Languages spoken in Richmond, VA

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 Richmond [VA]

Table showing languages spoken in Richmond, VA

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	220	127	(D)	(D)
Albanian	115	171	(D)	(D)
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Amharic	935	347	275	137
Bantu	300	161	140	121
Bengali	955	282	395	165
Bisayan	70	66	45	49
Bulgarian	165	99	(D)	(D)
Burmese	195	179	145	129
Cantonese	365	197	230	157
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	65	56	(B)	-
Cherokee	25	30	(D)	(D)
Chinese	3,905	607	1,775	366
Croatian	20	21	(B)	-
Crow	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	85	104	85	104
Czech	45	35	(D)	(D)
Dakota	45	36	(B)	-
Danish	140	113	(D)	(D)
Dravidian	20	25	(D)	(D)
Dutch	220	127	(B)	-
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Finnish	80	53	(B)	-
Formosan	70	52	50	44
French	3,485	479	855	237
Fulani	135	142	35	47
German	3,865	511	615	168
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	350	252	50	47
Indonesian	45	65	(D)	(D)
Jamaican Creole	95	62	(D)	(D)
Kannada	180	115	(D)	(D)
Karen	150	222	150	222
Kazakh	110	131	(B)	-
Keres	135	163	135	163
Krio	290	209	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,280	434	185	106
Kurdish	70	107	(D)	(D)
Latvian	55	51	(B)	-
Lithuanian	10	22	(D)	(D)
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	660	274	235	155
Mandarin	485	192	135	100
Mande	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Marathi	620	252	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	120	182	120	182
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	495	330	155	175
Nilo-Hamitic	345	502	145	211
Nilo-Saharan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	70	61	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	85	121	55	76
Pakistan nec3	75	112	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	570	294	80	69
Patois	35	35	(D)	(D)
Pennsylvania Dutch	85	89	(B)	-
Portuguese	1,405	399	495	194
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	480	224	85	78
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	50	85	(D)	(D)
Serbocroatian	1,230	492	495	230
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Spanish	49,745	1,412	23,610	1,004
Sudanic	50	67	(D)	(D)
Swahili	475	227	195	137
Swedish	75	68	(D)	(D)
Syriac	30	48	30	48
Tamil	1,205	500	285	129
Telugu	2,290	590	485	212
Tlingit	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	545	197	185	121
Tuscarora	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	25	41	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	265	212	65	75
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African languages	3,676	827	1,116	350
Arabic	4,406	901	1,393	460
Armenian	55	38	(B)	-
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,822	650	2,188	423
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,519	486	862	236
French Creole	482	202	106	85
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,867	511	616	168
Greek	915	304	359	198
Gujarati	1,221	338	518	212
Hebrew	186	129	50	46
Hindi	2,570	476	502	278
Hungarian	285	137	90	104
Italian	1,157	306	289	138
Japanese	927	258	436	180
Korean	3,860	669	1,954	402
Laotian	113	79	63	62
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,531	426	771	296
Navajo	33	27	9	16
Other and unspecified languages	325	234	203	200
Other Asian languages	5,382	780	1,536	380
Other Indic languages	3,072	563	717	263
Other Indo-European languages	1,124	427	218	131
Other Native North American languages	227	172	142	162
Other Pacific Island languages	283	126	78	61
Other Slavic languages	482	214	88	85
Other West Germanic languages	521	196	22	26
Persian	740	266	232	137
Polish	477	296	113	121
Population 5 years and over	1,147,273	270	43,510	1,501
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,406	399	494	194
Russian	1,678	375	741	236
Scandinavian languages	289	162	33	39
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,299	508	507	233
Tagalog	1,718	332	275	114
Thai	349	171	216	149
Urdu	1,477	479	407	153
Vietnamese	4,762	754	2,558	522
Yiddish	30	26	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	9,138	1,390	3,003	647
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	23,747	1,205	10,075	880
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	26,381	1,674	6,824	785
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	49,744	1,412	23,608	1,004
Speak a language other than English at home	109,010	2,299	43,510	1,501
Speak only English at home	1,038,263	2,216	(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.