|
Spanish speakers (5 or Older)
|
Total Population
|
Metro Area
|
|
4,413,590
|
12,849,383
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
|
|
3,506,711
|
18,919,983
|
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
|
|
2,091,782
|
5,582,351
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
|
|
1,596,789
|
5,977,092
|
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
|
|
1,497,498
|
9,474,211
|
Chicago-Joilet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
|
|
1,340,337
|
4,245,773
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,CA
|
|
1,324,152
|
6,402,922
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
|
|
773,158
|
4,211,213
|
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
|
|
732,023
|
3,105,989
|
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
|
|
723,458
|
2,157,897
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
|
|
673,162
|
4,345,320
|
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
|
|
607,711
|
5,610,082
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
|
|
594,407
|
780,087
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
|
|
535,466
|
804,338
|
El Paso, TX
|
|
465,590
|
5,288,302
|
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
|
|
430,068
|
2,140,795
|
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
|
|
405,207
|
1,954,260
|
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
|
|
350,609
|
5,971,483
|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
|
|
339,902
|
1,728,307
|
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
|
|
337,019
|
1,843,255
|
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
|
|
336,895
|
2,789,116
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
|
|
333,997
|
2,560,529
|
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
|
|
328,796
|
4,560,689
|
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA
|
|
277,213
|
933,248
|
Fresno, CA
|
|
276,342
|
842,207
|
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
|
|
245,678
|
2,154,391
|
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville, CA
|
|
232,261
|
825,706
|
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
|
|
220,377
|
982,154
|
Tucson, AZ
|
|
218,581
|
892,014
|
Albuquerque, NM
|
|
203,229
|
3,449,059
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
|
|
168,307
|
2,232,496
|
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
|
|
165,011
|
687,744
|
Stockton, CA
|
|
|
Spanish speakers (5 or Older)
|
Total Population
|
Metro Area
|
|
150,465
|
515,358
|
Modesto, CA
|
|
140,091
|
1,764,313
|
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
|
|
134,607
|
3,286,195
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
|
|
131,033
|
1,601,498
|
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA
|
|
126,965
|
1,128,998
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
|
118,034
|
918,714
|
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
|
|
112,239
|
1,212,956
|
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
|
|
111,043
|
2,035,747
|
Kansas City, MO-KS
|
|
105,778
|
4,291,843
|
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
|
|
98,402
|
1,557,244
|
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
|
|
96,050
|
2,714,183
|
Baltimore-Towson, MD
|
|
95,392
|
862,989
|
New Haven-Milford, CT
|
|
95,141
|
1,257,845
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
|
92,935
|
1,137,552
|
Raleigh-Cary, NC
|
|
88,481
|
620,151
|
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
|
|
86,931
|
1,759,229
|
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
|
|
85,005
|
602,788
|
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
|
|
82,401
|
1,593,050
|
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
|
|
76,254
|
693,141
|
Springfield, MA
|
|
73,435
|
822,141
|
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
|
|
72,730
|
1,173,327
|
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
|
|
67,359
|
670,932
|
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY
|
|
66,176
|
2,075,758
|
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
|
|
62,271
|
1,350,198
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
|
61,402
|
703,309
|
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
|
|
57,571
|
1,675,343
|
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
|
|
55,426
|
799,553
|
Worcester, MA
|
|
53,590
|
868,238
|
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
|
|
53,427
|
1,316,579
|
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
|
|
53,103
|
2,815,168
|
St. Louis, MO-IL
|
|
51,579
|
939,345
|
Tulsa, OK
|
|
50,372
|
1,840,631
|
Columbus, OH
|
|
@bgb113 It's not Chris, it's the Census Bureau who came up with these sometimes great, sometimes questionable metro area designations.