48.8% of Houston, TX citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is higher than the national average of 22%.

In 2019, the most common non-English language spoken in Houston, TX was Spanish. 39.3% of the overall population of Houston, TX are native Spanish speakers. 1.44% speak Vietnamese and 1.41% speak Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese), the next two most common languages.