List of U.S. communities where English is not the majority language spoken at home

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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[]

Community Population Community type Borough/Census Area Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Alevena 35 CDP Kodiak Island Russian 100.00% 0.00% [1]
Fox River 489 CDP Kenai Peninsula Russian 87.73% 12.27% [2]
Hooper Bay 1,093, 1,375 City Kusilvak Yupik 76.06% 23.94% [3]
Nikolaevsk 344 CDP Kenai Peninsula Russian 66.57% 33.43% [4]
Wainwright 556, 628 City North Slope Inupiaq 65.52% 32.45% [5]

Arizona[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Coral Gables 39,475 City Miami-Dade Spanish 51.06% 43.83% [19]
Doral 17,925 City Miami-Dade Spanish 74.50% 16.15% [20]
Hialeah 234,539 City Miami-Dade Spanish 92.15% 7.38% [21]
Homestead 68,438 City Miami-Dade Spanish 51.10% 43.22% [22]
Kendall 75,371 CDP Miami-Dade Spanish 52.47% 40.39% [23]
Miami 442,241 City Miami-Dade Spanish 66.76% 25.46% [24]
Miami Beach 84,113 City Miami-Dade Spanish 54.90% 32.76% [25]
Miami Gardens 2,280 City Miami-Dade Spanish 51.10% 45.18% [26]

Maine[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Cyr 103 Plantation Aroostook French 58.33% 41.67% [27]
Fort Kent 4,097 Town Aroostook French 63.24% 36.76% [3]
Fort Kent (CDP) 2,488 CDP Aroostook French 60.66% 39.34% [3]
Frenchville 1,087 Town Aroostook French 79.65% 20.35% [3]
Grand Isle 546 Town Aroostook French 76.72% 23.28% [28]
Hamlin 257 Town Aroostook French 55.56% 44.44% [29]
Madawaska 4,419 Town Aroostook French 83.41% 16.59% [3]
Madawaska (CDP) 2,967 CDP Aroostook French 83.54% 16.46% [3]
Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point 780 Indian Reservation Washington Malecite-Passamaquoddy 60.03% 39.27% [3]
St. Agatha 747 Town Aroostook French 80.62% 19.38% [3]
St. Francis 485 Town Aroostook French 61.06% 38.94% [3]
Van Buren 2,171 Town Aroostook French 77.15% 22.85% [30]
Van Buren (CDP) 1,937 CDP Aroostook French 77.15% 22.85% [30]
Wallagrass 546 Town Aroostook French 64.41% 35.59% [3]

Mississippi[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Bogue Chitto 533, 887 CDP Neshoba/Kemper Choctaw 100% 0.0% [3]
Conehatta 997, 1,342 CDP Newton Choctaw 54.07% 45.93% [3]
Pearl River 3,156, 3,601 CDP Neshoba Choctaw 54.64% 45.36% [3]
Redwater 409, 633 CDP Leake Choctaw 53.13% 46.88% [3]
Standing Pine 509, 504 CDP Leake Choctaw 52.94% 47.06% [3]
Tucker 534, 662 CDP Neshoba Choctaw 93.33% 6.67% [3]

Montana[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Crow Agency 1,616 Census-designated place Big Horn Crow 58.33% 44.87% [31]

New Jersey[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
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[]

Community Population Community type County Largest language spoken at home Percentage of largest language spoken at home Percentage of homes where English was spoken Source
Aneth 598, 501 CDP San Juan Navajo 84.16% 15.84% [3]
Halchita 270, 266 CDP San Juan Navajo 81.82% 18.18% [3]
Tselakai Dezza 103, 109 CDP San Juan Navajo 100% 0.0% [3]
White Mesa 277, 242 CDP San Juan Colorado River Numic 50.59% 43.48% [3]

See also[]

  • Language education in the United States
  • Language Spoken at Home (U.S. Census)
  • List of multilingual presidents of the United States
  • Muhlenberg legend

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