Languages spoken in Columbus, OH

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 Columbus [OH]

Table showing languages spoken in Columbus, OH

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

Other Indic languages

Other Indo-European languages

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES

Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)

Other Asian languages

Tagalog

Other Pacific Island languages

ALL OTHER LANGUAGES

Navajo

Other Native North American languages

Other and unspecified languages

BY STATE
BY COUNTY
BY CITY

Language	Number of speakers	Margin of Error	Speak English less than "Very Well"	Margin of Error
African	105	86	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	35	39	(D)	(D)
Albanian	435	305	255	228
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Amharic	2,600	614	1,080	266
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Balinese	70	113	(B)	-
Bantu	665	289	210	133
Bengali	895	345	195	105
Berber	45	48	(D)	(D)
Bielorussian	45	145	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	25	33	(D)	(D)
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	250	173	60	73
Burmese	200	128	140	88
Cantonese	720	240	300	156
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	65	85	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	35	42	(D)	(D)
Chibchan	105	164	95	143
Chinese	8,960	860	4,400	589
Croatian	115	74	(D)	(D)
Cushite	12,200	1,361	5,545	783
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Danish	170	211	(B)	-
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	605	243	90	68
Estonian	35	33	(B)	-
Finnish	105	89	40	62
Formosan	215	154	150	139
French	7,355	919	2,005	511
Fulani	1,365	415	610	264
German	5,140	529	1,070	350
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hakka	15	24	15	24
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
India nec3	295	173	70	63
Indonesian	380	264	60	58
Irish Gaelic	105	46	35	34
Jamaican Creole	40	60	(D)	(D)
Kannada	455	181	75	77
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	300	230	100	115
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	5,185	897	1,265	319
Kuchin	90	75	35	40
Kurdish	100	120	55	64
Latvian	95	69	(B)	-
Lithuanian	100	101	35	33
Macedonian	775	290	255	144
Malay	60	41	60	41
Malayalam	665	279	155	137
Mandarin	1,745	385	595	233
Mande	530	333	160	126
Marathi	545	290	70	72
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	335	242	265	233
Nez Perce	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	30	36	(B)	-
Panjabi	485	264	140	109
Pashto	55	61	(D)	(D)
Patois	55	49	(B)	-
Pennsylvania Dutch	875	321	345	214
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pomo	105	155	(D)	(D)
Portuguese	1,300	447	380	230
Romanian	275	108	85	64
Romany	75	96	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	60	60	30	39
Serbocroatian	460	280	190	152
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	305	280	(D)	(D)
Slovak	180	121	25	26
Slovene	15	12	(B)	-
Spanish	50,520	1,707	22,335	1,094
Swahili	1,290	578	440	312
Swedish	135	104	(B)	-
Tamil	2,210	561	550	251
Telugu	3,590	784	755	297
Tibetan	165	196	165	196
Tiwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	745	307	275	155
Uighur	40	51	35	49
Ukrainian	960	441	345	158
Uncodable	50	51	(B)	-
African languages	24,069	1,828	9,363	884
Arabic	7,758	1,125	2,679	608
Armenian	117	103	27	44
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	11,655	818	5,466	622
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	7,409	907	2,005	511
French Creole	1,454	470	417	263
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,142	529	1,072	350
Greek	1,164	281	219	93
Gujarati	2,242	504	817	233
Hebrew	380	134	14	20
Hindi	4,559	859	984	402
Hmong	157	161	39	52
Hungarian	417	164	64	49
Italian	1,999	313	510	148
Japanese	2,931	502	1,679	343
Korean	4,185	660	1,866	368
Laotian	1,440	496	602	269
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	2,182	673	1,024	371
Other and unspecified languages	302	204	141	154
Other Asian languages	8,113	983	2,143	522
Other Indic languages	2,957	651	750	284
Other Indo-European languages	1,545	430	634	265
Other Native North American languages	329	191	89	76
Other Pacific Island languages	687	289	198	96
Other Slavic languages	2,231	553	695	217
Other West Germanic languages	1,511	426	456	218
Persian	952	278	279	132
Polish	804	201	321	155
Population 5 years and over	1,794,640	268	62,398	2,226
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,300	447	380	230
Russian	3,605	616	1,773	360
Scandinavian languages	345	240	(B)	-
Serbo-Croatian languages	633	285	241	159
Tagalog	2,503	501	722	207
Thai	837	267	464	176
Urdu	1,139	411	307	167
Vietnamese	3,055	664	1,611	370
Yiddish	84	51	10	16
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	33,255	2,222	12,350	1,145
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	37,745	1,495	15,814	1,004
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	41,192	2,148	11,897	1,074
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	50,519	1,707	22,337	1,094
Speak a language other than English at home	162,711	3,928	62,398	2,226
Speak only English at home	1,631,929	3,908	(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.