US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year
Languages spoken in Texas
Of 28,253,216 residents of Texas aged 5 and over, 9,913,837 (35.1%) speak a language other than English at home, and 3,666,736 (13.0%) speak English less than "very well".
The most common non-English language is Spanish with 7,932,949 speakers, followed by Vietnamese (247,783).
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↗ | 7,932,949 | 3,034,861 | |
| Vietnamese↗ | 247,783 | 138,935 | |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)↗ | 195,841 | 89,199 | |
| Arabic↗ | 122,762 | 33,701 | |
| Hindi↗ | 103,507 | 17,125 | |
| Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa↗ | 98,851 | 13,930 | |
| Urdu↗ | 93,419 | 24,443 | |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino)↗ | 93,293 | 22,163 | |
| Telugu↗ | 86,183 | 14,375 | |
| French (incl. Cajun)↗ | 84,940 | 17,780 | |
| Korean↗ | 70,237 | 33,596 | |
| German↗ | 64,141 | 11,716 | |
| Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages↗ | 61,086 | 17,224 | |
| Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages↗ | 54,539 | 14,003 | |
| Tamil↗ | 51,013 | 8,160 | |
| Gujarati↗ | 47,661 | 14,499 | |
| Persian (incl. Farsi, Dari)↗ | 43,774 | 15,924 | |
| Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa↗ | 43,351 | 12,073 | |
| Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages↗ | 42,732 | 17,536 | |
| Portuguese↗ | 42,463 | 9,406 | |
| Other Indo-European languages ↗ | 35,712 | 10,714 | |
| Other languages of Asia ↗ | 35,398 | 17,636 | |
| Russian↗ | 34,804 | 10,557 | |
| Bengali↗ | 27,389 | 8,133 | |
| Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages ↗ | 23,800 | 6,843 | |
| Japanese↗ | 23,095 | 8,912 | |
| Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages↗ | 21,957 | 11,197 | |
| Italian↗ | 14,233 | 2,834 | |
| Ukrainian or other Slavic languages↗ | 14,041 | 3,395 | |
| Other and unspecified languages ↗ | 13,420 | 3,744 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001. Estimates have margins of error.