Languages spoken in Plymouth County, MA

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 Plymouth County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Plymouth County, MA

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	469,607	68	21,208	1,450
Speak only English at home	415,372	2,057	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	54,235	2,065	21,208	1,450
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	11,860	728	3,789	414
Spanish	11,850	727	3,780	414
Pachuco	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	36,532	1,950	15,371	1,307
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,450	394	480	145
French	2,390	391	480	145
Patois	50	55	(B)	-
Cajun	15	18	(B)	-
French Creole	9,250	1,010	4,147	655
Italian	2,044	339	364	136
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	17,610	1,539	9,364	1,068
Portuguese	17,610	1,539	9,365	1,068
German (incl Luxembourgian)	944	218	121	91
German	945	218	120	91
Yiddish	53	49	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	216	129	13	25
Dutch	170	118	(B)	-
Afrikaans	45	58	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	236	99	7	12
Swedish	135	80	(B)	-
Danish	40	32	(B)	-
Norwegian	60	54	(D)	(D)
Greek	884	296	279	153
Russian	249	140	58	64
Polish	671	208	182	121
Other Slavic languages	302	200	(B)	-
Ukrainian	100	105	(B)	-
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	160	159	(B)	-
Armenian	150	140	8	14
Persian	67	59	(B)	-
Hindi	71	93	30	42
Gujarati	147	140	65	83
Urdu	257	198	39	45
Other Indic languages	188	104	71	62
Bengali	65	63	(D)	(D)
Marathi	45	51	(D)	(D)
Nepali	80	72	35	39
Other Indo-European languages	743	216	143	81
Krio	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	110	92	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	255	94	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	65	102	(B)	-
Albanian	50	54	40	48
Lithuanian	220	107	40	48
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	4,112	468	1,633	310
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,197	381	496	191
Chinese	790	312	330	162
Cantonese	215	120	105	58
Mandarin	190	137	60	61
Japanese	253	155	34	39
Korean	224	106	116	74
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	244	152	124	103
Hmong	96	113	8	12
Thai	93	62	70	69
Laotian	16	25	16	25
Vietnamese	1,217	380	575	227
Other Asian languages	344	168	25	32
Turkish	155	115	(D)	(D)
Telugu	75	73	(B)	-
Tamil	115	102	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	421	259	169	115
Other Pacific Island languages	7	13	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,731	410	415	174
Other Native North American languages	37	38	(B)	-
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micmac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	35	33	22	27
Arabic	877	352	227	129
Hebrew	138	87	(B)	-
African languages	618	215	157	109
Amharic	35	46	(D)	(D)
Cushite	85	79	(D)	(D)
Swahili	95	80	(D)	(D)
Bantu	40	65	(B)	-
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	325	183	85	80
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	26	24	9	15
Finnish	25	24	(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.