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Charleston Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 225,248
| Charleston Area | % | West Virginia | U.S. | |
| English | 93,218 | 97.49%, see rank | 96.75% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 764 | 0.80%, see rank | 1.43% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 908 | 0.95%, see rank | 1.07% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 522 | 0.55%, see rank | 0.54% | 3.36% |
| Other | 207 | 0.22%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 303,995
| Charleston Area | % | West Virginia | U.S. | |
| English | 122,340 | 97.26%, see rank | 96.69% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 1,207 | 0.96%, see rank | 1.45% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,163 | 0.92%, see rank | 1.12% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 791 | 0.63%, see rank | 0.50% | 3.24% |
| Other | 286 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 304,033
| Charleston Area | % | West Virginia | U.S. | |
| English | 122,506 | 97.43%, see rank | 96.75% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 1,168 | 0.93%, see rank | 1.49% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,126 | 0.90%, see rank | 1.07% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 640 | 0.51%, see rank | 0.46% | 3.14% |
| Other | 300 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 303,777
| Charleston Area | % | West Virginia | U.S. | |
| English | 124,518 | 97.22%, see rank | 96.66% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 1,319 | 1.03%, see rank | 1.47% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,201 | 0.94%, see rank | 1.16% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 744 | 0.58%, see rank | 0.51% | 2.95% |
| Other | 296 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.20% | 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.