Languages spoken in Fairfax County, VA

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 Fairfax County [VA]

Table showing languages spoken in Fairfax County, VA

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	1,026,672	58	150,041	2,579
Speak only English at home	644,111	3,869	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	382,561	3,873	150,041	2,579
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	138,148	2,221	62,851	2,039
Spanish	138,150	2,221	62,850	2,039
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	85,795	3,670	22,822	1,540
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	7,693	757	1,744	314
French	7,695	757	1,745	314
French Creole	1,333	451	235	118
Italian	1,882	409	288	95
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,297	540	601	286
Portuguese	2,295	540	600	286
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,348	593	636	201
German	5,350	593	635	201
Yiddish	83	72	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	1,071	248	92	80
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dutch	975	247	75	69
Afrikaans	75	73	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	828	278	18	24
Swedish	320	123	(B)	-
Danish	305	216	(B)	-
Norwegian	190	111	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	15	18	(B)	-
Greek	2,315	525	645	218
Russian	4,191	727	1,336	427
Polish	958	248	77	49
Serbo-Croatian languages	910	406	190	122
Serbocroatian	210	189	(D)	(D)
Croatian	195	111	75	59
Serbian	505	324	85	97
Other Slavic languages	1,483	409	293	175
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	400	178	55	61
Czech	170	93	30	42
Slovak	210	147	(B)	-
Bulgarian	520	236	85	84
Macedonian	160	234	95	137
Slovene	25	31	25	31
Armenian	769	232	277	129
Persian	11,710	1,159	3,866	566
Hindi	11,776	1,349	1,982	508
Gujarati	1,676	424	206	103
Urdu	12,231	1,538	3,848	749
Other Indic languages	13,064	1,523	5,014	821
India nec3	245	155	45	54
Bengali	4,410	962	1,740	565
Panjabi	3,965	910	1,455	407
Marathi	965	334	85	88
Rajasthani	45	56	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	2,825	692	1,475	463
Sindhi	20	42	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	120	85	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	440	257	160	120
Other Indo-European languages	4,177	1,099	1,474	507
Jamaican Creole	65	77	(B)	-
Krio	560	363	245	217
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	1,080	597	275	216
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	30	29	(D)	(D)
Albanian	270	262	70	68
Lithuanian	350	191	(D)	(D)
Latvian	75	74	(B)	-
Pashto	780	308	335	174
Kurdish	900	370	430	192
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	119,980	2,736	53,488	1,775
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	23,022	1,771	10,361	1,013
Chinese	16,565	1,715	7,315	897
Cantonese	1,850	524	805	331
Mandarin	3,740	758	1,775	497
Fuchow	65	101	65	101
Formosan	790	303	400	179
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	3,144	561	1,270	343
Korean	33,256	1,980	18,021	1,295
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,478	498	932	321
Thai	3,166	561	1,662	405
Laotian	1,065	449	467	195
Vietnamese	26,340	1,963	14,374	1,168
Other Asian languages	15,643	1,536	2,933	522
Kazakh	35	31	(D)	(D)
Uighur	200	213	80	80
Azerbaijani	70	80	(D)	(D)
Turkish	2,700	701	1,040	392
Mongolian	265	184	105	87
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	6,210	1,049	890	297
Kannada	830	273	190	94
Malayalam	1,355	395	145	124
Tamil	3,140	734	155	102
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tibetan	160	103	45	47
Burmese	435	309	40	48
Karen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kachin	170	202	150	176
Tagalog	11,033	1,196	2,921	583
Other Pacific Island languages	1,833	463	547	217
Indonesian	920	365	255	143
Javanese	90	109	(D)	(D)
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	415	204	190	141
Bisayan	115	98	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	55	67	35	59
Ilocano	70	73	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	70	56	(B)	-
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	30	31	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	38,638	2,123	10,880	943
Navajo	79	76	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	70	58	(B)	-
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ponca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	396	160	22	25
Arabic	19,686	1,607	4,941	671
Hebrew	232	149	34	33
African languages	17,700	1,631	5,785	770
Amharic	9,080	1,209	3,365	602
Berber	45	50	35	47
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	1,785	614	685	280
Sudanic	55	76	40	53
Nilo-Hamitic	40	51	(B)	-
Swahili	405	175	75	74
Bantu	490	198	120	82
Mande	210	138	55	68
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	5,555	1,004	1,410	403
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	475	259	98	89
Finnish	170	122	(D)	(D)
Estonian	90	74	(B)	-
Caucasian	150	158	(D)	(D)
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	35	79	(D)	(D)
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.