Languages Spoken in Kansas: Map and County Data
Languages Spoken Across Kansas Counties
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, about 304,000 people age 5 and older in Kansas speak a language other than English at home, representing 11.3% of the state’s population age 5+. Spanish is the most spoken non-English language, with about 202,000 speakers, followed by Vietnamese and German.
Most Spoken Non-English Languages in Kansas
The most spoken non-English languages in Kansas are Spanish, Vietnamese, and German. Spanish is spoken at home by about 202,000 people, or roughly 7.5% of the state’s population age 5+.
Key Language Findings for Kansas
About 304,000 people in Kansas speak a language other than English at home, representing 11.3% of residents age 5 and older.
The most spoken non-English languages in Kansas are Spanish, Vietnamese, and German.
Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in Kansas, with about 202,000 speakers, representing roughly 7.5% of residents age 5 and older.
Sedgwick County has the largest Spanish-speaking population in Kansas, with about 42,000 speakers.
Sedgwick County has the largest population speaking a language other than English at home, with more than 65,000 residents.
While Spanish is the most spoken non-English language statewide, another language leads in 9 of the 105 Kansas counties, including German in Anderson County.
How Language Use Varies Across Kansas Counties
Language patterns differ sharply by county. Spanish is the leading non-English language across most of Kansas, but county-level rankings show large local communities speaking Vietnamese, Chinese, German, other Asian languages, Arabic, Hmong, other West Germanic languages, and other languages.
Sedgwick County has the largest number of residents speaking a language other than English at home, while Seward County has the highest share relative to its age-5+ population, at 58.3%. In Anderson County, German is the leading non-English language, showing how statewide rankings can differ substantially at the local level.
English Proficiency and Language Access in Kansas
Speaking a language other than English at home does not necessarily mean someone has limited English proficiency. Census table B16001 also separates language groups by whether residents report speaking English "very well" or less than "very well," providing additional context for organizations planning language access services. For a broader look at limited English proficiency across the country, explore Boostlingo's LEP State Map.
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| County | % Other Language | Other-Language Speakers | #1 Language | #2 Language | #3 Language | #4 Language | #5 Language | #6 Language | Population Age 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward County | 12,237 | Spanish 11,115 | Vietnamese 465 | African languages 359 | German 84 | Other / unspecified 79 | Laotian 56 | 21,002 | |
| Ford County | 15,080 | Spanish 14,217 | Vietnamese 193 | Chinese 129 | African languages 129 | German 113 | Arabic 70 | 31,163 | |
| Finney County | 13,685 | Spanish 11,750 | Other Asian 631 | Vietnamese 425 | African languages 287 | German 108 | Chinese 105 | 33,602 | |
