Bangor Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 153,627
| Bangor Area | % | Maine | U.S. | |
| English | 58,254 | 93.63%, see rank | 90.47% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 555 | 0.89%, see rank | 1.24% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,857 | 4.59%, see rank | 6.98% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 403 | 0.65%, see rank | 0.76% | 3.36% |
| Other | 146 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 153,742
| Bangor Area | % | Maine | U.S. | |
| English | 58,093 | 92.69%, see rank | 89.91% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 792 | 1.26%, see rank | 1.38% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 3,068 | 4.90%, see rank | 7.44% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 522 | 0.83%, see rank | 0.80% | 3.24% |
| Other | 199 | 0.32%, see rank | 0.47% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 152,934
| Bangor Area | % | Maine | U.S. | |
| English | 57,219 | 91.87%, see rank | 89.57% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 949 | 1.52%, see rank | 1.43% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 3,391 | 5.44%, see rank | 7.83% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 496 | 0.80%, see rank | 0.73% | 3.14% |
| Other | 227 | 0.36%, see rank | 0.45% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 148,501
| Bangor Area | % | Maine | U.S. | |
| English | 56,528 | 92.22%, see rank | 89.27% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 909 | 1.48%, see rank | 1.49% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 3,202 | 5.22%, see rank | 8.09% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 475 | 0.77%, see rank | 0.68% | 2.95% |
| Other | 181 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.47% | 0.87% |
* 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.