Languages spoken in Oakland County, MI

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 Oakland County [MI]

Table showing languages spoken in Oakland County, MI

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	1,145,175	49	52,022	1,581
Speak only English at home	984,596	3,143	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	160,579	3,136	52,022	1,581
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	28,526	1,164	9,158	702
Spanish	28,525	1,164	9,160	702
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	61,634	2,578	16,608	1,150
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,789	507	832	192
French	4,685	491	820	192
Patois	105	85	(D)	(D)
French Creole	198	130	33	39
Italian	2,814	510	599	169
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,088	310	304	127
Portuguese	1,090	310	305	127
German (incl Luxembourgian)	6,856	641	1,047	221
German	6,855	641	1,045	221
Yiddish	488	120	50	37
Other West Germanic languages	181	75	39	38
Dutch	160	71	30	34
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	259	121	(B)	-
Swedish	200	115	(B)	-
Danish	25	23	(B)	-
Norwegian	35	30	(B)	-
Greek	1,612	292	389	154
Russian	5,530	684	2,854	343
Polish	3,698	567	911	250
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,072	242	366	119
Serbocroatian	405	155	185	98
Croatian	190	83	60	43
Serbian	475	154	120	61
Other Slavic languages	2,643	499	959	239
Ukrainian	985	269	475	215
Czech	240	129	50	51
Slovak	110	67	35	32
Bulgarian	480	238	220	87
Macedonian	805	295	160	85
Slovene	30	36	(D)	(D)
Armenian	1,437	323	229	91
Persian	882	298	297	134
Hindi	6,693	834	1,230	288
Gujarati	3,493	570	937	233
Urdu	3,654	590	948	245
Other Indic languages	4,449	634	1,035	267
India nec3	260	153	90	76
Bengali	1,335	338	295	140
Panjabi	990	329	190	109
Marathi	1,145	395	225	118
Oriya	180	139	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	255	164	160	111
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	30	48	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	210	130	55	60
Other Indo-European languages	9,798	1,361	3,549	661
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	70	88	45	51
Romanian	3,250	579	1,060	268
Irish Gaelic	90	67	(B)	-
Albanian	5,775	1,035	2,345	505
Lithuanian	350	146	50	43
Latvian	125	88	(D)	(D)
Pashto	30	43	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	100	124	30	43
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	37,977	1,268	14,162	971
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	10,363	777	4,327	471
Chinese	8,200	696	3,310	413
Cantonese	635	215	290	131
Mandarin	1,240	330	515	218
Formosan	265	112	205	97
Wu	25	26	(D)	(D)
Japanese	5,231	747	3,266	678
Korean	4,271	684	2,078	361
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	115	88	72	59
Hmong	1,267	568	424	181
Thai	464	222	222	113
Laotian	117	91	39	41
Vietnamese	1,444	442	823	289
Other Asian languages	10,827	1,033	2,037	405
Kirghiz	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	185	99	35	34
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	40	64	(B)	-
Telugu	4,495	657	885	242
Kannada	1,475	399	185	95
Malayalam	1,335	342	275	140
Tamil	3,225	738	645	262
Burmese	40	50	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,544	488	809	185
Other Pacific Island languages	334	132	65	40
Indonesian	35	37	(B)	-
Malay	40	41	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	85	56	35	33
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	90	90	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	32,442	1,832	12,094	984
Other Native North American languages	51	48	(B)	-
Ojibwa	30	35	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	338	138	53	44
Arabic	17,774	1,199	7,479	792
Hebrew	1,610	342	269	103
African languages	2,027	419	338	130
Amharic	110	74	(D)	(D)
Swahili	60	71	(B)	-
Bantu	305	188	(D)	(D)
Mande	140	111	35	42
Fulani	250	163	95	93
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,100	326	170	101
Efik	45	49	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	10,642	1,286	3,955	675
Finnish	155	98	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	65	85	(D)	(D)
Syriac	10,395	1,264	3,920	666
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.