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Buffalo, Niagara Falls Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 1,135,667
| Buffalo, Niagara Falls Area | % | New York | U.S. | |
| English | 421,574 | 89.69%, see rank | 69.43% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 15,844 | 3.37%, see rank | 14.40% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 22,220 | 4.73%, see rank | 9.95% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 6,003 | 1.28%, see rank | 4.67% | 3.36% |
| Other | 4,394 | 0.93%, see rank | 1.55% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 1,135,411
| Buffalo, Niagara Falls Area | % | New York | U.S. | |
| English | 416,682 | 88.94%, see rank | 69.65% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 16,696 | 3.56%, see rank | 14.23% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 24,562 | 5.24%, see rank | 10.07% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 6,055 | 1.29%, see rank | 4.55% | 3.24% |
| Other | 4,527 | 0.97%, see rank | 1.51% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 1,137,266
| Buffalo, Niagara Falls Area | % | New York | U.S. | |
| English | 414,499 | 88.90%, see rank | 70.09% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 17,133 | 3.67%, see rank | 14.00% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 24,939 | 5.35%, see rank | 10.07% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 5,584 | 1.20%, see rank | 4.39% | 3.14% |
| Other | 4,077 | 0.87%, see rank | 1.45% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 1,128,813
| Buffalo, Niagara Falls Area | % | New York | U.S. | |
| English | 417,670 | 89.17%, see rank | 70.81% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 16,942 | 3.62%, see rank | 13.47% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 24,863 | 5.31%, see rank | 10.22% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 4,979 | 1.06%, see rank | 4.06% | 2.95% |
| Other | 3,965 | 0.85%, see rank | 1.43% | 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.