The following is a list of communities in the United States where the English language is not the majority language spoken at home according to data from the 2000 Census .
The list contains 151 communities in 12 states, involving the indigenous languages Yupik, Inupiaq, Navajo, Apache, Hopi, Havasupai-Hualapai, Pima, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Choctaw, Crow, and Keres, as well as Indo-European languages Russian, Spanish, French, and Yiddish. Spanish is spoken in the most communities where English is not the majority language spoken at home, Navajo is the most spoken indigenous language out of listed communities. Arizona is the most diverse state regarding this field, with 6 other languages being the most spoken. There are 4 states with only 1 language listed, all 4 of these relating to the Spanish language.
Alaska [ ]
Arizona [ ]
Bitter Springs
452 , 355
CDP
Coconino
Navajo
72.97%
27.03%
[3]
Cameron
885 , 734
CDP
Coconino
Navajo
69.49%
30.51%
[6]
Canyon Day
955
CDP
Gila
Apache
62.30%
37.70%
[3]
Chilchinbito
440
CDP
Navajo
Navajo
89.77%
10.23%
[3]
Chinle
4,518 , 4,573
CDP
Apache
Navajo
71.93%
28.07%
[3]
Cibecue
980
CDP
Navajo
Apache
87.24%
12.76%
[3]
Dennehotso
746 , 587
CDP
Apache
Navajo
96.40%
3.60%
[3]
Dilkon
1,169
CDP
Navajo
Navajo
71.34%
28.66%
[3]
Douglas
12,870
City
Cochise
Spanish
79.53%
20.47%
[3]
East Fork
834
CDP
Navajo
Apache
87.41%
12.59%
[3]
El Mirage
6,500
City
Maricopa
Spanish
58.69%
41.31%
[3]
Eloy
9,275
City
Pinal
Spanish
63.13%
35.69%
[3]
Fort Defiance
3,635
CDP
Apache
Navajo
54.61%
45.39%
[3]
Gadsden
845
CDP
Yuma
Spanish
94.67%
5.33%
[3]
Ganado
1,210 , 883
CDP
Apache
Navajo
55.21%
44.79%
[7]
Gila Bend
1,740
Town
Maricopa
Spanish
51.15%
45.40%
[3]
Greasewood
484
CDP
Navajo
Navajo
87.60%
12.40%
[3]
Guadalupe
4,635
Town
Maricopa
Spanish
88.35%
10.46%
[3]
Hotevilla-Bacavi
680
CDP
Navajo
Hopi
79.41%
20.59%
[3]
Hayden
829
Town
Gila
Spanish
68.64%
31.36%
[3]
Jeddito
293
CDP
Navajo
Navajo
72.12%
27.88%
[3]
Leupp
870
CDP
Coconino
Navajo
63.79%
36.21%
[3]
Mammoth
1,635
Town
Pinal
Spanish
56.88%
43.12%
[3]
Naco
780
CDP
Cochise
Spanish
83.33%
16.67%
[3]
Nogales
20,103
City
Santa Cruz
Spanish
93.08%
6.92%
[3]
Peach Springs
708
CDP
Mohave
Havasupai-Hualapai
59.74%
38.14%
[3]
Pinon
884
CDP
Navajo
Navajo
70.59%
29.41%
[3]
Pisinemo
179
CDP
Pima
Pima
86.03%
13.97%
[3]
Poston
384
CDP
La Paz
Spanish
80.47%
19.53%
[3]
Rio Rico Northeast
2,630
CDP
Santa Cruz
Spanish
65.78%
34.22%
[3]
Rio Rico Northwest
2,580
