US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year
Languages spoken in New Hampshire
Of 1,332,089 residents of New Hampshire aged 5 and over, 105,824 (7.9%) speak a language other than English at home, and 31,190 (2.3%) speak English less than "very well".
The most common non-English language is Spanish with 34,831 speakers, followed by French (incl. Cajun) (15,152).
Limited-English-proficiency counts are the best public proxy for local demand for interpreters and document translation in healthcare, courts, schools and social services.
| Language spoken at home | Speakers (5+) | Speak English < “very well” | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish↗ | 34,831 | 12,345 | |
| French (incl. Cajun)↗ | 15,152 | 2,950 | |
| Portuguese↗ | 5,479 | 1,768 | |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)↗ | 5,018 | 2,063 | |
| German↗ | 3,930 | 541 | |
| Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa↗ | 2,773 | 929 | |
| Greek↗ | 2,532 | 414 | |
| Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages↗ | 2,518 | 1,146 | |
| Arabic↗ | 2,510 | 706 | |
| Russian↗ | 2,488 | 783 | |
| Other Indo-European languages ↗ | 2,166 | 506 | |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino)↗ | 1,882 | 349 | |
| Vietnamese↗ | 1,745 | 981 | |
| Korean↗ | 1,740 | 942 | |
| Telugu↗ | 1,724 | 382 | |
| Hindi↗ | 1,555 | 277 | |
| Italian↗ | 1,447 | 165 | |
| Serbo-Croatian↗ | 1,280 | 562 | |
| Ukrainian or other Slavic languages↗ | 1,144 | 153 | |
| Polish↗ | 1,107 | 195 | |
| Tamil↗ | 1,093 | 84 | |
| Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages↗ | 1,037 | 85 | |
| Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages ↗ | 1,035 | 454 | |
| Other and unspecified languages ↗ | 968 | 129 | |
| Gujarati↗ | 960 | 86 | |
| Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages↗ | 883 | 412 | |
| Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa↗ | 875 | 64 | |
| Haitian↗ | 856 | 291 | |
| Other languages of Asia ↗ | 846 | 306 | |
| Japanese↗ | 794 | 134 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001. Estimates have margins of error.