Languages spoken in Hillsborough County, FL

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 Hillsborough County [FL]

Table showing languages spoken in Hillsborough County, FL

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	1,176,161	73	116,754	2,830
Speak only English at home	865,383	3,867	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	310,778	3,868	116,754	2,830
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	236,684	3,030	94,251	2,762
Spanish	236,685	3,030	94,250	2,762
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	38,314	2,105	9,542	960
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,580	599	752	170
French	4,295	584	735	170
Patois	270	191	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	6,944	1,035	2,769	591
Italian	2,302	399	275	117
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,866	620	1,069	351
Portuguese	2,860	620	1,070	351
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,148	561	542	147
German	4,150	561	540	147
Yiddish	13	20	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	433	158	50	39
Dutch	295	120	50	39
Afrikaans	140	117	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	447	195	109	63
Swedish	190	96	40	40
Danish	40	35	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	80	53	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	135	160	(D)	(D)
Greek	1,135	329	111	86
Russian	1,663	504	553	267
Polish	999	299	300	151
Serbo-Croatian languages	762	315	271	160
Serbocroatian	455	230	160	106
Croatian	115	81	40	54
Serbian	190	179	70	89
Other Slavic languages	668	270	169	112
Ukrainian	80	66	(D)	(D)
Czech	165	95	(D)	(D)
Slovak	70	49	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	325	223	90	98
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	42	47	(B)	-
Persian	1,096	338	374	174
Hindi	2,400	602	313	143
Gujarati	2,833	572	625	259
Urdu	1,342	475	339	152
Other Indic languages	2,307	568	588	211
India nec3	405	272	105	101
Bengali	1,010	351	225	98
Panjabi	45	52	(D)	(D)
Marathi	340	188	(D)	(D)
Oriya	40	57	(B)	-
Nepali	85	87	50	61
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	80	90	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	295	209	135	107
Other Indo-European languages	1,334	479	333	211
Jamaican Creole	180	159	70	71
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	370	187	20	22
Welsh	20	21	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	330	296	165	176
Lithuanian	145	116	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	55	83	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	165	170	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	26,499	1,147	10,538	743
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,473	765	1,864	452
Chinese	3,160	636	1,270	373
Cantonese	290	198	190	150
Mandarin	890	364	350	196
Formosan	135	92	55	51
Japanese	682	204	233	117
Korean	2,797	587	1,093	300
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	117	71	91	64
Hmong	480	503	150	165
Thai	845	266	539	201
Laotian	213	156	77	88
Vietnamese	6,795	945	4,012	598
Other Asian languages	5,741	808	1,437	374
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	690	301	235	133
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	1,745	446	335	203
Kannada	395	238	(B)	-
Malayalam	1,475	447	475	191
Tamil	1,045	359	240	126
Munda	140	144	(B)	-
Burmese	175	148	115	138
Karen	40	65	35	55
Tagalog	3,528	577	777	217
Other Pacific Island languages	828	303	265	199
Indonesian	340	257	200	195
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	70	75	(B)	-
Sebuano	180	173	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	55	56	(B)	-
Marshallese	55	74	(D)	(D)
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	75	84	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	9,281	1,299	2,423	521
Other Native North American languages	116	104	10	17
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	60	91	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	352	166	155	106
Arabic	5,971	986	1,827	471
Hebrew	599	419	112	76
African languages	2,171	585	306	176
Amharic	680	317	125	133
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	165	150	(D)	(D)
Bantu	55	94	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,210	446	120	101
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	72	54	13	26
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Misumalpan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	15	26	15	26

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.