Languages spoken in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Onondaga 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	439,924	60	16,949	903
Speak only English at home	395,056	1,413	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	44,868	1,409	16,949	903
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	13,186	699	4,042	471
Spanish	13,185	699	4,040	471
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	17,880	986	6,382	557
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,965	333	413	156
French	1,895	315	405	154
Patois	70	57	(D)	(D)
French Creole	193	117	80	78
Italian	2,862	369	856	173
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	280	232	61	48
Portuguese	280	232	60	48
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,158	198	248	101
German	1,160	198	250	101
Yiddish	133	85	23	28
Other West Germanic languages	117	57	(B)	-
Pennsylvania Dutch	35	28	(B)	-
Dutch	85	54	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	128	78	16	18
Swedish	60	53	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	25	21	(D)	(D)
Greek	627	227	195	117
Russian	1,258	334	588	177
Polish	947	198	237	89
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,703	470	861	276
Serbocroatian	1,600	453	800	262
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	55	52	40	49
Other Slavic languages	2,342	511	979	248
Ukrainian	1,880	497	840	248
Czech	50	59	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	150	112	35	31
Macedonian	240	127	95	61
Armenian	46	35	17	20
Persian	217	107	115	84
Hindi	747	217	194	110
Gujarati	240	131	127	75
Urdu	315	143	58	68
Other Indic languages	2,003	463	1,159	301
Bengali	470	193	160	96
Panjabi	165	144	55	63
Marathi	75	78	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	1,245	422	930	308
Sinhalese	25	26	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	599	207	155	110
Jamaican Creole	35	30	(D)	(D)
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	125	96	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	50	34	(B)	-
Albanian	180	144	95	98
Lithuanian	65	79	25	30
Latvian	75	61	(B)	-
Pashto	35	43	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	9,289	717	4,587	463
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,327	462	1,657	321
Chinese	2,475	445	1,375	291
Cantonese	340	148	140	74
Mandarin	440	186	140	97
Formosan	75	66	(D)	(D)
Japanese	228	87	63	48
Korean	1,060	270	393	127
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	303	182	113	88
Hmong	51	74	13	18
Thai	261	125	96	74
Laotian	274	165	143	97
Vietnamese	1,606	391	893	249
Other Asian languages	1,532	469	1,051	426
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	165	101	105	91
Telugu	225	148	65	56
Kannada	50	43	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	85	57	(D)	(D)
Tamil	145	85	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	185	172	165	173
Burmese	45	38	35	29
Karen	610	361	585	357
Tagalog	542	218	97	60
Other Pacific Island languages	105	66	68	52
Indonesian	60	50	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,513	661	1,938	382
Other Native North American languages	121	79	48	59
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Onondaga	25	43	(B)	-
Seneca	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	40	39	25	23
Arabic	2,044	491	802	226
Hebrew	151	76	48	43
African languages	2,026	454	957	275
Amharic	125	134	(D)	(D)
Cushite	880	377	415	209
Sudanic	45	40	15	24
Swahili	255	173	130	114
Bantu	145	97	110	91
Mande	190	115	155	96
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	350	151	120	98
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	131	85	58	55
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	90	75	(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.