Languages spoken in Lee County, FL

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 Lee County [FL]

Table showing languages spoken in Lee County, FL

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	601,185	6	59,943	2,287
Speak only English at home	473,959	2,967	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	127,226	2,967	59,943	2,287
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	92,987	2,089	47,083	1,887
Spanish	92,985	2,089	47,085	1,887
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	26,900	1,960	9,876	1,203
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,092	463	584	191
French	2,870	404	575	191
Patois	220	192	(D)	(D)
French Creole	8,420	1,327	4,633	1,064
Italian	2,068	325	595	184
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,623	570	1,130	344
Portuguese	2,625	570	1,130	344
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,948	681	1,049	265
German	4,950	681	1,050	265
Yiddish	72	80	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	385	145	95	80
Dutch	350	145	95	80
Afrikaans	35	33	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	722	216	164	106
Swedish	320	117	65	50
Danish	200	138	70	91
Norwegian	170	126	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	35	32	(D)	(D)
Greek	417	207	37	38
Russian	624	280	187	112
Polish	720	239	248	131
Serbo-Croatian languages	447	245	136	100
Serbocroatian	265	215	45	59
Croatian	130	146	(D)	(D)
Serbian	55	36	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	325	144	138	84
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Czech	140	99	55	58
Slovak	50	45	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	85	103	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	75	51	12	19
Persian	73	61	39	52
Hindi	151	134	55	69
Gujarati	306	206	34	43
Urdu	214	190	81	86
Other Indic languages	459	282	148	135
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	215	216	125	131
Nepali	90	138	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	125	110	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	759	344	511	264
Jamaican Creole	40	37	(D)	(D)
Romanian	175	105	145	94
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	120	84	55	59
Lithuanian	185	186	160	183
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	5,603	648	2,583	538
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	936	303	426	174
Chinese	725	278	330	152
Cantonese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mandarin	190	153	95	84
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	150	87	98	75
Korean	602	402	348	243
Thai	218	162	105	82
Laotian	251	224	113	158
Vietnamese	1,228	480	851	406
Other Asian languages	650	366	136	181
Turkish	55	77	(B)	-
Telugu	120	116	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	265	197	(B)	-
Tamil	65	93	(B)	-
Burmese	145	234	115	178
Tagalog	1,523	580	506	306
Other Pacific Island languages	45	49	(B)	-
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,736	503	401	174
Other Native North American languages	20	23	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mikasuki	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	288	141	34	37
Arabic	824	453	177	119
Hebrew	244	158	48	76
African languages	174	79	39	43
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	35	39	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	120	67	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	186	94	103	70
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	85	67	65	59
Uncodable	(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.