Languages spoken in Hennepin County, MN

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 Hennepin County [MN]

Table showing languages spoken in Hennepin County, MN

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	1,093,379	58	77,025	2,098
Speak only English at home	910,956	2,786	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	182,423	2,779	77,025	2,098
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	63,048	1,579	31,595	1,490
Spanish	63,050	1,579	31,595	1,490
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	34,847	1,785	8,236	724
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,566	622	882	215
French	5,535	621	875	216
Patois	35	34	(D)	(D)
French Creole	600	325	217	152
Italian	1,083	240	204	87
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,066	287	96	60
Portuguese	1,065	287	95	60
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,502	571	681	182
German	4,500	571	680	182
Yiddish	93	75	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	443	140	36	23
Pennsylvania Dutch	40	35	(D)	(D)
Dutch	380	134	20	20
Afrikaans	25	27	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	1,778	239	219	77
Swedish	660	160	70	48
Danish	280	125	30	27
Norwegian	805	161	115	59
Icelandic	30	41	(B)	-
Greek	454	131	24	24
Russian	5,943	814	2,729	409
Polish	665	223	115	66
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,128	354	521	180
Serbocroatian	850	316	410	166
Croatian	95	78	35	44
Serbian	185	153	80	79
Other Slavic languages	1,140	268	382	141
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	590	217	280	130
Czech	240	107	(D)	(D)
Slovak	150	79	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	115	84	70	67
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	22	21	15	24
Persian	986	269	242	108
Hindi	4,033	600	742	268
Gujarati	775	335	100	83
Urdu	1,045	563	312	255
Other Indic languages	2,134	438	440	169
India nec3	100	106	(D)	(D)
Bengali	820	298	175	107
Panjabi	255	212	50	51
Marathi	475	194	55	62
Oriya	105	99	(D)	(D)
Nepali	205	120	100	89
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	150	93	40	45
Other Indo-European languages	1,391	293	279	143
Jamaican Creole	30	29	(B)	-
Krio	150	115	55	67
Pidgin	20	39	(B)	-
Catalonian	70	51	(B)	-
Romanian	510	195	95	81
Irish Gaelic	55	50	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	65	60	(B)	-
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	345	160	60	58
Pashto	105	97	65	59
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	48,849	1,345	22,701	1,067
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,081	975	3,319	540
Chinese	6,060	750	2,565	444
Cantonese	820	310	305	162
Mandarin	1,140	330	450	240
Formosan	65	58	(B)	-
Japanese	1,435	350	653	241
Korean	2,155	532	1,048	295
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,456	500	868	349
Hmong	14,624	1,346	6,961	868
Thai	651	255	365	218
Laotian	3,668	658	1,818	378
Vietnamese	8,372	915	4,948	580
Other Asian languages	6,521	920	2,095	592
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	55	92	30	46
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	405	174	150	79
Telugu	2,445	576	575	312
Kannada	295	157	85	71
Malayalam	395	200	45	36
Tamil	2,175	502	735	363
Tibetan	625	275	375	177
Burmese	85	90	85	90
Tagalog	1,432	355	403	143
Other Pacific Island languages	454	191	223	113
Indonesian	140	93	55	63
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	80	75	50	61
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	35	40	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	35,679	2,111	14,493	1,134
Other Native North American languages	974	244	115	84
Menomini	4	4	(B)	-
Ojibwa	615	197	85	76
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	160	80	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	125	113	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	103	69	(B)	-
Arabic	3,393	759	995	312
Hebrew	642	183	84	52
African languages	29,810	1,668	12,991	944
Amharic	3,060	546	1,340	290
Berber	45	55	(D)	(D)
Chadic	110	88	60	77
Cushite	19,295	1,518	9,645	834
Sudanic	135	97	65	68
Nilotic	90	76	(B)	-
Nilo-Hamitic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	1,920	557	495	219
Bantu	710	322	105	99
Mande	1,020	359	400	177
Fulani	195	123	50	42
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	3,030	539	730	215
Efik	90	70	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	757	222	308	174
Finnish	520	193	145	114
Estonian	50	34	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	70	68	65	68
Quechua	70	112	70	112
Uncodable	30	32	(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.