Kentucky Official English Law

Section 2.013 – State Language (1984)
English is designated as the official state language of Kentucky.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN KENTUCKY

3,771,003	English
382,364	All languages other than English combined
194,314	French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
105,189	Spanish or Spanish Creole
23,326	Vietnamese
8,047	German
5,731	Chinese
5,489	Arabic
4,470	French Creole
3,730	Italian
3,335	Tagalog
2,402	Korean
2,278	African languages
1,810	Japanese
1,564	Gujarathi
1,523	Greek
1,387	Laotian
1,365	Hindi
1,306	Urdu
1,302	Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
936	Russian
914	Persian
806	Serbo-Croatian
710	Scandinavian languages
708	Thai
679	Other Native North American languages
480	Polish
388	Hebrew
382	Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
350	Hungarian
141	Armenian
100	Navajo
75	Yiddish
0	Miao, Hmong