People who do not speak English at home by US county

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The United States is known for its linguistic diversity due to its history of immigration. Many households in the US speak languages other than English at home.

In 2020, there were 243.3 million Americans aged 5+ that spoke English at home. According to the American Community Survey (ACS), which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 22% of the U.S. population aged five and older reported speaking a language other than English at home. This figure encompassed a wide range of languages and language groups.

Spanish was by far the most commonly spoken language other than English at home, followed by languages like Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Arabic. The number of people who do not speak English at home in the United States has been steadily increasing due to immigration and cultural diversity.

The map of the United States below shows the percentage of people who speak a language other than English at home by county according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Below is the list of U.S. counties with the largest percentage of households who do not speak English at home.

State	County	Largest language spoken at home	Percentage of largest language spoken at home
Texas	Starr	Spanish	95.74%
Texas	Maverick	Spanish	92.69%
Texas	Webb	Spanish	91.70%
Texas	Zapata	Spanish	87.68%
Texas	Hidalgo	Spanish	83.79%
Texas	Presidio	Spanish	83.78%
Texas	Jim Hogg	Spanish	83.70%
Arizona	Santa Cruz	Spanish	80.24%
Texas	Hudspeth	Spanish	76.49%
Texas	Reeves	Spanish	75.44%
Texas	Cameron	Spanish	72.87%
Texas	El Paso	Spanish	72.85%
Texas	Zavala	Spanish	72.64%
Texas	Val Verde	Spanish	71.79%
California	Imperial	Spanish	71.11%
Texas	Duval	Spanish	70.39%
Texas	Dimmit	Spanish	68.11%
Texas	Culberson	Spanish	66.20%
Texas	Brooks	Spanish	65.52%
Texas	Frio	Spanish	63.57%
Alaska	Bethel Census Area	Yupik	63.14%
New Mexico	Mora	Spanish	61.06%
Texas	La Salle	Spanish	60.04%
Alaska	Kusilvak Census Area	Yupik	57.43%
New Mexico	San Miguel	Spanish	57.35%
Arizona	Apache	Navajo	55.85%
New Mexico	Rio Arriba	Spanish	55.28%
Texas	Jim Wells	Spanish	54.89%
Texas	Uvalde	Spanish	54.08%
Texas	Pecos	Spanish	53.98%
New Mexico	Guadalupe	Spanish	53.33%
Colorado	Costilla	Spanish	51.29%
Texas	Deaf Smith	Spanish	50.05%
New Mexico	Doña Ana	Spanish	49.83%
Kansas	Seward	Spanish	48.51%
New York	Bronx	Spanish	46.29%
Alaska	Aleutians East Borough	Tagalog	42.47%

You can learn more about languages from the following books:

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
• The Study of Language