Languages spoken in Greensboro-High Point, NC

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 Greensboro-High Point [NC]

Table showing languages spoken in Greensboro-High Point, NC

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	230	287	190	219
Afrikaans	40	40	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Amharic	380	248	130	102
Balinese	20	49	20	49
Bantu	100	67	(B)	-
Bengali	55	51	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	15	27	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	55	55	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	25	28	(D)	(D)
Chadic	500	319	270	183
Cham	80	104	45	46
Chamorro	75	78	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chinese	2,010	427	930	255
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	350	259	125	114
Czech	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Danish	60	45	(B)	-
Dutch	145	84	50	54
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French	2,585	639	995	472
Fulani	95	80	60	61
German	1,475	328	180	104
Gur	30	50	(D)	(D)
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	280	284	(D)	(D)
Indonesian	120	94	65	61
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kannada	225	188	(D)	(D)
Karen	855	463	665	377
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	865	344	235	237
Malay	40	48	(B)	-
Malayalam	225	180	170	169
Mandarin	180	110	85	69
Mande	275	201	125	86
Marathi	125	122	(B)	-
Mayan languages	45	79	45	79
Mbum (and related)	40	65	40	65
Micmac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	460	273	360	229
Nilo-Saharan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	20	25	(B)	-
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	175	146	90	94
Panjabi	230	137	40	54
Pashto	165	167	15	32
Patois	40	40	(B)	-
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Portuguese	335	213	(D)	(D)
Rajasthani	95	99	95	99
Romanian	80	65	(D)	(D)
Samoan	40	50	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	295	165	165	84
Serbocroatian	585	260	230	110
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Spanish	44,800	1,170	22,145	1,067
Sudanic	235	177	140	143
Swahili	325	289	235	239
Swedish	140	109	(B)	-
Tamil	185	151	(D)	(D)
Telugu	270	161	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	110	109	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	30	26	(B)	-
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
African languages	3,440	756	1,573	511
Arabic	1,879	504	762	271
Armenian	22	26	(B)	-
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,233	421	1,047	265
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,626	640	993	472
French Creole	200	160	86	70
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,475	328	182	104
Greek	214	110	62	55
Gujarati	285	151	104	88
Hebrew	136	106	(B)	-
Hindi	611	358	(B)	-
Hmong	196	196	189	193
Hungarian	38	46	(B)	-
Italian	517	191	50	49
Japanese	457	182	255	122
Korean	1,760	407	764	217
Laotian	704	344	385	210
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,679	577	740	253
Other and unspecified languages	76	84	46	79
Other Asian languages	1,878	546	936	397
Other Indic languages	1,417	435	649	294
Other Indo-European languages	299	184	30	35
Other Native North American languages	88	72	12	20
Other Pacific Island languages	416	175	134	92
Other Slavic languages	171	112	71	60
Other West Germanic languages	198	99	50	54
Persian	344	211	107	122
Polish	184	91	77	75
Population 5 years and over	685,632	128	36,269	1,749
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	336	213	28	33
Russian	313	193	186	125
Scandinavian languages	227	109	(B)	-
Serbo-Croatian languages	897	297	391	135
Tagalog	784	295	198	138
Thai	144	91	126	84
Urdu	1,371	500	606	227
Vietnamese	4,972	776	3,284	502
Yiddish	14	23	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,657	1,027	2,393	619
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	15,223	941	8,058	712
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	11,721	1,216	3,672	678
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	44,802	1,170	22,146	1,067
Speak a language other than English at home	77,403	1,974	36,269	1,749
Speak only English at home	608,229	1,979	(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.