English: 1.19M of Virginia 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 Virginia was Spanish. 6.28% of the overall population of Virginia are native Spanish speakers. 0.7% speak African Languages and 0.67% speak Korean, the next two most common languages. When compared to other states, Virginia has a relatively high number of residents that are native Urdu speakers. In 2015, there were 29,066 native Urdu speakers living in Virginia, approximately 2.62 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.