Languages spoken in Dakota County, MN

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 Dakota County [MN]

Table showing languages spoken in Dakota County, MN

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	374,908	35	15,771	983
Speak only English at home	332,265	1,638	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	42,643	1,641	15,771	983
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	17,282	951	7,419	647
Spanish	17,280	951	7,420	647
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	8,137	743	2,017	361
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,379	304	195	80
French	1,380	304	195	80
French Creole	75	67	10	16
Italian	110	64	20	23
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	171	94	55	62
Portuguese	170	94	55	62
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,117	203	157	53
German	1,115	203	155	53
Yiddish	20	26	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	57	46	36	39
Dutch	10	9	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	50	45	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	486	141	11	12
Swedish	75	53	(B)	-
Danish	95	67	(B)	-
Norwegian	270	115	10	12
Icelandic	45	41	(B)	-
Greek	126	129	4	6
Russian	1,764	377	884	240
Polish	194	83	46	37
Serbo-Croatian languages	195	122	55	65
Serbocroatian	125	109	45	63
Serbian	70	57	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	277	120	47	32
Ukrainian	95	58	20	20
Czech	65	41	(D)	(D)
Slovak	85	92	(B)	-
Bulgarian	30	40	(D)	(D)
Armenian	6	9	6	9
Persian	82	84	41	51
Hindi	590	174	112	96
Gujarati	234	204	30	41
Urdu	378	153	18	29
Other Indic languages	718	256	248	147
India nec3	125	156	(D)	(D)
Bengali	175	134	70	97
Panjabi	75	91	45	61
Nepali	250	151	110	98
Sinhalese	95	74	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	158	95	42	46
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	95	80	40	46
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,858	819	4,308	419
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,690	463	871	294
Chinese	1,470	451	760	276
Cantonese	120	84	75	65
Mandarin	95	81	35	58
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	370	160	87	75
Korean	756	340	296	167
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	791	254	609	234
Hmong	988	382	313	140
Thai	142	72	87	50
Laotian	1,208	475	537	250
Vietnamese	2,160	489	1,119	294
Other Asian languages	1,750	418	166	73
Turkish	30	31	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,065	371	80	53
Malayalam	325	166	(B)	-
Tamil	230	129	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	45	61	(D)	(D)
Burmese	45	56	20	29
Karen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	823	225	207	76
Other Pacific Island languages	180	130	16	27
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	45	66	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	30	35	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,366	902	2,027	438
Other Native North American languages	26	26	(B)	-
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	8	12	(B)	-
Arabic	1,278	403	406	180
Hebrew	60	66	11	17
African languages	4,914	743	1,592	385
Amharic	1,005	352	475	215
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	2,355	582	705	239
Nilotic	110	122	(D)	(D)
Swahili	540	198	125	98
Bantu	145	102	30	32
Mande	40	46	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	710	264	205	172
Other and unspecified languages	80	44	18	21
Finnish	50	33	(D)	(D)
Syriac	25	29	(D)	(D)
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.