Languages spoken in Jefferson County, KY

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 Jefferson County [KY]

Table showing languages spoken in Jefferson County, KY

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	697,718	26	26,224	1,176
Speak only English at home	639,518	1,727	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	58,200	1,728	26,224	1,176
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	26,971	1,082	13,661	881
Spanish	26,970	1,082	13,660	881
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	13,771	1,197	4,803	662
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,308	559	617	247
French	2,300	559	615	247
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	349	223	128	115
Italian	215	103	25	24
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	210	91	33	36
Portuguese	210	91	35	36
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,633	304	343	160
German	1,635	304	345	160
Yiddish	40	38	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	187	101	(B)	-
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	145	96	(B)	-
Afrikaans	35	27	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	223	182	(B)	-
Swedish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Danish	80	83	(B)	-
Norwegian	140	164	(B)	-
Greek	178	100	44	56
Russian	1,130	328	590	203
Polish	137	80	58	60
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,174	563	1,175	359
Serbocroatian	2,105	559	1,175	359
Croatian	20	20	(B)	-
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	354	217	168	133
Ukrainian	130	138	80	102
Czech	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	205	157	90	82
Persian	441	209	155	91
Hindi	1,120	342	225	121
Gujarati	219	153	71	69
Urdu	345	144	68	38
Other Indic languages	2,142	635	874	386
India nec3	285	281	(D)	(D)
Bengali	150	114	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	350	275	130	98
Marathi	350	195	(D)	(D)
Oriya	25	42	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	850	421	600	382
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	30	53	(B)	-
Sinhalese	80	84	30	45
Other Indo-European languages	366	199	229	187
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	110	130	90	129
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	135	104	75	82
Lithuanian	20	19	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	75	64	60	56
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,690	758	4,902	588
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,879	375	923	271
Chinese	1,715	381	860	271
Cantonese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mandarin	105	68	(D)	(D)
Formosan	40	45	40	44
Japanese	766	290	209	106
Korean	1,024	302	515	165
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	388	342	146	161
Hmong	86	107	47	60
Thai	255	185	139	136
Laotian	167	133	71	74
Vietnamese	2,668	511	1,599	354
Other Asian languages	2,421	650	1,028	451
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Azerbaijani	40	57	(D)	(D)
Turkish	380	213	210	151
Telugu	675	301	150	143
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	200	120	25	40
Tamil	460	205	25	26
Burmese	260	335	260	335
Karen	385	317	325	257
Tagalog	881	357	164	90
Other Pacific Island languages	155	87	61	49
Indonesian	50	50	20	24
Bisayan	50	57	(D)	(D)
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,768	1,078	2,858	485
Other Native North American languages	56	68	1	3
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	115	85	7	10
Arabic	2,812	842	1,138	315
Hebrew	75	64	51	54
African languages	3,624	686	1,643	408
Amharic	365	195	200	127
Cushite	1,585	538	800	319
Sudanic	95	108	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	310	159	(D)	(D)
Bantu	415	314	320	255
Mande	25	41	(D)	(D)
Fulani	115	79	80	75
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	615	243	105	95
African	60	80	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	86	60	18	21
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	30	28	(D)	(D)

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.