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Portales Micro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 20,065
| Portales Area | % | New Mexico | U.S. | |
| English | 5,096 | 70.80%, see rank | 59.57% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 1,855 | 25.77%, see rank | 32.35% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 146 | 2.03%, see rank | 2.05% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 43 | 0.60%, see rank | 1.14% | 3.36% |
| Other | 58 | 0.81%, see rank | 4.90% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 19,840
| Portales Area | % | New Mexico | U.S. | |
| English | 4,813 | 70.15%, see rank | 59.52% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 1,882 | 27.43%, see rank | 32.40% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 83 | 1.21%, see rank | 2.08% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 23 | 0.34%, see rank | 1.08% | 3.24% |
| Other | 60 | 0.87%, see rank | 4.93% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 19,372
| Portales Area | % | New Mexico | U.S. | |
| English | 4,851 | 71.40%, see rank | 59.87% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 1,847 | 27.19%, see rank | 32.10% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 52 | 0.77%, see rank | 1.93% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 1.08% | 3.14% |
| Other | 44 | 0.65%, see rank | 5.02% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 18,854
| Portales Area | % | New Mexico | U.S. | |
| English | 4,630 | 68.72%, see rank | 59.70% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 1,935 | 28.72%, see rank | 32.21% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 101 | 1.50%, see rank | 1.94% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 1.05% | 2.95% |
| Other | 71 | 1.05%, see rank | 5.11% | 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.