Languages spoken in Nassau 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 Nassau County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Nassau 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	1,270,496	79	141,886	2,931
Speak only English at home	916,509	4,383	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	353,987	4,392	141,886	2,931
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	155,233	2,131	75,110	2,181
Spanish	155,215	2,129	75,105	2,178
Ladino	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	130,067	4,118	39,866	1,920
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	7,547	868	1,302	300
French	7,155	828	1,255	275
Patois	395	179	(D)	(D)
French Creole	15,358	1,889	6,119	811
Italian	25,149	1,358	7,721	609
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	5,421	758	2,388	380
Portuguese	5,420	758	2,390	380
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,768	431	505	130
German	3,770	431	505	130
Yiddish	1,420	351	114	64
Other West Germanic languages	509	197	94	139
Pennsylvania Dutch	85	138	85	138
Dutch	310	140	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	115	67	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	522	163	87	53
Swedish	130	52	30	30
Danish	195	102	45	42
Norwegian	140	63	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	60	66	(B)	-
Greek	9,481	1,027	1,946	350
Russian	6,466	970	2,214	397
Polish	5,799	1,015	1,886	411
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,921	388	690	195
Serbocroatian	265	179	125	105
Croatian	1,600	357	545	186
Serbian	55	48	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	972	295	264	120
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	495	165	175	95
Czech	130	88	40	40
Slovak	130	75	30	34
Bulgarian	145	155	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	45	95	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	1,068	350	191	113
Persian	10,172	1,180	4,561	803
Hindi	9,483	1,026	2,258	372
Gujarati	4,200	843	1,295	643
Urdu	9,298	1,356	2,498	531
Other Indic languages	8,602	1,135	2,745	536
India nec3	700	409	195	185
Bengali	2,915	641	855	235
Panjabi	3,980	762	1,515	426
Marathi	225	137	(D)	(D)
Oriya	65	57	(B)	-
Kashmiri	140	153	(D)	(D)
Nepali	145	130	(B)	-
Sindhi	370	163	70	56
Sinhalese	55	78	50	76
Other Indo-European languages	2,911	557	988	310
Jamaican Creole	470	289	115	81
Krio	35	60	(B)	-
Gullah	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	925	299	195	128
Irish Gaelic	100	60	35	35
Albanian	935	361	440	223
Lithuanian	115	93	85	89
Latvian	215	108	50	43
Pashto	80	89	40	44
Balochi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	52,717	1,958	24,211	1,187
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	19,641	1,212	10,311	850
Chinese	13,375	982	7,000	682
Cantonese	2,435	510	1,020	263
Mandarin	3,370	565	1,945	396
Formosan	395	160	320	137
Wu	65	47	30	32
Japanese	1,626	338	920	248
Korean	10,277	1,102	6,095	685
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	40	31	(B)	-
Thai	233	126	180	116
Laotian	28	30	(B)	-
Vietnamese	543	213	304	181
Other Asian languages	11,941	1,288	4,307	645
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	20	33	(B)	-
Turkish	1,680	426	680	225
Tungus	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	955	340	310	140
Kannada	210	129	25	33
Malayalam	6,990	876	2,500	375
Tamil	1,710	788	625	447
Munda	120	170	(B)	-
Tibetan	25	37	25	37
Burmese	90	79	50	47
Karen	115	132	95	103
Tagalog	7,388	831	1,758	343
Other Pacific Island languages	1,000	413	336	158
Indonesian	200	185	80	74
Malagasy	10	19	(B)	-
Malay	365	382	95	97
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	260	186	95	115
Ilocano	75	67	45	43
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	15,970	1,308	2,699	478
Navajo	2	4	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	112	104	58	61
Aleut	75	96	(D)	(D)
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	516	143	185	90
Arabic	3,459	744	863	301
Hebrew	8,917	976	1,156	250
African languages	2,699	612	379	179
Amharic	155	116	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	210	155	(D)	(D)
Bantu	95	81	(D)	(D)
Fulani	40	42	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,925	473	270	119
Efik	95	108	(B)	-
African	155	174	70	124
Other and unspecified languages	265	139	58	40
Finnish	105	87	(B)	-
Estonian	50	42	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	80	80	30	32
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	(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.