| Haskell County | 1,415 | Spanish 907 | German 443 | Tagalog / Filipino 39 | Other West Germanic 23 | French 3 | — | 3,835 | |
| Grant County | 2,623 | Spanish 2,493 | German 87 | Other West Germanic 28 | Portuguese 11 | French Creole 3 | African languages 1 | 7,145 | |
| Hamilton County | 730 | Spanish 703 | German 22 | Japanese 5 | — | — | — | 2,392 | |
| Stanton County | 579 | Spanish 575 | Other Indic 4 | — | — | — | — | 1,951 | |
| Stevens County | 1,490 | Spanish 1,365 | German 109 | Chinese 8 | Korean 8 | — | — | 5,303 | |
| Wichita County | 525 | Spanish 465 | German 36 | Other West Germanic 14 | Vietnamese 10 | — | — | 2,042 | |
| Wyandotte County | 37,561 | Spanish 31,142 | Other Asian 1,231 | Hmong 972 | African languages 751 | Chinese 718 | Serbo-Croatian 427 | 147,244 | |
| Kearny County | 888 | Spanish 809 | German 33 | Other West Germanic 20 | Thai 11 | French Creole 10 | Navajo 5 | 3,635 | |
| Edwards County | 560 | Spanish 487 | German 39 | Serbo-Croatian 19 | French 4 | Polish 4 | Vietnamese 4 | 2,815 | |
| Greeley County | 213 | Spanish 209 | Tagalog / Filipino 4 | — | — | — | — | 1,156 | |
| Lyon County | 5,680 | Spanish 4,811 | Chinese 242 | Arabic 196 | Japanese 97 | Korean 66 | African languages 55 | 31,342 | |
| Meade County | 732 | Spanish 469 | German 193 | Tagalog / Filipino 22 | French 13 | Japanese 10 | Other West Germanic 8 | 4,082 | |
| Morton County | 524 | Spanish 450 | German 65 | French 9 | — | — | — | 2,931 | |
| Gray County | 885 | Spanish 661 | German 201 | Other West Germanic 12 | Chinese 8 | Japanese 3 | — | 5,576 | |
| Geary County | 4,694 | Spanish 2,683 | German 507 | Korean 317 | Tagalog / Filipino 294 | Other Pacific Island 174 | African languages 119 | 32,483 | |
| Scott County | 670 | Spanish 595 | Hindi 30 | German 23 | Other Asian 22 | — | — | 4,606 | |
| Sedgwick County | 65,015 | Spanish 41,951 | Vietnamese 9,121 | Arabic 1,496 | African languages 1,490 | Chinese 1,307 | German 1,108 | 467,894 | |
| Stafford County | 519 | Spanish 492 | Tagalog / Filipino 12 | German 6 | French 5 | Russian 4 | — | 4,097 | |
| Barton County | 3,023 | Spanish 2,775 | German 190 | Arabic 18 | Vietnamese 11 | Japanese 10 | Hindi 9 | 25,556 | |
| Johnson County | 58,778 | Spanish 25,527 | Other Asian 4,103 | Chinese 3,830 | African languages 3,176 | Hindi 2,074 | Other Indic 1,870 | 528,343 | |
| Clark County | 218 | Spanish 205 | Other Pacific Island 8 | German 4 | Other West Germanic 1 | — | — | 2,044 | |
| Douglas County | 11,194 | Spanish 3,749 | Chinese 1,860 | Arabic 529 | Japanese 527 | German 519 | Navajo 445 | 108,945 | |
| Ness County | 281 | Spanish 252 | German 18 | Hungarian 8 | French 2 | Other Slavic 1 | — | 2,886 | |
| Saline County | 5,056 | Spanish 3,682 | Vietnamese 359 | German 290 | Laotian 268 | Other Indic 73 | Tagalog / Filipino 61 | 51,894 | |
| Harvey County | 3,137 | Spanish 2,328 | German 333 | Vietnamese 101 | Japanese 83 | French 78 | Hindi 76 | 32,512 | |
| Riley County | 6,420 | Spanish 2,341 | Chinese 1,442 | Korean 381 | German 239 | Vietnamese 231 | Arabic 226 | 69,868 | |
| Sherman County | 463 | Spanish 452 | German 11 | — | — | — | — | 5,563 | |
