Languages spoken in Raleigh, 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 Raleigh [NC]

Table showing languages spoken in Raleigh, 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	45	41	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	315	195	(D)	(D)
Albanian	140	129	55	56
Amharic	890	357	340	225
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bantu	910	555	75	68
Bengali	890	291	315	153
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	60	53	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	250	186	60	59
Burmese	80	72	55	40
Cantonese	305	175	145	115
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	45	65	(B)	-
Cham	190	219	145	158
Cherokee	115	104	(B)	-
Chinese	6,700	783	2,515	454
Croatian	50	66	(B)	-
Cushite	415	303	160	144
Czech	245	203	(D)	(D)
Danish	130	158	(B)	-
Dutch	465	193	(B)	-
Estonian	50	68	(D)	(D)
Finnish	45	54	(B)	-
Formosan	295	184	235	158
French	5,445	818	1,145	332
Fulani	895	637	65	58
German	2,785	452	255	93
Gondi	255	277	(D)	(D)
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	175	139	(D)	(D)
Indonesian	235	201	60	61
Irish Gaelic	70	56	(B)	-
Jamaican Creole	35	41	(B)	-
Kannada	700	262	65	61
Karen	215	133	205	132
Krio	155	175	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,465	434	220	172
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	150	181	(B)	-
Lithuanian	80	83	(D)	(D)
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	900	342	65	53
Mandarin	1,010	329	435	181
Mande	105	90	(B)	-
Marathi	575	297	145	132
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	825	465	345	302
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	55	40	(B)	-
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	855	408	305	218
Pashto	35	67	(B)	-
Patois	40	58	(D)	(D)
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Portuguese	1,135	295	340	196
Romanian	380	268	135	119
Saramacca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	55	59	(B)	-
Serbocroatian	30	29	(B)	-
Sindhi	40	46	(B)	-
Sinhalese	205	162	(D)	(D)
Slovak	95	89	(D)	(D)
Slovene	70	65	(D)	(D)
Spanish	94,695	1,803	47,300	2,184
Swahili	1,240	507	530	347
Swedish	275	158	35	33
Syriac	30	68	25	52
Tamil	2,200	586	300	130
Tarascan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	2,675	548	425	191
Turkish	445	259	125	81
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	270	177	95	101
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African languages	6,002	1,167	1,404	427
Arabic	5,697	1,123	1,596	373
Armenian	23	25	(B)	-
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,344	884	3,323	557
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,489	819	1,178	332
French Creole	435	214	117	74
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,804	453	253	93
Greek	476	212	56	71
Gujarati	3,212	779	1,137	373
Hebrew	368	166	44	46
Hindi	4,689	903	714	325
Hmong	146	126	37	58
Hungarian	381	240	42	38
Italian	1,426	418	196	84
Japanese	1,082	315	353	168
Korean	3,581	794	1,960	440
Laotian	174	152	30	62
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	330	281	101	94
Other and unspecified languages	320	199	78	87
Other Asian languages	7,497	783	1,258	298
Other Indic languages	3,619	753	1,185	417
Other Indo-European languages	1,124	474	255	149
Other Native North American languages	117	104	(B)	-
Other Pacific Island languages	556	321	256	187
Other Slavic languages	960	341	228	129
Other West Germanic languages	792	289	29	36
Persian	1,567	585	570	285
Polish	684	331	156	93
Population 5 years and over	1,081,182	107	67,650	2,692
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,133	295	338	196
Russian	1,111	297	239	103
Scandinavian languages	417	229	33	33
Serbo-Croatian languages	132	92	(B)	-
Tagalog	1,947	530	377	159
Thai	588	277	198	147
Urdu	1,461	426	250	114
Vietnamese	4,063	879	2,359	686
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,885	1,736	3,164	618
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	28,308	1,168	10,252	987
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	31,554	1,839	6,934	912
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	94,693	1,803	47,300	2,184
Speak a language other than English at home	167,440	3,067	67,650	2,692
Speak only English at home	913,742	3,056	(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.