Languages spoken in Anchorage Municipality, AK

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 Anchorage Municipality [AK]

Table showing languages spoken in Anchorage Municipality, AK

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	273,105	8	17,050	1,144
Speak only English at home	225,813	1,574	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	47,292	1,575	17,050	1,144
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	12,633	859	3,287	451
Spanish	12,635	859	3,285	451
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	6,720	824	1,506	404
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,058	285	128	106
French	1,035	289	130	106
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	81	85	26	39
Italian	202	117	47	40
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	174	119	73	68
Portuguese	165	116	75	68
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,743	353	225	120
German	1,745	353	225	120
Other West Germanic languages	153	73	(B)	-
Dutch	110	61	(B)	-
Afrikaans	45	42	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	359	155	50	39
Swedish	80	100	(D)	(D)
Danish	95	65	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	185	109	(D)	(D)
Greek	95	67	28	31
Russian	1,320	345	317	151
Polish	137	94	40	42
Serbo-Croatian languages	13	21	(B)	-
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	221	190	68	63
Ukrainian	20	21	10	13
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Macedonian	170	190	60	61
Persian	68	65	19	31
Hindi	51	45	(B)	-
Gujarati	123	177	(B)	-
Urdu	267	235	177	196
Other Indic languages	433	337	233	204
Bengali	90	101	35	43
Panjabi	40	80	(D)	(D)
Nepali	300	309	190	193
Other Indo-European languages	222	135	75	68
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	85	96	45	54
Romanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Albanian	50	59	(B)	-
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	22,555	1,060	10,898	1,028
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	882	363	519	279
Chinese	740	375	445	275
Cantonese	40	40	(B)	-
Mandarin	95	89	65	76
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	836	375	430	313
Korean	2,849	641	1,539	408
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	129	100	93	86
Hmong	3,031	889	1,687	617
Thai	776	310	408	179
Laotian	1,067	449	460	216
Vietnamese	435	255	315	194
Other Asian languages	619	340	187	122
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	105	139	50	62
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	40	53	(B)	-
Tamil	30	38	(B)	-
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mien	365	308	135	106
Tagalog	7,321	1,016	3,881	734
Other Pacific Island languages	4,610	651	1,379	332
Indonesian	20	30	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	135	97	70	67
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	575	347	280	172
Pampangan	95	93	55	58
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kusaiean	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	120	105	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	3,050	502	790	280
Tongan	215	195	55	42
Hawaiian	185	143	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,384	815	1,359	332
Navajo	96	95	16	28
Other Native North American languages	4,144	735	991	303
Aleut	115	88	(D)	(D)
Eskimo	335	188	70	61
Inupik	780	226	95	65
St Lawrence Island Yupik	50	51	(B)	-
Yupik	2,655	699	785	293
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Athapascan	75	58	(D)	(D)
Tlingit	65	52	(D)	(D)
Crow	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cupeno	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	41	56	19	30
Arabic	243	140	18	25
Hebrew	80	89	(B)	-
African languages	664	356	283	175
Nilotic	125	144	100	131
Swahili	70	85	(D)	(D)
Fulani	305	307	90	119
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	165	133	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	116	64	32	39
Finnish	95	58	30	39
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(B)	-

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.