Of the nearly 24 million people in Texas five years or older, 65 percent speak only English at home. The rest speak more than 160 languages combined.
| Language | Number of Speakers |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 6,983,380 |
| Vietnamese | 193,408 |
| Chinese* | 140,971 |
| Tagalog | 72,248 |
| German | 69,140 |
| French | 60,730 |
| Hindi | 59,602 |
| Urdu | 57,662 |
| Korean | 55,794 |
| Arabic | 55,304 |