Languages spoken in Hampden County, MA

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 Hampden County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Hampden County, MA

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	437,520	27	44,847	1,800
Speak only English at home	327,707	2,382	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	109,813	2,387	44,847	1,800
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	71,752	1,366	27,900	1,304
Spanish	71,750	1,366	27,900	1,304
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	28,424	1,726	12,016	1,043
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,965	545	882	223
French	3,725	531	880	223
Patois	240	227	(B)	-
French Creole	518	226	198	123
Italian	2,037	345	735	224
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	5,341	718	2,743	438
Portuguese	5,340	718	2,745	438
German (incl Luxembourgian)	718	203	42	35
German	720	203	40	35
Other West Germanic languages	122	75	7	12
Dutch	105	71	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	60	41	13	19
Swedish	50	36	(D)	(D)
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	904	230	288	142
Russian	4,500	820	2,312	564
Polish	4,526	736	1,741	414
Serbo-Croatian languages	422	419	184	192
Serbocroatian	370	416	185	192
Croatian	50	75	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	1,756	560	987	327
Ukrainian	1,595	531	955	321
Czech	80	84	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Macedonian	35	40	(D)	(D)
Armenian	25	30	(B)	-
Persian	346	231	182	157
Hindi	304	143	44	52
Gujarati	385	287	101	87
Urdu	482	280	233	153
Other Indic languages	964	432	786	381
Bengali	85	108	40	53
Panjabi	60	72	25	38
Nepali	820	395	720	368
Other Indo-European languages	1,049	435	538	289
Jamaican Creole	100	98	(D)	(D)
Romanian	350	229	215	168
Irish Gaelic	155	88	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	355	363	240	232
Lithuanian	35	28	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	35	53	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	6,480	628	3,904	374
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,407	367	785	251
Chinese	1,125	300	705	246
Cantonese	185	151	50	49
Mandarin	90	76	(D)	(D)
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	47	59	11	17
Korean	723	481	508	394
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	462	222	268	149
Hmong	43	108	43	108
Thai	121	141	70	116
Laotian	116	128	72	93
Vietnamese	2,034	469	1,417	321
Other Asian languages	1,286	445	652	288
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	495	283	395	229
Telugu	125	98	45	48
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	20	26	(B)	-
Tamil	145	108	(B)	-
Munda	130	117	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Karen	50	78	50	78
Tagalog	213	97	68	52
Other Pacific Island languages	28	36	10	17
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	3,157	708	1,027	390
Navajo	2	3	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	38	41	(B)	-
French Cree	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arabic	1,123	575	518	326
Hebrew	93	47	16	26
African languages	1,833	468	476	221
Amharic	115	114	(D)	(D)
Chadic	210	165	(B)	-
Cushite	260	226	120	104
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	285	148	95	88
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	890	334	215	140
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	68	55	17	22
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	30	35	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)

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.