Most common languages spoken at home in Greater Charleston and surrounding regions
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October 19, 2022
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Most common languages spoken at home in Greater Charleston and surrounding regions
Stacker compiled a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY 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.
98.3% of people in the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA speak only English at home. Keep reading to see what the most spoken non-English languages are in and around Charleston.
#10. Korean
- 297 speakers (0.04% of population)
--- 176 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 121 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 176 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 121 speakers who speak English less than very well
#9. Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages
- 301 speakers (0.04% of population)
--- 224 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 77 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 224 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 77 speakers who speak English less than very well
#8. Japanese
- 338 speakers (0.05% of population)
--- 186 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 152 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 186 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 152 speakers who speak English less than very well
#7. Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
- 451 speakers (0.06% of population)
--- 358 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 93 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 358 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 93 speakers who speak English less than very well
#6. French (incl. Cajun)
- 507 speakers (0.07% of population)
--- 431 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 76 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 431 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 76 speakers who speak English less than very well
#5. Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages
- 687 speakers (0.09% of population)
--- 522 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 165 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 522 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 165 speakers who speak English less than very well
#4. Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
- 717 speakers (0.1% of population)
--- 313 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 404 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 313 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 404 speakers who speak English less than very well
#3. Arabic
- 872 speakers (0.12% of population)
--- 507 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 365 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 507 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 365 speakers who speak English less than very well
#2. German
- 890 speakers (0.12% of population)
--- 803 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 87 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 803 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 87 speakers who speak English less than very well
#1. Spanish
- 4,382 speakers (0.59% of population)
--- 3,181 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 1,201 speakers who speak English less than very well
--- 3,181 speakers who also speak English very well
--- 1,201 speakers who speak English less than very well
