Languages spoken in Chester 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 Chester County [PA]

Table showing languages spoken in Chester 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	472,720	40	23,268	1,225
Speak only English at home	416,925	1,388	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	55,795	1,386	23,268	1,225
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	25,609	853	14,296	948
Spanish	25,610	853	14,295	948
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	18,539	1,330	4,969	803
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,134	338	427	157
French	2,135	338	425	157
French Creole	204	128	89	66
Italian	1,800	302	429	138
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	480	208	227	154
Portuguese	480	208	225	154
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,451	382	346	106
German	2,450	382	345	106
Other West Germanic languages	2,805	687	1,102	492
Pennsylvania Dutch	1,935	642	745	427
Dutch	810	355	335	266
Afrikaans	55	74	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	329	164	63	71
Swedish	255	132	55	68
Danish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	65	90	(B)	-
Greek	772	269	235	142
Russian	740	271	273	138
Polish	314	149	100	79
Serbo-Croatian languages	287	227	107	86
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	245	225	105	86
Other Slavic languages	458	200	169	158
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	270	182	(D)	(D)
Czech	45	40	(B)	-
Slovak	25	26	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Macedonian	40	65	(D)	(D)
Slovene	45	46	(B)	-
Armenian	183	112	46	49
Persian	278	162	154	131
Hindi	1,847	495	284	208
Gujarati	725	267	145	81
Urdu	635	251	129	84
Other Indic languages	1,360	337	302	147
India nec3	170	137	110	111
Bengali	375	213	40	38
Panjabi	70	59	35	35
Marathi	710	309	110	85
Nepali	35	35	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	737	304	342	198
Krio	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	90	81	50	46
Irish Gaelic	20	17	(B)	-
Albanian	385	290	245	204
Lithuanian	95	73	25	28
Latvian	80	68	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,451	637	3,672	387
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,046	539	1,681	272
Chinese	3,265	529	1,330	257
Cantonese	105	68	55	39
Mandarin	600	238	290	133
Formosan	65	61	(D)	(D)
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	309	146	105	76
Korean	885	243	399	138
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	130	116	48	51
Thai	69	48	30	31
Laotian	136	90	13	17
Vietnamese	784	300	350	157
Other Asian languages	3,262	564	900	258
Turkish	215	167	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,420	347	320	137
Kannada	75	81	(B)	-
Malayalam	415	174	145	97
Tamil	1,115	389	375	232
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	791	273	125	84
Other Pacific Island languages	39	38	21	31
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,196	288	331	138
Navajo	25	39	25	39
Hungarian	106	65	36	38
Arabic	477	178	204	112
Hebrew	168	112	11	17
African languages	322	154	55	44
Amharic	30	32	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilo-Hamitic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	45	37	(D)	(D)
Bantu	90	118	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	60	53	(D)	(D)
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	98	86	(B)	-
Estonian	70	79	(B)	-
Caucasian	30	34	(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.