Languages spoken in Minnesota

Of 5,405,770 residents of Minnesota aged 5 and over, 672,524 (12.4%) speak a language other than English at home, and 252,374 (4.7%) speak English less than "very well".

The most common non-English language is Spanish with 227,636 speakers, followed by Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages (97,586).

Limited-English-proficiency counts are the best public proxy for local demand for interpreters and document translation in healthcare, courts, schools and social services.