English: 103,316 of District of Columbia citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in District of Columbia was Spanish. 7.55% of the overall population of District of Columbia are native Spanish speakers. 1.46% speak African Languages and 1.36% speak French, the next two most common languages. When compared to other states, District of Columbia has a relatively high number of residents that are native African Languages speakers. In 2015, there were 9,787 native African Languages speakers living in District of Columbia, approximately 4.88 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.