Languages spoken in Queens 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 Queens County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Queens 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	2,118,993	268	602,356	5,708
Speak only English at home	921,093	6,391	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	1,197,900	6,404	602,356	5,708
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	509,025	2,819	254,383	3,540
Spanish	509,025	2,819	254,385	3,540
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	346,772	7,092	146,252	3,640
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	14,274	1,295	3,949	534
French	13,075	1,165	3,670	511
Patois	1,200	380	280	120
French Creole	30,280	2,058	10,673	1,055
Italian	27,294	1,509	10,231	789
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	8,117	873	3,110	557
Portuguese	8,095	879	3,110	557
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	6,017	603	1,257	250
German	6,015	603	1,255	250
Yiddish	1,861	319	363	140
Other West Germanic languages	930	242	180	111
Dutch	895	245	180	111
Afrikaans	35	35	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	549	197	14	18
Swedish	405	167	(B)	-
Danish	60	41	(B)	-
Norwegian	80	84	15	18
Greek	30,680	1,993	10,836	849
Russian	35,197	2,060	18,409	1,052
Polish	24,622	1,706	12,031	1,016
Serbo-Croatian languages	9,498	1,091	3,835	529
Serbocroatian	2,870	581	1,285	331
Croatian	4,265	603	1,650	288
Serbian	2,365	567	900	268
Other Slavic languages	4,666	550	2,021	332
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ukrainian	1,825	409	1,060	293
Czech	500	163	165	103
Slovak	325	109	95	53
Bulgarian	1,760	386	605	142
Macedonian	175	117	80	77
Slovene	50	43	(D)	(D)
Armenian	2,438	567	884	256
Persian	5,935	1,131	2,905	664
Hindi	19,441	1,706	7,016	797
Gujarati	5,821	858	2,672	486
Urdu	19,055	2,349	7,172	1,168
Other Indic languages	82,377	4,296	41,425	2,662
India nec3	1,385	446	610	326
Bengali	50,270	3,218	26,745	2,062
Panjabi	22,860	2,396	10,295	1,214
Marathi	1,000	344	215	160
Rajasthani	120	175	(B)	-
Kashmiri	10	14	(D)	(D)
Nepali	4,650	965	2,960	738
Sindhi	335	162	25	20
Pakistan nec3	805	523	275	167
Sinhalese	940	417	290	148
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	17,720	1,434	7,269	743
Jamaican Creole	835	250	190	97
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	55	49	30	34
Romanian	7,440	783	3,050	424
Irish Gaelic	635	211	175	87
Albanian	5,380	1,044	2,440	582
Lithuanian	440	166	125	70
Latvian	160	94	50	45
Pashto	2,765	892	1,205	404
Tadzhik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	305,203	4,482	190,162	3,651
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	182,475	3,749	125,687	3,103
Chinese	120,505	3,665	86,075	2,949
Hakka	40	48	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	22,505	1,853	13,195	1,254
Mandarin	34,860	2,801	23,220	2,149
Fuchow	55	57	55	57
Formosan	3,940	646	2,780	540
Wu	570	228	345	142
Japanese	5,920	740	2,991	541
Korean	54,003	3,110	36,270	2,194
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	506	309	197	172
Thai	3,680	737	2,247	474
Laotian	186	112	54	41
Vietnamese	2,514	496	1,367	300
Other Asian languages	18,608	1,565	9,264	1,223
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Karachay	160	101	90	74
Uighur	400	254	265	153
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	2,385	448	980	286
Mongolian	45	48	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,165	354	295	152
Kannada	210	94	55	41
Malayalam	4,025	677	1,570	427
Tamil	1,955	502	440	176
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tibetan	5,705	1,098	3,925	847
Burmese	2,395	623	1,580	470
Karen	75	82	60	72
Tagalog	32,777	2,001	9,878	1,004
Other Pacific Island languages	4,534	869	2,207	509
Indonesian	2,655	705	1,455	474
Javanese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malagasy	35	42	(B)	-
Malay	520	315	245	195
Bisayan	450	221	145	117
Sebuano	425	226	185	120
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	135	99	45	44
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fijian	45	55	(B)	-
Hawaiian	170	146	120	131
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	36,900	2,445	11,559	1,101
Other Native North American languages	260	168	117	82
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Han	60	91	40	60
Tanana	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hidatsa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mohawk	65	89	(D)	(D)
Seneca	65	82	(D)	(D)
Paiute	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	2,632	383	1,112	250
Arabic	13,604	1,539	5,768	886
Hebrew	8,476	1,167	1,613	371
African languages	10,311	1,216	2,462	543
Amharic	710	294	325	205
Berber	55	44	(B)	-
Chadic	45	40	(B)	-
Cushite	95	102	(D)	(D)
Swahili	345	172	45	49
Bantu	540	319	65	44
Mande	390	212	175	103
Fulani	595	511	295	386
Gur	70	99	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	7,150	920	1,475	311
Efik	210	133	(D)	(D)
African	100	73	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	1,617	549	487	238
Finnish	175	130	(D)	(D)
Estonian	90	60	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	920	437	365	203
Syriac	55	59	(B)	-
Quechua	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	220	210	(D)	(D)
Chibchan	100	166	(D)	(D)
Tupi-Guarani	30	44	(D)	(D)
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.