Languages spoken in Tennessee

Of 6,655,459 residents of Tennessee aged 5 and over, 574,403 (8.6%) speak a language other than English at home, and 246,236 (3.7%) speak English less than "very well".

The most common non-English language is Spanish with 348,679 speakers, followed by Arabic (33,139).

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