Languages spoken in DuPage County, IL

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 DuPage County [IL]

Table showing languages spoken in DuPage County, IL

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	866,609	11	84,739	2,233
Speak only English at home	638,622	3,475	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	227,987	3,476	84,739	2,233
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	92,650	1,774	39,825	1,757
Spanish	92,650	1,774	39,825	1,757
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	87,489	3,104	27,591	1,504
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,800	489	528	191
French	2,705	467	530	191
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cajun	45	58	(B)	-
French Creole	123	75	8	12
Italian	6,635	826	1,604	320
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	928	262	198	107
Portuguese	930	262	200	107
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,000	441	504	157
German	4,000	441	505	157
Yiddish	35	35	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	580	232	91	98
Pennsylvania Dutch	100	67	(B)	-
Dutch	245	116	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	230	189	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	382	113	39	28
Swedish	140	80	30	26
Danish	110	64	(B)	-
Norwegian	135	73	(D)	(D)
Greek	4,186	753	894	197
Russian	2,294	518	826	260
Polish	15,668	1,448	6,512	744
Serbo-Croatian languages	3,731	766	1,334	296
Serbocroatian	1,060	401	375	140
Croatian	540	244	190	131
Serbian	2,130	584	770	251
Other Slavic languages	4,743	725	1,835	370
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	1,720	439	650	223
Czech	1,055	256	390	163
Slovak	420	186	200	126
Bulgarian	1,065	300	480	184
Macedonian	340	174	75	74
Slovene	145	81	40	37
Armenian	168	131	72	108
Persian	1,097	399	375	178
Hindi	6,848	874	1,419	366
Gujarati	10,444	1,155	4,054	592
Urdu	9,701	962	2,509	410
Other Indic languages	5,516	774	1,452	327
India nec3	690	279	175	142
Bengali	900	290	185	92
Panjabi	1,850	556	365	163
Marathi	1,130	341	225	114
Rajasthani	25	44	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	705	363	420	237
Sindhi	75	74	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	80	87	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	55	67	30	49
Other Indo-European languages	7,610	1,281	3,337	593
Romanian	1,305	488	585	259
Welsh	40	45	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	55	51	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	1,470	514	645	235
Lithuanian	4,235	846	1,970	475
Latvian	190	124	(D)	(D)
Pashto	235	256	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	65	99	60	89
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	41,481	1,702	15,614	1,119
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	12,119	876	5,672	687
Chinese	8,225	855	4,030	572
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	740	257	255	160
Mandarin	2,495	449	1,115	296
Formosan	650	216	275	118
Japanese	1,071	255	485	176
Korean	3,309	625	1,719	411
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	639	324	272	124
Hmong	76	71	9	13
Thai	470	168	140	84
Laotian	164	140	78	67
Vietnamese	3,282	519	2,208	436
Other Asian languages	9,247	924	2,482	390
Uighur	20	29	(D)	(D)
Turkish	650	242	330	159
Mongolian	190	158	160	140
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	25	31	(D)	(D)
Telugu	2,755	589	575	228
Kannada	655	312	105	80
Malayalam	2,580	519	600	220
Tamil	1,810	479	325	161
Burmese	315	185	215	124
Karen	225	217	150	156
Tagalog	10,566	1,201	2,397	428
Other Pacific Island languages	538	197	152	90
Indonesian	195	136	55	45
Malay	90	87	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	95	74	25	44
Sebuano	75	93	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	80	59	40	43
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,367	860	1,709	349
Other Native North American languages	55	68	42	66
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	329	124	88	71
Arabic	4,270	720	1,038	276
Hebrew	166	109	55	51
African languages	1,071	334	266	156
Amharic	260	168	80	59
Nilotic	10	14	(B)	-
Swahili	120	186	(D)	(D)
Bantu	20	39	(D)	(D)
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	575	216	85	60
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	476	235	220	139
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	105	78	35	44
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Syriac	325	222	175	137
Tupi-Guarani	(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.