Languages spoken in Kane County, IL

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 Kane County [IL]

Table showing languages spoken in Kane County, IL

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	480,038	57	77,083	2,590
Speak only English at home	329,437	2,854	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	150,601	2,851	77,083	2,590
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	122,714	2,336	66,860	2,224
Spanish	122,715	2,336	66,860	2,224
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	16,160	1,487	5,585	904
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,211	457	255	156
French	1,210	457	255	156
French Creole	92	142	(B)	-
Italian	1,208	345	371	215
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	314	147	83	56
Portuguese	315	147	85	56
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,755	306	341	138
German	1,755	306	340	138
Other West Germanic languages	272	168	31	41
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	160	124	30	41
Afrikaans	55	60	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	197	207	27	41
Swedish	55	37	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	135	201	(D)	(D)
Greek	682	270	181	161
Russian	673	350	239	159
Polish	3,177	677	1,267	452
Serbo-Croatian languages	283	197	97	113
Serbocroatian	30	37	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	225	190	95	113
Other Slavic languages	1,378	752	647	500
Ukrainian	440	380	65	55
Czech	570	579	410	434
Slovak	15	16	(B)	-
Bulgarian	165	154	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	170	154	135	150
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	16	25	(B)	-
Persian	190	125	(B)	-
Hindi	830	385	272	231
Gujarati	1,116	485	653	345
Urdu	1,039	505	362	217
Other Indic languages	466	257	128	123
India nec3	35	49	(B)	-
Bengali	20	45	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	165	156	55	73
Marathi	45	49	(B)	-
Nepali	165	153	65	93
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,261	517	631	361
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	265	211	150	148
Irish Gaelic	30	30	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	380	280	150	130
Lithuanian	255	191	60	68
Latvian	30	35	(B)	-
Pashto	275	326	275	326
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	9,454	789	4,089	822
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,449	425	595	251
Chinese	1,115	368	475	230
Cantonese	200	166	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	80	65	(D)	(D)
Formosan	55	57	55	57
Japanese	69	63	(B)	-
Korean	572	226	332	171
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	223	226	106	112
Hmong	113	144	52	60
Thai	286	189	155	131
Laotian	754	276	507	197
Vietnamese	957	476	535	301
Other Asian languages	1,353	462	423	216
Turkish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mongolian	125	140	75	89
Telugu	485	269	90	129
Kannada	90	104	30	47
Malayalam	255	205	(B)	-
Tamil	130	113	60	76
Burmese	35	102	(D)	(D)
Karen	225	144	155	98
Tagalog	3,588	872	1,379	753
Other Pacific Island languages	90	60	5	8
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	20	22	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,273	614	549	268
Navajo	6	10	(B)	-
Hungarian	205	134	80	95
Arabic	821	381	335	236
Hebrew	11	17	(B)	-
African languages	930	406	66	51
Amharic	200	140	(D)	(D)
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bantu	230	150	30	44
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	325	329	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	300	228	68	64
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	280	225	70	64

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.