Languages spoken in Macomb County, MI

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 Macomb County [MI]

Table showing languages spoken in Macomb County, MI

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	797,570	44	47,235	1,905
Speak only English at home	688,971	3,042	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	108,599	3,046	47,235	1,905
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	11,054	950	3,934	527
Spanish	11,055	950	3,935	527
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	54,827	2,310	21,335	1,054
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,065	348	517	174
French	2,065	348	515	174
French Creole	80	120	10	22
Italian	8,850	763	3,059	357
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	130	94	59	60
Portuguese	130	94	60	60
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,948	577	676	153
German	3,950	577	675	153
Yiddish	3	5	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	385	141	160	114
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dutch	355	128	145	99
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	56	42	(B)	-
Swedish	30	28	(B)	-
Norwegian	25	31	(B)	-
Greek	1,604	298	428	135
Russian	566	239	322	191
Polish	7,448	867	2,506	403
Serbo-Croatian languages	4,920	923	2,434	452
Serbocroatian	3,165	755	1,885	404
Croatian	280	146	50	43
Serbian	1,475	410	500	188
Other Slavic languages	5,372	874	2,108	412
Ukrainian	1,650	410	770	235
Czech	95	96	(D)	(D)
Slovak	325	186	40	50
Bulgarian	60	52	30	32
Macedonian	3,225	725	1,250	356
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	281	123	150	94
Persian	69	74	(B)	-
Hindi	1,409	390	474	188
Gujarati	999	329	566	212
Urdu	1,039	348	475	190
Other Indic languages	3,602	697	1,874	452
India nec3	260	188	240	184
Bengali	2,370	567	1,340	413
Panjabi	780	379	255	137
Marathi	70	88	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	50	113	30	53
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	12,001	1,396	5,517	776
Romanian	2,300	452	1,045	265
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	30	26	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	9,495	1,295	4,400	723
Lithuanian	85	63	25	21
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	15,477	893	6,700	724
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,556	447	1,523	317
Chinese	1,950	405	1,140	266
Cantonese	300	191	170	127
Mandarin	300	122	215	108
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	444	162	170	71
Korean	820	249	448	179
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	151	109	41	44
Hmong	1,209	390	466	215
Thai	145	90	85	59
Laotian	181	147	92	105
Vietnamese	2,893	642	1,823	460
Other Asian languages	2,268	501	593	198
Turkish	165	131	95	114
Telugu	140	97	30	39
Kannada	60	58	(B)	-
Malayalam	1,300	386	420	169
Tamil	605	297	45	55
Tagalog	4,253	685	1,206	383
Other Pacific Island languages	557	274	253	178
Indonesian	45	47	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	320	264	160	164
Sebuano	35	34	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	70	86	55	64
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ponapean	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	27,241	1,972	15,266	1,339
Other Native North American languages	165	169	16	22
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	20	21	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	140	163	(B)	-
Hungarian	60	47	34	37
Arabic	14,212	1,304	8,159	909
Hebrew	10	14	(B)	-
African languages	426	192	53	45
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	60	58	(D)	(D)
Bantu	50	63	(B)	-
Mande	65	70	(B)	-
Fulani	35	34	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	195	152	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	12,368	1,383	7,004	917
Finnish	55	45	(D)	(D)
Syriac	12,315	1,388	6,995	916

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.