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Pittsburgh Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 2,358,793
| Pittsburgh Area | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 922,912 | 93.26%, see rank | 88.50% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 16,448 | 1.66%, see rank | 4.69% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 34,356 | 3.47%, see rank | 4.40% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 12,372 | 1.25%, see rank | 1.81% | 3.36% |
| Other | 3,567 | 0.36%, see rank | 0.60% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 2,357,981
| Pittsburgh Area | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 920,070 | 93.07%, see rank | 88.62% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 17,471 | 1.77%, see rank | 4.58% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 36,359 | 3.68%, see rank | 4.54% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 10,873 | 1.10%, see rank | 1.69% | 3.24% |
| Other | 3,842 | 0.39%, see rank | 0.57% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 2,358,313
| Pittsburgh Area | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 915,481 | 92.91%, see rank | 88.76% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 17,743 | 1.80%, see rank | 4.46% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 37,763 | 3.83%, see rank | 4.58% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 10,409 | 1.06%, see rank | 1.65% | 3.14% |
| Other | 3,989 | 0.40%, see rank | 0.56% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 2,360,259
| Pittsburgh Area | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 919,756 | 92.78%, see rank | 89.18% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 18,507 | 1.87%, see rank | 4.16% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 39,137 | 3.95%, see rank | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 9,665 | 0.98%, see rank | 1.50% | 2.95% |
| Other | 4,213 | 0.43%, see rank | 0.54% | 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.