Languages spoken in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-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 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News [VA-NC]

Table showing languages spoken in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    African(D)(D)(B)-
    Afrikaans8076(B)-
    Albanian1451282537
    American Indian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Amharic770303330185
    Bantu1451237097
    Bengali3001709086
    Berber(D)(D)(B)-
    Bielorussian(D)(D)(B)-
    Bihari3050(D)(D)
    Bikol7053(D)(D)
    Bisayan210168(B)-
    Bulgarian2251435546
    Burmese1201386577
    Cantonese345194205117
    Catalonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Caucasian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Chadic(D)(D)(B)-
    Chamorro75823049
    Cherokee(D)(D)(B)-
    Chinese3,7605911,575309
    Croatian45583038
    Cushite1851344034
    Czech4541(B)-
    Dakota(D)(D)(B)-
    Danish190130(D)(D)
    Dutch2751243537
    Estonian3550(D)(D)
    Faroese(D)(D)(B)-
    Finnish9071(B)-
    Formosan145988078
    French6,4007061,360296
    Fulani6047(D)(D)
    German6,645486925220
    Hawaiian(D)(D)(B)-
    Icelandic165116(D)(D)
    Ilocano20512811584
    India nec3260341135181
    Indonesian6052(D)(D)
    Irish Gaelic6058(B)-
    Jamaican Creole1251283031
    Kannada8554(B)-
    Kazakh(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Krio5548(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba2,195579620265
    Kurdish5050(D)(D)
    Latvian3034(B)-
    Lithuanian6566(B)-
    Macedonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Malay(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Malayalam70624547
    Mandarin940346470215
    Mande(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Marathi11079(D)(D)
    Marshallese(D)(D)(B)-
    Mikasuki(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Mohawk4571(B)-
    Mongolian50645064
    Nepali360227190164
    Nilo-Hamitic(D)(D)(B)-
    Nilotic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Norwegian185117(B)-
    Ojibwa(D)(D)(B)-
    Oriya(D)(D)(B)-
    Pakistan nec3145181(D)(D)
    Pampangan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Panjabi4302688570
    Pashto4554(D)(D)
    Patois180126(D)(D)
    Pidgin5040(B)-
    Polynesian(D)(D)(B)-
    Portuguese83521515590
    Potawatomi(D)(D)(B)-
    Romanian2851315046
    Samoan2102099590
    Sebuano4547(D)(D)
    Serbian135942527
    Serbocroatian1401196060
    Sindhi70103(B)-
    Sinhalese115945052
    Slovak6054(D)(D)
    Slovene(D)(D)(B)-
    Spanish58,9201,70718,5051,056
    Sudanic3551(D)(D)
    Swahili26515610075
    Swedish155943030
    Tamil330139(D)(D)
    Telugu655314145152
    Tibetan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Tlingit(D)(D)(B)-
    Tokelauan(D)(D)(B)-
    Tongan145178(B)-
    Turkish585218215137
    Uighur(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Ukrainian24517711088
    Uncodable(D)(D)(B)-
    Wu(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Yupik(D)(D)(B)-
    African languages3,8057351,246349
    Arabic2,6575621,179359
    Armenian62531824
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)5,2127012,341381
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)6,5807151,387295
    French Creole8642879775
    German (incl Luxembourgian)6,644486927220
    Greek1,766385364145
    Gujarati1,511397654239
    Hebrew2941224342
    Hindi1,016358234139
    Hmong813(B)-
    Hungarian157803649
    Italian2,625399416188
    Japanese2,237445671145
    Korean3,9484962,141341
    Laotian1501007979
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian899524365244
    Navajo813611
    Other and unspecified languages171962325
    Other Asian languages1,928424551243
    Other Indic languages1,869558576219
    Other Indo-European languages92523214879
    Other Native North American languages143901721
    Other Pacific Island languages1,174319352144
    Other Slavic languages612248177104
    Other West Germanic languages3581363537
    Persian808256279128
    Polish4781968653
    Population 5 years and over1,578,67124243,2321,345
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)83521515790
    Russian2,5754511,177309
    Scandinavian languages7032355740
    Serbo-Croatian languages32315911368
    Tagalog18,6631,0075,948635
    Thai463181253130
    Urdu622286160110
    Vietnamese3,8417632,414524
    Yiddish2738(B)-
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES7,2359812,550537
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES38,5231,19615,115858
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES31,2031,5187,062614
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE58,9211,70718,5051,056
    Speak a language other than English at home135,8822,52643,2321,345
    Speak only English at home1,442,7892,513(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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More



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