List of United States cities by Spanish-speaking population
This article contains tables of U.S. cities and metropolitan areas with information about the population aged 5 and over that speaks Spanish at home. The tables do not reflect the total number or percentage of people who know Spanish.
Metropolitan areas
Number of people aged five or older who speak Spanish at home and proportion of population for metropolitan areas with a total population 500,000 or more.[1]
Metropolitan area | Total population | People age 5 or older | Spanish speakers 5 or older | % of Spanish-speakers |
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA | 12,849,383 | 12,012,590 | 4,413,590 | 36.7% |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA | 18,919,983 | 17,754,761 | 3,506,711 | 19.8% |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA | 5,582,351 | 5,258,538 | 2,091,782 | 39.8% |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA | 5,977,092 | 5,503,940 | 1,596,789 | 29% |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA | 9,474,211 | 8,841,424 | 1,497,498 | 16.9% |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA | 4,245,773 | 3,923,554 | 1,340,337 | 34.2% |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA | 6,402,922 | 5,905,073 | 1,324,152 | 22.4% |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA | 4,211,213 | 3,897,487 | 773,158 | 19.8% |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA | 3,105,989 | 2,902,279 | 732,023 | 25.2% |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA | 2,157,897 | 1,999,411 | 723,458 | 36.2% |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA | 4,345,320 | 4,085,615 | 673,162 | 16.5% |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA | 5,610,082 | 5,234,053 | 607,711 | 11.6% |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA | 780,087 | 705,450 | 594,407 | 84.3% |
El Paso, TX MSA | 804,338 | 739,909 | 535,466 | 72.4% |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA | 5,288,302 | 4,909,266 | 465,590 | 9.5% |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA | 2,140,795 | 2,008,963 | 430,068 | 21.4% |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA | 1,954,260 | 1,815,349 | 405,207 | 22.3% |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA | 5,971,483 | 5,604,740 | 350,609 | 6.3% |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA | 1,728,307 | 1,600,319 | 339,902 | 21.2% |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA | 1,843,255 | 1,714,644 | 337,019 | 19.7% |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA | 2,789,116 | 2,632,763 | 336,895 | 12.8% |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA | 2,560,529 | 2,379,895 | 333,997 | 14% |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA | 4,560,689 | 4,304,216 | 328,796 | 7.6% |
Fresno, CA MSA | 933,248 | 854,504 | 277,213 | 32.4% |
Bakersfield-Delano, CA MSA | 842,207 | 769,096 | 276,342 | 35.9% |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA | 2,154,391 | 2,010,461 | 245,678 | 12.2% |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA | 825,706 | 770,226 | 232,261 | 30.2% |
Tucson, AZ MSA | 982,154 | 919,772 | 220,377 | 24% |
Albuquerque, NM MSA | 892,014 | 831,131 | 218,581 | 26.3% |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA | 3,449,059 | 3,226,469 | 203,229 | 6.3% |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA | 2,232,496 | 2,087,766 | 168,307 | 8.1% |
Stockton, CA MSA | 687,744 | 633,644 | 165,011 | 26% |
Modesto, CA MSA | 515,358 | 475,582 | 150,465 | 31.6% |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA | 1,764,313 | 1,637,668 | 140,091 | 8.6% |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA | 3,286,195 | 3,061,343 | 134,607 | 4.4% |
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA | 1,601,498 | 1,513,246 | 131,033 | 8.7% |
Salt Lake City, UT MSA | 1,128,988 | 1,030,540 | 126,965 | 12.3% |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA | 918,714 | 861,668 | 118,034 | 13.7% |
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT MSA | 1,212,956 | 1,147,144 | 112,239 | 9.8% |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA | 2,035,747 | 1,891,710 | 111,043 | 5.9% |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA | 4,291,843 | 4,033,342 | 105,778 | 2.6% |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA | 1,557,244 | 1,454,362 | 98,402 | 6.8% |
Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA | 2,714,183 | 2,546,064 | 96,050 | 3.8% |
New Haven-Milford, CT MSA | 862,989 | 814,466 | 95,392 | 11.7% |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA | 1,257,845 | 1,165,783 | 95,141 | 8.2% |
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA | 1,137,552 | 1,054,296 | 92,935 | 8.8% |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA | 620,151 | 587,019 | 88,481 | 15.1% |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA | 1,759,229 | 1,631,609 | 86,931 | 5.3% |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA | 602,788 | 564,300 | 85,005 | 15.1% |
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN MSA | 1,593,050 | 1,483,731 | 82,401 | 5.6% |
Springfield, MA MSA | 693,141 | 656,157 | 76,254 | 11.6% |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA | 822,141 | 774,982 | 73,435 | 9.5% |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA | 1,173,327 | 1,096,400 | 72,730 | 6.6% |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA | 670,932 | 629,149 | 67,359 | 10.7% |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA | 2,075,758 | 1,955,223 | 66,176 | 3.4% |