| Shawnee County | 13,651 | Spanish 10,246 | German 613 | Tagalog / Filipino 429 | Other Indic 345 | Chinese 285 | Other Asian 245 | 166,710 | |
| Cowley County | 2,727 | Spanish 1,987 | Laotian 266 | Chinese 112 | German 79 | Japanese 65 | Other Native North American 43 | 33,676 | |
| Reno County | 4,865 | Spanish 3,166 | German 751 | Other West Germanic 410 | French 125 | Laotian 91 | Arabic 47 | 60,133 | |
| Rice County | 743 | Spanish 605 | German 29 | African languages 20 | French 14 | Other Pacific Island 14 | Tagalog / Filipino 12 | 9,336 | |
| Kiowa County | 178 | Spanish 90 | German 74 | Other Pacific Island 7 | Tagalog / Filipino 3 | Italian 2 | Mon-Khmer / Cambodian 2 | 2,389 | |
| Ellis County | 1,929 | Spanish 996 | German 370 | Chinese 246 | Vietnamese 43 | Gujarati 39 | Persian 38 | 27,064 | |
| Pratt County | 593 | Spanish 550 | German 16 | Other West Germanic 12 | French 7 | Portuguese 5 | Chinese 2 | 9,108 | |
| Hodgeman County | 116 | Spanish 59 | Tagalog / Filipino 35 | Russian 9 | German 7 | French 3 | Japanese 3 | 1,806 | |
| Pawnee County | 404 | Spanish 360 | German 29 | Other / unspecified 13 | French 2 | — | — | 6,585 | |
| Crawford County | 2,232 | Spanish 1,387 | Other Asian 250 | Arabic 209 | German 115 | Chinese 107 | Japanese 57 | 36,976 | |
| Leavenworth County | 4,072 | Spanish 2,267 | German 405 | Chinese 279 | Korean 269 | French 191 | Tagalog / Filipino 96 | 73,085 | |
| Cheyenne County | 142 | Spanish 116 | Other Pacific Island 13 | German 9 | Tagalog / Filipino 3 | Chinese 1 | — | 2,559 | |
| Harper County | 300 | Spanish 272 | German 8 | Tagalog / Filipino 6 | Other Native North American 5 | French 4 | Other Indo-European 3 | 5,454 | |
| Rawlins County | 133 | Spanish 88 | Portuguese 16 | German 10 | Other Slavic 5 | Japanese 5 | Other West Germanic 3 | 2,425 | |
| Comanche County | 97 | Spanish 97 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,890 | |
| Pottawatomie County | 1,052 | Spanish 735 | German 104 | Chinese 100 | Japanese 19 | French 16 | Other Slavic 16 | 20,761 | |
| Chase County | 131 | Spanish 112 | French 8 | Mon-Khmer / Cambodian 7 | German 4 | — | — | 2,596 | |
| Cloud County | 411 | Spanish 203 | Italian 62 | Korean 36 | German 32 | Japanese 31 | French 15 | 8,798 | |
| Norton County | 245 | Spanish 187 | African languages 18 | Laotian 11 | German 10 | Italian 8 | Other West Germanic 8 | 5,330 | |
| Sheridan County | 103 | Spanish 81 | German 16 | Other West Germanic 6 | — | — | — | 2,399 | |
| Wallace County | 63 | Spanish 54 | German 8 | Thai 1 | — | — | — | 1,493 | |
| Ellsworth County | 248 | Spanish 129 | German 43 | Other Slavic 16 | Arabic 14 | Korean 12 | Japanese 8 | 6,099 | |
| Marion County | 477 | Spanish 222 | German 136 | Portuguese 34 | Other West Germanic 20 | French 13 | Arabic 11 | 11,637 | |
| Logan County | 107 | Spanish 79 | German 23 | Tagalog / Filipino 5 | — | — | — | 2,645 | |
| Montgomery County | 1,290 | Spanish 898 | German 67 | Chinese 58 | Other Indic 48 | Tagalog / Filipino 34 | Vietnamese 29 | 31,890 | |
| Barber County | 166 | Spanish 86 | German 49 | Chinese 20 | Russian 6 | Other West Germanic 5 | — | 4,399 | |
| Butler County | 2,311 | Spanish 1,300 | German 307 | Vietnamese 108 | Other Indic 96 | Arabic 93 | African languages 93 | 62,222 | |
