Most common languages spoken at home in Greater Erie and surrounding regions

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October 19, 2022
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Most common languages spoken at home in Greater Erie and surrounding regions

Stacker compiled a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the Erie-Meadville, PA CSA using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Languages are ranked by the percent of households that primarily speak the language at home according to 2020 estimates. Combined statistical areas are designated by the Office of Management and Budget and include multiple metropolitan and micropolitan areas in the same region.

93.4% of people in the Erie-Meadville, PA CSA speak only English at home. Keep reading to see what the most spoken non-English languages are in and around Erie.

#10. Ukrainian or other Slavic languages

- 607 speakers (0.18% of population)
--- 278 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 329 speakers who speak English less than very well

#9. Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)

- 630 speakers (0.19% of population)
--- 167 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 463 speakers who speak English less than very well

#8. French (incl. Cajun)

- 784 speakers (0.23% of population)
--- 698 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 86 speakers who speak English less than very well

#7. Serbo-Croatian

- 1,012 speakers (0.3% of population)
--- 603 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 409 speakers who speak English less than very well

#6. Arabic

- 1,204 speakers (0.36% of population)
--- 769 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 435 speakers who speak English less than very well

#5. Russian

- 1,276 speakers (0.38% of population)
--- 664 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 612 speakers who speak English less than very well

#4. Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages

- 1,650 speakers (0.49% of population)
--- 516 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 1,134 speakers who speak English less than very well

#3. German

- 1,817 speakers (0.54% of population)
--- 1,335 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 482 speakers who speak English less than very well

#2. Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages

- 2,265 speakers (0.67% of population)
--- 1,408 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 857 speakers who speak English less than very well

#1. Spanish

- 6,431 speakers (1.91% of population)
--- 4,277 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 2,154 speakers who speak English less than very well

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