CDP
Santa Cruz
Spanish
88.76%
11.24%
[3]
Rio Rico Southeast
1,610
CDP
Santa Cruz
Spanish
86.34%
13.66%
[3]
Rio Rico Southwest
2,355
CDP
Santa Cruz
Spanish
85.99%
14.01%
[3]
San Luis
13,910
City
Yuma
Spanish
82.60%
17.40%
[3]
Santa Rosa
395
CDP
Pima
Pima
67.09%
32.91%
[3]
Somerton
6,535
City
Yuma
Spanish
91.05%
8.95%
[3]
South Tucson
4,900
City
Pima
Spanish
78.67%
19.90%
[3]
Tolleson
4,550
City
Maricopa
Spanish
63.85%
36.15%
[3]
Tuba City
8,611 , 8,072
CDP
Coconino
Navajo
59.20%
38.51%
[3]
Window Rock
2,628
City
Apache
Navajo
57.00%
43.00%
[3]
Winkelman
423
Town
Gila
Spanish
50.35%
49.65%
[3]
California [ ]
Brawley
26,076
Town
Imperial
Spanish
66.28%
33.39%
[8]
Calexico
39,946
Town
Imperial
Spanish
92.67%
5.89%
[9]
El Centro
44,003
Town
Imperial
Spanish
69.26%
28.63%
[10]
Heber
3,604
Town
Imperial
Spanish
91.40%
8.60%
[11]
Indio
89,469
Town
Riverside
Spanish
63.52%
36.02%
[12]
National City
61,121
Town
San Diego
Spanish
53.38%
30.09%
[13]
Piru
1,015
Town
Ventura
Spanish
58.13%
41.87%
[14]
Pomona
134,401
Town
Los Angeles
Spanish
55.47%
37.51%
[15]
San Ardo
543
Town
Monterey
Spanish
63.00%
37.00%
[16]
Santa Fe Springs
16,114
Town
Los Angeles
Spanish
51.63%
46.08%
[17]
Shafter
11,180
Town
Kern
Spanish
58.18%
41.82%
[18]
Florida [ ]
Maine [ ]
Mississippi [ ]
Montana [ ]
New Jersey [ ]
Guttenberg
9,420
Town
Hudson
Spanish
54.56%
34.02%
[3]
Perth Amboy
43,156
City
Middlesex
Spanish
65.76%
27.86%
[3]
Union City
66,455 , 68,589
City
Hudson
Spanish
80.9%
13.7%
[32] [33]
West New York
49,708 , 52,912
Town
Hudson
Spanish
79.18%
15.60%
[32] [34]
New Mexico [ ]
Alamo
1,085
CDP
Socorro
Navajo
85.53%
14.47%
[35]
Bayard
2,365
City
Grant
Spanish
67.23%
32.77%
[3]
Beclabito
275
CDP
San Juan
Navajo
80.00%
20.00%
[3]
Brimhall Nizhoni
373 , 199
CDP
McKinley
Navajo
75.00%
25.00%
[3]
Chama
1,245
CDP
Rio Arriba
Spanish
62.65%
37.35%
[3]
Chilili
40
CDP
Bernalillo
Spanish
100.00%
00.00%
[3]
Church Rock
1,077 , 1,128
CDP
McKinley
Navajo
63.31%
36.69%
[3]
Crownpoint
2,630 , 2,278
CDP
McKinley
Navajo
64.33%
35.67%
[3]
Deming
14,855
Town
Luna
Spanish
55.59%
44.41%
[3]
Dona Ana
1,395
CDP
Dona Ana
Spanish
74.19%
25.81%
[3]
Lordsburg
2,797
Town
Hidalgo
Spanish
56.17%
43.83%
[3]
Mesquite
875
CDP
Dona Ana
Spanish
96.57%
3.43%
[3]
North Acomita Village
219
CDP
Cibola
Keres
63.47%
36.53%
[3]
Torreon
120
CDP
Sandoval
Navajo
100.00%
00.00%
[3]
New York [ ]
Haverstraw
9,035
Town
Rockland
Spanish
57.11%
41.78%
[3]
Kaser
4,724
Village
Rockland
Yiddish
77.46%
12.01%
[3]
Kiryas Joel
