Languages spoken in Clark County, WA

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 Clark County [WA]

Table showing languages spoken in Clark County, WA

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	403,416	5	24,490	1,607
Speak only English at home	347,034	2,552	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	56,382	2,552	24,490	1,607
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	19,629	1,041	7,857	645
Spanish	19,630	1,041	7,855	645
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	21,793	1,888	9,463	1,162
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	894	211	132	85
French	895	211	130	85
French Creole	22	34	22	34
Italian	158	73	21	24
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	227	161	17	29
Portuguese	225	161	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,946	329	217	87
German	1,945	329	215	87
Other West Germanic languages	262	114	68	56
Dutch	185	92	40	40
Afrikaans	75	94	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	273	157	41	45
Swedish	110	87	(D)	(D)
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	140	91	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	78	61	21	21
Russian	10,168	1,435	5,546	931
Polish	222	135	75	76
Serbo-Croatian languages	467	208	129	90
Serbocroatian	395	186	120	87
Croatian	70	88	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	3,586	749	2,102	488
Ukrainian	3,490	748	2,085	485
Czech	50	41	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	20	32	(D)	(D)
Persian	405	245	37	31
Hindi	300	185	96	73
Gujarati	58	60	(B)	-
Urdu	65	69	(B)	-
Other Indic languages	950	437	242	167
India nec3	130	173	(B)	-
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	680	410	220	165
Marathi	35	43	(B)	-
Nepali	85	97	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	1,712	589	697	291
Romanian	1,555	602	640	297
Lithuanian	110	109	45	53
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	30	50	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	13,171	892	6,604	625
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,651	443	1,413	318
Chinese	1,915	413	1,100	292
Cantonese	115	56	40	36
Mandarin	375	182	115	85
Formosan	250	139	160	123
Japanese	1,203	375	528	215
Korean	1,561	346	848	223
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	354	204	210	141
Hmong	21	40	11	20
Thai	218	157	162	116
Laotian	450	213	249	141
Vietnamese	3,389	620	1,959	442
Other Asian languages	654	301	362	190
Turkish	295	260	205	182
Telugu	90	92	(B)	-
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tamil	85	98	45	51
Tibetan	150	159	110	131
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	1,388	326	437	138
Other Pacific Island languages	1,282	384	425	167
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Javanese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	50	60	35	46
Bikol	105	148	(B)	-
Carolinian	25	37	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	275	170	120	79
Marshallese	45	40	(B)	-
Palau	65	70	(D)	(D)
Ponapean	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	295	276	20	30
Samoan	200	116	45	46
Hawaiian	100	124	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,789	493	566	351
Navajo	17	25	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	94	63	(B)	-
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Clallam	25	29	(B)	-
Mandan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	20	25	(B)	-
Hungarian	59	56	15	19
Arabic	437	247	14	19
Hebrew	163	142	33	35
African languages	805	377	488	341
Amharic	400	327	350	312
Cushite	90	132	85	132
Swahili	80	53	(D)	(D)
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	215	122	40	63
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	214	95	16	17
Finnish	205	94	(D)	(D)
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)

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.