| Lane County | 59 | Spanish 56 | Italian 3 | — | — | — | — | 1,590 | |
| Lincoln County | 110 | Spanish 81 | German 10 | Serbo-Croatian 5 | Other Slavic 4 | Scandinavian 3 | Korean 3 | 2,956 | |
| Washington County | 200 | Spanish 142 | German 19 | French 10 | Other / unspecified 8 | Other West Germanic 7 | Other Pacific Island 4 | 5,356 | |
| McPherson County | 989 | Spanish 451 | German 233 | Other Native North American 51 | Chinese 39 | Korean 37 | Other Indic 36 | 27,616 | |
| Labette County | 684 | Spanish 417 | German 173 | Tagalog / Filipino 41 | Other West Germanic 17 | Chinese 13 | African languages 13 | 19,706 | |
| Neosho County | 520 | Spanish 434 | Other Indo-European 30 | German 17 | Other West Germanic 14 | Thai 12 | African languages 7 | 15,275 | |
| Anderson County | 240 | German 123 | Other West Germanic 88 | Spanish 26 | Persian 2 | Other Native North American 1 | — | 7,359 | |
| Elk County | 84 | German 45 | Spanish 14 | French 12 | Navajo 5 | Portuguese 4 | Other West Germanic 2 | 2,570 | |
| Jackson County | 403 | Spanish 162 | Other Native North American 98 | German 63 | French 33 | Tagalog / Filipino 24 | Vietnamese 10 | 12,551 | |
| Mitchell County | 186 | Spanish 109 | Russian 25 | German 24 | Other Asian 13 | Navajo 9 | Other Indo-European 2 | 5,908 | |
| Rooks County | 147 | Spanish 66 | Arabic 29 | Laotian 27 | German 17 | Other Pacific Island 4 | Portuguese 2 | 4,869 | |
| Dickinson County | 536 | Spanish 360 | German 85 | French 20 | Tagalog / Filipino 20 | Other West Germanic 16 | Korean 16 | 18,220 | |
| Kingman County | 215 | Spanish 171 | German 22 | French 13 | Other Indo-European 5 | Other Native North American 4 | — | 7,371 | |
| Clay County | 220 | Spanish 88 | German 51 | Tagalog / Filipino 42 | Chinese 14 | French 9 | Arabic 9 | 7,836 | |
| Decatur County | 76 | Spanish 49 | German 21 | Japanese 3 | Other Slavic 2 | French 1 | — | 2,740 | |
| Gove County | 71 | Spanish 42 | Tagalog / Filipino 13 | German 11 | French 4 | Vietnamese 1 | — | 2,564 | |
| Morris County | 152 | Spanish 50 | Arabic 37 | German 27 | Tagalog / Filipino 9 | Chinese 7 | French 5 | 5,420 | |
| Russell County | 184 | German 92 | Spanish 64 | Other Pacific Island 22 | Other Indo-European 3 | French 1 | French Creole 1 | 6,562 | |
| Franklin County | 625 | Spanish 432 | German 79 | Other Slavic 38 | French 30 | Tagalog / Filipino 21 | Japanese 13 | 24,048 | |
| Cherokee County | 496 | Spanish 373 | Other Native North American 35 | Italian 27 | Mon-Khmer / Cambodian 19 | Tagalog / Filipino 17 | German 9 | 19,853 | |
| Graham County | 61 | Tagalog / Filipino 25 | Spanish 24 | French 4 | Portuguese 4 | Japanese 3 | German 1 | 2,442 | |
| Republic County | 112 | Spanish 39 | Other Slavic 32 | French 9 | Scandinavian 9 | Other Pacific Island 9 | Other Native North American 8 | 4,555 | |
| Rush County | 76 | German 47 | Spanish 19 | Other Slavic 6 | Other West Germanic 3 | French 1 | — | 3,048 | |
| Thomas County | 181 | Spanish 124 | German 37 | French 14 | Tagalog / Filipino 5 | Korean 1 | — | 7,370 | |
| Wilson County | 217 | Spanish 140 | Chinese 28 | Tagalog / Filipino 18 | German 17 | Other Native North American 6 | Navajo 4 | 8,525 | |
