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Most common languages spoken at home in Greater Louisville/Jefferson County and surrounding regions

Stacker compiled a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Bardstown, KY-IN CSA using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Languages are ranked by the percent of households that primarily speak the language at home according to 2020 estimates. Combined statistical areas are designated by the Office of Management and Budget and include multiple metropolitan and micropolitan areas in the same region.

92.9% of people in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Bardstown, KY-IN CSA speak only English at home. Keep reading to see what the most spoken non-English languages are in and around Louisville/Jefferson County.

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#10. Serbo-Croatian

– 2,235 speakers (0.16% of population)
— 1,450 speakers who also speak English very well
— 785 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#9. Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

– 2,417 speakers (0.17% of population)
— 941 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,476 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#8. Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages

– 2,509 speakers (0.18% of population)
— 934 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,575 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#7. Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)

– 2,515 speakers (0.18% of population)
— 1,396 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,119 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#6. Vietnamese

– 2,864 speakers (0.21% of population)
— 977 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,887 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#5. French (incl. Cajun)

– 3,636 speakers (0.26% of population)
— 1,921 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,715 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#4. Arabic

– 3,705 speakers (0.27% of population)
— 1,976 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,729 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#3. Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages

– 3,795 speakers (0.27% of population)
— 2,226 speakers who also speak English very well
— 1,569 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#2. German

– 3,805 speakers (0.27% of population)
— 3,121 speakers who also speak English very well
— 684 speakers who speak English less than very well

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#1. Spanish

– 48,370 speakers (3.47% of population)
— 25,378 speakers who also speak English very well
— 22,992 speakers who speak English less than very well