Languages spoken in Mercer County, NJ

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 Mercer County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Mercer County, NJ

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	346,447	60	38,665	1,567
Speak only English at home	248,880	2,049	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	97,567	2,039	38,665	1,567
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	45,017	995	22,581	1,091
Spanish	45,015	995	22,580	1,091
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	31,345	1,854	9,658	1,018
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,480	552	469	149
French	2,300	533	440	147
Patois	180	124	(D)	(D)
French Creole	4,077	1,037	1,904	600
Italian	3,242	554	890	203
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	497	213	158	81
Portuguese	485	213	160	81
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,440	324	112	61
German	1,440	324	110	61
Yiddish	82	57	25	31
Other West Germanic languages	189	110	24	30
Dutch	155	104	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	30	34	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	380	208	(B)	-
Swedish	70	58	(B)	-
Danish	270	196	(B)	-
Norwegian	40	40	(B)	-
Greek	690	238	124	63
Russian	1,253	361	342	140
Polish	4,534	758	2,112	466
Serbo-Croatian languages	330	227	73	53
Serbocroatian	220	202	(D)	(D)
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	95	81	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	1,318	416	516	209
Ukrainian	865	351	355	189
Czech	80	79	(D)	(D)
Slovak	210	140	65	84
Bulgarian	155	103	40	35
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	67	77	32	53
Persian	271	130	81	59
Hindi	3,433	692	506	277
Gujarati	2,435	583	807	279
Urdu	1,147	377	235	122
Other Indic languages	2,967	770	1,086	509
India nec3	75	110	(D)	(D)
Bengali	630	305	300	194
Panjabi	1,430	629	640	426
Marathi	665	283	70	68
Oriya	55	67	(B)	-
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	20	51	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	513	311	162	123
Jamaican Creole	45	41	(D)	(D)
Romanian	205	165	80	86
Irish Gaelic	40	39	(B)	-
Albanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	195	188	55	55
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	17,170	1,178	5,471	610
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	7,523	904	3,010	554
Chinese	4,975	797	1,900	424
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	210	116	55	54
Mandarin	1,945	457	790	328
Formosan	380	182	265	150
Japanese	537	197	260	142
Korean	2,533	611	1,051	349
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	24	49	5	22
Thai	72	64	13	21
Vietnamese	367	195	184	114
Other Asian languages	4,884	877	698	238
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	235	240	80	86
Mongolian	35	38	(B)	-
Telugu	1,885	614	235	145
Kannada	485	267	85	102
Malayalam	200	147	30	28
Tamil	1,900	664	195	122
Burmese	70	92	(D)	(D)
Karen	60	133	50	120
Tagalog	1,129	295	190	107
Other Pacific Island languages	101	79	60	49
Indonesian	50	61	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,035	644	955	289
Other Native North American languages	85	72	13	20
Aleut	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	374	143	75	59
Arabic	1,247	421	392	199
Hebrew	592	268	71	69
African languages	1,685	471	393	204
Amharic	140	109	(D)	(D)
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	20	24	(D)	(D)
Bantu	115	78	50	47
Mande	165	135	80	126
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,185	439	225	124
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	52	36	11	17
Finnish	50	36	(D)	(D)

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.