages |
251,135 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Gujarathi |
235,988 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
233,865 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Other Native North American languages |
203,466 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Armenian |
202,708 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Hebrew |
195,374 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
181,889 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Yiddish |
178,945 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Navajo |
178,014 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Miao, Hmong |
168,063 |
0.1% |
0.4% |
|
Scandinavian languages |
162,252 |
0.1% |
0.3% |
|
Laotian |
149,303 |
0.1% |
0.3% |
|
Other and unspecified languages |
144,575 |
0.1% |
0.3% |
|
Thai |
120,464 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Hungarian |
117,973 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Language |
Total |
% Total |
% Lang. |
|
English |
9,951,475 |
93.9% |
|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
213,147 |
2.0% |
32.9% |
|
German |
72,647 |
0.7% |
11.2% |
|
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
44,594 |
0.4% |
6.9% |
|
Italian |
27,697 |
0.3% |
4.3% |
|
Other West Germanic languages |
26,372 |
0.2% |
4.1% |
|
Chinese |
25,704 |
0.2% |
4.0% |
|
Arabic |
22,647 |
0.2% |
3.5% |
|
Other Slavic languages |
21,230 |
0.2% |
3.3% |
|
Polish |
16,462 |
0.2% |
2.5% |
|
Russian |
16,030 |
0.2% |
2.5% |
|
Greek |
13,656 |
0.1% |
2.1% |
|
African languages |
13,261 |
0.1% |
2.0% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
12,577 |
0.1% |
1.9% |
|
Hungarian |
11,859 |
0.1% |
1.8% |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
11,070 |
0.1% |
1.7% |
|
Korean |
11,028 |
0.1% |
1.7% |
|
Japanese |
9,928 |
0.1% |
1.5% |
|
Other Asian languages |
9,766 |
0.1% |
1.5% |
|
Vietnamese |
9,002 |
0.1% |
1.4% |
|
Tagalog |
8,473 |
0.1% |
1.3% |
|
Other Indic languages |
8,394 |
0.1% |
1.3% |
|
Hindi |
8,276 |
0.1% |
1.3% |
|
Gujarathi |
4,233 |
0.0% |
0.7% |
|
Hebrew |
3,453 |
0.0% |
0.5% |
|
Laotian |
3,402 |
0.0% |
0.5% |
|
Urdu |
3,162 |
0.0% |
0.5% |
|
Persian |
3,080 |
0.0% |
0.5% |
|
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
2,715 |
0.0% |
0.4% |
|
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
2,522 |
0.0% |
0.4% |
|
Other Pacific Island languages |
2,476 |
0.0% |
0.4% |
|
Scandinavian languages |
1,995 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Yiddish |
1,927 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Thai |
1,854 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Other and unspecified languages |
1,337 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Other Native North American languages |
1,073 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Armenian |
471 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
French Creole |
421 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Miao, Hmong |
310 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Navajo |
242 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Language |
Total |
% Total |
% Lang. |
|
English |
1,158,729 |
88.9% |
|
|
All languages other than English combined |
144,337 |
11.1% |
|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
41,288 |
3.2% |
28.6% |
|
Other Slavic languages |
10,077 |
0.8% |
7.0% |
|
Italian |
8,720 |
0.7% |
6.0% |
|
Arabic |
8,392 |
0.6% |
5.8% |
|
German |
8,175 |
0.6% |
5.7% |
|
Polish |
8,150 |
0.6% |
5.6% |
|
Russian |
7,569 |
0.6% |
5.2% |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
5,752 |
0.4% |
4.0% |
|
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
5,698 |
0.4% |
3.9% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
5,575 |
0.4% |
3.9% |
|
Chinese |
5,321 |
0.4% |
3.7% |
|
Hungarian |
4,820 |
0.4% |
3.3% |
|
Greek |
3,424 |
0.3% |
2.4% |
|
Other Indic languages |
2,649 |
0.2% |
1.8% |
|
Tagalog |
2,096 |
0.2% |
1.5% |
|
Hindi |
1,990 |
0.2% |
1.4% |
|
Vietnamese |
1,894 |
0.1% |
1.3% |
|
Other Asian languages |
1,696 |
0.1% |
1.2% |
|
Korean |
1,432 |
0.1% |
1.0% |
|
Hebrew |
1,278 |
0.1% |
0.9% |
|
African languages |
1,184 |
0.1% |
0.8% |
|
Japanese |
1,023 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Yiddish |
1,014 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Gujarathi |
906 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Urdu |
687 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Persian |
665 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
492 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Other West Germanic languages |
446 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
390 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Other Pacific Island languages |
364 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Thai |
320 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Scandinavian languages |
288 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Other and unspecified languages |
156 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Laotian |
131 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Armenian |
111 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
French Creole |
79 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Other Native North American languages |
71 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Navajo |
7 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Miao, Hmong |
7 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Total: |
1,303,066 |
|
|
|
Language |
Total |
% Total |
% Lang. |
|
English |
387,438 |
88.1% |
|
|
All languages other than English combined |
52,203 |
11.9% |
|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
28,564 |
6.5% |
54.7% |
|
Other Slavic languages |
2,460 |
0.6% |
4.7% |
|
Polish |
2,307 |
0.5% |
4.4% |
|
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
2,124 |
0.5% |
4.1% |
|
Arabic |
1,939 |
0.4% |
3.7% |
|
Chinese |
1,826 |
0.4% |
3.5% |
|
German |
1,706 |
0.4% |
3.3% |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
1,611 |
0.4% |
3.1% |
|
Italian |
1,488 |
0.3% |
2.9% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
1,298 |
0.3% |
2.5% |
|
Vietnamese |
1,047 |
0.2% |
2.0% |
|
Hungarian |
896 |
0.2% |
1.7% |
|
Russian |
668 |
0.2% |
1.3% |
|
Tagalog |
614 |
0.1% |
1.2% |
|
African languages |
403 |
0.1% |
0.8% |
|
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
397 |
0.1% |
0.8% |
|
Hindi |
355 |
0.1% |
0.7% |
|
Other Indic languages |
339 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Greek |
333 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Japanese |
333 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Korean |
303 |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Other Asian languages |
264 |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
Thai |
157 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Other Pacific Island languages |
136 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
|
Hebrew |
105 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Urdu |
99 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Other West Germanic languages |
88 |
0.0% |
0.2% |
|
Gujarathi |
75 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
55 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Laotian |
47 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
French Creole |
33 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Other and unspecified languages |
32 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Other Native North American languages |
31 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Persian |
28 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
Scandinavian languages |
15 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Yiddish |
15 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Navajo |
7 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Armenian |
5 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Miao, Hmong |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Total: |
439,641 |
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