Languages spoken in Monroe County, NY

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 Monroe County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Monroe County, NY

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	703,619	71	32,843	1,252
Speak only English at home	614,670	2,315	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	88,949	2,314	32,843	1,252
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	37,010	1,286	11,922	817
Spanish	37,010	1,286	11,920	817
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	29,903	1,792	10,195	971
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,028	490	523	178
French	2,900	464	490	166
Patois	125	120	35	45
French Creole	911	371	452	269
Italian	6,231	730	2,182	308
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	424	177	139	117
Portuguese	405	179	140	117
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,152	409	497	160
German	3,150	409	495	160
Yiddish	140	64	36	37
Other West Germanic languages	399	141	88	73
Pennsylvania Dutch	45	52	(D)	(D)
Dutch	325	132	60	48
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	78	50	18	27
Swedish	45	34	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	865	287	224	110
Russian	2,739	579	1,406	351
Polish	1,863	404	668	182
Serbo-Croatian languages	750	261	326	130
Serbocroatian	655	244	290	127
Croatian	60	44	(D)	(D)
Serbian	35	29	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	3,171	590	1,446	335
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	2,565	533	1,215	313
Czech	50	43	(B)	-
Slovak	40	55	(B)	-
Bulgarian	50	48	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	450	186	210	116
Armenian	75	57	29	45
Persian	437	312	31	28
Hindi	1,970	624	451	214
Gujarati	294	137	77	51
Urdu	621	276	175	142
Other Indic languages	1,928	637	1,169	512
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bengali	285	199	90	68
Panjabi	515	296	210	150
Marathi	185	208	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	725	465	685	446
Pakistan nec3	100	172	90	151
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	827	275	258	133
Jamaican Creole	115	76	30	28
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	20	34	(D)	(D)
Romanian	120	119	20	41
Irish Gaelic	50	47	(D)	(D)
Albanian	245	172	145	109
Lithuanian	200	120	30	33
Latvian	45	40	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	17,036	1,022	8,360	666
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	5,682	728	2,830	483
Chinese	3,830	633	2,075	379
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	645	256	265	183
Mandarin	790	207	190	96
Formosan	400	273	290	194
Japanese	521	198	191	122
Korean	1,356	348	528	141
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	324	151	127	83
Thai	210	105	69	53
Laotian	1,238	316	723	195
Vietnamese	2,464	525	1,478	335
Other Asian languages	4,441	750	2,297	500
Kazakh	185	205	140	146
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	2,085	569	1,030	303
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	455	216	165	163
Kannada	85	59	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	320	170	115	78
Tamil	430	168	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	545	290	515	290
Karen	210	143	205	143
Tagalog	636	209	107	58
Other Pacific Island languages	164	130	10	17
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	115	113	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,000	755	2,366	578
Navajo	1	5	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	127	107	48	41
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mohawk	25	26	(D)	(D)
Towa	40	57	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	244	115	100	46
Arabic	1,605	429	758	294
Hebrew	576	284	116	88
African languages	2,396	573	1,305	513
Amharic	645	321	395	215
Cushite	775	457	425	393
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	315	261	195	159
Bantu	110	93	55	71
Mande	60	78	55	76
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	310	159	80	75
African	135	145	100	117
Other and unspecified languages	51	68	39	65
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(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.