Languages spoken in Harris 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 Harris County [TX]

Table showing languages spoken in Harris 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	3,843,679	78	785,633	7,705
Speak only English at home	2,208,964	6,907	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	1,634,715	6,892	785,633	7,705
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	1,313,019	6,420	656,032	7,333
Spanish	1,313,020	6,420	656,030	7,333
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	113,533	3,384	31,804	1,896
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	16,036	1,231	3,619	721
French	15,510	1,211	3,590	714
Patois	280	178	25	30
Cajun	245	142	(B)	-
French Creole	2,023	428	511	219
Italian	2,202	452	566	200
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	4,698	749	1,428	387
Portuguese	4,635	743	1,420	386
Papia Mentae	60	57	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	8,929	1,074	1,002	288
German	8,915	1,071	1,000	288
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yiddish	36	35	8	14
Other West Germanic languages	2,143	480	142	102
Dutch	1,695	442	105	83
Afrikaans	445	197	35	58
Scandinavian languages	1,679	501	338	208
Swedish	485	207	(B)	-
Danish	460	286	180	167
Norwegian	735	286	160	113
Greek	2,318	432	442	113
Russian	5,295	837	1,911	488
Polish	1,984	452	476	163
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,771	441	474	176
Serbocroatian	1,040	371	350	140
Croatian	270	210	(D)	(D)
Serbian	465	204	90	67
Other Slavic languages	1,808	450	386	189
Ukrainian	310	167	120	94
Czech	665	242	65	49
Slovak	60	50	(B)	-
Bulgarian	700	330	200	156
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	389	210	206	142
Persian	6,834	1,081	3,067	579
Hindi	15,148	1,397	4,035	756
Gujarati	6,408	1,053	1,990	544
Urdu	17,593	1,787	5,209	810
Other Indic languages	13,224	1,455	4,901	815
India nec3	1,250	407	395	237
Bengali	3,255	831	1,190	395
Panjabi	1,975	492	760	292
Marathi	1,430	522	200	153
Rajasthani	10	36	4	19
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	3,125	653	1,720	420
Sindhi	180	122	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	860	495	245	288
Sinhalese	955	400	355	282
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	3,015	628	1,093	359
Jamaican Creole	65	55	(B)	-
Krio	295	159	75	68
Pidgin	115	132	110	131
Gullah	15	23	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	1,605	475	640	233
Welsh	25	22	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	130	112	(B)	-
Albanian	290	226	80	91
Lithuanian	80	73	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pashto	230	252	155	175
Kurdish	140	109	30	39
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	167,785	3,360	85,981	2,220
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	39,921	1,971	21,365	1,395
Chinese	28,485	1,541	16,015	1,178
Cantonese	4,010	722	2,330	500
Mandarin	6,055	947	2,250	480
Formosan	1,360	315	755	225
Wu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	2,894	421	1,290	288
Korean	9,454	1,156	4,866	659
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	3,246	834	1,962	557
Thai	2,013	606	994	346
Laotian	1,533	576	754	425
Vietnamese	72,770	2,880	44,875	2,083
Other Asian languages	15,531	1,437	5,110	864
Kazakh	90	115	(D)	(D)
Kirghiz	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Karachay	90	121	(D)	(D)
Uighur	105	113	(D)	(D)
Azerbaijani	60	91	(D)	(D)
Turkish	2,295	526	760	222
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	3,615	654	870	308
Kannada	670	264	120	120
Malayalam	3,545	811	870	317
Tamil	2,830	629	690	380
Burmese	1,165	522	890	456
Karen	1,005	489	785	459
Tagalog	17,488	1,688	4,057	734
Other Pacific Island languages	2,935	709	708	252
Indonesian	1,105	414	250	144
Malay	290	198	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	265	152	150	111
Sebuano	140	109	65	61
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	95	59	25	25
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	540	360	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	105	101	(D)	(D)
Palau	60	65	(B)	-
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	95	161	(B)	-
Hawaiian	65	56	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	40,378	2,794	11,816	1,380
Other Native North American languages	237	101	45	40
Kickapoo	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Foothill North Yokuts	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Alabama	60	80	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Iroquois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pima	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	589	210	218	111
Arabic	17,249	1,688	6,297	953
Hebrew	1,636	479	273	139
African languages	19,753	2,083	4,599	748
Amharic	2,945	755	1,325	390
Berber	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chadic	150	123	55	58
Cushite	945	708	525	430
Sudanic	210	240	95	149
Nilo-Hamitic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	2,160	615	570	269
Bantu	935	500	145	89
Mande	110	113	95	112
Fulani	170	115	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	11,120	1,326	1,580	358
Efik	380	280	(B)	-
African	580	217	195	162
Other and unspecified languages	914	367	384	243
Finnish	125	84	25	30
Estonian	90	98	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	95	81	(D)	(D)
Aztecan	190	212	145	149
Mayan languages	110	177	110	177
Oto - Manguen	25	41	(D)	(D)
Quechua	80	122	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	160	160	60	79
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.