Wednesday, October 21 Gainesville
Towns Advertise
Discover Gainesville
Search Log in Add your business Ask a question
  1. Home
  2. Statistics
  3. People
  4. Speak Spanish at home
People Statistics · City estimate

Gainesville: speak spanish at home

2016 – 2024 · 9 data points 3 of 8 · Towns of Gainesville Updated Oct 21, 2026
People · Gainesville Alachua County Florida United States

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

Featured spot available Your business could be here First in “Statistics” — with a photo and a “Featured” mark. Take this spot
Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 10 figures
Latest value · 2024 8.8% −0.0 pp since 2023
Towns of Gainesville · 2024 3 of 8 Place 1 is the highest value.
vs Alachua County +0.8 pp Alachua County: 8.0% · 2024
Speak Spanish at home, 2016 – 2024 percent · Gainesville · Alachua County · Florida · United States
Gainesville 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
Gainesville
8.8%
Alachua County
8.0%
Florida
22.6%
United States
13.6%

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

The series at a glance Gainesville · 2016 – 2024
Latest value 8.8% · 2024
First value 7.0% · 2016
Highest 8.8% · 2023
Lowest 7.0% · 2016
Data points 9

By year

All years · 2016 – 2024

YearGainesvilleChange Alachua CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 8.8% −0.0 pp 8.0% 22.6% 13.6%
2023estimate 8.8% +0.4 pp 8.0% 22.2% 13.4%
2022estimate 8.4% −0.3 pp 7.1% 22.2% 13.3%
2021estimate 8.7% +0.1 pp 7.1% 22.1% 13.3%
2020estimate 8.7% +0.5 pp 6.9% 21.8% —
2019estimate 8.2% +0.6 pp 6.5% 21.8% —
2018estimate 7.6% +0.4 pp 6.2% 21.6% —
2017estimate 7.2% +0.2 pp 6.0% 21.3% —
2016estimate 7.0% 6.0% 20.9% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Gainesville

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritorySpeak Spanish at home
1 Gainesville 7.2%
2 Alachua 5.5%
3 Ellenton 5.1%
4 Newberry 4.9%
5 Tallahassee 4.8%
6 Hawthorne 2.3%
7 Micanopy 1.2%
8 Hastings 0.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.