Most spoken languages in Texas in 2005
English is spoken by 66.36% of people over 5 years old in Texas.
Languages other than English are spoken by 33.64%.
Speakers of languages other than English are divided up as follows.
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Texas
Source: American Community Survey, 2005 Summary File
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English
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13,528,191
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66.36%
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All languages other than English combined
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6,858,870
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33.64%
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Spanish
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5,932,609
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29.10%
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Vietnamese
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139,534
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0.68%
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Chinese
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83,641
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0.41%
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German
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61,316
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0.30%
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French
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57,992
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0.28%
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Tagalog
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56,752
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0.28%
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Korean
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45,272
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0.22%
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Urdu
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43,202
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0.21%
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Arabic
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39,570
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0.19%
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Hindi
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32,074
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0.16%
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Kru, Ibo, Yoruba
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25,038
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0.12%
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Persian
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21,426
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0.11%
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Gujarathi
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21,218
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0.10%
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Japanese
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18,591
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0.09%
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Malayalam
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14,486
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0.07%
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Laotian
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14,402
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0.07%
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Russian
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13,784
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0.07%
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Portuguese
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12,612
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0.06%
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Italian
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12,215
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0.06%
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Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
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11,805
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0.06%
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Mandarin
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11,038
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0.05%
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Thai
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10,847
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0.05%
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Amharic
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9,711
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0.05%
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Bengali
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9,477
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0.05%
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Telugu
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9,132
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0.04%
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Tamil
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8,636
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0.04%
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Polish
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8,554
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0.04%
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Swahili
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7,586
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0.04%
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Czech
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7,412
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0.04%
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Total:
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20,387,061
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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.
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