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People Statistics · City estimate

Speak another language at home in Fort Walton Beach

2016 – 2024 · 9 data points 208 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026
People · Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 14.7% +0.6 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 208 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
vs Okaloosa County +2.3 pp Okaloosa County: 12.5% · 2024
Speak another language at home, 2016 – 2024 percent · Fort Walton Beach · Okaloosa County · Florida · United States
Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

Compared with Speak another language at home · percent
Fort Walton Beach
14.7%
Okaloosa County
12.5%
Florida
30.6%
United States
22.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Walton Beach · 2016 – 2024
Latest value 14.7% · 2024
First value 11.4% · 2016
Highest 15.5% · 2021
Lowest 10.8% · 2017
Data points 9

By year

All years · 2016 – 2024

YearFort Walton BeachChange Okaloosa CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 14.7% +0.6 pp 12.5% 30.6% 22.3%
2023estimate 14.2% +0.1 pp 12.0% 30.1% 22.0%
2022estimate 14.0% −1.4 pp 11.7% 29.9% 21.7%
2021estimate 15.5% +1.5 pp 11.9% 29.8% 21.7%
2020estimate 14.0% +0.6 pp 11.7% 29.4% —
2019estimate 13.3% +0.5 pp 11.9% 29.4% —
2018estimate 12.9% +2.1 pp 11.4% 29.1% —
2017estimate 10.8% −0.6 pp 10.8% 28.7% —
2016estimate 11.4% 10.3% 28.3% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritorySpeak another language at home
297 Alva 7.5%
373 Anna Maria 2.0%
362 Apalachicola 3.6%
166 Apollo Beach 17.1%
302 Atlantic Beach 7.2%
163 Atlantis 17.5%
80 Ave Maria 40.4%
32 Aventura 67.6%
333 Bagdad 5.3%
53 Bal Harbour 53.8%
367 Baldwin 3.1%
23 Bay Harbor Islands 72.1%
354 Bay Pines 4.1%
228 Bayonet Point 11.6%
144 Bayshore Gardens 21.5%
289 Bell 7.9%
73 Belle Glade 44.6%
197 Belleair 14.1%
208 Belleair Beach 13.4%
229 Belleair Bluffs 11.6%
325 Bellview 5.9%
271 Beverly Hills 8.8%
176 Big Pine Key 16.1%
69 Biscayne Park 45.6%
192 Bloomingdale 14.7%
…
119 Fort Myers 27.3%
330 Fort Myers Beach 5.5%
128 Fort Pierce 25.7%
182 Fort Walton Beach 15.5%
287 Freeport 8.0%
290 Fruit Cove 7.9%
159 Fruitville 17.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021

What it means

The share of residents who speak a language other than English at home.

How it is calculated

Residents aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, from the survey.