Languages spoken in Bergen County, NJ

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 Bergen County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Bergen County, NJ

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	863,263	16	125,402	2,843
Speak only English at home	529,525	3,989	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	333,738	3,985	125,402	2,843
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	123,191	1,724	44,727	1,706
Spanish	123,185	1,725	44,725	1,705
Ladino	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	98,918	3,437	34,110	1,536
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,346	483	586	145
French	3,335	481	585	145
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	394	180	66	41
Italian	13,746	1,065	4,587	507
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	5,359	970	2,072	493
Portuguese	5,360	970	2,070	493
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,153	400	368	102
German	3,155	400	370	102
Yiddish	496	145	66	52
Other West Germanic languages	416	155	(B)	-
Dutch	345	141	(B)	-
Afrikaans	70	56	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	407	143	14	23
Swedish	240	114	(D)	(D)
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	150	84	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	4,972	780	1,298	337
Russian	11,651	1,243	4,966	761
Polish	16,254	1,183	8,270	731
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,735	630	1,005	316
Serbocroatian	550	288	250	174
Croatian	1,720	502	565	221
Serbian	460	207	190	145
Other Slavic languages	3,879	799	1,617	467
Ukrainian	1,450	505	650	279
Czech	130	82	35	43
Slovak	465	335	220	252
Bulgarian	505	252	170	95
Macedonian	1,320	405	545	217
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	3,462	585	1,288	304
Persian	2,538	775	699	226
Hindi	5,889	781	1,049	248
Gujarati	7,052	1,104	2,334	456
Urdu	3,780	840	615	194
Other Indic languages	4,620	689	1,513	349
India nec3	925	349	360	181
Bengali	1,060	512	245	142
Panjabi	1,740	455	785	256
Marathi	470	192	55	50
Kashmiri	70	85	(D)	(D)
Nepali	80	71	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	80	60	25	25
Sinhalese	190	169	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	4,769	751	1,697	406
Jamaican Creole	80	84	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	890	356	215	185
Irish Gaelic	105	71	(D)	(D)
Albanian	3,320	619	1,325	306
Lithuanian	85	71	(D)	(D)
Latvian	125	100	(D)	(D)
Pashto	4	33	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	125	179	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	93,875	1,964	41,604	1,463
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	13,189	1,342	5,944	825
Chinese	10,225	1,203	4,455	714
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	615	223	300	160
Mandarin	1,525	384	790	263
Formosan	775	278	360	146
Wu	45	51	30	47
Japanese	5,316	677	2,876	453
Korean	48,918	2,159	24,757	1,272
Hmong	8	13	(B)	-
Thai	713	325	384	224
Vietnamese	621	356	408	325
Other Asian languages	10,370	1,066	3,408	563
Uighur	50	57	(B)	-
Turkish	3,855	607	1,930	424
Mongolian	90	148	(B)	-
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,750	487	420	208
Kannada	270	167	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	2,190	506	765	229
Tamil	1,735	536	175	150
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	380	226	85	72
Tagalog	14,150	1,343	3,633	534
Other Pacific Island languages	590	215	194	122
Indonesian	275	163	80	76
Javanese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	75	65	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	90	100	50	74
Sebuano	10	18	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	60	64	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	40	37	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	17,754	1,532	4,961	736
Other Native North American languages	56	89	9	15
American Indian	55	89	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	822	273	391	217
Arabic	9,258	1,298	3,145	588
Hebrew	5,093	756	544	158
African languages	1,342	403	300	152
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	185	166	(D)	(D)
Bantu	50	53	(B)	-
Fulani	40	51	(B)	-
Gur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	940	369	250	147
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	1,183	471	572	243
Finnish	55	56	40	49
Estonian	65	55	40	47
Caucasian	185	159	75	86
Syriac	835	418	395	208
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.