Languages spoken in Bristol County, MA

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 Bristol County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Bristol County, MA

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	519,447	4	41,848	1,841
Speak only English at home	412,567	2,936	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	106,880	2,936	41,848	1,841
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	22,451	871	8,994	702
Spanish	22,450	871	8,995	702
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	75,147	2,953	29,183	1,553
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,320	527	771	243
French	4,290	527	740	236
Patois	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
French Creole	2,637	546	1,395	363
Italian	737	224	125	92
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	62,323	2,781	25,401	1,344
Portuguese	62,325	2,781	25,400	1,344
German (incl Luxembourgian)	445	132	32	24
German	445	132	30	24
Yiddish	24	25	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	102	77	(B)	-
Dutch	100	77	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	198	115	(B)	-
Swedish	105	107	(B)	-
Norwegian	85	47	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	903	315	291	153
Russian	363	221	136	109
Polish	964	257	290	144
Serbo-Croatian languages	9	15	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	86	67	49	39
Ukrainian	50	59	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	15	23	15	23
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	9	14	(B)	-
Persian	71	62	33	38
Hindi	509	225	128	83
Gujarati	444	259	243	141
Urdu	293	181	113	82
Other Indic languages	237	154	51	48
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	20	36	(B)	-
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marathi	80	96	(B)	-
Nepali	25	31	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	45	74	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	35	39	20	32
Other Indo-European languages	473	227	125	148
Jamaican Creole	25	25	(D)	(D)
Romanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	105	68	(B)	-
Albanian	165	148	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	55	46	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	6,742	568	3,117	391
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,876	503	892	262
Chinese	1,170	398	675	231
Cantonese	155	108	80	75
Mandarin	550	361	135	103
Japanese	80	44	44	31
Korean	381	166	180	93
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,735	470	959	258
Hmong	7	13	(B)	-
Thai	100	105	85	105
Laotian	90	66	27	23
Vietnamese	1,100	428	641	368
Other Asian languages	853	303	103	64
Turkish	45	106	(D)	(D)
Telugu	505	248	45	39
Kannada	75	114	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	60	63	(D)	(D)
Tamil	165	118	(B)	-
Tagalog	401	170	178	100
Other Pacific Island languages	119	111	8	13
Malay	30	48	(B)	-
Bisayan	30	31	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,540	548	554	180
Other Native North American languages	53	61	10	18
Algonquian	55	61	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	31	34	18	30
Arabic	1,324	366	355	130
Hebrew	425	297	11	17
African languages	589	258	141	115
Amharic	30	32	(D)	(D)
Chadic	25	38	(B)	-
Swahili	190	158	50	68
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mande	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	300	176	70	92
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	118	96	19	25
Finnish	50	79	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Quechua	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	40	53	(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.