| Jewell County | 67 | Spanish 50 | German 7 | Chinese 6 | Other West Germanic 3 | Tagalog / Filipino 1 | — | 2,904 | |
| Jefferson County | 389 | Spanish 180 | Other West Germanic 124 | German 29 | Russian 29 | French 14 | Korean 10 | 17,910 | |
| Trego County | 61 | German 36 | Spanish 21 | Vietnamese 3 | African languages 1 | — | — | 2,781 | |
| Bourbon County | 292 | Spanish 123 | Tagalog / Filipino 81 | Other West Germanic 36 | Mon-Khmer / Cambodian 18 | Korean 17 | German 9 | 13,780 | |
| Brown County | 192 | Spanish 87 | Other Native North American 52 | Vietnamese 28 | Hindi 9 | Other Pacific Island 4 | Serbo-Croatian 3 | 9,199 | |
| Sumner County | 455 | Spanish 284 | Japanese 47 | Arabic 26 | German 25 | French 24 | French Creole 13 | 22,099 | |
| Marshall County | 188 | German 91 | Spanish 60 | French 11 | Portuguese 11 | Other Slavic 6 | Tagalog / Filipino 6 | 9,391 | |
| Atchison County | 292 | Spanish 156 | French 39 | Japanese 25 | Greek 16 | Other West Germanic 15 | Chinese 15 | 15,653 | |
| Miami County | 563 | Spanish 293 | Other Native North American 60 | German 29 | Italian 26 | African languages 26 | Tagalog / Filipino 20 | 30,733 | |
| Osborne County | 65 | Spanish 32 | Thai 11 | Tagalog / Filipino 9 | German 5 | Portuguese 3 | Chinese 3 | 3,558 | |
| Ottawa County | 103 | Spanish 100 | French 3 | — | — | — | — | 5,685 | |
| Phillips County | 93 | Spanish 65 | Other West Germanic 11 | French 5 | German 5 | Tagalog / Filipino 3 | Other Native North American 2 | 5,172 | |
| Coffey County | 134 | Spanish 77 | German 27 | Laotian 10 | Other Native North American 5 | French 4 | Korean 4 | 8,001 | |
| Osage County | 262 | Spanish 147 | German 37 | Other West Germanic 35 | Urdu 12 | African languages 12 | Thai 10 | 15,157 | |
| Greenwood County | 92 | Spanish 66 | French 8 | German 4 | Scandinavian 4 | Polish 4 | Other Slavic 4 | 6,081 | |
| Woodson County | 46 | Spanish 35 | Hindi 5 | German 3 | Portuguese 2 | French 1 | — | 3,028 | |
| Allen County | 158 | Spanish 47 | German 26 | Chinese 23 | Korean 18 | French 12 | Other Pacific Island 11 | 12,257 | |
| Nemaha County | 120 | German 42 | Spanish 26 | Other West Germanic 21 | Korean 15 | French 6 | Russian 6 | 9,432 | |
| Smith County | 45 | German 19 | Spanish 12 | Other Indo-European 6 | Tagalog / Filipino 5 | French 2 | Portuguese 1 | 3,553 | |
| Wabaunsee County | 75 | Spanish 57 | Hmong 11 | German 5 | French 2 | — | — | 6,494 | |
| Chautauqua County | 34 | Spanish 26 | French 6 | Other Slavic 2 | — | — | — | 3,301 | |
| Doniphan County | 72 | Spanish 18 | German 14 | Chinese 11 | French 6 | Italian 5 | Portuguese 4 | 7,420 | |
| Linn County | 66 | Spanish 21 | Russian 19 | Hindi 13 | French 4 | Italian 4 | Other Pacific Island 4 | 8,996 |
About the Data
Data on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2011–2015 5-Year Estimates, table B16001, Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over. Statewide and county estimates use the same Census table so the figures can be compared consistently across the page.
The estimates describe languages spoken at home among residents age 5 and older. Census estimates include margins of error, particularly for smaller counties and less common language groups.