Languages spoken in Montgomery County, MD

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 Montgomery County [MD]

Table showing languages spoken in Montgomery County, MD

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	924,622	20	139,695	2,830
Speak only English at home	563,339	3,708	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	361,283	3,706	139,695	2,830
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	144,016	1,748	66,534	2,089
Spanish	144,015	1,748	66,535	2,089
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	94,896	2,868	25,591	1,379
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	22,054	1,644	5,941	703
French	21,660	1,614	5,905	697
Patois	385	177	25	31
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
French Creole	3,770	683	1,157	367
Italian	2,437	407	570	158
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	5,769	711	2,125	411
Portuguese	5,770	711	2,125	411
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,205	618	808	219
German	5,205	618	810	219
Yiddish	388	146	55	57
Other West Germanic languages	705	229	51	56
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	585	210	50	56
Afrikaans	110	82	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	877	259	45	40
Swedish	480	169	(D)	(D)
Danish	275	189	(B)	-
Norwegian	115	59	25	25
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	3,545	844	1,022	447
Russian	7,834	965	2,725	468
Polish	874	294	206	109
Serbo-Croatian languages	566	272	205	129
Serbocroatian	140	81	40	40
Croatian	65	44	(D)	(D)
Serbian	360	247	155	118
Other Slavic languages	1,938	391	359	131
Ukrainian	630	267	155	78
Czech	325	140	30	29
Slovak	245	148	105	101
Bulgarian	645	265	50	38
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	80	61	(D)	(D)
Armenian	1,337	448	332	147
Persian	9,423	1,106	3,356	516
Hindi	7,551	974	928	274
Gujarati	3,071	715	882	346
Urdu	4,464	929	1,129	307
Other Indic languages	10,346	986	2,916	462
India nec3	195	98	30	28
Bengali	4,390	705	1,155	258
Panjabi	1,215	428	510	297
Marathi	765	277	45	37
Oriya	145	134	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	115	99	35	33
Nepali	2,120	629	735	266
Sindhi	95	81	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	1,290	391	370	146
Other Indo-European languages	2,742	489	779	237
Jamaican Creole	45	39	(D)	(D)
Krio	465	241	155	134
Pidgin	310	216	130	98
Gullah	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	125	98	(B)	-
Romanian	765	248	205	117
Welsh	15	21	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	50	36	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	235	149	45	42
Lithuanian	160	93	(D)	(D)
Latvian	440	220	165	164
Pashto	65	70	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	25	31	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	84,589	1,717	37,568	1,334
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	34,986	1,456	15,946	1,057
Chinese	26,460	1,373	12,350	915
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	1,790	392	930	261
Mandarin	5,405	760	2,035	470
Formosan	1,295	376	625	211
Wu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	2,327	400	1,226	295
Korean	13,317	1,314	7,479	943
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,167	467	511	162
Thai	1,815	417	910	288
Laotian	316	167	142	106
Vietnamese	10,204	1,182	6,016	931
Other Asian languages	9,320	1,055	1,773	433
Kirghiz	45	49	(D)	(D)
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	1,170	394	200	89
Mongolian	170	118	(D)	(D)
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	45	54	(D)	(D)
Telugu	2,320	611	280	158
Kannada	655	219	160	120
Malayalam	1,615	409	375	154
Tamil	2,490	468	290	142
Tibetan	165	137	95	89
Burmese	605	345	325	245
Tagalog	9,265	972	2,963	461
Other Pacific Island languages	1,872	466	602	253
Indonesian	1,100	336	425	190
Balinese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malagasy	85	96	(D)	(D)
Malay	130	110	(B)	-
Bisayan	130	87	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	100	128	60	106
Pampangan	215	191	75	85
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	37,782	2,099	10,002	859
Navajo	33	52	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	676	471	130	123
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Walapai	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	35	36	(D)	(D)
Choctaw	445	430	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	70	106	70	106
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	906	340	139	79
Arabic	5,179	964	1,208	380
Hebrew	2,638	443	302	112
African languages	28,063	1,916	8,188	781
Amharic	13,325	1,394	4,935	716
Berber	255	321	145	172
Cushite	710	401	300	177
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Khoisan	55	89	20	32
Swahili	2,005	577	345	183
Bantu	2,345	573	485	243
Mande	480	210	95	84
Fulani	1,575	432	430	205
Gur	45	61	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	7,045	991	1,370	373
Efik	105	134	(D)	(D)
Mbum (and related)	45	55	(D)	(D)
African	40	42	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	287	160	35	30
Finnish	110	85	(B)	-
Estonian	45	35	(B)	-
Caucasian	105	125	(D)	(D)
Quechua	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tupi-Guarani	(D)	(D)	(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.