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

Stacker compiled a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the Nashville metro area 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 2025 estimates. Combined statistical areas are designated by the Office of Management and Budget and include multiple metropolitan and micropolitan areas in the same region.

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#10. West Germanic Languages

- 23 speakers (0.04% of population)

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2 / 10

#9. Slavic Languages (e.g. Ukrainian)

- 27 speakers (0.04% of population)

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3 / 10

#8. Other Indo-European Languages

- 30 speakers (0.05% of population)

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4 / 10

#7. Tagalog (incl. Filipino)

- 37 speakers (0.06% of population)

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5 / 10

#6. Portuguese

- 51 speakers (0.08% of population)

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6 / 10

#5. German

- 54 speakers (0.09% of population)

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7 / 10

#4. Korean

- 74 speakers (0.12% of population)

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8 / 10

#3. Italian

- 75 speakers (0.12% of population)

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9 / 10

#2. Vietnamese

- 201 speakers (0.33% of population)

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10 / 10

#1. Spanish

- 1,729 speakers (2.87% of population)

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