By Jacqueline Tempera, MassLive

In Massachusetts 22.7 percent of people speak a language other than English at home.

The state is filled with diverse immigrant communities.

See which communities have the most people who speak a language other than English at home, below. Data is from the United States Census Bureau's community study.

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16. Somerville

In Somerville 30.2 percent of people do not speak English at home.

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15. Cambridge

In the fifth largest city in Massachusetts 31.7 percent of residents do not speak English at home.

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14. Southbridge

In Southbridge, a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, 32.4 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home.

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13. Marlborough

In Marlborough, a city in Middlesex county, 33.9 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home.

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12. Worcester

In Worcester, the second largest city in New England, 34.7 percent of people do not speak English at home.

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11. New Bedford

In New Bedford, the sixth largest city in Massachusetts, 37.1 percent of people speak a language other than English at home.

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10. Boston

In Boston, which has 673,184 residents, 37.1 percent of people do not speak English at home. Boston is in Suffolk County.

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9. Randolph

In Randolph 38.1 percent of residents do not speak English at home.

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8. Brockton

In Brockton, a city in Plymouth County with a population of 95,314, 40.20 percent of people speak a language other than English at home.

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7. Lowell

In Lowell, a city in Middlesex County, 43.5 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home.

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6. Holyoke

In Holyoke 46.4 percent of resident speak a language other than English at home.

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5. Malden

In the city of Malden in Middlesex County 50 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home.

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4. Revere

In Revere, home to the oldest public beach, 50 percent of people speak a language other than English at home.

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3. Everett

In this city of 46,340 about 56.3 percent of families speak a language other than English at home.

About 33 percent of people living in Everett were born outside of the United States, according to Census data. Everett is in Middlesex county and four miles from Boston.

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2. Chelsea

Most people in Chelsea, a city across the Mystic River from Boston, speak a language other than English at home. Sixty-nine percent of the 36,828 people living in Chelsea do not speak English at home.

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1. Lawrence

A total of 76.4 percent of the residents of Lawrence speak a language other than English at home. Lawrence is in Essex County, beside the Merrimack River.

Some call Lawrence the "immigrant city" as it is home to refugees from Southeast Asia, immigrants from Central America, and many people from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, according to a Lawrence History Center timeline.