Languages spoken in Loudoun County, VA

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 Loudoun County [VA]

Table showing languages spoken in Loudoun County, VA

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	298,849	22	30,102	1,249
Speak only English at home	210,499	1,837	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	88,350	1,844	30,102	1,249
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	33,696	1,070	15,272	830
Spanish	33,695	1,070	15,270	830
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	27,826	1,763	6,991	787
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,602	345	334	150
French	1,485	326	315	154
Patois	120	121	(D)	(D)
French Creole	172	112	49	47
Italian	884	547	182	156
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	744	283	106	97
Portuguese	745	283	105	97
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,108	375	332	155
German	2,110	375	330	155
Other West Germanic languages	270	135	(B)	-
Dutch	175	106	(B)	-
Afrikaans	95	80	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	90	71	10	15
Swedish	45	46	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	45	57	(B)	-
Greek	259	163	63	69
Russian	692	304	221	125
Polish	361	163	29	37
Serbo-Croatian languages	271	157	51	70
Serbocroatian	255	151	50	70
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	317	190	108	78
Ukrainian	105	100	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	140	138	25	32
Macedonian	65	72	(D)	(D)
Armenian	204	133	48	42
Persian	4,821	835	1,650	340
Hindi	5,090	768	873	315
Gujarati	1,105	406	263	166
Urdu	2,760	714	604	202
Other Indic languages	5,187	1,059	1,802	506
India nec3	380	284	145	161
Bengali	1,885	816	775	407
Panjabi	1,830	584	675	281
Marathi	550	247	65	45
Oriya	95	72	(D)	(D)
Kashmiri	30	37	(B)	-
Nepali	270	296	120	204
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	135	99	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	889	335	266	144
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	115	140	(D)	(D)
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	115	95	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	145	115	55	55
Lithuanian	35	44	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	370	261	140	109
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	22,776	1,286	7,142	756
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,674	699	1,558	338
Chinese	2,850	620	1,220	311
Cantonese	485	261	235	160
Mandarin	285	119	65	51
Formosan	55	67	40	52
Japanese	364	132	135	79
Korean	3,040	671	1,668	418
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	466	269	209	130
Hmong	59	76	48	73
Thai	523	267	295	185
Laotian	210	166	144	141
Vietnamese	3,348	719	1,313	376
Other Asian languages	7,553	774	1,129	274
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	395	236	90	90
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	4,420	591	660	231
Kannada	335	213	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	260	157	50	58
Tamil	2,005	466	275	126
Burmese	65	56	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,079	634	583	265
Other Pacific Island languages	460	256	60	58
Indonesian	130	95	20	24
Malay	105	156	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	75	131	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	25	34	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,052	644	697	217
Hungarian	103	81	7	11
Arabic	1,855	471	376	180
Hebrew	102	126	40	47
African languages	1,826	407	263	124
Amharic	470	264	100	88
Cushite	40	55	(D)	(D)
Swahili	35	35	(B)	-
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,275	323	150	88
Other and unspecified languages	166	113	11	21
Finnish	75	86	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	35	57	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
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.