Languages spoken in Denton County, TX

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 Denton County [TX]

Table showing languages spoken in Denton County, TX

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	638,232	66	54,609	2,258
Speak only English at home	497,568	2,189	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	140,664	2,194	54,609	2,258
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	87,625	1,784	36,342	1,947
Spanish	87,625	1,784	36,340	1,947
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	19,895	1,647	4,783	747
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,623	360	147	83
French	1,625	360	145	83
French Creole	54	54	41	52
Italian	596	212	106	81
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,032	344	302	150
Portuguese	1,030	344	300	150
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,191	413	278	141
German	2,190	413	280	141
Other West Germanic languages	386	170	57	45
Dutch	305	159	55	45
Afrikaans	80	61	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	196	124	44	42
Swedish	115	104	30	38
Danish	35	41	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Greek	234	128	45	25
Russian	1,160	347	380	179
Polish	419	235	154	109
Serbo-Croatian languages	189	164	68	72
Serbocroatian	145	156	(D)	(D)
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	568	623	90	85
Ukrainian	465	613	(D)	(D)
Czech	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	50	49	(D)	(D)
Armenian	373	300	142	145
Persian	1,335	492	598	329
Hindi	2,314	506	485	206
Gujarati	707	289	166	179
Urdu	3,289	817	846	335
Other Indic languages	2,496	600	691	250
India nec3	120	97	(D)	(D)
Bengali	685	382	240	172
Panjabi	555	290	195	154
Marathi	365	202	(D)	(D)
Oriya	80	87	(B)	-
Nepali	570	243	195	102
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	120	106	35	40
Other Indo-European languages	733	310	143	88
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	625	312	145	88
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Lithuanian	35	26	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	28,358	1,433	12,627	1,100
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	6,147	917	3,122	655
Chinese	4,715	808	2,545	635
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	170	122	40	41
Mandarin	1,105	379	495	209
Formosan	155	95	40	42
Japanese	410	158	112	66
Korean	6,996	871	4,240	660
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	723	370	271	153
Hmong	27	43	(B)	-
Thai	378	155	161	98
Laotian	291	203	24	27
Vietnamese	5,174	1,033	3,026	693
Other Asian languages	6,290	893	1,153	313
Kirghiz	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	505	467	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,900	512	240	119
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	2,445	520	510	170
Tamil	1,205	347	185	168
Burmese	200	161	180	131
Tagalog	1,636	442	393	207
Other Pacific Island languages	286	105	125	77
Indonesian	120	90	(D)	(D)
Malay	25	34	25	34
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	40	50	(D)	(D)
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,786	899	857	310
Navajo	86	112	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	69	102	(B)	-
Ojibwa	70	102	(B)	-
Hungarian	52	38	14	23
Arabic	1,340	411	419	192
Hebrew	6	12	(B)	-
African languages	3,082	710	423	247
Amharic	700	407	255	224
Cushite	35	56	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	580	239	(D)	(D)
Bantu	430	262	(D)	(D)
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	45	54	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,270	419	110	82
Other and unspecified languages	151	126	1	4
Finnish	135	125	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chibchan	(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.