Map shows Scots speakers by region

10th October 2013

scots_density

	All people aged 3 and over	Understands but does not speak, read or write Scots	Speaks, reads and writes Scots	Speaks but does not read or write Scots	Speaks and reads but does not write Scots	Reads but does not speak or write Scots	Other combination of skills in Scots	No skills in Scots
Scotland	5,118,223	267,412	1,225,622	179,295	132,709	107,025	17,381	3,188,779
Aberdeen City	215,597	13,883	57,897	10,087	8,322	4,793	780	119,835
Aberdeenshire	243,826	15,709	87,286	17,772	13,739	5,105	1,013	103,202
Angus	112,447	6,566	33,808	4,997	4,314	2,397	432	59,933
Argyll & Bute	85,684	5,380	14,716	2,171	1,703	2,384	319	59,011
Clackmannanshire	49,673	2,519	13,718	1,904	1,346	884	170	29,132
Dumfries & Galloway	146,765	8,640	38,302	6,351	4,675	2,950	653	85,194
Dundee City	142,489	7,395	34,866	4,966	3,636	2,843	530	88,253
East Ayrshire	118,660	5,120	38,620	5,193	3,348	1,498	423	64,458
East Dunbartonshire	101,999	4,955	16,733	2,227	2,058	2,465	226	73,335
East Lothian	96,200	5,634	22,657	3,494	2,755	2,363	329	58,968
East Renfrewshire	87,685	4,050	12,786	1,710	1,568	2,004	178	65,389
Edinburgh, City of	460,103	29,379	75,457	11,394	11,040	17,459	1,607	313,767
Eilean Siar	26,929	1,307	1,481	264	235	517	53	23,072
Falkirk	150,340	6,831	42,262	5,977	4,029	2,323	481	88,437
Fife	352,558	17,974	98,999	13,888	10,007	7,270	1,229	203,191
Glasgow City	572,633	26,331	117,487	15,575	8,647	10,137	1,842	392,614
Highland	224,606	13,943	38,729	5,257	4,465	6,172	800	155,240
Inverclyde	78,995	2,991	17,353	2,127	1,152	1,023	243	54,106
Midlothian	80,280	4,025	21,162	3,119	2,080	1,571	252	48,071
Moray	90,178	6,197	30,967	5,587	4,197	1,833	415	40,982
North Ayrshire	133,728	5,959	37,680	4,571	3,402	2,108	463	79,545
North Lanarkshire	325,465	11,403	78,389	9,628	5,136	2,869	871	217,169
Orkney Islands	20,704	1,214	6,560	1,024	819	669	104	10,314
Perth & Kinross	142,277	9,687	33,124	4,886	4,828	4,251	526	84,975
Renfrewshire	169,077	6,940	36,943	4,427	3,102	2,530	491	114,644
Scottish Borders	110,514	6,913	27,787	4,834	3,880	2,860	457	63,783
Shetland Islands	22,326	1,514	8,421	1,362	1,080	728	120	9,101
South Ayrshire	109,538	5,833	28,707	3,889	3,264	2,280	358	65,207
South Lanarkshire	303,470	12,703	69,411	9,205	6,175	4,346	860	200,770
Stirling	87,645	5,400	18,790	2,760	2,404	2,746	395	55,150
West Dunbartonshire	87,590	3,436	20,644	2,409	1,443	930	228	58,500
West Lothian	168,242	7,581	43,880	6,240	3,860	2,717	533	103,431