Languages spoken in Howard County, MD

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 Howard County [MD]

Table showing languages spoken in Howard County, MD

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	276,070	92	21,165	1,193
Speak only English at home	213,967	1,792	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	62,103	1,781	21,165	1,193
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	13,467	818	5,233	717
Spanish	13,465	818	5,235	717
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	19,334	1,693	4,348	704
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,519	694	429	190
French	2,460	687	430	190
Patois	60	55	(B)	-
French Creole	1,040	470	264	155
Italian	523	218	71	50
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	698	321	177	121
Portuguese	700	321	175	121
German (incl Luxembourgian)	941	248	213	97
German	940	248	215	97
Yiddish	15	23	15	23
Other West Germanic languages	131	93	(B)	-
Dutch	85	65	(B)	-
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	384	201	7	12
Swedish	130	92	(D)	(D)
Danish	175	168	(B)	-
Norwegian	80	88	(B)	-
Greek	321	152	40	36
Russian	1,163	359	354	134
Polish	296	173	36	45
Serbo-Croatian languages	146	131	57	68
Serbocroatian	105	123	55	68
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	274	157	26	45
Ukrainian	80	88	(B)	-
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	95	116	(B)	-
Slovene	70	91	(D)	(D)
Armenian	59	48	13	24
Persian	1,178	369	282	117
Hindi	2,054	456	361	183
Gujarati	1,732	517	590	266
Urdu	2,870	679	705	252
Other Indic languages	2,426	660	574	288
India nec3	100	136	(B)	-
Bengali	1,075	437	225	182
Panjabi	455	237	255	177
Marathi	315	165	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	70	65	30	47
Pakistan nec3	205	330	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	185	118	30	33
Other Indo-European languages	564	282	134	95
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Krio	75	95	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	125	101	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	90	72	(D)	(D)
Latvian	130	201	(D)	(D)
Pashto	70	91	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	25,242	1,061	10,572	817
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	7,185	822	2,978	512
Chinese	5,775	705	2,565	461
Cantonese	595	216	185	112
Mandarin	655	311	150	96
Formosan	160	93	80	63
Japanese	445	261	211	186
Korean	8,980	1,138	5,093	766
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	7	12	(B)	-
Thai	252	156	87	63
Vietnamese	2,225	576	1,014	327
Other Asian languages	4,742	718	775	354
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	450	275	155	116
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	2,085	523	150	88
Kannada	280	137	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	510	190	90	81
Tamil	990	341	115	71
Burmese	385	389	240	317
Tagalog	1,303	356	372	183
Other Pacific Island languages	103	82	42	66
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	50	47	(B)	-
Ilocano	45	67	40	66
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,060	723	1,012	369
Navajo	5	10	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	9	13	9	13
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	141	111	25	39
Arabic	708	301	113	62
Hebrew	185	134	(B)	-
African languages	2,978	648	865	376
Amharic	400	193	80	66
Cushite	50	57	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	250	152	(D)	(D)
Bantu	150	115	90	106
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	80	81	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,925	559	610	367
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	34	40	(B)	-
Finnish	(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.