USA.com / Pennsylvania / Luzerne County / Wilkes Barre, PA / Population and Races / Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
Wilkes Barre, PA Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 41,202
Wilkes Barre, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
English | 13,885 | 87.84%, see rank | 88.50% | 79.39% |
Spanish | 1,188 | 7.52%, see rank | 4.69% | 11.75% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 400 | 2.53%, see rank | 4.40% | 4.52% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 206 | 1.30%, see rank | 1.81% | 3.36% |
Other | 129 | 0.82%, see rank | 0.60% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 41,463
Wilkes Barre, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
English | 14,481 | 88.81%, see rank | 88.62% | 79.64% |
Spanish | 1,009 | 6.19%, see rank | 4.58% | 11.57% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 512 | 3.14%, see rank | 4.54% | 4.61% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 188 | 1.15%, see rank | 1.69% | 3.24% |
Other | 115 | 0.71%, see rank | 0.57% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 41,595
Wilkes Barre, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
English | 14,809 | 88.88%, see rank | 88.76% | 79.95% |
Spanish | 878 | 5.27%, see rank | 4.46% | 11.42% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 667 | 4.00%, see rank | 4.58% | 4.60% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 222 | 1.33%, see rank | 1.65% | 3.14% |
Other | 85 | 0.51%, see rank | 0.56% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 41,084
Wilkes Barre, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
English | 15,809 | 90.64%, see rank | 89.18% | 80.35% |
Spanish | 738 | 4.23%, see rank | 4.16% | 11.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 674 | 3.86%, see rank | 4.62% | 4.62% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 141 | 0.81%, see rank | 1.50% | 2.95% |
Other | 80 | 0.46%, see rank | 0.54% | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 43,123
Wilkes Barre, PA | % | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
English | 16,374 | 91.38%, see rank | 89.23% | 81.14% |
Spanish | 310 | 1.73%, see rank | 3.71% | 10.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 1,035 | 5.78%, see rank | 5.35% | 5.22% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 56 | 0.31%, see rank | 1.23% | 2.61% |
Other | 144 | 0.80%, 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.