Languages spoken in Cobb County, GA

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 Cobb County [GA]

Table showing languages spoken in Cobb County, GA

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	651,092	62	49,865	2,037
Speak only English at home	518,899	2,643	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	132,193	2,646	49,865	2,037
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	73,021	1,730	33,529	1,664
Spanish	73,020	1,730	33,530	1,664
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	31,788	2,154	8,364	1,071
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,396	1,034	1,345	490
French	5,140	1,009	1,295	484
Patois	260	159	50	62
French Creole	3,175	697	599	245
Italian	432	161	63	55
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	4,337	981	1,659	539
Portuguese	4,275	981	1,660	539
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,393	371	193	87
German	2,385	371	195	87
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yiddish	11	14	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	622	279	85	87
Dutch	305	138	85	87
Afrikaans	320	207	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	287	132	(B)	-
Swedish	155	99	(B)	-
Danish	80	60	(B)	-
Norwegian	40	62	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	468	218	116	76
Russian	1,506	486	496	214
Polish	689	298	163	109
Serbo-Croatian languages	540	325	221	157
Serbocroatian	310	255	185	148
Croatian	185	165	35	43
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	740	252	257	144
Ukrainian	135	139	60	55
Czech	120	114	(D)	(D)
Slovak	45	44	30	39
Bulgarian	440	195	140	123
Armenian	12	19	12	19
Persian	1,783	474	559	207
Hindi	2,607	630	692	285
Gujarati	2,497	736	603	291
Urdu	975	369	298	151
Other Indic languages	2,638	747	787	360
India nec3	420	275	90	80
Bengali	925	476	220	174
Panjabi	430	331	285	253
Marathi	495	264	125	97
Assamese	25	42	(D)	(D)
Nepali	220	186	40	53
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	680	266	216	139
Jamaican Creole	85	89	(B)	-
Krio	60	56	(B)	-
Romanian	435	239	205	138
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	65	64	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	17,662	1,201	6,817	848
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,610	744	1,728	387
Chinese	3,485	731	1,475	381
Cantonese	195	127	35	36
Mandarin	890	320	200	120
Formosan	40	39	(D)	(D)
Japanese	975	384	407	194
Korean	2,946	711	1,514	403
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	162	124	74	69
Hmong	95	93	6	15
Thai	97	59	75	62
Laotian	341	210	118	93
Vietnamese	3,130	742	1,617	494
Other Asian languages	3,661	771	890	371
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	310	147	125	94
Gondi	50	79	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,525	556	200	154
Kannada	130	124	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	280	188	(D)	(D)
Tamil	1,355	419	500	301
Tagalog	1,257	366	259	134
Other Pacific Island languages	388	241	129	85
Indonesian	250	222	85	73
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	25	41	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	9,722	1,240	1,155	405
Other Native North American languages	75	88	(B)	-
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	76	51	14	23
Arabic	1,569	667	468	342
Hebrew	397	232	39	32
African languages	7,515	1,077	634	237
Amharic	805	479	60	57
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	2,475	622	220	142
Bantu	305	203	55	57
Mande	110	84	(D)	(D)
Fulani	315	159	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	3,415	780	255	163
Efik	45	70	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	90	72	(B)	-
Finnish	45	52	(B)	-
Caucasian	35	52	(B)	-
Uncodable	(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.