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 Spanish at home. The tables do not reflect the total number or percentage of people who know Spanish.

Metropolitan areas[edit]

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[2][dubious ] Spanish speakers as % of pop.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA 12,849,383 12,012,590 5,979,000 45.1%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA 18,919,983 17,754,761 4,780,000 19.8%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 5,582,351 5,258,538 2,554,000 39.8%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA 5,977,092 5,503,940 2,335,000 35%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA 4,245,773 3,923,554 2,197,000 34.2%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA 9,474,211 8,841,424 2,070,000 16.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 6,402,922 5,905,073 1,943,000 22.4%
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA 4,211,213 3,897,487 1,347,000 19.8%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA 2,157,897 1,999,411 1,259,000 36.2%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA 3,105,989 2,902,279 1,084,000 25.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA 4,345,320 4,085,615 1,008,000 16.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 5,610,082 5,234,053 906,000 11.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA 780,087 705,450 758,000 84.3%
El Paso, TX MSA 804,338 739,909 676,000 72.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA 2,140,795 2,008,963 645,000 21.4%
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA 2,560,529 2,379,895 644,000 14%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,728,307 1,600,319 631,000 21.2%
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA 1,954,260 1,815,349 627,000 22.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,789,116 2,632,763 617,000 12.8%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA 1,843,255 1,714,644 602,000 19.7%
Fresno, CA MSA 933,248 854,504 602,000 32.4%
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA 2,154,391 2,010,461 592,000 12.2%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA 5,288,302 4,909,266 588,000 9.5%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA MSA 842,207 769,096 550,000 35.9%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 5,971,483 5,604,740 544,000 6.3%
Albuquerque, NM MSA 892,014 831,131 528,000 26.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA 4,560,689 4,304,216 484,000 7.6%
Brownsville–Harlingen, TX MSA 373,000 88.3%
Tucson, AZ MSA 982,154 919,772 362,000 24%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA 3,449,059 3,226,469 355,000 6.3%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA 825,706 770,226 355,000 30.2%
Stockton, CA MSA 687,744 633,644 290,000 26%
Corpus Christi, TX MSA 289,000 59.3%
Visalia-Porterville, CA MSA 288,000 59.3%
Salinas, CA MSA 282,000 59.3%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA 2,232,496 2,087,766 277,000 8.1%
Laredo, TX MSA 254,000 95.3%
Modesto, CA MSA 515,358 475,582 235,000 31.6%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 1,764,313 1,637,668 227,000 8.6%
Salt Lake City, UT MSA 1,128,988 1,030,540 206,000 12.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA 196,000 44.3%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA 3,286,195 3,061,343 195,000 4.4%
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA 1,601,498 1,513,246 186,000 8.7%
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 2,035,747 1,891,710 183,000 5.9%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA 4,291,843 4,033,342 178,000 2.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA 918,714 861,668 177,000 13.7%
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT MSA 1,212,956 1,147,144 169,000 9.8%
Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1,257,845 1,165,783 167,000 8.2%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA 1,557,244 1,454,362 160,000 6.8%
Merced, CA MSA 153,000 44.3%
El Centro, CA MSA 148,000 44.3%
Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA 2,714,183 2,546,064 146,000 3.8%
New Haven-Milford, CT MSA 862,989 814,466 145,000 11.7%
Las Cruces, NM MSA 142,000 44.3%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA 620,151 587,019 133,000 15.1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA 1,137,552 1,054,296 132,000 8.8%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA 602,788 564,300 132,000 15.1%
Santa Rosa, CA MSA 130,000 26.0%
Yuma, AZ MSA 130,000 61.0%
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN MSA 1,593,050 1,483,731 130,000 5.6%
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA 1,759,229 1,631,609 126,000 5.3%
Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,350,198 1,263,422 102,271 4.9%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA 703,309 670,497 91,402 12.2%
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%
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%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA 543,573 516,850 50,168 5.5%
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%
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA 725,282 680,455 49,214 6.7%
Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA 619,694 572,460 49,101 8.6%
Wichita, KS MSA 622,367 574,233 46,024 8%
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%
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[edit]

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
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 10.68%
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 40.32%
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 City 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Census Bureau 2010 American Community Survey
  2. ^ "Hispanic Population and Origin in Select U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2014". Pewresearch.org. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

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