Languages spoken in Passaic 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 Passaic County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Passaic 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	468,218	83	103,479	1,945
Speak only English at home	245,054	2,605	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	223,164	2,601	103,479	1,945
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	157,476	1,482	78,286	1,652
Spanish	157,475	1,482	78,285	1,652
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	38,880	2,067	15,435	1,135
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,001	316	180	147
French	920	297	165	143
Patois	80	83	(D)	(D)
French Creole	149	78	4	9
Italian	6,301	756	2,249	441
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	849	418	274	210
Portuguese	850	418	275	210
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,131	256	202	96
German	1,130	256	200	96
Yiddish	123	62	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	181	92	40	48
Dutch	180	92	40	48
Scandinavian languages	96	52	(B)	-
Swedish	60	46	(B)	-
Danish	25	22	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	1,088	330	262	129
Russian	2,313	540	1,064	294
Polish	7,105	1,073	3,034	551
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,323	377	689	238
Serbocroatian	290	160	190	108
Croatian	165	119	60	60
Serbian	865	354	440	204
Other Slavic languages	2,286	605	1,201	413
Ukrainian	535	192	270	115
Czech	175	157	95	128
Slovak	245	157	90	86
Bulgarian	40	49	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	1,265	515	710	320
Slovene	25	27	(D)	(D)
Armenian	247	206	72	67
Persian	470	227	236	146
Hindi	874	260	244	141
Gujarati	4,621	744	2,302	498
Urdu	732	410	171	130
Other Indic languages	4,804	832	2,029	377
India nec3	535	339	260	162
Bengali	4,060	800	1,700	357
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Marathi	50	49	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	130	136	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	3,186	936	1,182	387
Jamaican Creole	650	464	435	297
Romanian	225	134	105	69
Irish Gaelic	45	40	(D)	(D)
Albanian	2,215	813	635	240
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	25	26	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	12,683	1,172	4,946	652
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,078	417	1,206	305
Chinese	1,490	405	880	277
Cantonese	195	180	110	93
Mandarin	375	228	210	178
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	380	171	159	91
Korean	1,465	441	652	244
Thai	140	106	126	101
Vietnamese	562	303	329	201
Other Asian languages	3,852	783	1,418	351
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	2,495	673	1,110	307
Telugu	530	252	160	139
Kannada	70	68	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	430	245	95	84
Tamil	305	154	(D)	(D)
Munda	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,716	768	901	287
Other Pacific Island languages	490	338	155	148
Indonesian	305	323	90	137
Bisayan	115	117	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	40	66	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	14,125	1,481	4,812	669
Other Native North American languages	26	42	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	345	132	154	71
Arabic	11,716	1,469	4,043	639
Hebrew	673	276	21	30
African languages	539	272	258	236
Swahili	195	221	145	216
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mande	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	245	128	80	87
African	45	52	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	826	290	336	140
Caucasian	715	276	265	124
Syriac	110	119	70	79

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.