Lafayette Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 202,238
| Lafayette Area | % | Indiana | U.S. | |
| English | 66,641 | 86.15%, see rank | 91.17% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 4,450 | 5.75%, see rank | 4.70% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,096 | 2.71%, see rank | 2.59% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 3,791 | 4.90%, see rank | 1.15% | 3.24% |
| Other | 381 | 0.49%, see rank | 0.39% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 197,590
| Lafayette Area | % | Indiana | U.S. | |
| English | 65,567 | 86.63%, see rank | 91.19% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 4,151 | 5.48%, see rank | 4.73% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,237 | 2.96%, see rank | 2.65% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 3,514 | 4.64%, see rank | 1.07% | 3.14% |
| Other | 215 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 191,113
| Lafayette Area | % | Indiana | U.S. | |
| English | 63,873 | 87.57%, see rank | 91.37% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 4,034 | 5.53%, see rank | 4.67% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 2,064 | 2.83%, see rank | 2.66% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,711 | 3.72%, see rank | 0.99% | 2.95% |
| Other | 256 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.31% | 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.