Languages spoken in Norfolk County, MA

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 Norfolk County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Norfolk County, MA

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	639,799	83	43,714	1,817
Speak only English at home	518,021	2,485	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	121,778	2,485	43,714	1,817
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	17,163	992	4,109	689
Spanish	17,165	992	4,110	689
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	51,657	2,105	15,775	1,157
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	6,092	716	966	245
French	6,000	715	945	234
Patois	90	85	(D)	(D)
French Creole	7,901	1,074	2,954	554
Italian	3,824	485	850	205
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	8,968	1,162	4,378	878
Portuguese	8,960	1,166	4,380	878
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,797	321	153	68
German	1,795	321	155	68
Yiddish	109	60	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	416	161	21	24
Dutch	395	157	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	20	26	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	662	231	30	27
Swedish	355	185	(B)	-
Danish	35	34	(B)	-
Norwegian	185	106	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	90	79	(D)	(D)
Greek	2,951	502	889	263
Russian	6,380	893	2,512	392
Polish	1,280	326	420	175
Serbo-Croatian languages	435	140	(B)	-
Serbocroatian	125	93	(B)	-
Croatian	130	86	(B)	-
Serbian	180	108	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	735	298	201	153
Ukrainian	170	98	(D)	(D)
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	510	271	170	149
Macedonian	45	61	(D)	(D)
Armenian	331	155	66	59
Persian	1,133	362	293	126
Hindi	2,264	584	322	158
Gujarati	790	271	117	60
Urdu	943	373	147	87
Other Indic languages	1,485	456	384	277
India nec3	250	264	165	254
Bengali	450	259	110	100
Panjabi	45	62	(D)	(D)
Marathi	515	205	55	69
Nepali	190	120	15	29
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	3,161	534	1,072	317
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	330	180	70	77
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	710	261	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	1,545	445	875	291
Lithuanian	310	177	75	60
Latvian	165	104	(D)	(D)
Pashto	40	68	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	44,065	1,141	21,658	952
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	25,718	1,331	14,481	934
Chinese	16,000	1,312	8,795	771
Cantonese	6,095	811	3,845	677
Mandarin	3,035	601	1,500	396
Fuchow	165	267	165	267
Formosan	400	207	170	107
Wu	20	22	(B)	-
Japanese	1,915	460	792	291
Korean	1,911	412	808	250
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	383	181	170	92
Thai	331	165	201	140
Laotian	149	149	43	44
Vietnamese	6,925	1,024	3,761	656
Other Asian languages	4,674	759	1,030	314
Turkish	830	283	100	74
Telugu	1,390	358	280	124
Kannada	520	251	160	155
Malayalam	500	331	135	127
Tamil	1,210	338	155	128
Burmese	220	191	195	185
Tagalog	1,912	490	350	164
Other Pacific Island languages	147	90	22	25
Indonesian	95	71	(D)	(D)
Malay	40	42	(B)	-
Nauruan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	8,893	1,098	2,172	429
Other Native North American languages	129	154	9	14
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tiwa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	184	105	21	21
Arabic	4,599	850	1,346	357
Hebrew	1,761	311	297	126
African languages	1,850	508	329	200
Amharic	190	140	55	90
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	10	12	(B)	-
Swahili	460	320	45	40
Bantu	205	176	(D)	(D)
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	885	324	180	164
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	370	276	170	173
Finnish	65	39	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	210	260	(D)	(D)
Syriac	60	72	15	34
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.