Languages spoken in New Castle County, DE


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 New Castle County [DE]

Table showing languages spoken in New Castle County, DE






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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over509,3275425,3911,379
    Speak only English at home434,7981,971(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home74,5291,96625,3911,379
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE37,5431,21715,9071,117
    Spanish37,5451,21715,9051,117
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES18,7661,3044,468584
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)2,658493531235
    French2,545476525235
    Patois110102(D)(D)
    French Creole62328911989
    Italian1,806381505178
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)629224187107
    Portuguese615225175105
    Papia Mentae(D)(D)(D)(D)
    German (incl Luxembourgian)1,71925920777
    German1,72025920577
    Yiddish6352(B)-
    Other West Germanic languages2181162928
    Pennsylvania Dutch(D)(D)(B)-
    Dutch11068(D)(D)
    Afrikaans6052(D)(D)
    Scandinavian languages6954(B)-
    Swedish6553(B)-
    Icelandic(D)(D)(B)-
    Greek84323810168
    Russian57518511068
    Polish845233196100
    Serbo-Croatian languages1931303537
    Serbocroatian110105(B)-
    Croatian70733537
    Serbian(D)(D)(B)-
    Other Slavic languages42719214587
    Ukrainian2151357058
    Czech(D)(D)(B)-
    Slovak2025(B)-
    Bulgarian1351207568
    Armenian62994064
    Persian1941299887
    Hindi1,414390218127
    Gujarati1,855543860276
    Urdu1,514478366181
    Other Indic languages2,232563467178
    India nec3695336155125
    Bengali44520414091
    Panjabi385204125102
    Marathi280165(D)(D)
    Nepali115105(D)(D)
    Sindhi280252(D)(D)
    Sinhalese(D)(D)(B)-
    Other Indo-European languages827315254198
    Jamaican Creole6561(D)(D)
    Krio1501204041
    Romanian100693038
    Irish Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian110986063
    Lithuanian145154(B)-
    Latvian(D)(D)(B)-
    Pashto160185120179
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES13,2598044,310540
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)5,4526592,634466
    Chinese4,5356152,205443
    Cantonese2351188077
    Mandarin490208285171
    Formosan1901067063
    Wu(D)(D)(B)-
    Japanese3821502726
    Korean1,110301498205
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian41471118
    Thai76514240
    Laotian34542337
    Vietnamese741352302190
    Other Asian languages4,070598621163
    Uighur(D)(D)(B)-
    Turkish39524511084
    Telugu2,335548270123
    Kannada115114(B)-
    Malayalam1651164553
    Tamil1,05032119093
    Tagalog1,26539913387
    Other Pacific Island languages88611926
    Indonesian5051(D)(D)
    Bisayan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Sebuano(D)(D)(B)-
    Samoan(D)(D)(B)-
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES4,961976706215
    Other Native North American languages1271023234
    Ottawa(D)(D)(B)-
    Potawatomi(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Kuchin1528(D)(D)
    Dakota(D)(D)(B)-
    Keres6068(D)(D)
    Hungarian36361016
    Arabic1,327435303144
    Hebrew11171(B)-
    African languages3,241720355163
    Amharic1501066567
    Berber(D)(D)(B)-
    Nilotic(D)(D)(B)-
    Swahili795275165114
    Bantu10087(D)(D)
    Mande490459(B)-
    Fulani120102(D)(D)
    Gur(D)(D)(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba1,4954459081
    African(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other and unspecified languages11973611
    Finnish(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Estonian2023(B)-
    Uncodable7555(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.


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    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

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