Alabama Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 4,817,678
| Alabama | % | U.S. | |
| English | 1,735,425 | 94.21%, see rank | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 61,350 | 3.33%, see rank | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 23,730 | 1.29%, see rank | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 16,864 | 0.92%, see rank | 3.36% |
| Other | 4,805 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 4,777,326
| Alabama | % | U.S. | |
| English | 1,732,277 | 94.27%, see rank | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 61,728 | 3.36%, see rank | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 23,294 | 1.27%, see rank | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 15,796 | 0.86%, see rank | 3.24% |
| Other | 4,481 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 4,712,651
| Alabama | % | U.S. | |
| English | 1,719,075 | 94.39%, see rank | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 59,565 | 3.27%, see rank | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 23,031 | 1.26%, see rank | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 15,228 | 0.84%, see rank | 3.14% |
| Other | 4,311 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 4,633,360
| Alabama | % | U.S. | |
| English | 1,725,190 | 94.82%, see rank | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 52,631 | 2.89%, see rank | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 22,917 | 1.26%, see rank | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 14,127 | 0.78%, see rank | 2.95% |
| Other | 4,576 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 4,447,100
| Alabama | % | U.S. | |
| English | 1,637,199 | 94.23%, see rank | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 53,559 | 3.08%, see rank | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 31,586 | 1.82%, see rank | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 11,252 | 0.65%, see rank | 2.61% |
| Other | 3,789 | 0.22%, 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.