Census 2000: Language Spoken at Home and English Ability - Pennsylvania {Ranked Summary}

 

Rank

#

Geographic Area: 

Population 5 years and over

Speak only English

Speak Other Than English

Speak English less than "very well"

Speak Spanish at Home

Spanish: Speak English less than "very well"

Speak Other Indo-European languages

Indo-European: Speak English less than "very well"

Speak Asian and Pacific Island languages

Asian languages: Speak English less than "very well"

Speak All other languages

Other languages: Speak English less than "very well"

 

 

Pennsylvania

11,555,538

10,583,054

972,484

368,257

356,754

140,502

428,122

138,542

143,955

76,183

43,653

13,030

Rank

#

 % Total Statewide

100.00%

91.58%

8.40%

3.20%

3.09%

1.22%

3.70%

1.20%

1.25%

0.66%

0.38%

0.11%

1

51

Philadelphia

1,419,977

1,168,463

251,514

113,672

110,498

45,884

79,181

33,447

49,926

30,339

11,909

4,002

2

2

Allegheny

1,210,720

1,131,112

79,608

24,579

15,708

4,802

46,052

13,008

12,797

5,546

5,051

1,223

3

46

Montgomery

702,662

635,062

67,600

23,886

14,182

5,227

30,107

7,992

19,373

9,832

3,938

835

4

36

Lancaster

438,090

380,622

57,468

23,748

21,741

8,942

30,267

11,839

4,652

2,734

808

233

5

23

Delaware

516,387

468,531

47,856

17,762

8,751

3,095

24,048

7,407

11,709

6,248

3,348

1,012

6

6

Berks

350,815

306,373

44,442

17,666

28,387

12,729

13,117

3,495

2,437

1,300

501

142

7

9

Bucks

559,308

510,814

48,494

17,126

12,857

4,706

26,751

8,814

7,153

3,103

1,733

503

8

39

Lehigh

293,518

248,723

44,795

16,542

24,602

9,769

12,035

3,144

4,043

1,902

4,115

1,727

9

15

Chester

404,444

369,030

35,414

13,405

14,794

7,322

13,857

3,665

5,307

2,090

1,456

328

10

48

Northampton

251,979

224,386

27,593

9,479

13,867

5,576

10,004

2,482

2,201

1,059

1,521

362

11

22

Dauphin

236,801

216,635

20,166

8,116

9,325

3,722

6,399

2,003

3,237

1,982

1,205

409

12

67

York

358,615

339,443

19,172

7,458

10,498

4,460

6,134

1,776

2,147

1,109

393

113

13

25

Erie

263,678

248,148

15,530

5,462

5,481

1,734

8,218

2,875

1,119

507

712

346

14

40

Luzerne

303,358

287,778

15,580

4,723

4,196

1,664

10,034

2,533

758

367

592

159

15

21

Cumberland

202,010

190,515

11,495

4,358

2,908

1,073

6,217

2,197

1,945

909

425

179

16

14

Centre

129,506

118,308

11,198

4,176

2,317

590

4,767

1,664

3,635

1,759

479

163

17

65

Westmoreland

350,893

337,767

13,126

3,977

3,503

1,275

7,857

1,963

1,313

632

453

107

18

35

Lackawanna

202,210

190,894

11,316

3,554

3,156

1,085

6,955

1,924

800

434

405

111

19

45

Monroe

130,412

117,415

12,997

3,285

6,235

1,266