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Reading, PA Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 88,051
| Reading, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 14,608 | 48.00%, see rank | 88.50% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 14,891 | 48.93%, see rank | 4.69% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 679 | 2.23%, see rank | 4.40% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 199 | 0.65%, see rank | 1.81% | 3.36% |
| Other | 58 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.60% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 87,926
| Reading, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 15,918 | 50.83%, see rank | 88.62% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 14,208 | 45.37%, see rank | 4.58% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 742 | 2.37%, see rank | 4.54% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 354 | 1.13%, see rank | 1.69% | 3.24% |
| Other | 95 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.57% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 87,404
| Reading, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 16,242 | 52.47%, see rank | 88.76% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 13,324 | 43.05%, see rank | 4.46% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 900 | 2.91%, see rank | 4.58% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 354 | 1.14%, see rank | 1.65% | 3.14% |
| Other | 133 | 0.43%, see rank | 0.56% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 80,845
| Reading, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 15,314 | 54.19%, see rank | 89.18% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 11,583 | 40.98%, see rank | 4.16% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 910 | 3.22%, see rank | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 357 | 1.26%, see rank | 1.50% | 2.95% |
| Other | 98 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.54% | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 81,207
| Reading, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| English | 19,601 | 65.11%, see rank | 89.23% | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 8,598 | 28.56%, see rank | 3.71% | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,446 | 4.80%, see rank | 5.35% | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 380 | 1.26%, see rank | 1.23% | 2.61% |
| Other | 79 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.48% | 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.