Languages spoken in Franklin County, OH

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 Franklin County [OH]

Table showing languages spoken in Franklin County, OH

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	1,097,094	120	54,143	2,061
Speak only English at home	964,440	3,498	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	132,654	3,480	54,143	2,061
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	41,952	1,357	20,108	1,027
Spanish	41,950	1,357	20,110	1,027
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	30,624	1,787	9,186	885
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,768	810	1,749	471
French	5,715	822	1,750	471
Patois	55	49	(B)	-
French Creole	1,287	445	350	236
Italian	1,559	270	415	133
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,103	436	331	226
Portuguese	1,105	436	330	226
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,564	308	367	103
German	2,565	308	365	103
Yiddish	64	43	10	16
Other West Germanic languages	315	136	66	41
Pennsylvania Dutch	50	59	(D)	(D)
Dutch	230	120	30	23
Afrikaans	35	39	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	245	216	(B)	-
Swedish	35	25	(B)	-
Danish	170	211	(B)	-
Norwegian	30	36	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	687	200	129	60
Russian	3,069	576	1,547	346
Polish	485	153	161	98
Serbo-Croatian languages	560	279	217	153
Serbocroatian	450	279	190	152
Croatian	105	72	(D)	(D)
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	1,806	551	571	214
Bielorussian	40	147	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	740	418	295	152
Slovak	180	121	25	26
Bulgarian	215	167	50	71
Macedonian	625	269	195	129
Slovene	15	12	(B)	-
Armenian	100	99	27	44
Persian	704	240	254	131
Hindi	3,617	749	834	384
Gujarati	1,709	455	583	212
Urdu	1,061	413	296	165
Other Indic languages	2,573	618	732	283
India nec3	190	129	60	62
Bengali	845	337	195	105
Panjabi	415	247	140	109
Marathi	390	269	60	69
Nepali	335	242	265	233
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	305	280	(D)	(D)
Romany	75	96	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,348	395	547	248
Jamaican Creole	40	60	(D)	(D)
Krio	190	158	30	45
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	205	101	70	60
Irish Gaelic	105	46	35	34
Albanian	415	304	255	228
Lithuanian	100	101	35	33
Latvian	95	69	(B)	-
Pashto	55	61	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	100	120	55	64
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	29,610	1,285	13,165	947
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	9,171	773	4,706	610
Chinese	7,205	708	3,910	539
Hakka	15	24	15	24
Cantonese	355	137	105	83
Mandarin	1,380	354	520	229
Formosan	215	154	150	139
Japanese	2,365	471	1,309	330
Korean	3,210	548	1,469	324
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,995	649	887	331
Hmong	91	113	(B)	-
Thai	698	261	435	176
Laotian	1,147	429	575	269
Vietnamese	2,356	524	1,214	327
Other Asian languages	6,241	897	1,823	510
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	625	272	265	155
Telugu	2,615	653	575	263
Kannada	335	161	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	520	266	155	137
Tamil	1,755	531	490	252
Tibetan	165	196	165	196
Burmese	200	128	140	88
Tagalog	1,849	446	567	184
Other Pacific Island languages	487	195	180	94
Indonesian	195	149	50	55
Balinese	70	113	(B)	-
Malay	60	41	60	41
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	30,468	2,020	11,684	1,137
Other Native North American languages	282	173	81	71
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kuchin	90	75	35	40
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nez Perce	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pomo	105	155	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tiwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	297	154	48	46
Arabic	6,681	1,084	2,485	614
Hebrew	318	121	14	20
African languages	22,687	1,703	8,962	864
Amharic	2,120	565	900	271
Berber	45	48	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	12,160	1,361	5,520	782
Swahili	1,195	571	425	305
Bantu	610	267	205	133
Mande	500	331	160	126
Fulani	1,330	410	595	263
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	4,590	765	1,115	297
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	203	174	94	143
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chibchan	105	164	95	143
Uncodable	50	51	(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.