List of United States cities by Spanish-speaking population
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This article contains tables of U.S. cities and metropolitan areas with information about the population aged 5 and over that speaks primarily or only Spanish at home. The tables do not reflect the total number or percentage of Spanish speakers in any area reported.
Metropolitan areas
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2010 American Community Survey
Spanish-dominant population and proportion of total population
for metropolitan areas with a total population 500,000 or more
Metropolitan area | Total population | Persons 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-West Hartford-East Hartford, 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 who speak Spanish at home in several of the largest U.S. cities.
See also
References
Source: "Language spoken at home - 25 largest cities: 2008", U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey