The vast majority (97%) of the single-race Black population in 2021 speaks either only English (91%) or, if they speak another language at home, say they also speak English very well (6%). Besides English, other languages spoken by this part of the population ages 5 and older include French or Haitian Creole (3%), Spanish (1%) and Amharic and other Ethiopian languages (1%).[2. “French or Haitian Creole” combines those whose language was recorded by the American Community Survey as either “French” or “French or Haitian Creole.”]

The vast majority (98%) of the multiracial Black population in 2021 speaks either only English (92%) or if they speak another language at home, say also they speak English very well (6%). French or Haitian Creole is spoken by 2% of the multiracial Black population that is over age 5, as is Spanish.[3. “French or Haitian Creole” combines those whose language was recorded by the American Community Survey as either “French” or “French or Haitian Creole.”] Meanwhile, 1% of the population speaks Portuguese.

A substantial majority (84%) of the Hispanic Black population in 2021 speaks either only English (53%) or, if they speak another language at home, say they also speak English very well (31%). Besides English, just under half (46%) of this population ages 5 and older speaks Spanish.