US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year
Languages spoken in Ohio
Of 11,140,750 residents of Ohio aged 5 and over, 893,150 (8.0%) speak a language other than English at home, and 321,075 (2.9%) speak English less than "very well".
The most common non-English language is Spanish with 294,716 speakers, followed by Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages (62,928).
Limited-English-proficiency counts are the best public proxy for local demand for interpreters and document translation in healthcare, courts, schools and social services.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001. Estimates have margins of error.