Languages spoken in Arapahoe County, CO

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 Arapahoe County [CO]

Table showing languages spoken in Arapahoe County, CO

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	544,932	83	51,100	1,780
Speak only English at home	424,635	2,454	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	120,297	2,456	51,100	1,780
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	66,568	1,773	29,961	1,139
Spanish	66,570	1,773	29,960	1,139
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	21,015	1,464	5,471	568
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,951	549	739	248
French	2,920	544	740	248
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	181	149	15	34
Italian	610	187	55	38
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	409	160	73	48
Portuguese	400	159	75	48
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,472	398	268	97
German	2,470	398	270	97
Yiddish	19	29	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	272	107	39	28
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	200	96	30	24
Afrikaans	60	51	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	381	176	22	30
Swedish	135	79	(D)	(D)
Danish	60	41	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	165	131	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	459	161	63	47
Russian	5,003	808	2,050	349
Polish	921	271	176	110
Serbo-Croatian languages	456	210	188	112
Serbocroatian	305	179	110	79
Croatian	50	32	(D)	(D)
Serbian	100	96	65	73
Other Slavic languages	625	220	183	110
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	320	174	140	103
Czech	80	50	25	23
Slovak	150	108	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	65	61	(D)	(D)
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	194	138	97	101
Persian	1,063	381	301	177
Hindi	1,156	321	101	64
Gujarati	51	50	10	17
Urdu	762	377	189	160
Other Indic languages	2,157	562	657	286
India nec3	270	213	(D)	(D)
Bengali	370	191	150	112
Panjabi	285	208	70	56
Marathi	110	88	(D)	(D)
Nepali	870	404	405	244
Sindhi	235	168	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	873	323	245	129
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	35	58	35	58
Romanian	110	74	20	25
Irish Gaelic	35	29	(B)	-
Albanian	65	93	10	48
Lithuanian	175	131	35	48
Pashto	265	228	70	72
Kurdish	90	107	50	64
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	20,507	916	10,437	763
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,285	600	1,793	419
Chinese	2,440	505	1,450	379
Cantonese	420	203	180	99
Mandarin	280	111	165	91
Formosan	145	98	(B)	-
Japanese	937	265	281	114
Korean	5,645	709	3,146	410
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	372	222	173	115
Hmong	74	78	6	10
Thai	476	175	332	146
Laotian	205	211	14	20
Vietnamese	3,914	658	2,638	509
Other Asian languages	3,064	729	1,135	368
Turkish	320	167	150	100
Mongolian	575	322	325	183
Telugu	775	327	180	128
Kannada	100	71	(B)	-
Malayalam	385	237	130	105
Tamil	550	314	25	34
Burmese	315	220	275	196
Karen	50	100	50	100
Tagalog	1,388	345	406	259
Other Pacific Island languages	1,147	418	513	215
Indonesian	720	317	340	160
Malay	50	64	(D)	(D)
Sundanese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	75	119	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	35	38	25	31
Pampangan	65	95	65	95
Marshallese	50	142	30	91
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,207	1,300	5,231	709
Navajo	166	116	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	212	127	96	102
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cree	125	113	95	102
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	25	26	(B)	-
Ute	25	33	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	194	142	54	70
Arabic	2,780	624	1,088	317
Hebrew	417	216	43	45
African languages	8,374	1,060	3,916	649
Amharic	5,000	840	2,610	568
Berber	20	23	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	320	213	215	155
Sudanic	105	169	(D)	(D)
Swahili	515	278	260	194
Bantu	255	178	75	53
Mande	185	115	135	93
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,905	618	515	220
African	40	41	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	64	64	34	54
Sonoran	(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.