Languages spoken in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County [TX]

Table showing languages spoken in Fort Bend 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	564,848	8	73,011	2,570
Speak only English at home	350,505	3,856	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	214,343	3,856	73,011	2,570
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	104,125	2,523	36,150	1,610
Spanish	104,125	2,523	36,150	1,610
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	40,773	3,133	10,472	1,247
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,017	929	412	223
French	2,990	926	400	215
Patois	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	489	306	94	86
Italian	324	143	122	82
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,693	544	381	195
Portuguese	1,695	544	380	195
German (incl Luxembourgian)	662	300	128	104
German	660	300	130	104
Other West Germanic languages	189	125	38	44
Dutch	90	56	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	100	105	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	502	279	28	35
Swedish	70	75	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	405	255	(D)	(D)
Greek	297	181	110	97
Russian	967	468	352	203
Polish	263	154	57	53
Serbo-Croatian languages	115	121	38	66
Serbocroatian	65	115	(D)	(D)
Croatian	50	37	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	344	137	55	38
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Czech	315	135	55	38
Persian	1,989	1,060	627	325
Hindi	7,840	1,487	1,424	526
Gujarati	5,720	1,158	1,858	489
Urdu	12,002	1,492	3,798	797
Other Indic languages	3,878	906	917	359
India nec3	1,055	475	270	170
Bengali	950	430	265	206
Panjabi	640	443	115	101
Marathi	710	309	105	136
Nepali	120	110	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	270	201	110	119
Sinhalese	135	208	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	482	251	33	28
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	120	174	(B)	-
Romanian	160	139	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	60	68	(B)	-
Albanian	45	70	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	70	86	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	56,919	2,456	22,961	1,656
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	19,433	1,583	8,614	893
Chinese	14,190	1,396	6,350	728
Cantonese	1,720	559	705	248
Mandarin	2,565	804	930	330
Formosan	960	358	630	250
Japanese	436	216	264	136
Korean	999	439	444	225
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	317	243	193	174
Thai	531	255	415	230
Laotian	174	189	54	69
Vietnamese	13,567	1,538	7,700	1,121
Other Asian languages	10,955	1,270	2,773	524
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	775	411	165	109
Telugu	1,435	490	205	136
Kannada	765	422	90	87
Malayalam	6,740	1,065	1,960	444
Tamil	1,125	458	250	160
Burmese	65	82	50	75
Tagalog	9,390	1,546	1,934	436
Other Pacific Island languages	1,117	470	570	319
Indonesian	630	364	255	185
Malay	320	271	255	240
Bisayan	65	77	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ponapean	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,526	1,799	3,428	707
Other Native North American languages	6	9	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	12	18	(B)	-
Arabic	3,856	952	1,216	481
Hebrew	94	72	39	51
African languages	8,472	1,609	2,173	489
Amharic	1,050	737	460	362
Chadic	195	266	(B)	-
Cushite	155	188	(D)	(D)
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mande	75	90	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	6,515	1,371	1,475	431
Efik	230	254	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	86	115	(B)	-
Finnish	(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.