Languages spoken in Middlesex County, MA

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 Middlesex County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Middlesex County, MA

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	1,436,028	113	133,790	2,908
Speak only English at home	1,076,773	4,641	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	359,255	4,621	133,790	2,908
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	79,394	1,606	30,153	1,530
Spanish	79,395	1,606	30,155	1,530
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	168,339	3,775	56,992	2,256
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	16,554	990	2,670	451
French	16,425	1,019	2,615	455
Patois	130	127	(D)	(D)
French Creole	14,895	1,219	6,279	694
Italian	14,307	1,118	4,094	470
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	48,700	2,269	24,402	1,382
Portuguese	48,680	2,269	24,400	1,382
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,981	648	580	142
German	5,980	648	580	142
Yiddish	240	101	16	25
Other West Germanic languages	981	245	101	59
Dutch	865	231	85	45
Afrikaans	115	89	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	1,180	263	62	36
Swedish	595	190	35	25
Danish	250	117	(B)	-
Norwegian	255	118	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	80	69	(D)	(D)
Greek	8,251	815	2,113	344
Russian	12,372	1,135	4,850	679
Polish	2,313	472	526	192
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,720	589	495	189
Serbocroatian	1,160	545	365	177
Croatian	165	109	40	38
Serbian	400	169	90	82
Other Slavic languages	2,257	454	410	159
Bielorussian	100	111	(B)	-
Ukrainian	590	266	210	144
Czech	510	268	45	36
Slovak	80	61	(B)	-
Bulgarian	905	281	155	91
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	25	24	(B)	-
Armenian	5,999	974	1,557	408
Persian	2,572	694	585	180
Hindi	9,947	937	1,787	455
Gujarati	4,852	778	1,909	449
Urdu	2,079	462	361	132
Other Indic languages	9,694	1,261	3,245	707
India nec3	530	250	275	151
Bengali	2,740	656	740	282
Panjabi	2,070	567	1,055	476
Marathi	1,845	500	495	332
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	70	71	(D)	(D)
Assamese	70	76	(D)	(D)
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	2,040	642	620	259
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	240	130	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	3,445	580	950	255
Jamaican Creole	105	85	(D)	(D)
Krio	35	58	(B)	-
Catalonian	90	86	(B)	-
Romanian	665	230	140	85
Welsh	70	58	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	255	114	95	74
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	1,520	451	485	191
Lithuanian	495	207	95	70
Latvian	130	70	35	33
Pashto	60	99	40	58
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	88,592	2,224	39,935	1,486
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	41,269	1,884	19,706	1,319
Chinese	27,100	1,408	13,000	1,114
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	6,065	918	3,200	644
Mandarin	7,060	939	3,060	676
Fuchow	45	65	45	65
Formosan	990	335	400	222
Japanese	3,492	528	1,446	291
Korean	7,571	953	3,431	585
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	12,064	1,243	6,427	757
Hmong	150	134	75	106
Thai	1,149	375	569	257
Laotian	1,682	589	820	275
Vietnamese	6,830	1,062	3,947	627
Other Asian languages	11,801	1,039	2,664	569
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	1,500	380	350	159
Mongolian	205	221	(D)	(D)
Telugu	3,075	647	810	404
Kannada	790	302	70	66
Malayalam	1,390	407	320	234
Tamil	3,820	727	545	233
Tibetan	645	263	185	126
Burmese	350	193	280	181
Tagalog	1,991	533	651	321
Other Pacific Island languages	593	205	199	105
Indonesian	315	152	95	80
Balinese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	75	54	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	75	97	50	67
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	22,930	1,684	6,710	802
Navajo	8	14	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	152	117	31	34
Micmac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	35	54	(D)	(D)
Kiowa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	65	99	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	566	193	145	76
Arabic	8,784	1,035	3,893	636
Hebrew	2,951	574	327	123
African languages	10,024	1,122	2,213	464
Amharic	2,705	612	805	254
Berber	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chadic	70	80	(B)	-
Cushite	300	147	95	77
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilo-Hamitic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	2,400	551	505	226
Bantu	2,585	729	465	216
Mande	95	106	(B)	-
Fulani	160	173	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,475	311	215	98
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	150	125	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	445	162	101	68
Finnish	205	116	(D)	(D)
Estonian	80	64	45	44
Other Uralic languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	45	53	45	53
Uncodable	90	64	(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.