Owensboro, KY Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 58,000
| Owensboro, KY | % | Kentucky | U.S. | |
| English | 22,617 | 95.19%, see rank | 94.34% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 764 | 3.22%, see rank | 2.78% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 182 | 0.77%, see rank | 1.55% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 148 | 0.62%, see rank | 0.92% | 3.36% |
| Other | 50 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 57,361
| Owensboro, KY | % | Kentucky | U.S. | |
| English | 22,283 | 95.46%, see rank | 94.41% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 724 | 3.10%, see rank | 2.84% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 181 | 0.78%, see rank | 1.53% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 96 | 0.41%, see rank | 0.87% | 3.24% |
| Other | 58 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 56,541
| Owensboro, KY | % | Kentucky | U.S. | |
| English | 22,910 | 95.85%, see rank | 94.57% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 674 | 2.82%, see rank | 2.78% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 172 | 0.72%, see rank | 1.56% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 97 | 0.41%, see rank | 0.81% | 3.14% |
| Other | 48 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 55,394
| Owensboro, KY | % | Kentucky | U.S. | |
| English | 23,909 | 96.28%, see rank | 94.75% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 604 | 2.43%, see rank | 2.67% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 184 | 0.74%, see rank | 1.54% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 105 | 0.42%, see rank | 0.79% | 2.95% |
| Other | 30 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.24% | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 54,067
| Owensboro, KY | % | Kentucky | U.S. | |
| English | 21,589 | 94.78%, see rank | 94.41% | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 635 | 2.79%, see rank | 2.69% | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 473 | 2.08%, see rank | 2.04% | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 57 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.66% | 2.61% |
| Other | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.21% | 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.