Languages spoken in Milwaukee County, WI

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 Milwaukee County [WI]

Table showing languages spoken in Milwaukee County, WI

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	881,215	16	61,342	1,717
Speak only English at home	738,958	2,193	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	142,257	2,193	61,342	1,717
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	88,017	1,705	40,964	1,272
Spanish	88,015	1,705	40,965	1,272
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	24,800	1,451	8,126	837
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,485	419	415	132
French	2,420	419	400	130
Patois	65	49	(D)	(D)
French Creole	84	65	3	5
Italian	1,537	243	480	159
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	296	115	58	48
Portuguese	295	115	60	48
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,262	446	751	175
German	4,260	446	750	175
Yiddish	61	45	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	304	154	40	60
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	195	122	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	100	81	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	277	152	8	16
Swedish	115	92	(B)	-
Danish	15	19	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	150	118	(B)	-
Greek	839	256	321	155
Russian	2,337	449	1,393	285
Polish	1,889	352	471	158
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,943	605	1,308	465
Serbocroatian	600	330	375	286
Croatian	495	165	100	59
Serbian	1,850	483	835	309
Other Slavic languages	634	190	248	104
Ukrainian	85	47	65	45
Czech	95	59	(D)	(D)
Slovak	120	74	40	52
Bulgarian	150	141	50	51
Macedonian	40	52	(D)	(D)
Slovene	150	108	65	52
Armenian	32	30	8	12
Persian	235	115	110	74
Hindi	1,708	375	355	172
Gujarati	320	144	110	86
Urdu	1,210	403	431	192
Other Indic languages	1,681	522	832	406
India nec3	160	179	55	54
Bengali	135	96	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	645	284	345	188
Marathi	185	157	55	64
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	265	335	255	334
Pakistan nec3	180	192	60	75
Sinhalese	95	124	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	1,666	398	784	238
Jamaican Creole	45	41	(B)	-
Romanian	100	93	45	53
Irish Gaelic	65	73	(B)	-
Albanian	1,115	359	660	232
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	260	116	35	32
Pashto	65	72	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	21,623	747	9,444	675
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,974	516	1,761	456
Chinese	2,360	459	1,475	429
Cantonese	170	109	60	63
Mandarin	415	212	205	130
Formosan	35	42	(D)	(D)
Japanese	157	94	65	60
Korean	602	194	367	147
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	54	53	30	30
Hmong	10,318	877	3,892	585
Thai	244	148	148	89
Laotian	2,333	657	1,024	311
Vietnamese	1,343	393	726	261
Other Asian languages	2,180	548	1,015	351
Turkish	475	221	175	112
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	390	209	50	48
Kannada	115	80	45	53
Malayalam	230	195	60	70
Tamil	255	144	45	49
Burmese	495	294	425	277
Karen	195	119	195	119
Tagalog	1,251	365	391	181
Other Pacific Island languages	167	108	25	29
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	30	47	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	7,817	1,078	2,808	489
Navajo	32	31	6	8
Other Native North American languages	265	109	70	92
Ojibwa	90	89	(B)	-
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Shawnee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Haida	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Winnebago	60	46	(D)	(D)
American Indian	20	23	(B)	-
Hungarian	159	83	44	38
Arabic	4,224	813	1,818	444
Hebrew	535	222	26	27
African languages	2,457	569	811	286
Amharic	185	94	(D)	(D)
Cushite	860	378	405	204
Sudanic	15	23	15	23
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilo-Saharan	15	30	10	17
Swahili	285	187	150	168
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mande	220	151	70	64
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	735	355	110	63
Efik	80	92	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	145	104	33	42
Finnish	80	73	(D)	(D)
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	40	65	(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.