Languages spoken in Orange 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 Orange County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Orange 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	348,016	6	30,892	1,403
Speak only English at home	266,474	2,136	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	81,542	2,136	30,892	1,403
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	46,600	1,426	15,371	1,035
Spanish	46,600	1,426	15,370	1,035
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	27,531	1,231	12,607	755
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,505	352	236	122
French	1,380	342	225	122
Patois	125	80	(D)	(D)
French Creole	1,053	401	427	219
Italian	2,871	531	552	168
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	436	201	139	102
Portuguese	435	201	140	102
German (incl Luxembourgian)	968	232	232	127
German	970	232	230	127
Yiddish	14,019	574	9,058	616
Other West Germanic languages	129	72	7	13
Dutch	130	72	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	149	94	7	10
Swedish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	100	82	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	432	171	105	63
Russian	827	274	387	175
Polish	1,287	405	401	137
Serbo-Croatian languages	152	145	24	37
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	25	29	(B)	-
Serbian	115	141	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	652	250	244	158
Ukrainian	425	229	195	155
Czech	110	105	(D)	(D)
Slovak	60	50	20	21
Bulgarian	55	54	10	16
Armenian	10	15	(B)	-
Persian	90	94	24	38
Hindi	459	197	114	106
Gujarati	307	242	81	67
Urdu	1,022	575	189	97
Other Indic languages	458	172	152	107
India nec3	60	52	15	15
Bengali	130	87	20	19
Panjabi	65	87	(D)	(D)
Marathi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	55	70	50	70
Sinhalese	135	124	50	62
Other Indo-European languages	705	271	228	122
Jamaican Creole	75	62	(B)	-
Romanian	45	47	(B)	-
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	90	71	(B)	-
Albanian	405	248	195	113
Latvian	40	43	25	31
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	4,897	536	2,157	333
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,667	518	753	246
Chinese	1,390	462	695	245
Cantonese	20	22	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	220	148	25	25
Formosan	35	45	(D)	(D)
Japanese	238	111	110	75
Korean	547	197	314	156
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	178	125	104	88
Thai	218	125	158	98
Vietnamese	195	138	98	66
Other Asian languages	843	362	267	172
Turkish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	45	70	(D)	(D)
Kannada	130	145	50	99
Malayalam	430	316	85	55
Tamil	35	46	(B)	-
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	145	148	105	115
Tagalog	801	261	234	137
Other Pacific Island languages	210	165	119	131
Indonesian	50	78	50	78
Malay	85	123	70	102
Bisayan	45	49	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	20	29	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,514	534	757	299
Other Native North American languages	35	33	22	29
Okanogan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Seneca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	157	82	18	21
Arabic	558	253	187	166
Hebrew	742	281	342	190
African languages	902	376	118	101
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	25	32	(B)	-
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	70	69	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	785	362	90	94
Other and unspecified languages	120	91	70	96
Finnish	30	29	(B)	-
Estonian	15	16	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	65	95	65	95
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.