Languages spoken in Arlington County, VA

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 Arlington County [VA]

Table showing languages spoken in Arlington County, VA

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	202,409	5	17,092	1,272
Speak only English at home	143,798	1,479	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	58,611	1,480	17,092	1,272
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	28,544	802	8,022	725
Spanish	28,545	802	8,020	725
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	13,478	1,079	3,072	519
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,218	450	492	174
French	2,220	450	490	174
French Creole	61	58	14	24
Italian	711	197	136	86
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	499	169	90	51
Portuguese	500	169	90	51
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,107	258	118	79
German	1,105	258	120	79
Other West Germanic languages	147	81	23	33
Dutch	110	68	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	40	49	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	237	151	47	50
Swedish	100	104	(D)	(D)
Danish	100	102	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Icelandic	20	35	15	26
Greek	317	143	80	67
Russian	1,296	375	394	172
Polish	284	162	39	42
Serbo-Croatian languages	130	95	37	45
Serbocroatian	80	81	35	45
Serbian	50	36	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	430	170	18	20
Ukrainian	125	93	(B)	-
Czech	45	47	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	185	119	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	7	10	7	10
Persian	698	208	169	95
Hindi	875	309	63	53
Gujarati	268	194	37	46
Urdu	1,125	374	360	204
Other Indic languages	2,650	683	922	300
Bengali	1,305	463	345	193
Panjabi	555	330	260	166
Marathi	185	118	30	43
Nepali	435	316	210	179
Sinhalese	170	137	75	87
Other Indo-European languages	418	130	26	29
Jamaican Creole	40	50	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	105	82	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	150	90	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	35	50	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	60	48	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,651	880	4,006	621
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,704	543	994	369
Chinese	1,725	447	635	243
Cantonese	405	222	70	59
Mandarin	520	262	275	226
Formosan	55	55	(D)	(D)
Japanese	1,011	294	406	173
Korean	1,478	440	433	208
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	264	158	136	126
Thai	595	292	269	144
Laotian	206	162	42	44
Vietnamese	1,203	329	541	163
Other Asian languages	1,410	409	597	307
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	325	177	90	81
Mongolian	660	355	450	292
Telugu	130	97	(D)	(D)
Kannada	45	49	(B)	-
Malayalam	115	97	(B)	-
Tamil	100	73	30	33
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	1,658	452	511	228
Other Pacific Island languages	122	75	77	63
Indonesian	55	55	40	53
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,938	800	1,992	579
Navajo	13	20	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	62	40	(B)	-
Delta River Yuman	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Towa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	151	78	26	22
Arabic	1,566	435	480	198
Hebrew	55	60	(B)	-
African languages	3,827	640	1,440	506
Amharic	3,345	630	1,360	495
Cushite	80	56	35	37
Swahili	85	69	(B)	-
Bantu	125	116	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	160	112	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	264	162	46	65
Finnish	100	83	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Quechua	(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.