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People Statistics · Area estimate

Speak Spanish at home in Alachua County

2016 – 2024 · 9 data points 32 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

Speak Spanish at home, 2016 – 2024 percent · Alachua County · Florida · United States
Alachua County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

Compared with Speak Spanish at home · percent
Alachua County
8.0%
Florida
22.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Alachua County · 2016 – 2024
Latest value 8.0% · 2024
First value 6.0% · 2016
Highest 8.0% · 2023
Lowest 6.0% · 2017
Data points 9

By year

All years · 2016 – 2024

YearAlachua CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 8.0% −0.1 pp 22.6% 13.6%
2023estimate 8.0% +0.9 pp 22.2% 13.4%
2022estimate 7.1% +0.0 pp 22.2% 13.3%
2021estimate 7.1% +0.2 pp 22.1% 13.3%
2020estimate 6.9% +0.4 pp 21.8% —
2019estimate 6.5% +0.2 pp 21.8% —
2018estimate 6.2% +0.2 pp 21.6% —
2017estimate 6.0% −0.0 pp 21.3% —
2016estimate 6.0% 20.9% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritorySpeak Spanish at home
37 Alachua County 6.2%
67 Baker County 1.7%
56 Bay County 3.4%
65 Bradford County 2.7%
39 Brevard County 6.1%
6 Broward County 26.0%
45 Calhoun County 4.7%
43 Charlotte County 5.3%
59 Citrus County 3.2%
40 Clay County 5.8%
8 Collier County 24.4%
52 Columbia County 4.2%
5 DeSoto County 27.6%
61 Dixie County 3.1%
33 Duval County 6.7%
64 Escambia County 2.7%
35 Flagler County 6.5%
46 Franklin County 4.6%
25 Gadsden County 9.1%
50 Gilchrist County 4.5%
13 Glades County 17.4%
60 Gulf County 3.1%
31 Hamilton County 7.2%
4 Hardee County 36.1%
2 Hendry County 45.9%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

What it means

The share of residents who speak Spanish at home.

How it is calculated

Residents aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, from the survey.