Languages spoken in Dane County, WI

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 Dane County [WI]

Table showing languages spoken in Dane County, WI

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	466,434	18	21,184	1,155
Speak only English at home	412,100	1,305	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	54,334	1,305	21,184	1,155
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	23,714	962	10,734	873
Spanish	23,715	962	10,735	873
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	11,798	879	2,486	361
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,051	394	236	102
French	2,050	394	235	102
French Creole	58	73	(B)	-
Italian	356	141	70	44
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	415	200	83	61
Portuguese	415	200	85	61
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,400	354	406	115
German	2,400	354	405	115
Yiddish	70	84	14	22
Other West Germanic languages	389	176	32	37
Pennsylvania Dutch	130	136	(D)	(D)
Dutch	200	117	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	55	57	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	490	198	93	55
Swedish	220	176	(D)	(D)
Danish	75	64	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	190	85	80	52
Greek	160	99	14	22
Russian	911	310	256	102
Polish	314	124	30	30
Serbo-Croatian languages	146	88	17	26
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	30	29	(B)	-
Serbian	90	76	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	569	217	189	117
Ukrainian	135	112	35	60
Czech	80	54	(D)	(D)
Slovak	35	32	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	310	180	135	104
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	100	100	(B)	-
Persian	339	121	84	48
Hindi	1,088	321	248	150
Gujarati	37	35	(B)	-
Urdu	260	153	146	118
Other Indic languages	880	320	345	225
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	245	153	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	275	173	90	79
Marathi	45	41	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	270	227	230	221
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	765	364	223	144
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	155	240	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	95	89	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	425	262	190	139
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	16,547	836	7,404	724
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	5,417	720	2,728	496
Chinese	4,430	674	2,225	446
Cantonese	215	92	125	81
Mandarin	675	285	320	192
Formosan	95	73	55	56
Japanese	471	209	198	106
Korean	1,687	441	1,040	304
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	377	303	199	227
Hmong	3,629	651	1,346	514
Thai	204	104	73	46
Laotian	939	421	462	222
Vietnamese	680	297	322	189
Other Asian languages	2,360	512	757	292
Turkish	250	132	95	80
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	790	275	170	187
Kannada	90	76	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tamil	610	258	105	81
Tibetan	560	311	365	205
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	471	153	80	53
Other Pacific Island languages	312	118	199	88
Indonesian	100	70	70	45
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	110	79	85	67
Bisayan	20	64	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	60	49	40	46
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,275	410	560	175
Other Native North American languages	107	87	18	30
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Winnebago	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Oneida	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	39	48	(B)	-
Arabic	662	221	129	98
Hebrew	146	91	27	30
African languages	1,234	331	386	161
Amharic	120	95	35	35
Cushite	60	105	(D)	(D)
Swahili	80	52	(D)	(D)
Bantu	65	72	(D)	(D)
Mande	215	172	30	41
Fulani	120	110	85	105
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	555	259	165	111
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	87	52	(B)	-
Finnish	40	35	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chibchan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	25	25	(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.