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Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English, 2015-2019
| McKinley Park | City of Chicago | CMAP Region | ||||
| Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | |
| English Only | 4,171 | 29.5% | 1,623,906 | 64.0% | 5,462,068 | 68.6% |
| Spanish | 6,533 | 46.2% | 612,318 | 24.1% | 1,469,511 | 18.4% |
| Slavic Languages | 85 | 0.6% | 74,198 | 2.9% | 275,630 | 3.5% |
| Chinese | 3,037 | 21.5% | 47,994 | 1.9% | 90,487 | 1.1% |
| Tagalog | 61 | 0.4% | 20,637 | 0.8% | 73,562 | 0.9% |
| Arabic | 28 | 0.2% | 18,142 | 0.7% | 61,851 | 0.8% |
| Korean | 58 | 0.4% | 8,147 | 0.3% | 36,522 | 0.5% |
| Other Asian Languages | 94 | 0.7% | 26,878 | 1.1% | 109,161 | 1.4% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 78 | 0.6% | 80,513 | 3.2% | 329,735 | 4.1% |
| Other/Unspecified Languages | 7 | 0.0% | 25,478 | 1.0% | 56,675 | 0.7% |
| TOTAL NON-ENGLISH | 9,981 | 70.5% | 914,305 | 36.0% | 2,503,134 | 31.4% |
| Speak English Less than “Very Well”* | 4,827 | 34.1% | 371,929 | 14.7% | 946,875 | 11.9% |
| Source: 2015-2019 American Community Survey five-year estimates. | Universe: Population 5 years and older |
| *For people who speak a language other than English at home, the ACS asks whether they speak English “very well,” “well,” “not well,” or “not at all.” |
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