Languages spoken in Lake 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 Lake County [IL]

Table showing languages spoken in Lake 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	656,905	5	68,510	1,724
Speak only English at home	474,523	2,437	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	182,382	2,437	68,510	1,724
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	112,482	1,391	48,656	1,452
Spanish	112,480	1,391	48,655	1,452
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	39,621	1,797	10,186	629
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,125	283	415	134
French	2,055	272	415	134
Patois	70	61	(B)	-
French Creole	142	99	(B)	-
Italian	2,157	340	340	107
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	274	149	35	33
Portuguese	275	149	35	33
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,118	406	522	144
German	3,120	406	520	144
Yiddish	89	51	16	25
Other West Germanic languages	387	146	50	42
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dutch	335	134	40	38
Afrikaans	40	38	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	379	133	27	28
Swedish	260	122	(D)	(D)
Danish	80	44	(B)	-
Norwegian	40	30	(D)	(D)
Greek	2,005	467	423	161
Russian	9,240	949	3,209	358
Polish	6,846	848	2,047	288
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,613	408	555	190
Serbocroatian	255	190	45	39
Croatian	170	130	(D)	(D)
Serbian	1,185	385	495	179
Other Slavic languages	1,361	322	464	170
Bielorussian	25	30	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	580	207	220	113
Czech	130	94	45	45
Slovak	25	24	(B)	-
Bulgarian	430	214	140	101
Macedonian	50	58	(B)	-
Slovene	120	77	40	35
Armenian	263	129	61	74
Persian	530	211	141	90
Hindi	2,515	466	274	140
Gujarati	1,159	333	259	112
Urdu	1,640	538	284	125
Other Indic languages	1,696	456	439	202
India nec3	180	142	80	83
Bengali	135	103	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	510	267	235	150
Marathi	625	251	(D)	(D)
Rajasthani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	135	116	85	83
Sindhi	55	52	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	30	51	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	2,082	430	625	173
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	1,170	333	435	162
Irish Gaelic	140	129	(B)	-
Albanian	95	79	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	530	178	150	72
Latvian	115	79	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	26,988	1,146	9,188	649
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	6,723	814	2,524	435
Chinese	5,210	653	1,920	343
Cantonese	510	202	255	125
Mandarin	765	240	215	154
Formosan	240	208	130	127
Japanese	1,319	325	635	206
Korean	6,214	849	2,951	444
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	228	166	167	126
Hmong	9	17	7	12
Thai	368	236	163	100
Laotian	66	80	52	60
Vietnamese	580	258	262	122
Other Asian languages	3,890	569	717	207
Kirghiz	20	52	(D)	(D)
Turkish	245	134	30	32
Mongolian	65	92	65	92
Telugu	1,200	333	190	102
Kannada	260	158	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	875	317	240	123
Tamil	1,205	358	135	78
Burmese	15	22	15	22
Tagalog	7,014	874	1,574	270
Other Pacific Island languages	577	219	136	63
Indonesian	55	50	35	34
Malay	75	69	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	210	176	20	26
Sebuano	60	43	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	50	44	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	110	81	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	3,291	689	480	145
Other Native North American languages	7	11	7	11
Menomini	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	181	82	102	64
Arabic	1,417	548	214	114
Hebrew	832	270	88	56
African languages	531	281	11	26
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	95	132	(B)	-
Bantu	55	41	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	325	247	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	323	122	58	45
Finnish	110	72	(D)	(D)
Estonian	60	64	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	50	60	30	36
Syriac	105	60	(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.