diff --git a/django/views/i18n.py b/django/views/i18n.py
index ce78742fd8d..261d66fe8c8 100644
--- a/django/views/i18n.py
+++ b/django/views/i18n.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
 from django.template import Context, Engine
 from django.urls import translate_url
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.formats import get_format
 from django.utils.http import is_safe_url
 from django.utils.translation import (
@@ -68,16 +67,7 @@ def get_formats():
         'THOUSAND_SEPARATOR', 'NUMBER_GROUPING',
         'DATE_INPUT_FORMATS', 'TIME_INPUT_FORMATS', 'DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS'
     )
-    result = {}
-    for attr in FORMAT_SETTINGS:
-        result[attr] = get_format(attr)
-    formats = {}
-    for k, v in result.items():
-        if isinstance(v, (int, str)):
-            formats[k] = force_text(v)
-        elif isinstance(v, (tuple, list)):
-            formats[k] = [force_text(value) for value in v]
-    return formats
+    return {attr: get_format(attr) for attr in FORMAT_SETTINGS}
 
 
 js_catalog_template = r"""
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.0.txt b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
index 5afe526d134..450d8bd3da4 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ Miscellaneous
   require them. Third-party apps that use these methods may want to adopt a
   similar approach.
 
+* The ``FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK`` and ``NUMBER_GROUPING`` format settings are now
+  kept as integers in JavaScript and JSON i18n view outputs.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-2.0:
 
 Features deprecated in 2.0
diff --git a/js_tests/admin/jsi18n-mocks.test.js b/js_tests/admin/jsi18n-mocks.test.js
index 4858de6eb36..f04b0576f65 100644
--- a/js_tests/admin/jsi18n-mocks.test.js
+++ b/js_tests/admin/jsi18n-mocks.test.js
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
             "%m/%d/%y"
         ],
         "DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
-        "FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK": "0",
+        "FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK": 0,
         "MONTH_DAY_FORMAT": "F j",
-        "NUMBER_GROUPING": "3",
+        "NUMBER_GROUPING": 3,
         "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT": "m/d/Y P",
         "SHORT_DATE_FORMAT": "m/d/Y",
         "THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/templates/jsi18n.html b/tests/view_tests/templates/jsi18n.html
index d6093c8ef4a..df1c4b400c7 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/templates/jsi18n.html
+++ b/tests/view_tests/templates/jsi18n.html
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 </head>
 
 <body>
+  <p id="formats">
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+    document.write("DATE_INPUT_FORMATS is an " + typeof get_format("DATE_INPUT_FORMATS") + "; ");
+    document.write("DECIMAL_SEPARATOR is a " + typeof get_format("DECIMAL_SEPARATOR") + "; ");
+    document.write("FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK is a " + typeof get_format("FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK") + ";");
+    </script>
+  </p>
+
   <p id="gettext">
     <script type="text/javascript">
     document.write(gettext("Remove"));
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
index 25cc7cfab61..2c12177a598 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import (
     LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY, get_language, override,
 )
+from django.views.i18n import get_formats
 
 from ..urls import locale_dir
 
@@ -183,6 +184,14 @@ class SetLanguageTests(TestCase):
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='view_tests.urls')
 class I18NViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
     """Test django.views.i18n views other than set_language."""
+    @override_settings(LANGUAGE_CODE='de')
+    def test_get_formats(self):
+        formats = get_formats()
+        # Test 3 possible types in get_formats: integer, string, and list.
+        self.assertEqual(formats['FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK'], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(formats['DECIMAL_SEPARATOR'], '.')
+        self.assertEqual(formats['TIME_INPUT_FORMATS'], ['%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M:%S.%f', '%H:%M'])
+
     def test_jsi18n(self):
         """The javascript_catalog can be deployed with language settings"""
         for lang_code in ['es', 'fr', 'ru']:
@@ -214,6 +223,8 @@ class I18NViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
             data = json.loads(response.content.decode())
             self.assertIn('catalog', data)
             self.assertIn('formats', data)
+            self.assertEqual(data['formats']['TIME_INPUT_FORMATS'], ['%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M:%S.%f', '%H:%M'])
+            self.assertEqual(data['formats']['FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK'], 0)
             self.assertIn('plural', data)
             self.assertEqual(data['catalog']['month name\x04May'], 'Mai')
             self.assertIn('DATETIME_FORMAT', data['formats'])
@@ -398,6 +409,11 @@ class I18nSeleniumTests(SeleniumTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(elem.text, "1 Resultat")
         elem = self.selenium.find_element_by_id("npgettext_plur")
         self.assertEqual(elem.text, "455 Resultate")
+        elem = self.selenium.find_element_by_id("formats")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            elem.text,
+            "DATE_INPUT_FORMATS is an object; DECIMAL_SEPARATOR is a string; FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK is a number;"
+        )
 
     @modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': ['view_tests.app1', 'view_tests.app2']})
     @override_settings(LANGUAGE_CODE='fr')
