Languages spoken in Pierce County, WA

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 Pierce County [WA]

Table showing languages spoken in Pierce County, WA

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	749,266	5	43,865	1,595
Speak only English at home	638,938	2,346	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	110,328	2,347	43,865	1,595
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	44,003	1,659	16,914	1,199
Spanish	44,005	1,659	16,915	1,199
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	23,077	1,337	7,504	741
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,908	321	377	136
French	1,825	303	375	136
Patois	80	119	(B)	-
French Creole	104	95	70	85
Italian	547	122	115	60
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	428	202	84	65
Portuguese	430	202	85	65
German (incl Luxembourgian)	6,242	608	1,549	322
German	6,240	608	1,550	322
Yiddish	4	6	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	231	95	47	45
Dutch	230	95	45	45
Scandinavian languages	936	273	141	83
Swedish	210	119	(D)	(D)
Danish	170	105	60	53
Norwegian	540	198	80	63
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	295	203	59	59
Russian	6,126	897	2,810	518
Polish	666	325	198	142
Serbo-Croatian languages	224	120	46	41
Serbocroatian	20	20	(B)	-
Croatian	205	115	45	41
Other Slavic languages	2,454	712	1,135	337
Ukrainian	2,370	696	1,105	332
Czech	45	51	10	12
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	15	23	10	21
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	15	24	(B)	-
Persian	335	165	87	81
Hindi	613	253	158	111
Gujarati	85	92	20	34
Urdu	149	189	6	42
Other Indic languages	497	219	192	123
India nec3	15	19	(B)	-
Panjabi	370	203	190	123
Marathi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,218	396	410	223
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	985	389	355	215
Irish Gaelic	35	48	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	45	70	25	42
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	75	65	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	39,504	1,186	18,067	819
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,341	414	1,086	248
Chinese	1,665	368	785	221
Cantonese	410	189	200	117
Mandarin	215	86	80	48
Formosan	50	45	20	22
Japanese	2,588	395	1,101	207
Korean	10,173	1,031	6,427	620
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	4,808	806	1,986	404
Hmong	79	90	1	4
Thai	599	242	279	183
Laotian	387	222	168	111
Vietnamese	6,088	717	3,802	577
Other Asian languages	555	174	137	65
Turkish	140	98	(B)	-
Turkmen	40	47	(D)	(D)
Telugu	55	51	(B)	-
Kannada	25	34	(B)	-
Malayalam	35	28	10	14
Tamil	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tibetan	45	52	(D)	(D)
Burmese	40	41	(B)	-
Mien	150	72	90	51
Tagalog	6,267	926	1,754	361
Other Pacific Island languages	5,619	659	1,326	350
Indonesian	40	51	(B)	-
Malay	45	53	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	200	156	160	135
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	190	98	60	40
Pampangan	50	54	(D)	(D)
Carolinian	40	50	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	1,100	371	260	129
Kusaiean	190	221	(B)	-
Marshallese	215	209	90	113
Palau	180	223	(B)	-
Ponapean	35	39	20	30
Trukese	80	113	(D)	(D)
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	2,955	622	580	209
Tongan	75	82	(D)	(D)
Tokelauan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	160	113	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	3,744	707	1,380	470
Navajo	42	31	10	16
Other Native North American languages	299	154	36	34
Aleut	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yupik	30	28	(D)	(D)
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Salish	25	21	(B)	-
Puget Sound Salish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tlingit	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sahaptian	105	115	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	53	40	9	15
Arabic	1,183	514	812	432
Hebrew	69	54	1	3
African languages	1,878	462	512	229
Amharic	220	155	65	82
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	185	131	150	111
Swahili	585	235	115	83
Bantu	250	219	(D)	(D)
Mande	95	93	(B)	-
Fulani	50	57	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	335	318	140	148
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	35	42	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	220	124	(B)	-
Finnish	115	91	(B)	-
Estonian	25	26	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
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.