Lakeland Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 617,323
| Lakeland Area | % | Florida | U.S. | |
| English | 180,210 | 81.71%, see rank | 72.73% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 30,669 | 13.91%, see rank | 19.13% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 6,404 | 2.90%, see rank | 5.84% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,689 | 1.22%, see rank | 1.65% | 3.36% |
| Other | 584 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.65% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 604,562
| Lakeland Area | % | Florida | U.S. | |
| English | 181,423 | 81.69%, see rank | 73.08% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 30,122 | 13.56%, see rank | 18.78% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 7,173 | 3.23%, see rank | 5.90% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,733 | 1.23%, see rank | 1.59% | 3.24% |
| Other | 630 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.64% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 590,116
| Lakeland Area | % | Florida | U.S. | |
| English | 184,564 | 82.51%, see rank | 73.53% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 28,210 | 12.61%, see rank | 18.47% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 7,698 | 3.44%, see rank | 5.86% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,356 | 1.05%, see rank | 1.52% | 3.14% |
| Other | 861 | 0.38%, see rank | 0.61% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 566,657
| Lakeland Area | % | Florida | U.S. | |
| English | 186,323 | 83.07%, see rank | 74.08% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 27,390 | 12.21%, see rank | 17.98% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 7,386 | 3.29%, see rank | 5.84% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,262 | 1.01%, see rank | 1.48% | 2.95% |
| Other | 938 | 0.42%, see rank | 0.63% | 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.