Languages spoken in New York 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 New York County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in New York 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	1,525,012	87	245,960	4,019
Speak only English at home	909,662	5,515	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	615,350	5,519	245,960	4,019
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	346,086	2,842	155,479	3,112
Spanish	346,085	2,842	155,480	3,112
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	124,557	4,196	24,694	1,506
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	34,796	2,103	6,163	854
French	34,560	2,086	6,155	852
Patois	215	127	(D)	(D)
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	4,066	940	1,735	654
Italian	10,326	1,135	1,765	342
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	6,869	864	1,545	413
Portuguese	6,870	864	1,545	413
German (incl Luxembourgian)	10,887	1,225	1,251	396
German	10,885	1,225	1,250	396
Yiddish	1,415	457	139	76
Other West Germanic languages	1,940	403	269	131
Dutch	1,870	397	270	131
Afrikaans	70	54	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	2,691	557	127	68
Swedish	1,550	413	95	61
Danish	675	237	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	405	218	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	60	54	(B)	-
Greek	4,222	743	685	261
Russian	11,833	1,491	3,485	716
Polish	4,708	994	1,672	569
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,771	768	638	279
Serbocroatian	1,165	521	295	215
Croatian	640	266	185	140
Serbian	965	420	160	90
Other Slavic languages	3,331	606	571	246
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	1,115	369	230	127
Czech	430	299	160	158
Slovak	110	89	(B)	-
Bulgarian	1,135	311	170	100
Macedonian	475	365	(B)	-
Slovene	50	39	(D)	(D)
Armenian	568	256	179	180
Persian	2,747	631	645	284
Hindi	7,643	977	513	240
Gujarati	1,606	425	130	79
Urdu	1,724	501	435	231
Other Indic languages	5,955	1,101	1,814	557
India nec3	395	282	130	171
Bengali	4,105	901	1,205	387
Panjabi	655	400	355	302
Marathi	370	146	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	255	149	70	66
Pakistan nec3	25	44	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	70	64	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	4,459	922	933	259
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Saramacca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	195	114	(D)	(D)
Romanian	1,515	485	375	162
Irish Gaelic	315	141	(B)	-
Albanian	1,710	690	380	165
Lithuanian	165	98	35	34
Latvian	125	98	(D)	(D)
Pashto	320	493	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ossete	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	117,777	2,505	60,148	2,196
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	79,167	2,370	47,240	1,894
Chinese	54,690	2,023	35,125	1,694
Hakka	130	138	(B)	-
Cantonese	13,320	1,338	7,835	1,049
Mandarin	9,395	1,006	3,395	592
Fuchow	130	130	100	116
Formosan	1,305	454	665	316
Wu	195	202	120	128
Japanese	11,515	1,046	5,570	716
Korean	12,736	977	3,903	627
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	169	85	66	47
Thai	808	226	348	144
Laotian	58	78	(B)	-
Vietnamese	1,602	414	503	273
Other Asian languages	4,718	565	1,105	337
Turkish	2,495	483	545	191
Mongolian	100	72	(D)	(D)
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	505	216	85	53
Kannada	145	73	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	275	119	25	30
Tamil	580	177	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	200	138	105	95
Burmese	220	162	105	118
Karen	170	231	170	231
Mien	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	6,228	870	1,204	353
Other Pacific Island languages	776	316	209	104
Indonesian	125	79	(D)	(D)
Malagasy	90	93	50	53
Malay	235	207	40	34
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	80	86	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	50	38	(B)	-
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fijian	40	76	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	26,930	2,158	5,639	826
Navajo	6	13	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	92	102	(B)	-
Choctaw	65	98	(B)	-
American Indian	30	25	(B)	-
Hungarian	1,487	326	295	147
Arabic	5,569	1,061	1,500	493
Hebrew	10,571	1,124	840	206
African languages	7,944	1,471	2,558	582
Amharic	1,200	460	120	128
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	195	124	60	62
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilo-Hamitic	55	92	15	33
Swahili	295	173	(D)	(D)
Bantu	375	190	75	51
Mande	2,295	1,390	755	322
Fulani	1,785	621	1,160	513
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,435	383	265	171
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	220	141	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	1,261	526	446	258
Finnish	335	189	70	78
Estonian	50	44	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	400	271	240	209
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	300	299	(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.