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