Language and Immigration
Understanding a community’ s countries of origin and languages spoken at home helps inform the cultural and linguistic context for local health and public health systems.
In Washoe County, 14.3 % of residents were born outside the U. S., which is a lower rate than that of Nevada( 19.0 %). 3 Accordingly, Washoe County also has a smaller percentage of residents who speak a language other than English at home( see Figure 4). Most commonly, 15.7 % of county residents speak Spanish at home, which is somewhat higher than the U. S. average( 13.4 %) and lower than the Nevada average( 20.5 %).
FIGURE 4: NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME: COUNTY, STATE, AND NATION( PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGE 5 +)
Washoe County |
15.7 % |
3.0 % |
2.0 % |
0.5 % |
Nevada |
20.5 % |
5.5 % |
2.4 % |
1.1 % |
U. S. |
13.4 % |
3.5 % |
3.8 % |
1.2 % |
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 % Spanish Asian / Pacific Islander Language Indo-European Language Other Language
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American Community Survey, 2019-2023.
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