District of Columbia Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 633,736
| District of Columbia | % | U.S. | |
| English | 217,588 | 81.37%, see rank | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 21,380 | 8.00%, see rank | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 16,098 | 6.02%, see rank | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 6,127 | 2.29%, see rank | 3.36% |
| Other | 6,222 | 2.33%, see rank | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 605,759
| District of Columbia | % | U.S. | |
| English | 216,319 | 82.82%, see rank | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 19,087 | 7.31%, see rank | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 15,140 | 5.80%, see rank | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 5,380 | 2.06%, see rank | 3.24% |
| Other | 5,266 | 2.02%, see rank | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 584,400
| District of Columbia | % | U.S. | |
| English | 213,400 | 82.93%, see rank | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 19,395 | 7.54%, see rank | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 14,556 | 5.66%, see rank | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 5,085 | 1.98%, see rank | 3.14% |
| Other | 4,881 | 1.90%, see rank | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 588,433
| District of Columbia | % | U.S. | |
| English | 209,232 | 83.45%, see rank | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 18,580 | 7.41%, see rank | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 13,859 | 5.53%, see rank | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 4,566 | 1.82%, see rank | 2.95% |
| Other | 4,486 | 1.79%, see rank | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 572,059
| District of Columbia | % | U.S. | |
| English | 201,324 | 80.99%, see rank | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 22,498 | 9.05%, see rank | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 15,321 | 6.16%, see rank | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 5,031 | 2.02%, see rank | 2.61% |
| Other | 4,416 | 1.78%, see rank | 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.