Texas

===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Texas}}
{| class="wikitable sortable floatright" style="margin-left:1em; font-size: 90%; display: inline-table"
|+Most common non-English languages
|-
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Population<br /><small>(as of 2010)</small><ref name="MLA Data" />
|-
! scope="row" |[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 29.2%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| 0.6%
|-
! scope="row" |[[German language|German]]
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" |[[French language|French]]
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Korean language|Korean]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] (tied)
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Niger-Congo languages]]
| 0.2%
|}

The most common [[accent (sociolinguistics)|accent]] or [[dialect]] spoken by natives throughout Texas is sometimes referred to as [[Texan English]], itself a sub-variety of a broader category of [[American English]] known as [[Southern American English]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/texan/ |title=Do You Speak American. Sea to Shining Sea. American Varieties. Texan |publisher=PBS |date=November 29, 2003 |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/texan/drawl/ |title=Do You Speak American. Sea to Shining Sea. American Varieties. Texan. Drawl |publisher=PBS |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref> [[Creole language]] is spoken in some parts of East Texas.<ref>Kirstin Squint, [http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/viewArticle/375/813 A Linguistic and Cultural Comparison of Haitian Creole and Louisiana Creole], postcolonial.org, Accessed March 11, 2014</ref> In some areas of the state—particularly in the large cities—[[Western American English]] and [[General American English]], is increasingly common. [[Chicano English]]—due to a growing Hispanic population—is widespread in South Texas, while [[African-American English]] is especially notable in historically minority areas of urban Texas.

At the 2020 American Community Survey's estimates, 64.9% of the population spoke only English, and 35.1% spoke a language other than English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Community Survey 2020 Languages Spoken at Home Estimates |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Texas+languages&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1601 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Roughly 30% of the total population spoke Spanish. By 2021, approximately 50,546 Texans spoke French or a French-creole language. German and other West Germanic languages were spoken by 49,565 residents; Russian, Polish, and other Slavic languages by 37,444; Korean by 31,673; Chinese 86,370; Vietnamese 92,410; Tagalog 40,124; and Arabic by 47,170 Texans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Community Survey 2021 Detailed Household Language Estimates |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Texas+languages&tid=ACSDT1Y2021.B16002 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

At the census of 2010, 65.8% (14,740,304) of Texas residents age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke only [[English language|English]] at home, while 29.2% (6,543,702) spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 0.8 percent (168,886) [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], and [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (which includes [[Cantonese]] and [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]) was spoken by 0.6% (122,921) of the population over five.<ref name="MLA Data" /> Other languages spoken include [[German language|German]] (including [[Texas German]]) by 0.3% (73,137), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] with 0.3% (64,272) speakers, and [[French language|French]] (including [[Cajun French]]) was spoken by 0.3% (55,773) of Texans.<ref name="MLA Data" /> Reportedly, [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] is the most widely spoken [[Native American language]] in Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_state.html |last=Blatt |first=Ben |title=Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas: What language does your state speak? |website=Data source: Census Bureau American Community Survey. Map by Ben Blatt/Slate. |date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref> In total, 34.2% (7,660,406) of Texas's population aged five and older spoke a language at home other than English as of 2006.<ref name="MLA Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=Texas |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=June 19, 2006 }}</ref>