Languages spoken in Ocean County, NJ

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 Ocean County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Ocean County, NJ

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	539,711	8	24,060	1,451
Speak only English at home	474,451	2,146	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	65,260	2,146	24,060	1,451
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	30,618	1,457	14,100	1,129
Spanish	30,620	1,457	14,100	1,129
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	24,908	1,329	6,839	711
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,359	292	181	109
French	1,320	286	175	107
Patois	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
French Creole	622	274	261	151
Italian	5,937	543	1,679	328
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,185	512	872	335
Portuguese	2,185	512	870	335
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,187	311	442	134
German	2,185	311	440	134
Yiddish	3,863	787	147	70
Other West Germanic languages	317	151	60	60
Dutch	315	151	60	60
Scandinavian languages	122	77	19	20
Swedish	35	41	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	75	66	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	1,529	486	360	215
Russian	1,218	363	783	296
Polish	1,979	405	722	243
Serbo-Croatian languages	165	89	56	48
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Croatian	130	95	45	45
Serbian	30	40	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	1,028	312	494	222
Ukrainian	685	291	430	220
Czech	45	43	(B)	-
Slovak	245	140	50	52
Bulgarian	20	24	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	14	22	(B)	-
Persian	27	38	14	22
Hindi	646	291	160	83
Gujarati	578	292	267	152
Urdu	111	112	11	13
Other Indic languages	377	181	145	100
India nec3	180	130	95	79
Bengali	100	86	30	40
Panjabi	60	64	(D)	(D)
Marathi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	644	290	166	103
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	140	106	70	65
Irish Gaelic	30	33	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	50	47	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	280	235	(D)	(D)
Latvian	95	53	35	33
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	5,707	580	2,336	409
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,120	344	636	234
Chinese	775	289	415	191
Cantonese	100	81	60	66
Mandarin	220	186	135	141
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	202	112	44	43
Korean	371	197	209	113
Thai	33	24	17	19
Laotian	43	38	(B)	-
Vietnamese	876	374	510	271
Other Asian languages	498	271	127	99
Turkish	215	113	75	50
Telugu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	220	211	(D)	(D)
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	2,296	443	725	226
Other Pacific Island languages	268	135	68	61
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	130	114	60	61
Sebuano	85	77	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,027	642	785	244
Hungarian	341	131	190	93
Arabic	760	247	166	100
Hebrew	2,299	456	208	124
African languages	515	287	131	126
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	250	203	65	67
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	235	178	70	103
Other and unspecified languages	112	115	90	87
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Aztecan	75	111	55	83
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(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.