Languages spoken in North Carolina

Of 10,127,421 residents of North Carolina aged 5 and over, 1,362,533 (13.5%) speak a language other than English at home, and 518,821 (5.1%) speak English less than "very well".

The most common non-English language is Spanish with 876,033 speakers, followed by Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (40,402).

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