Languages spoken in Broward County, FL

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 Broward County [FL]

Table showing languages spoken in Broward County, FL

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	1,679,692	95	248,936	4,774
Speak only English at home	1,044,093	6,367	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	635,599	6,375	248,936	4,774
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	390,651	3,463	150,154	3,821
Spanish	390,650	3,463	150,155	3,821
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	200,274	5,538	81,414	3,022
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	26,002	1,559	9,785	871
French	23,240	1,423	9,395	835
Patois	2,765	638	390	167
French Creole	95,374	4,601	45,495	2,585
Italian	8,431	923	2,597	401
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	24,048	2,110	10,143	1,168
Portuguese	23,960	2,113	10,115	1,169
Papia Mentae	90	87	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,280	504	903	239
German	5,270	500	905	239
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yiddish	2,119	392	140	77
Other West Germanic languages	1,862	458	178	177
Dutch	1,270	395	110	105
Afrikaans	590	221	65	113
Scandinavian languages	1,436	296	154	93
Swedish	555	197	70	68
Danish	290	139	(B)	-
Norwegian	460	184	65	57
Icelandic	135	96	(D)	(D)
Greek	2,441	580	605	282
Russian	6,295	943	3,070	618
Polish	3,246	557	1,002	292
Serbo-Croatian languages	996	315	236	120
Serbocroatian	155	132	20	24
Croatian	330	148	80	60
Serbian	515	226	135	105
Other Slavic languages	2,268	418	1,030	249
Ukrainian	405	199	155	101
Czech	590	234	310	176
Slovak	165	94	115	81
Bulgarian	735	232	365	149
Macedonian	330	209	85	72
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	619	247	283	188
Persian	1,132	431	371	191
Hindi	3,105	685	800	334
Gujarati	840	301	208	127
Urdu	6,366	1,249	1,517	373
Other Indic languages	2,602	509	854	349
India nec3	165	147	(D)	(D)
Bengali	1,515	446	655	314
Panjabi	450	186	95	74
Marathi	145	126	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sindhi	60	57	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	110	113	(B)	-
Sinhalese	105	113	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	5,812	1,101	2,043	562
Jamaican Creole	820	335	265	166
Krio	270	386	150	229
Catalonian	80	106	(D)	(D)
Romanian	3,770	906	1,260	418
Welsh	35	35	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	170	114	(B)	-
Albanian	345	296	180	184
Lithuanian	210	116	120	91
Latvian	35	35	(D)	(D)
Pashto	60	86	35	61
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	28,040	1,540	13,546	905
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,159	1,039	4,506	583
Chinese	5,885	739	3,385	519
Cantonese	1,390	573	705	294
Mandarin	795	333	375	175
Formosan	90	118	45	61
Japanese	702	236	394	161
Korean	2,172	513	1,142	294
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	52	52	23	27
Thai	574	209	364	161
Laotian	148	127	112	108
Vietnamese	5,228	1,003	3,002	647
Other Asian languages	5,904	947	2,254	708
Turkish	1,765	632	920	557
Mongolian	10	20	(B)	-
Telugu	825	351	170	151
Kannada	360	194	160	163
Malayalam	2,275	517	975	313
Tamil	605	261	(D)	(D)
Burmese	60	47	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	4,622	827	1,611	466
Other Pacific Island languages	479	226	138	111
Indonesian	100	88	70	81
Malay	100	91	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	70	63	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	130	148	20	36
Carolinian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	16,634	1,839	3,822	647
Navajo	6	11	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	271	113	19	18
Cree	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mikasuki	110	70	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	95	57	10	11
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tewa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	1,947	388	726	188
Arabic	5,113	966	1,355	400
Hebrew	7,226	1,259	1,532	451
African languages	1,769	465	161	93
Amharic	190	154	60	64
Chadic	95	140	(B)	-
Swahili	215	224	(D)	(D)
Bantu	30	44	(B)	-
Mande	60	96	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,140	368	50	41
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	302	154	29	47
Finnish	100	79	(B)	-
Estonian	45	54	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Misumalpan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	90	85	(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.