Languages spoken in Bucks County, PA

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 Bucks County [PA]

Table showing languages spoken in Bucks County, PA

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	592,917	113	22,864	1,305
Speak only English at home	528,448	2,076	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	64,469	2,086	22,864	1,305
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	17,663	1,036	6,679	682
Spanish	17,665	1,036	6,680	682
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	32,846	1,741	10,843	953
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,035	331	394	126
French	2,035	331	395	126
French Creole	491	229	181	131
Italian	3,018	461	884	206
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	639	218	196	86
Portuguese	640	218	195	86
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,790	320	452	133
German	2,790	320	450	133
Yiddish	127	81	26	44
Other West Germanic languages	563	197	127	81
Pennsylvania Dutch	245	96	45	49
Dutch	195	125	25	23
Afrikaans	120	107	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	199	77	53	41
Swedish	110	72	(D)	(D)
Danish	60	67	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	30	30	(D)	(D)
Greek	910	282	183	80
Russian	7,732	890	3,394	468
Polish	2,248	490	771	327
Serbo-Croatian languages	364	189	113	80
Serbocroatian	255	155	115	80
Serbian	110	83	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	2,207	432	805	201
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	1,890	391	710	197
Czech	50	56	(D)	(D)
Lusatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	120	82	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	90	85	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	40	54	(D)	(D)
Armenian	119	98	38	58
Persian	256	148	88	71
Hindi	1,977	519	435	201
Gujarati	4,054	706	1,832	445
Urdu	621	272	122	73
Other Indic languages	1,432	376	404	156
India nec3	260	187	80	74
Bengali	235	156	120	105
Panjabi	360	233	110	87
Marathi	415	263	45	50
Oriya	50	73	(B)	-
Sindhi	95	84	40	57
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	1,064	333	345	152
Jamaican Creole	35	45	(B)	-
Romanian	120	84	55	51
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	65	41	(B)	-
Albanian	535	272	235	125
Lithuanian	145	110	40	42
Latvian	85	86	(B)	-
Pashto	50	85	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	11,455	932	4,660	578
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,756	496	1,130	277
Chinese	2,170	469	795	208
Cantonese	265	137	95	102
Mandarin	300	162	230	159
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	180	138	19	22
Korean	2,506	533	1,079	292
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	406	276	268	195
Thai	200	123	100	83
Vietnamese	1,383	501	830	346
Other Asian languages	2,633	490	759	201
Turkish	570	205	290	119
Telugu	505	183	55	61
Kannada	155	126	50	53
Malayalam	1,110	388	330	131
Tamil	290	144	(D)	(D)
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	1,303	402	459	216
Other Pacific Island languages	88	63	16	26
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Maori	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,505	464	682	186
Hungarian	276	123	36	34
Arabic	924	294	330	138
Hebrew	386	169	49	36
African languages	791	254	220	118
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	80	53	15	17
Bantu	35	50	(B)	-
Mande	100	86	55	61
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	290	140	25	27
African	265	191	110	99
Other and unspecified languages	128	84	47	47
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	40	44	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	65	76	35	42
Syriac	(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.