Languages spoken in Virginia

Of 8,215,710 residents of Virginia aged 5 and over, 1,432,901 (17.4%) speak a language other than English at home, and 511,059 (6.2%) speak English less than "very well".

The most common non-English language is Spanish with 649,137 speakers, followed by Arabic (63,341).

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