Languages spoken in Davidson County, TN

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 Davidson County [TN]

Table showing languages spoken in Davidson County, TN

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	593,424	69	44,315	1,841
Speak only English at home	501,551	2,392	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	91,873	2,388	44,315	1,841
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	49,991	1,119	26,794	1,229
Spanish	49,990	1,119	26,795	1,229
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	15,671	1,148	5,148	770
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,507	340	326	120
French	1,470	337	315	119
Patois	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	430	205	96	72
Italian	429	175	56	46
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	327	187	130	162
Portuguese	325	187	130	162
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,320	262	180	87
German	1,320	262	180	87
Yiddish	11	19	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	155	107	4	7
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	95	94	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	35	40	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	137	81	(B)	-
Swedish	40	40	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	34	31	(B)	-
Russian	1,105	404	326	166
Polish	140	97	44	44
Serbo-Croatian languages	657	310	178	117
Serbocroatian	375	209	90	77
Croatian	130	100	35	41
Serbian	150	151	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	54	53	(B)	-
Ukrainian	45	47	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	139	142	105	112
Persian	1,539	618	714	463
Hindi	971	325	306	200
Gujarati	575	343	112	83
Urdu	626	281	167	120
Other Indic languages	2,013	541	1,182	417
India nec3	175	167	135	139
Bengali	645	291	170	123
Panjabi	70	44	35	34
Marathi	90	92	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	945	409	805	388
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	3,502	637	1,222	268
Romanian	320	160	115	77
Irish Gaelic	80	98	(B)	-
Albanian	235	184	105	97
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	95	97	(B)	-
Kurdish	2,745	548	1,005	243
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	12,395	945	5,897	718
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,467	507	1,166	393
Chinese	1,990	478	985	379
Cantonese	135	92	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	270	126	130	100
Formosan	60	53	40	38
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	571	222	312	139
Korean	1,324	365	634	224
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	294	176	126	97
Thai	657	270	208	112
Laotian	1,342	381	683	239
Vietnamese	2,938	579	1,742	402
Other Asian languages	1,865	506	762	364
Uighur	130	187	130	187
Azerbaijani	40	72	(D)	(D)
Turkish	170	101	85	72
Telugu	345	137	(D)	(D)
Kannada	50	49	(B)	-
Malayalam	280	161	(D)	(D)
Tamil	305	174	(D)	(D)
Burmese	380	304	265	189
Karen	155	208	155	208
Tagalog	667	276	166	66
Other Pacific Island languages	270	113	98	60
Indonesian	25	27	(D)	(D)
Malay	155	91	50	44
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	13,816	1,716	6,476	1,060
Navajo	14	22	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	58	43	(B)	-
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	40	36	(B)	-
Hungarian	73	70	16	25
Arabic	7,895	1,358	4,387	790
Hebrew	211	132	31	41
African languages	5,422	1,016	2,002	585
Amharic	1,855	576	905	427
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	1,420	452	670	295
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	300	319	90	130
Swahili	205	152	75	70
Bantu	230	203	55	63
Mande	65	61	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,295	525	175	116
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	143	125	40	80
Finnish	65	62	(B)	-
Syriac	40	80	40	80
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.