Languages spoken in Mecklenburg County, NC

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 Mecklenburg County [NC]

Table showing languages spoken in Mecklenburg County, NC

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	877,662	44	72,005	1,669
Speak only English at home	718,070	2,806	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	159,592	2,808	72,005	1,669
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	93,479	1,354	48,586	1,699
Spanish	93,480	1,354	48,585	1,699
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	31,654	2,218	9,410	993
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,756	799	1,413	396
French	4,685	805	1,390	398
Patois	60	81	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	363	168	44	41
Italian	1,157	446	382	221
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,887	556	816	402
Portuguese	1,885	556	815	402
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,109	536	303	116
German	3,110	536	305	116
Other West Germanic languages	276	110	38	42
Dutch	150	94	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	125	72	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	552	331	11	20
Swedish	255	158	(D)	(D)
Danish	95	112	(B)	-
Norwegian	205	231	(B)	-
Greek	1,799	398	451	145
Russian	3,048	784	1,216	396
Polish	738	283	176	89
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,300	484	653	329
Serbocroatian	590	318	315	224
Croatian	100	101	60	64
Serbian	615	338	275	196
Other Slavic languages	1,068	474	204	128
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	375	360	65	80
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	265	249	65	88
Bulgarian	330	203	75	66
Slovene	60	65	(B)	-
Armenian	51	65	12	19
Persian	706	247	221	132
Hindi	4,502	816	1,021	391
Gujarati	2,490	762	1,029	379
Urdu	558	243	269	166
Other Indic languages	2,541	609	945	348
India nec3	95	90	(B)	-
Bengali	595	313	130	92
Panjabi	260	181	80	69
Marathi	625	277	95	125
Oriya	210	168	(D)	(D)
Nepali	685	357	605	338
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	55	68	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	753	241	206	93
Jamaican Creole	55	47	(D)	(D)
Krio	45	63	(D)	(D)
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gullah	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	385	199	125	78
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	50	51	(D)	(D)
Albanian	125	103	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	35	38	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	25,748	1,463	11,694	1,046
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,810	837	2,444	543
Chinese	3,060	662	1,590	462
Cantonese	595	384	155	202
Mandarin	1,040	432	660	378
Fuchow	35	56	(D)	(D)
Formosan	85	80	(D)	(D)
Japanese	516	173	154	105
Korean	2,557	595	1,101	331
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,490	523	688	297
Hmong	1,216	456	249	166
Thai	274	143	160	121
Laotian	1,075	445	435	209
Vietnamese	6,368	1,019	4,216	709
Other Asian languages	5,097	821	1,643	465
Turkish	460	201	115	82
Telugu	2,000	574	825	392
Kannada	530	322	80	83
Malayalam	550	254	145	111
Tamil	1,230	413	255	204
Burmese	300	188	210	144
Karen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	1,260	357	253	158
Other Pacific Island languages	1,085	454	351	189
Indonesian	285	233	150	118
Balinese	150	207	(D)	(D)
Cham	165	151	120	108
Malay	145	235	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	35	43	(D)	(D)
Micronesian	230	155	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ponapean	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	8,711	1,249	2,315	487
Other Native North American languages	203	151	82	81
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tuscarora	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	130	120	(D)	(D)
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	108	79	15	22
Arabic	2,371	629	877	341
Hebrew	223	179	11	18
African languages	5,654	882	1,313	324
Amharic	1,420	462	485	183
Chadic	85	97	(D)	(D)
Cushite	610	398	(D)	(D)
Sudanic	45	69	(D)	(D)
Swahili	525	254	105	97
Bantu	580	345	175	137
Mande	275	208	(D)	(D)
Fulani	195	152	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,860	445	330	166
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	152	144	17	28
Finnish	110	125	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(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.