Dover Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 167,477
| Dover Area | % | Delaware | U.S. | |
| English | 52,267 | 88.38%, see rank | 86.08% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 3,137 | 5.30%, see rank | 6.80% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,074 | 3.51%, see rank | 3.97% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 1,204 | 2.04%, see rank | 2.25% | 3.36% |
| Other | 460 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.90% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 162,785
| Dover Area | % | Delaware | U.S. | |
| English | 51,295 | 88.72%, see rank | 86.33% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 3,103 | 5.37%, see rank | 6.61% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,983 | 3.43%, see rank | 4.08% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 1,014 | 1.75%, see rank | 2.14% | 3.24% |
| Other | 421 | 0.73%, see rank | 0.85% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 156,918
| Dover Area | % | Delaware | U.S. | |
| English | 51,164 | 89.14%, see rank | 86.69% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 2,879 | 5.02%, see rank | 6.44% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,951 | 3.40%, see rank | 4.01% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 921 | 1.60%, see rank | 1.96% | 3.14% |
| Other | 481 | 0.84%, see rank | 0.90% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 151,332
| Dover Area | % | Delaware | U.S. | |
| English | 50,507 | 89.01%, see rank | 87.07% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 2,797 | 4.93%, see rank | 6.03% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,106 | 3.71%, see rank | 4.24% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 879 | 1.55%, see rank | 1.75% | 2.95% |
| Other | 451 | 0.79%, see rank | 0.91% | 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.