Languages spoken in New York

Of 18,772,412 residents of New York aged 5 and over, 5,797,240 (30.9%) speak a language other than English at home, and 2,550,611 (13.6%) speak English less than "very well".

The most common non-English language is Spanish with 2,772,893 speakers, followed by Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (600,426).

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