Languages spoken in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Middlesex 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	766,916	6	128,120	2,530
Speak only English at home	446,092	3,336	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	320,824	3,337	128,120	2,530
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	117,716	1,643	57,548	1,691
Spanish	117,715	1,643	57,550	1,691
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	115,703	3,049	38,678	1,880
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,997	373	270	97
French	1,945	374	270	97
Patois	50	36	(B)	-
French Creole	1,075	419	296	191
Italian	5,220	723	1,455	313
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	6,913	1,041	2,460	452
Portuguese	6,915	1,041	2,460	452
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,727	297	232	91
German	1,725	297	230	91
Yiddish	230	83	94	52
Other West Germanic languages	216	193	21	22
Dutch	95	53	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	120	188	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	273	120	28	33
Swedish	95	68	(B)	-
Danish	30	27	(B)	-
Norwegian	150	97	(D)	(D)
Greek	2,003	441	563	205
Russian	7,117	729	3,549	461
Polish	8,738	966	3,685	593
Serbo-Croatian languages	320	141	32	33
Serbocroatian	55	88	(D)	(D)
Croatian	190	96	(D)	(D)
Serbian	75	63	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	2,283	478	973	259
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	1,390	391	560	196
Czech	70	66	50	55
Slovak	575	219	305	152
Bulgarian	110	73	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	75	60	(D)	(D)
Slovene	45	39	20	25
Armenian	52	57	13	19
Persian	853	250	320	142
Hindi	20,622	1,359	4,219	723
Gujarati	26,601	1,925	11,461	1,116
Urdu	8,372	1,182	2,258	471
Other Indic languages	18,336	1,443	5,702	774
India nec3	4,590	934	1,725	434
Bengali	2,930	558	810	255
Panjabi	4,620	799	1,890	444
Marathi	4,005	716	235	101
Oriya	320	239	95	108
Nepali	70	63	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	575	235	50	47
Pakistan nec3	860	472	690	387
Sinhalese	360	235	185	192
Other Indo-European languages	2,755	992	1,047	494
Jamaican Creole	80	84	(B)	-
Krio	50	59	(D)	(D)
Catalonian	35	38	(B)	-
Romanian	925	362	290	170
Irish Gaelic	135	137	(D)	(D)
Albanian	625	436	260	207
Lithuanian	300	222	110	75
Latvian	80	66	(D)	(D)
Pashto	505	537	290	334
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	71,841	1,856	26,835	1,240
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	23,038	1,532	10,940	950
Chinese	15,725	1,257	7,650	775
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	2,520	538	990	282
Mandarin	4,285	796	1,980	421
Fuchow	65	51	65	51
Formosan	425	129	250	106
Japanese	818	243	322	140
Korean	5,489	790	3,198	552
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	77	100	77	100
Thai	197	119	69	61
Laotian	65	67	46	61
Vietnamese	3,066	676	1,830	421
Other Asian languages	26,652	1,660	6,956	910
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	850	281	300	132
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dravidian	85	116	(B)	-
Telugu	12,520	1,055	3,475	617
Kannada	2,715	650	685	351
Malayalam	1,780	411	310	114
Tamil	8,275	1,018	1,895	620
Tibetan	35	44	(B)	-
Burmese	335	216	260	184
Tagalog	11,639	1,243	3,062	657
Other Pacific Island languages	800	294	335	174
Indonesian	425	205	255	154
Balinese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	45	46	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	155	133	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	135	98	35	38
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	15,564	1,474	5,059	721
Other Native North American languages	17	19	8	14
Keres	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	1,063	239	436	152
Arabic	8,420	1,150	3,433	630
Hebrew	1,582	376	266	175
African languages	4,336	765	911	307
Amharic	165	124	40	43
Chadic	130	99	90	81
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	30	36	(B)	-
Swahili	750	275	145	113
Bantu	150	114	(D)	(D)
Mande	160	160	110	141
Fulani	270	207	(D)	(D)
Gur	35	65	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	2,550	603	440	200
African	85	58	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	146	85	5	10
Finnish	35	52	(D)	(D)
Estonian	80	64	(B)	-
Syriac	20	24	(B)	-
Chibchan	(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.