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People Statistics · City estimate

Speak Spanish at home in Sanibel

2016 – 2024 · 9 data points 344 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026
People · Sanibel Lee County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 2.0% +1.2 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 344 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
vs Lee County −17.8 pp Lee County: 19.8% · 2024
Speak Spanish at home, 2016 – 2024 percent · Sanibel · Lee County · Florida · United States
Sanibel Lee County Florida United States

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

Compared with Speak Spanish at home · percent
Sanibel
2.0%
Lee County
19.8%
Florida
22.6%
United States
13.6%

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

The series at a glance Sanibel · 2016 – 2024
Latest value 2.0% · 2024
First value 1.5% · 2016
Highest 2.0% · 2024
Lowest 0.8% · 2023
Data points 9

By year

All years · 2016 – 2024

YearSanibelChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 2.0% +1.2 pp 19.8% 22.6% 13.6%
2023estimate 0.8% −0.1 pp 18.7% 22.2% 13.4%
2022estimate 0.9% −0.0 pp 18.4% 22.2% 13.3%
2021estimate 1.0% −0.3 pp 18.2% 22.1% 13.3%
2020estimate 1.3% −0.3 pp 17.8% 21.8% —
2019estimate 1.6% −0.1 pp 17.6% 21.8% —
2018estimate 1.7% +0.1 pp 17.0% 21.6% —
2017estimate 1.6% +0.0 pp 16.6% 21.3% —
2016estimate 1.5% 16.1% 20.9% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritorySpeak Spanish at home
391 Yankeetown 0.0%
390 Wabasso Beach 0.0%
389 Steinhatchee 0.0%
388 Sopchoppy 0.0%
387 Panacea 0.0%
386 Otter Creek 0.0%
385 Molino 0.0%
384 Matlacha 0.0%
383 Masaryktown 0.0%
382 Layton 0.0%
381 Laurel Hill 0.0%
380 Jay 0.0%
379 Goodland 0.0%
378 Ebro 0.0%
377 Chokoloskee 0.0%
376 Cedar Key 0.0%
375 Anna Maria 0.0%
374 Bagdad 0.1%
373 Century 0.2%
372 Hilliard 0.4%
371 Manasota Key 0.5%
370 Bay Pines 0.7%
369 Malabar 0.7%
368 St James City 0.8%
367 Homosassa 0.8%
366 Sanibel 0.8%
365 Cortez 1.0%
364 Mims 1.1%
363 St Augustine Beach 1.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

What it means

The share of residents who speak Spanish at home.

How it is calculated

Residents aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, from the survey.