Languages spoken in Anne Arundel County, MD

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 Anne Arundel County [MD]

Table showing languages spoken in Anne Arundel County, MD

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	509,623	36	19,094	1,140
Speak only English at home	455,763	1,547	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	53,860	1,545	19,094	1,140
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	25,880	1,166	11,271	1,014
Spanish	25,880	1,166	11,270	1,014
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	13,023	1,083	2,846	464
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,401	465	349	146
French	2,260	454	350	146
Patois	140	102	(B)	-
French Creole	105	86	2	6
Italian	606	187	141	75
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,012	550	290	191
Portuguese	1,010	550	290	191
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,992	321	218	101
German	1,990	321	220	101
Other West Germanic languages	206	104	34	29
Dutch	200	104	35	29
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	103	72	(B)	-
Swedish	45	54	(B)	-
Danish	40	37	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	982	388	136	94
Russian	663	289	78	54
Polish	522	171	101	58
Serbo-Croatian languages	138	127	70	110
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	100	121	50	106
Other Slavic languages	375	143	151	98
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	155	102	60	61
Czech	135	83	55	63
Slovak	40	44	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	70	55	(B)	-
Persian	230	110	2	5
Hindi	695	298	210	143
Gujarati	521	247	173	128
Urdu	1,411	475	556	259
Other Indic languages	550	292	228	152
Bengali	210	232	55	90
Panjabi	140	115	50	58
Marathi	60	64	(D)	(D)
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	125	113	105	106
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	441	222	107	79
Krio	155	174	(B)	-
Romanian	105	85	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	40	51	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	80	66	35	40
Latvian	40	64	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	11,984	882	4,516	488
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,980	417	685	245
Chinese	1,440	407	515	206
Cantonese	205	129	120	84
Mandarin	235	136	(D)	(D)
Formosan	80	50	(D)	(D)
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	576	183	126	84
Korean	3,323	541	1,770	347
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	118	110	56	54
Thai	199	129	59	38
Laotian	75	85	48	80
Vietnamese	1,131	405	512	274
Other Asian languages	1,586	391	398	148
Turkish	270	166	45	38
Telugu	370	187	110	69
Kannada	60	60	(B)	-
Malayalam	320	185	(D)	(D)
Tamil	315	207	55	64
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	155	151	80	81
Paleo-siberian	45	78	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	2,803	727	825	291
Other Pacific Island languages	193	100	37	33
Indonesian	85	82	(B)	-
Bisayan	50	46	25	23
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,973	534	461	173
Navajo	10	15	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	9	17	(B)	-
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	47	47	(B)	-
Arabic	898	323	180	117
Hebrew	242	147	37	59
African languages	1,644	445	207	110
Amharic	70	70	(D)	(D)
Cushite	65	100	(B)	-
Swahili	175	109	(D)	(D)
Bantu	40	65	(D)	(D)
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,255	394	120	80
Other and unspecified languages	123	100	37	55
Finnish	75	86	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
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.