Languages spoken in Hawaii County, HI

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 Hawaii County [HI]

Table showing languages spoken in Hawaii County, HI

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	175,188	91	10,184	1,201
Speak only English at home	142,456	2,108	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	32,732	2,129	10,184	1,201
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	4,441	847	1,079	366
Spanish	4,440	847	1,080	366
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	3,154	497	460	168
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	625	207	49	52
French	625	207	50	52
Italian	15	23	(B)	-
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	250	136	65	56
Portuguese	250	136	65	56
German (incl Luxembourgian)	720	270	60	43
German	720	270	60	43
Yiddish	34	35	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	236	81	9	10
Dutch	215	77	10	10
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	101	65	9	14
Swedish	50	47	(B)	-
Danish	30	31	(B)	-
Norwegian	20	28	(D)	(D)
Greek	15	19	3	4
Russian	377	258	115	93
Polish	159	113	14	23
Serbo-Croatian languages	13	20	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	93	87	6	9
Czech	35	35	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	56	52	11	17
Persian	50	79	50	79
Gujarati	45	84	(B)	-
Urdu	4	6	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	361	148	69	61
Hawaiian Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	300	144	70	61
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	24,999	1,832	8,625	1,074
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	463	180	182	98
Chinese	250	127	155	92
Cantonese	70	54	25	27
Mandarin	140	145	(D)	(D)
Japanese	4,094	584	1,204	257
Korean	614	358	368	327
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	74	88	(B)	-
Thai	192	121	59	40
Vietnamese	196	129	90	76
Other Asian languages	25	35	(B)	-
Telugu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	4,395	1,101	2,287	768
Other Pacific Island languages	14,946	1,446	4,435	641
Indonesian	185	206	20	32
Bisayan	425	278	145	186
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	4,555	669	2,135	388
Micronesian	480	308	210	133
Carolinian	15	22	(B)	-
Chamorro	205	170	75	84
Kusaiean	255	259	125	163
Marshallese	1,775	796	760	326
Palau	60	72	(B)	-
Ponapean	70	99	35	57
Trukese	170	105	130	86
Yapese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	405	225	105	115
Tongan	405	271	65	69
Marquesan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	5,920	1,032	630	206
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	138	94	20	22
Other Native North American languages	42	60	16	21
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Athapascan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	29	39	(B)	-
Hebrew	32	38	(B)	-
African languages	8	12	4	6
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	27	27	(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.