Languages spoken in Jefferson Parish, LA

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 Parish [LA]

Table showing languages spoken in Jefferson Parish, LA

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	405,446	76	31,672	1,320
Speak only English at home	337,404	1,798	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	68,042	1,784	31,672	1,320
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	43,028	1,174	21,549	982
Spanish	43,015	1,177	21,550	982
Ladino	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	9,298	1,238	2,628	516
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,177	431	558	158
French	2,785	393	505	155
Cajun	390	141	50	44
French Creole	748	650	106	74
Italian	388	133	121	88
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	838	462	527	346
Portuguese	840	462	525	346
German (incl Luxembourgian)	458	134	33	30
German	460	134	35	30
Yiddish	28	46	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	23	25	(B)	-
Dutch	25	25	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	122	65	33	33
Swedish	25	31	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	75	52	(D)	(D)
Greek	86	75	16	20
Russian	220	88	59	53
Polish	124	78	27	42
Serbo-Croatian languages	177	98	69	50
Serbocroatian	60	64	35	39
Croatian	95	68	25	30
Serbian	25	35	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	64	62	4	6
Ukrainian	30	40	(B)	-
Bulgarian	35	40	(D)	(D)
Persian	329	233	14	21
Hindi	322	218	42	44
Gujarati	210	135	83	53
Urdu	1,077	468	533	245
Other Indic languages	864	475	403	260
India nec3	250	375	115	178
Bengali	375	295	155	180
Panjabi	115	107	(D)	(D)
Marathi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	30	33	20	28
Other Indo-European languages	43	37	(B)	-
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	12,493	638	6,636	601
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,937	529	1,015	389
Chinese	1,720	493	925	377
Cantonese	40	33	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	60	60	(D)	(D)
Formosan	115	107	60	60
Japanese	164	85	118	80
Korean	640	321	411	218
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	92	83	64	58
Hmong	9	14	9	14
Thai	59	60	31	45
Laotian	50	63	20	42
Vietnamese	7,985	633	4,451	463
Other Asian languages	352	191	116	133
Uighur	15	28	15	28
Turkish	90	129	90	129
Telugu	210	148	(B)	-
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tamil	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	850	261	200	90
Other Pacific Island languages	355	204	201	174
Indonesian	195	174	155	170
Malay	55	58	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	35	52	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	35	55	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	3,223	898	859	356
Hungarian	134	120	35	34
Arabic	2,561	888	627	312
Hebrew	84	61	9	13
African languages	382	182	188	124
Amharic	100	91	70	87
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	70	68	(D)	(D)
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	80	62	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	62	42	(B)	-
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	30	28	(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.