Languages spoken in Montgomery County, PA

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 [PA]

Table showing languages spoken in Montgomery County, PA

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	757,832	61	34,749	1,176
Speak only English at home	663,119	1,920	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	94,713	1,928	34,749	1,176
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	24,105	1,079	10,134	846
Spanish	24,105	1,079	10,135	846
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	35,380	1,540	10,003	832
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,342	525	898	268
French	3,285	524	885	268
Patois	50	38	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	1,110	482	260	138
Italian	4,779	600	1,436	325
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	869	213	293	107
Portuguese	870	213	295	107
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,728	323	435	126
German	2,730	323	435	126
Yiddish	212	105	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	894	176	102	54
Pennsylvania Dutch	500	141	50	40
Dutch	260	109	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	135	65	35	28
Scandinavian languages	371	150	23	22
Swedish	235	117	(D)	(D)
Danish	95	85	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	25	27	(B)	-
Greek	857	213	239	89
Russian	2,494	440	653	173
Polish	1,615	368	434	184
Serbo-Croatian languages	155	72	37	45
Serbocroatian	65	58	(B)	-
Croatian	75	58	35	45
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	1,558	374	435	195
Ukrainian	1,275	335	355	178
Czech	40	34	(D)	(D)
Slovak	80	49	30	28
Bulgarian	160	113	40	37
Armenian	250	148	22	33
Persian	741	228	155	74
Hindi	4,187	777	1,060	367
Gujarati	3,538	771	1,525	416
Urdu	781	308	204	119
Other Indic languages	3,781	624	1,445	367
India nec3	475	304	75	82
Bengali	2,385	605	1,145	365
Panjabi	250	167	65	57
Marathi	510	220	120	97
Nepali	95	110	35	45
Pakistan nec3	45	69	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,118	275	347	122
Jamaican Creole	90	105	(B)	-
Romanian	545	211	205	96
Irish Gaelic	30	39	(B)	-
Albanian	225	155	70	69
Lithuanian	50	38	(B)	-
Latvian	135	105	55	52
Kurdish	40	67	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	30,453	1,021	13,766	787
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,495	880	3,770	555
Chinese	6,890	794	2,970	483
Cantonese	390	148	135	78
Mandarin	1,045	295	540	233
Fuchow	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Formosan	170	112	125	87
Japanese	716	199	217	92
Korean	10,628	945	6,118	606
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	390	158	143	71
Thai	219	124	115	65
Laotian	115	101	73	79
Vietnamese	3,910	810	2,012	433
Other Asian languages	4,178	679	952	271
Turkish	265	152	95	84
Telugu	1,375	358	280	133
Kannada	430	227	40	37
Malayalam	955	282	280	131
Tamil	1,065	297	195	114
Munda	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	75	67	55	60
Tagalog	1,566	374	310	126
Other Pacific Island languages	236	126	56	40
Indonesian	90	82	40	36
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	35	28	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,775	644	846	227
Other Native North American languages	12	19	12	19
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	394	153	60	46
Arabic	1,791	434	531	192
Hebrew	1,328	299	129	105
African languages	1,181	290	114	65
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Berber	25	29	(D)	(D)
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	240	156	40	37
Bantu	65	63	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	785	252	25	22
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	69	49	(B)	-
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Uralic languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	20	36	(B)	-
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.