32,954
Village
Orange
Yiddish
89.87%
6.17%
[3]
New Square
6,944
Village
Rockland
Yiddish
87.27%
7.68%
[3]
Texas [ ]
Alice
17,170
City
Jim Wells
Spanish
65.96%
33.87%
[3]
Balmorhea
495
City
Reeves
Spanish
79.80%
20.20%
[3]
Barstow
429
City
Ward
Spanish
75.52%
24.48%
[3]
Benavides
1,555
City
Duval
Spanish
84.89%
15.11%
[3]
Brackettville
1,720
City
Kinney
Spanish
71.51%
28.49%
[3]
Brownsville
183,046 , 175,023
City
Cameron
Spanish
86.82%
12.81%
[36]
Canutillo
6,321
CDP
El Paso
Spanish
89.87%
10.13%
[3]
Carrizo Springs
5,070
City
Dimmit
Spanish
77.42%
22.58%
[3]
Cienegas Terrace
3,424
CDP
Val Verde
Spanish
90.51%
9.49%
[3]
Cockrell Hill
3,945
City
Dallas
Spanish
78.07%
21.93%
[3]
Cotulla
3,265
City
La Salle
Spanish
77.79%
22.21%
[3]
Coyote Acres
355
CDP
Jim Wells
Spanish
61.97%
38.03%
[3]
Del Rio
35,591
City
Val Verde
Spanish
74.07%
25.61%
[37]
Eagle Pass
20,660
City
Maverick
Spanish
91.17%
8.62%
[38]
El Paso
682,669
City
El Paso
Spanish
69.06%
28.71%
[39]
Elm Creek
1,600
CDP
Maverick
Spanish
94.06%
5.94%
[3]
Falfurrias
4,740
City
Brooks
Spanish
79.01%
20.99%
[3]
Fort Davis
990
CDP
Jeff Davis
Spanish
54.04%
45.96%
[3]
Fort Hancock
1,713 , 1,750
CDP
Hudspeth
Spanish
91.93%
8.07%
[3]
Fort Stockton
1,713 , 1,750
City
Pecos
Spanish
59.68%
40.32%
[3]
Harlingen
52,050
City
Cameron
Spanish
80.94%
19.06%
[3]
Hebbronville
4,170
CDP
Jim Hogg
Spanish
64.59%
34.77%
[3]
Hondo
7,365
City
Medina
Spanish
51.73%
47.45%
[3]
La Pryor
1,360
CDP
Zavala
Spanish
79.04%
20.96%
[3]
Laredo
157,944
City
Webb
Spanish
91.57%
8.18%
[3]
Marfa
2,035
City
Presidio
Spanish
68.06%
31.45%
[3]
McAllen
96,212
City
Hidalgo
Spanish
74.63%
24.05%
[3]
Mercedes
12,480
City
Hidalgo
Spanish
81.49%
18.51%
[3]
Ozona
3,195
City
Crockett
Spanish
53.99%
45.38%
[3]
Pearsall
6,530
City
Frio
Spanish
73.12%
26.88%
[3]
Quemado
195
CDP
Maverick
Spanish
100.00%
0.00%
[3]
Rio Grande City
825
City
Starr
Spanish
86.37%
12.77%
[3]
1,189
City
Edwards
Spanish
67.20%
32.80%
[3]
Sanderson
10,965
CDP
Terrell
Spanish
55.76%
44.24%
[3]
San Perlita
690
City
Willacy
Spanish
78.99%
21.01%
[3]
Terlingua
110
CDP
Brewster
Spanish
62.30%
37.70%
[3]
Uvalde
13,640
City
Uvalde
Spanish
68.77%
30.90%
[3]
Van Horn
2,170
CDP
Culberson
Spanish
77.65%
23.35%
[3]
Zapata
4,500
CDP
Zapata
Spanish
83.22%
16.78%
[3]
Utah [ ]
See also [ ]
Language education in the United States
Language Spoken at Home (U.S. Census)
List of multilingual presidents of the United States
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