Languages spoken in Denver County, CO

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 Denver County [CO]

Table showing languages spoken in Denver County, CO

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	575,159	35	67,243	2,274
Speak only English at home	420,689	3,100	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	154,470	3,097	67,243	2,274
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	116,741	2,468	51,225	1,776
Spanish	116,740	2,468	51,225	1,776
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	15,390	1,341	4,480	698
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,753	553	495	209
French	2,755	553	495	209
French Creole	65	41	25	29
Italian	1,017	270	127	65
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	348	203	45	37
Portuguese	350	203	45	37
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,071	387	171	75
German	2,070	387	170	75
Yiddish	73	50	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	199	100	(B)	-
Dutch	160	85	(B)	-
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	465	204	27	36
Swedish	270	169	(B)	-
Danish	30	27	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	165	95	(D)	(D)
Greek	586	212	287	169
Russian	3,102	702	1,812	421
Polish	467	165	27	25
Serbo-Croatian languages	378	139	215	100
Serbocroatian	195	102	115	73
Croatian	55	44	(D)	(D)
Serbian	125	82	90	53
Other Slavic languages	304	97	121	57
Ukrainian	110	75	30	30
Czech	50	37	35	31
Slovak	40	39	(B)	-
Bulgarian	55	52	25	25
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	40	43	(D)	(D)
Armenian	40	38	(B)	-
Persian	726	326	197	118
Hindi	669	256	51	74
Gujarati	229	109	58	65
Urdu	162	130	40	59
Other Indic languages	1,088	441	630	384
India nec3	165	136	35	28
Bengali	175	158	80	71
Panjabi	55	65	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	675	408	495	378
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	648	266	152	117
Krio	50	69	(B)	-
Pidgin	30	37	(B)	-
Romanian	185	108	40	51
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	140	132	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Albanian	75	111	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pashto	85	92	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	13,957	896	7,791	681
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,955	522	1,406	264
Chinese	2,100	483	1,040	273
Cantonese	255	113	105	75
Mandarin	485	134	185	85
Formosan	115	87	75	81
Japanese	630	174	158	72
Korean	963	275	472	207
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	818	523	458	332
Hmong	226	256	82	117
Thai	197	96	81	49
Laotian	71	92	(B)	-
Vietnamese	5,662	857	3,992	619
Other Asian languages	1,495	583	777	469
Turkish	360	322	265	312
Mongolian	100	93	(D)	(D)
Telugu	270	154	(D)	(D)
Kannada	70	78	(B)	-
Malayalam	30	23	(B)	-
Tamil	130	135	65	82
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	195	267	165	220
Karen	310	265	225	199
Tagalog	650	255	236	168
Other Pacific Island languages	290	148	129	75
Indonesian	135	85	85	66
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	70	97	(D)	(D)
Maori	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	8,382	1,293	3,747	733
Navajo	369	228	111	84
Other Native North American languages	226	123	8	12
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fox	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tlingit	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	45	49	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ute	85	90	(B)	-
Hungarian	98	54	24	29
Arabic	2,411	659	1,384	511
Hebrew	425	184	68	71
African languages	4,748	931	2,126	569
Amharic	2,295	714	1,030	391
Cushite	1,235	431	685	313
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	105	91	(B)	-
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	155	123	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	925	298	385	216
Other and unspecified languages	105	69	26	41
Finnish	50	50	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(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.