Languages

Residents of Greater Baltimore are diverse in the languages they speak.  The table below shows languages spoken at home, broken down by area of the region.

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Language Spoken at Home (Age 5+) by County/Metro
 
Baltimore Metro
Anne Arundel
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
Carroll
Harford
Howard
Total
2,516,024
486,733
740,842
592,215
160,153
226,917
263,965
Speak only English
2,248,293
441,632
649,043
542,631
152,399
210,797
209,822
Spanish
83,902
20,937
22,902
18,370
2,550
6,119
10,545
French
17,241
1,475
5,705
4,763
157
727
4,342
German
10,353
1,440
3,341
1,575
986
1,430
1,149
Slavic
16,952
1,734
8,903
3,124
926
1,231
1,001
Other Indo-European
45,771
5,746
18,645
4,143
1,360
2,707
12,956
Korean
18,007
3,874
2,792
1,426
300
252
9,363
Chinese
14,624
1,792
4,070
2,786
0
857
5,119
Vietnamese
7,862
1,054
3,236
1,337
512
214
1,509
Tagalog
8,552
1,423
4,652
1,008
74
876
519
Other Asian and Pacific
14,698
3,142
5,960
792
462
400
3,942
Other and unspecified
29,769
2,484
11,593
10,260
427
1,307
3,698
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey | Cecil County Unavailable