Languages spoken in Bexar County, TX


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 Bexar County [TX]

Table showing languages spoken in Bexar County, TX






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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over1,622,139110200,6834,212
    Speak only English at home940,1035,654(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home682,0365,660200,6834,212
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE621,8645,366180,1094,030
    Spanish621,8655,366180,1104,030
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES25,5501,5215,902821
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)3,451515741290
    French3,435515725287
    Patois(D)(D)(D)(D)
    French Creole429401343379
    Italian1,09532511175
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)1,063396208178
    Portuguese1,065396210178
    German (incl Luxembourgian)6,151750795196
    German6,150750795196
    Yiddish1117(B)-
    Other West Germanic languages2211011216
    Dutch18592(D)(D)
    Afrikaans(D)(D)(B)-
    Scandinavian languages241118713
    Swedish10084(D)(D)
    Danish14094(B)-
    Greek3561427049
    Russian1,405422415179
    Polish865238303110
    Serbo-Croatian languages5063198166
    Serbocroatian4403028066
    Croatian5557(D)(D)
    Serbian(D)(D)(B)-
    Other Slavic languages3611922020
    Ukrainian3053(B)-
    Czech210135(D)(D)
    Bulgarian7583(D)(D)
    Slovene4560(B)-
    Armenian61534140
    Persian1,486592704415
    Hindi2,540537465228
    Gujarati976436270154
    Urdu1,461387483204
    Other Indic languages2,089583660284
    India nec32101955059
    Bengali2101179060
    Panjabi555301180149
    Marathi245173(D)(D)
    Nepali655402290223
    Sindhi(D)(D)(B)-
    Pakistan nec3165161(B)-
    Sinhalese3038(D)(D)
    Other Indo-European languages78225817385
    Jamaican Creole6049(D)(D)
    Krio(D)(D)(B)-
    Hawaiian Pidgin(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Pidgin(D)(D)(B)-
    Romanian4552219573
    Irish Gaelic6041(B)-
    Albanian7079(D)(D)
    Latvian1516(B)-
    Kurdish(D)(D)(D)(D)
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES27,4331,25911,763956
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)4,3506472,152419
    Chinese3,2606011,810397
    Cantonese33514610576
    Mandarin655277235162
    Formosan10099(D)(D)
    Japanese1,481359683248
    Korean3,5266851,961345
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian207134153114
    Hmong85754368
    Thai881247364119
    Laotian573370365205
    Vietnamese4,7247842,717598
    Other Asian languages5,0448101,667420
    Uighur(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Turkish765301270175
    Turkmen(D)(D)(B)-
    Mongolian45704570
    Telugu1,630414355158
    Kannada(D)(D)(B)-
    Malayalam64024512597
    Tamil1,260374260167
    Burmese380167370167
    Karen235183235183
    Tagalog5,6277201,399359
    Other Pacific Island languages935301259131
    Indonesian34023211592
    Malagasy(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Bisayan3546(D)(D)
    Sebuano1101135581
    Ilocano(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Bikol(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Pampangan6058(D)(D)
    Chamorro5045(B)-
    Samoan160146(D)(D)
    Tongan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Hawaiian105114(B)-
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES7,1891,3022,909887
    Navajo2312076162
    Other Native North American languages9268(B)-
    Kickapoo(D)(D)(B)-
    Micmac(D)(D)(B)-
    Apache(D)(D)(B)-
    Foothill North Yokuts(D)(D)(B)-
    Oneida(D)(D)(B)-
    Hungarian188153(B)-
    Arabic3,6841,0061,563563
    Hebrew4421823139
    African languages2,4408341,236707
    Amharic1751439082
    Chadic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Cushite320332300324
    Nilo-Hamitic45(B)-
    Swahili420211205151
    Bantu435588435588
    Fulani(D)(D)(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba91535814074
    Efik(D)(D)(B)-
    African(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other and unspecified languages112881822
    Estonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Caucasian(D)(D)(B)-
    Syriac(D)(D)(B)-
    Oto - Manguen(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Tupi-Guarani(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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More



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