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2010
2000
| Spanish |
 40,928
 49,460
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| French |
7,623
9,005
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| Amharic |
2,883
2,360
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| German |
2,438
2,694
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| Chinese |
2,177
2,220
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| Kru, Ibo, Yoruba |
1,923
1,910
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| Italian |
1,250
1,725
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| Arabic |
1,235
2,089
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Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Public Use Microdata Sample, 2006–2010 and Census 2000, Summary File 3, STP 258
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| Ages 5 + | % | ||
| English | 2010 | 471,292 | 86.38% |
| 2000 | 449,240 | 83.43% | |
| All languages other than English combined | 2010 | 80,146 | 14.69% |
| 2000 | 89,235 | 16.57% | |
| Spanish | 2010 | 40,928 | 7.50% |
| 2000 | 49,460 | 9.19% | |
| French | 2010 | 7,623 | 1.40% |
| 2000 | 9,005 | 1.67% | |
| Amharic | 2010 | 2,883 | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 2,360 | 0.44% | |
| German | 2010 | 2,438 | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 2,694 | 0.50% | |
| Chinese | 2010 | 2,177 | 0.40% |
| 2000 | 2,220 | 0.41% | |
| Kru, Ibo, Yoruba | 2010 | 1,923 | 0.35% |
| 2000 | 1,910 | 0.35% | |
| Italian | 2010 | 1,250 | 0.23% |
| 2000 | 1,725 | 0.32% | |
| Arabic | 2010 | 1,235 | 0.23% |
| 2000 | 2,089 | 0.39% | |
| Hindi | 2010 | 1,163 | 0.21% |
| 2000 | 465 | 0.09% | |
| Portuguese | 2010 | 1,140 | 0.21% |
| 2000 | 1,015 | 0.19% | |
| Korean | 2010 | 1,131 | 0.21% |
| 2000 | 689 | 0.13% | |
| Russian | 2010 | 947 | 0.17% |
| 2000 | 1,110 | 0.21% | |
| Tagalog | 2010 | 937 | 0.17% |
| 2000 | 1,354 | 0.25% | |
| French Creole | 2010 | 854 | 0.16% |
| 2000 | 600 | 0.11% | |
| Japanese | 2010 | 836 | 0.15% |
| 2000 | 930 | 0.17% | |
| Vietnamese | 2010 | 789 | 0.14% |
| 2000 | 1,615 | 0.30% | |
| Persian | 2010 | 650 | 0.12% |
| 2000 | 585 | 0.11% | |
| Polish | 2010 | 574 | 0.11% |
| 2000 | 370 | 0.07% | |
| Mandarin | 2010 | 561 | 0.10% |
| 2000 | 330 | 0.06% | |
| Swahili | 2010 | 494 | 0.09% |
| 2000 | 245 | 0.05% | |
| Greek | 2010 | 446 | 0.08% |
| 2000 | 778 | 0.14% | |
| Turkish | 2010 | 386 | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 295 | 0.05% | |
| Hebrew | 2010 | 356 | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 355 | 0.07% | |
| Swedish | 2010 | 338 | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 315 | 0.06% | |
| Dutch | 2010 | 323 | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 355 | 0.07% | |
| Hungarian | 2010 | 195 | 0.04% |
| 2000 | 295 | 0.05% | |
| Marathi | 2010 | 191 | 0.04% |
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| Urdu | 2010 | 178 | 0.03% |
| 2000 | 590 | 0.11% | |
| Macedonian | 2010 | 176 | 0.03% |
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| Total: | 2010 | 545,597 | |
| 2000 | 538,475 | ||
Data are estimates based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. Data are not displayed where there were insufficient samples with which to compute an estimate.
Data currently available from the American Community Survey do not report on many of the less commonly represented languages that were included in Census 2000.