Languages spoken in Anchorage, AK


In October 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released the "2009-2013 American Community Survey" which provides information on "languages spoken at home" and "ability to speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over" for the United States as a whole, states including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., selected counties, and selected cities and urban areas. The following provides aggregated survey information on languages spoken in Anchorage [AK]

Table showing languages spoken in Anchorage, AK






Population 5 years and over
Speak only English at home
Speak a language other than English at home
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
  • French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
  • French Creole
  • Italian
  • Portuguese (incl. Portuguese Creole)
  • German (incl. Luxembourgian)
  • Yiddish
  • Other West Germanic languages
  • Scandinavian languages
  • Greek
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Serbo-Croatian languages
  • Other Slavic languages
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Afrikaans4542(B)-
    Albanian120116(D)(D)
    Aleut1951054036
    American Indian(D)(D)(B)-
    Amharic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Apache(D)(D)(B)-
    Athapascan11566(D)(D)
    Azerbaijani(D)(D)(B)-
    Basque(D)(D)(B)-
    Bengali901013543
    Bisayan1701177067
    Blackfoot(D)(D)(B)-
    Bulgarian(D)(D)(B)-
    Burmese(D)(D)(B)-
    Cajun(D)(D)(B)-
    Cantonese4040(B)-
    Carolinian(D)(D)(B)-
    Chamorro4555(B)-
    Cherokee(D)(D)(B)-
    Chinese855405480282
    Crow(D)(D)(B)-
    Cupeno(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Czech(D)(D)(B)-
    Dakota1014(B)-
    Danish12063(D)(D)
    Dravidian(D)(D)(B)-
    Dutch14064(B)-
    Eskimo3651897560
    Finnish100573039
    Formosan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    French1,195278140107
    Fulani30530790119
    German2,140374255122
    Hawaiian225147(B)-
    Ilocano575347280172
    Indonesian25311523
    Inupik1,03024211067
    Irish Gaelic7079(D)(D)
    Jamaican Creole(D)(D)(B)-
    Keres(D)(D)(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba165133(D)(D)
    Kuchin2020(D)(D)
    Kusaiean(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Latvian4550(D)(D)
    Lithuanian3032(B)-
    Macedonian1701906061
    Malay(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Mandarin100907077
    Marshallese(D)(D)(B)-
    Micronesian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Mien365308135106
    Mongolian(D)(D)(B)-
    Nepali300309190193
    Nilotic125144100131
    Norwegian195109(D)(D)
    Palau120105(B)-
    Pampangan95935558
    Panjabi4080(D)(D)
    Papia Mentae(D)(D)(B)-
    Patois(D)(D)(B)-
    Pidgin90954554
    Polynesian(D)(D)(B)-
    Portuguese2001158068
    Romanian(D)(D)(B)-
    Samoan3,095505790280
    Sebuano(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Serbocroatian(D)(D)(B)-
    Slovak(D)(D)(B)-
    Slovene(D)(D)(B)-
    Spanish14,0409503,500446
    St Lawrence Island Yupik5051(B)-
    Swahili7085(D)(D)
    Swedish85100(D)(D)
    Tamil3038(B)-
    Telugu4053(B)-
    Tibetan(D)(D)(B)-
    Tlingit7550(D)(D)
    Tongan2151955542
    Turkish1051395062
    Ukrainian480489435480
    Uncodable(D)(D)(B)-
    Yupik3,005714845290
    African languages682358301178
    Arabic3432074450
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)1,002392560286
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)1,226273139107
    French Creole81852639
    German (incl Luxembourgian)2,142374256122
    Greek101693133
    Gujarati123177(B)-
    Hebrew11393(B)-
    Hindi5145(B)-
    Hmong3,0608841,690617
    Hungarian44561930
    Italian2751245241
    Japanese973435446315
    Korean2,9896411,569408
    Laotian1,079449463217
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian1291009386
    Navajo96951628
    Other and unspecified languages121643239
    Other Asian languages621340187122
    Other Indic languages433337233204
    Other Indo-European languages37315511867
    Other Native North American languages4,9487491,106302
    Other Pacific Island languages4,8016611,384332
    Other Slavic languages695516492482
    Other West Germanic languages18276(B)-
    Persian68651931
    Polish2081189176
    Population 5 years and over357,7193518,4901,073
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)2121188268
    Russian2,323514520174
    Scandinavian languages3971515039
    Serbo-Croatian languages1321(B)-
    Tagalog7,4931,0483,952750
    Thai815312412179
    Urdu272235177196
    Vietnamese699342429223
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES6,3478901,518338
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES23,6611,13511,1851,045
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES9,1759422,286582
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE14,0419503,501446
    Speak a language other than English at home53,2241,61018,4901,073
    Speak only English at home304,4951,610(X)(X)

    Notes
    • Number of speakers and Speak English less than "Very Well": Detailed-language estimates are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Aggregate estimates ("language category" and "language sub-category" entries) are unrounded and appear in table B16001. Detailed-language estimates may not sum to aggregate estimates because of rounding.
    • Margin of Error and Margin of Error: Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data. The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.
    • (D): Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
    • (B): Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
    • (X): Question does not apply.
    • -: Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
    • 3 N.E.C. stands for not elsewhere classified. These are languages where respondents indicated they spoke either Indian or Pakistan. For Indian, it cannot be determined if the respondent spoke a native American language or spoke a language from India. For Pakistan, respondents wrote in Pakistan but it cannot be determined which one of the languages spoken in Pakistan is actually being spoken. To distinguish these languages, n.e.c. is used to indicated they are not classified in any other language code.
    • This category includes literal write-ins of Chinese as well as Hakka, Kan, Hsiang, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fuchow, Formosan, and Wu.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More



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