Houston, TX Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 2,167,988
| Houston, TX | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 451,223 | 56.92%, see rank | 65.20% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 258,293 | 32.58%, see rank | 28.41% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 32,623 | 4.12%, see rank | 2.71% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 36,887 | 4.65%, see rank | 2.87% | 3.36% |
| Other | 13,737 | 1.73%, see rank | 0.81% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 2,107,449
| Houston, TX | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 447,010 | 57.79%, see rank | 65.67% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 249,140 | 32.21%, see rank | 28.18% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 31,088 | 4.02%, see rank | 2.68% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 34,876 | 4.51%, see rank | 2.73% | 3.24% |
| Other | 11,336 | 1.47%, see rank | 0.73% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 2,068,026
| Houston, TX | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 447,170 | 58.47%, see rank | 66.11% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 244,003 | 31.91%, see rank | 27.97% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 29,041 | 3.80%, see rank | 2.60% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 33,726 | 4.41%, see rank | 2.64% | 3.14% |
| Other | 10,818 | 1.41%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 2,191,400
| Houston, TX | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 473,697 | 58.86%, see rank | 66.18% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 255,954 | 31.80%, see rank | 28.22% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 30,766 | 3.82%, see rank | 2.55% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 33,682 | 4.18%, see rank | 2.41% | 2.95% |
| Other | 10,740 | 1.33%, see rank | 0.64% | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 1,953,631
| Houston, TX | % | Texas | U.S. | |
| English | 444,017 | 61.76%, see rank | 68.65% | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 206,538 | 28.73%, see rank | 25.94% | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 29,602 | 4.12%, see rank | 2.80% | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 28,855 | 4.01%, see rank | 2.06% | 2.61% |
| Other | 9,885 | 1.38%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.82% |
* 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.