Languages spoken in Providence County, RI


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 Providence County [RI]

Table showing languages spoken in Providence County, RI






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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over590,71311375,3461,945
    Speak only English at home415,1562,290(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home175,5572,28775,3461,945
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE99,9301,16846,9611,370
    Spanish99,9301,16846,9601,370
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES53,1172,07118,0331,171
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)7,8136991,567303
    French7,8156991,565303
    French Creole5,9978122,309385
    Italian5,2636741,137272
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)24,1631,45110,232830
    Portuguese24,1151,45810,230830
    Papia Mentae(D)(D)(B)-
    German (incl Luxembourgian)7661856143
    German7551846043
    Luxembourgian(D)(D)(B)-
    Yiddish2623712
    Other West Germanic languages112766561
    Pennsylvania Dutch(D)(D)(B)-
    Dutch8065(D)(D)
    Afrikaans(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Scandinavian languages296108917
    Swedish12097(B)-
    Danish7072(B)-
    Norwegian9578(D)(D)
    Icelandic(D)(D)(B)-
    Greek1,25136721699
    Russian1,135261609172
    Polish1,598377552167
    Serbo-Croatian languages70583742
    Serbocroatian3540(D)(D)
    Croatian(D)(D)(B)-
    Serbian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other Slavic languages37714711290
    Ukrainian2651399588
    Czech(D)(D)(B)-
    Bulgarian7556(D)(D)
    Slovene(D)(D)(B)-
    Armenian91627113561
    Persian90793936
    Hindi7932435347
    Gujarati35426210178
    Urdu103752540
    Other Indic languages1,516503630398
    India nec3365223(D)(D)
    Bengali360183165115
    Panjabi(D)(D)(B)-
    Marathi5560(D)(D)
    Rajasthani(D)(D)(B)-
    Oriya5057(D)(D)
    Nepali575415350330
    Sindhi85129(D)(D)
    Romany(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other Indo-European languages478180137112
    Jamaican Creole85111(D)(D)
    Krio(D)(D)(B)-
    Catalonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Romanian3541(D)(D)
    Irish Gaelic2529(D)(D)
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian6043(D)(D)
    Lithuanian8075(D)(D)
    Latvian8060(D)(D)
    Pashto(D)(D)(D)(D)
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES16,2168838,103641
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)4,3586852,404500
    Chinese3,1155771,935434
    Hakka(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Cantonese425180185104
    Mandarin635293165118
    Formosan160171110123
    Japanese3041293227
    Korean645186317132
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian3,9377422,018378
    Hmong295155170123
    Thai34717216469
    Laotian3,0426161,469353
    Vietnamese917387496230
    Other Asian languages980363424263
    Kazakh7575(D)(D)
    Turkish345213150148
    Telugu6568(B)-
    Kannada(D)(D)(B)-
    Malayalam4039(B)-
    Tamil260223130188
    Tibetan80123(D)(D)
    Burmese1051228097
    Tagalog1,237381553277
    Other Pacific Island languages1541075652
    Indonesian9580(D)(D)
    Malay(D)(D)(B)-
    Bisayan40673048
    Ilocano(D)(D)(B)-
    Pampangan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES6,2949222,249531
    Navajo917(B)-
    Other Native North American languages4756510
    American Indian4556(D)(D)
    Hungarian69562523
    Arabic2,282572886310
    Hebrew261110(B)-
    African languages3,3795531,217322
    Amharic180186155167
    Cushite(D)(D)(B)-
    Swahili6570(B)-
    Bantu130995566
    Mande22518210596
    Fulani4202349573
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba2,280457760262
    Efik(D)(D)(B)-
    African6050(D)(D)
    Other and unspecified languages24712111687
    Finnish3036(B)-
    Caucasian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Syriac10093(D)(D)
    Mayan languages(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Uncodable4035(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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More



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