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Brownsville, Harlingen Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 415,103
| Brownsville, Harlingen Area | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 26,284 | 21.96%, see rank | 65.20% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 91,754 | 76.66%, see rank | 28.41% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 676 | 0.56%, see rank | 2.71% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 710 | 0.59%, see rank | 2.87% | 3.36% |
| Other | 271 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.81% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 405,819
| Brownsville, Harlingen Area | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 28,255 | 24.18%, see rank | 65.67% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 86,987 | 74.45%, see rank | 28.18% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 603 | 0.52%, see rank | 2.68% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 787 | 0.67%, see rank | 2.73% | 3.24% |
| Other | 207 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.73% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 393,566
| Brownsville, Harlingen Area | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 28,255 | 24.88%, see rank | 66.11% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 83,918 | 73.91%, see rank | 27.97% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 657 | 0.58%, see rank | 2.60% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 573 | 0.50%, see rank | 2.64% | 3.14% |
| Other | 144 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 383,171
| Brownsville, Harlingen Area | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 29,984 | 25.81%, see rank | 66.18% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 84,969 | 73.14%, see rank | 28.22% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 573 | 0.49%, see rank | 2.55% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 528 | 0.45%, see rank | 2.41% | 2.95% |
| Other | 116 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.64% | 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.