Languages spoken in Dayton, 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 Dayton [OH]

Table showing languages spoken in Dayton, 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
Afrikaans	35	40	(B)	-
Albanian	135	126	(D)	(D)
Amharic	190	91	120	72
Bantu	60	54	30	35
Bengali	150	124	35	35
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	60	74	(B)	-
Cantonese	165	109	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chinese	2,000	348	1,145	246
Choctaw	45	51	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	235	200	(D)	(D)
Czech	55	54	(D)	(D)
Danish	75	68	(D)	(D)
Dutch	110	59	(D)	(D)
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Formosan	175	148	65	57
French	2,475	418	740	250
German	2,855	449	410	105
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	155	173	110	121
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	65	59	(D)	(D)
Kannada	155	90	(D)	(D)
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	455	190	55	51
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	25	32	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	55	86	(B)	-
Malay	80	92	65	90
Malayalam	250	186	70	67
Mandarin	385	240	160	107
Mande	130	126	(B)	-
Marathi	45	58	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	30	34	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	350	215	95	70
Pashto	75	90	55	85
Pennsylvania Dutch	220	98	40	39
Portuguese	140	79	40	54
Romanian	145	166	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	165	102	(B)	-
Slovak	50	43	(D)	(D)
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Spanish	13,060	710	5,115	540
Swahili	200	152	100	119
Swedish	95	100	(B)	-
Tamil	635	227	115	87
Telugu	380	171	100	118
Turkish	580	352	260	137
Ukrainian	35	39	(B)	-
African languages	1,292	298	340	168
Arabic	2,366	653	786	302
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,722	469	1,383	283
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,477	418	740	250
French Creole	50	47	17	20
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,855	449	411	105
Greek	328	101	72	58
Gujarati	543	313	185	145
Hebrew	165	94	12	20
Hindi	1,289	344	154	90
Hungarian	144	87	12	17
Italian	520	178	133	95
Japanese	1,219	396	631	201
Korean	1,174	346	590	214
Laotian	138	129	54	51
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	63	79	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	8	17	8	17
Other Asian languages	2,064	415	566	203
Other Indic languages	896	345	237	150
Other Indo-European languages	483	258	201	127
Other Native North American languages	107	89	(B)	-
Other Pacific Island languages	116	105	77	92
Other Slavic languages	197	109	14	17
Other West Germanic languages	363	118	57	45
Persian	224	134	91	72
Polish	171	81	38	37
Population 5 years and over	753,579	80	13,818	865
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	138	79	39	54
Russian	683	271	300	156
Scandinavian languages	207	121	15	22
Serbo-Croatian languages	7	11	(B)	-
Tagalog	1,035	262	247	117
Thai	583	348	261	184
Urdu	489	270	86	67
Vietnamese	1,465	400	947	333
Yiddish	55	47	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,082	747	1,158	369
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,579	860	4,756	526
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	11,975	968	2,790	430
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	13,060	710	5,114	540
Speak a language other than English at home	39,696	1,414	13,818	865
Speak only English at home	713,883	1,434	(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.