Jacksonville, FL MSA | 1,350,198 | 1,263,422 | 62,271 | 4.9% |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA | 703,309 | 670,497 | 61,402 | 9.2% |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA | 1,675,343 | 1,567,719 | 57,571 | 3.7% |
Worcester, MA MSA | 799,553 | 752,695 | 55,426 | 7.4% |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA | 868,238 | 803,098 | 53,590 | 6.7% |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA | 1,316,579 | 1,223,308 | 53,427 | 4.4% |
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA | 2,815,168 | 2,639,099 | 53,103 | 2% |
Tulsa, OK MSA | 939,345 | 873,403 | 51,579 | 5.9% |
Columbus, OH MSA | 1,840,631 | 1,713,281 | 50,372 | 2.9% |
Richmond, VA MSA | 1,261,317 | 1,182,437 | 49,875 | 4.2% |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA | 505,933 | 474,533 | 49,262 | 10.4% |
Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA | 619,694 | 572,460 | 49,101 | 8.6% |
Wichita, KS MSA | 622,367 | 574,233 | 46,024 | 8% |
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA | 725,282 | 680,455 | 45,814 | 6.7% |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA | 2,133,203 | 1,989,083 | 45,255 | 2.3% |
Provo-Orem, UT MSA | 529,970 | 470,047 | 44,789 | 9.5% |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA | 1,128,978 | 1,054,681 | 44,321 | 4.2% |
Rochester, NY MSA | 1,054,445 | 993,769 | 43,237 | 4.4% |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA | 1,287,271 | 1,203,717 | 39,198 | 3.3% |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA | 638,576 | 595,826 | 38,051 | 6.4% |
Colorado Springs, CO MSA | 648,943 | 602,905 | 37,673 | 6.2% |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA | 774,540 | 719,503 | 37,146 | 5.2% |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA | 551,173 | 498,066 | 35,817 | 7.2% |
Columbia, SC MSA | 770,410 | 721,446 | 30,255 | 4.2% |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA MSA | 570,358 | 527,151 | 29,537 | 5.6% |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA | 1,135,198 | 1,074,950 | 29,350 | 2.7% |
Lancaster, PA MSA | 520,156 | 485,342 | 28,974 | 6% |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA | 667,741 | 621,849 | 28,687 | 4.6% |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA | 543,573 | 516,850 | 28,268 | 5.5% |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA | 701,713 | 654,966 | 26,930 | 4.1% |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 2,356,381 | 2,235,656 | 25,780 | 1.2% |
Madison, WI MSA | 569,923 | 534,820 | 23,755 | 4.4% |
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA | 564,446 | 534,802 | 22,911 | 4.3% |
Baton Rouge, LA MSA | 804,406 | 749,686 | 20,667 | 2.8% |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA | 870,832 | 823,656 | 20,101 | 2.4% |
Honolulu, HI MSA | 955,775 | 894,783 | 17,945 | 2% |
Knoxville, TN MSA | 699,180 | 659,081 | 17,657 | 2.7% |
Syracuse, NY MSA | 662,757 | 624,106 | 16,192 | 2.6% |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA | 550,076 | 518,391 | 15,596 | 3% |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA | 560,293 | 521,567 | 15,148 | 2.9% |
Toledo, OH MSA | 651,020 | 609,825 | 14,789 | 2.4% |
Dayton, OH MSA | 841,310 | 791,038 | 13,604 | 1.7% |
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 530,205 | 497,107 | 12,759 | 2.6% |
Jackson, MS MSA | 540,140 | 500,664 | 10,941 | 2.2% |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA | 564,804 | 533,816 | 8,863 | 1.7% |
Akron, OH MSA | 702,951 | 663,780 | 8,223 | 1.2% |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME MSA | 513,899 | 487,276 | 4,357 | .9% |
Cities proper
The following information relates to areas within the cities' municipal borders, not their metropolitan areas, and notes the percentage and number of people age five or older who speak Spanish at home in several of the largest U.S. cities.
City | Total population (thousands) | No. of Spanish speakers (thousands) | % of Spanish speakers |
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Austin, Texas | 714 | 197 | 27.59% |
Albuquerque, New Mexico | 545 | 136 | 25.0% |
Baltimore, Maryland | 591 | 16 | 2.71% |
Boston, Massachusetts | 574 | 86 | 14.98% |
Charlotte, North Carolina | 628 | 67 | 10.67% |
Chicago, Illinois | 2,535 | 628 | 24.77% |
Columbus, Ohio | 679 | 25 | 3.68% |
Dallas, Texas | 1,108 | 441 | 39.80% |
Denver, Colorado | 547 | 125 | 22.85% |
Detroit, Michigan | 722 | 45 | 6.23% |
Fort Worth, Texas | 610 | 177 | 29.02% |
Houston, Texas | 1,849 | 690 | 37.32% |
Indianapolis, Indiana | 734 | 48 | 6.54% |
Jacksonville, Florida | 750 | 39 | 5.20% |
Las Vegas, Nevada | 418 | 95 | 22.7% |
Los Angeles, California | 3,515 | 1,541 | 43.84% |
Memphis, Tennessee | 583 | 27 | 4.63% |
Miami, Florida | 399 | 280 | 70.2% |
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee | 555 | 41 | 7.39% |
Newark, New Jersey | 277 | 80 | 28.8% |
New York, New York | 7,788 | 1,891 | 24.28% |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1,340 | 123 | 9.18% |
Phoenix, Arizona | 1,385 | 467 | 33.72% |
San Antonio, Texas | 1,185 | 504 | 42.53% |
San Diego, California | 1,183 | 255 | 21.56% |
San Francisco, California | 767 | 86 | 11.21% |
San Jose, California | 843 | 195 | 23.13% |
Seattle, Washington | 552 | 20 | 3.62% |
Washington, D.C. | 555 | 38 | 6.85% |
See also
References
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