Massachusetts Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 6,657,291
Massachusetts | % | U.S. | |
English | 1,926,488 | 75.89%, see rank | 79.39% |
Spanish | 211,919 | 8.35%, see rank | 11.75% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 268,859 | 10.59%, see rank | 4.52% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 97,331 | 3.83%, see rank | 3.36% |
Other | 33,888 | 1.33%, see rank | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 6,560,595
Massachusetts | % | U.S. | |
English | 1,926,637 | 76.28%, see rank | 79.64% |
Spanish | 202,264 | 8.01%, see rank | 11.57% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 273,642 | 10.83%, see rank | 4.61% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 91,724 | 3.63%, see rank | 3.24% |
Other | 31,427 | 1.24%, see rank | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 6,477,096
Massachusetts | % | U.S. | |
English | 1,930,842 | 76.85%, see rank | 79.95% |
Spanish | 193,665 | 7.71%, see rank | 11.42% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 271,543 | 10.81%, see rank | 4.60% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 87,378 | 3.48%, see rank | 3.14% |
Other | 29,124 | 1.16%, see rank | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 6,511,176
Massachusetts | % | U.S. | |
English | 1,914,824 | 77.66%, see rank | 80.35% |
Spanish | 178,427 | 7.24%, see rank | 11.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 266,464 | 10.81%, see rank | 4.62% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 78,960 | 3.20%, see rank | 2.95% |
Other | 26,979 | 1.09%, see rank | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 6,349,097
Massachusetts | % | U.S. | |
English | 1,927,088 | 78.83%, see rank | 81.14% |
Spanish | 153,486 | 6.28%, see rank | 10.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 277,613 | 11.36%, see rank | 5.22% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 64,183 | 2.63%, see rank | 2.61% |
Other | 22,218 | 0.91%, see rank | 0.82% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.