 Back to Data Center |
 Close window and return to map
|
 Print page |
Most spoken languages in North Carolina in 2005
English is spoken by 90.70% of people over 5 years old in North Carolina.
Languages other than English are spoken by 9.30%.
Speakers of languages other than English are divided up as follows.
Languages other than English are spoken by 9.30%.
Speakers of languages other than English are divided up as follows.
|
North Carolina
Source: American Community Survey, 2005 Summary File
|
|
| Click a language name for details |
|
| Ages 5 + | % | |
| English | 7,071,543 | 90.70% |
| All languages other than English combined | 725,023 | 9.30% |
| Spanish | 482,431 | 6.19% |
| French | 25,607 | 0.33% |
| German | 22,229 | 0.29% |
| Chinese | 16,252 | 0.21% |
| Arabic | 15,674 | 0.20% |
| Vietnamese | 10,968 | 0.14% |
| Korean | 9,865 | 0.13% |
| Russian | 7,525 | 0.10% |
| Tagalog | 7,339 | 0.09% |
| Italian | 7,209 | 0.09% |
| Laotian | 7,007 | 0.09% |
| Greek | 6,802 | 0.09% |
| Hindi | 6,640 | 0.09% |
| Gujarathi | 6,473 | 0.08% |
| Mon-Khmer, Cambodian | 6,130 | 0.08% |
| French Creole | 5,804 | 0.07% |
| Urdu | 5,780 | 0.07% |
| Hmong | 5,054 | 0.06% |
| Japanese | 4,752 | 0.06% |
| Serbo-Croatian | 3,782 | 0.05% |
| Polish | 3,725 | 0.05% |
| Tamil | 3,332 | 0.04% |
| Ukrainian | 3,113 | 0.04% |
| Panjabi | 3,034 | 0.04% |
| Portuguese | 2,729 | 0.04% |
| Swahili | 2,663 | 0.03% |
| Persian | 2,517 | 0.03% |
| Telugu | 2,289 | 0.03% |
| Kru, Ibo, Yoruba | 2,154 | 0.03% |
| Total: | 7,796,566 |
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.