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Polk County Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 20,352
Polk County | % | North Carolina | U.S. | |
English | 8,384 | 95.66%, see rank | 89.22% | 79.39% |
Spanish | 229 | 2.61%, see rank | 6.56% | 11.75% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 111 | 1.27%, see rank | 2.13% | 4.52% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 20 | 0.23%, see rank | 1.55% | 3.36% |
Other | 20 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.54% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 20,386
Polk County | % | North Carolina | U.S. | |
English | 8,261 | 94.21%, see rank | 89.42% | 79.64% |
Spanish | 326 | 3.72%, see rank | 6.45% | 11.57% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 141 | 1.61%, see rank | 2.16% | 4.61% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 23 | 0.26%, see rank | 1.46% | 3.24% |
Other | 18 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 20,289
Polk County | % | North Carolina | U.S. | |
English | 8,477 | 93.79%, see rank | 89.72% | 79.95% |
Spanish | 365 | 4.04%, see rank | 6.29% | 11.42% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 137 | 1.52%, see rank | 2.14% | 4.60% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 43 | 0.48%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.14% |
Other | 16 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.47% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 19,107
Polk County | % | North Carolina | U.S. | |
English | 7,834 | 94.93%, see rank | 90.19% | 80.35% |
Spanish | 261 | 3.16%, see rank | 5.92% | 11.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 138 | 1.67%, see rank | 2.13% | 4.62% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 13 | 0.16%, see rank | 1.30% | 2.95% |
Other | 6 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.46% | 0.87% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 18,324
Polk County | % | North Carolina | U.S. | |
English | 7,285 | 92.37%, see rank | 90.67% | 81.14% |
Spanish | 289 | 3.66%, see rank | 5.41% | 10.21% |
Other Indo-European Languages | 286 | 3.63%, see rank | 2.43% | 5.22% |
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 15 | 0.19%, see rank | 1.08% | 2.61% |
Other | 12 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.41% | 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.