Languages spoken in Albany County, NY

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 Albany County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Albany County, NY

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
Population 5 years and over	290,008	36	11,442	969
Speak only English at home	254,542	1,450	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	35,466	1,457	11,442	969
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	9,783	855	2,478	428
Spanish	9,785	855	2,480	428
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	14,500	930	4,514	571
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,141	388	520	182
French	2,075	380	520	182
Patois	65	102	(B)	-
French Creole	487	194	87	76
Italian	2,165	339	818	186
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	250	172	60	95
Portuguese	250	172	60	95
German (incl Luxembourgian)	725	152	130	64
German	725	152	130	64
Yiddish	37	36	5	10
Other West Germanic languages	158	146	20	35
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	130	139	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	38	32	(B)	-
Swedish	20	26	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	594	335	126	76
Russian	944	282	366	111
Polish	1,067	323	360	189
Serbo-Croatian languages	216	152	108	78
Serbocroatian	155	129	75	61
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	50	51	35	40
Other Slavic languages	303	138	130	76
Ukrainian	255	133	130	76
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	25	27	(B)	-
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	89	68	(B)	-
Persian	148	88	38	43
Hindi	952	335	168	112
Gujarati	557	294	187	148
Urdu	1,268	392	447	167
Other Indic languages	1,176	315	361	155
India nec3	110	158	(D)	(D)
Bengali	655	233	265	128
Panjabi	150	91	(D)	(D)
Marathi	85	102	(B)	-
Oriya	50	76	(D)	(D)
Nepali	95	108	(B)	-
Sinhalese	30	46	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,185	462	583	279
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	55	73	55	73
Irish Gaelic	20	24	(B)	-
Albanian	810	399	450	241
Lithuanian	40	42	(B)	-
Latvian	75	112	(D)	(D)
Pashto	170	153	40	35
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	8,016	686	3,750	550
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,458	505	1,772	392
Chinese	2,835	446	1,455	329
Cantonese	200	136	65	66
Mandarin	420	221	245	182
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	274	152	120	68
Korean	1,142	414	613	232
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	16	25	9	14
Thai	305	197	222	166
Laotian	72	76	39	61
Vietnamese	501	262	351	199
Other Asian languages	1,626	382	504	229
Turkish	25	26	(B)	-
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	655	279	75	72
Malayalam	250	141	60	67
Tamil	295	213	45	55
Tibetan	50	52	25	34
Karen	345	261	300	223
Tagalog	617	362	120	165
Other Pacific Island languages	5	7	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	3,167	769	700	253
Other Native North American languages	18	21	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	40	35	1	2
Arabic	1,625	619	496	231
Hebrew	296	161	61	66
African languages	1,177	443	133	100
Amharic	40	53	(D)	(D)
Chadic	40	44	(B)	-
Nilotic	85	141	(B)	-
Swahili	315	221	(B)	-
Fulani	20	17	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	670	336	115	98
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	11	16	9	15
Caucasian	10	16	(D)	(D)

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.