Languages spoken in Ramsey County, MN

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 Ramsey County [MN]

Table showing languages spoken in Ramsey County, MN

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	479,811	17	45,862	1,959
Speak only English at home	380,062	1,947	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	99,749	1,948	45,862	1,959
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	25,289	1,071	12,064	893
Spanish	25,290	1,071	12,065	893
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	11,012	971	2,903	510
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,278	346	473	158
French	2,225	352	465	158
Patois	50	47	(D)	(D)
French Creole	96	78	37	46
Italian	382	141	136	81
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	261	104	(B)	-
Portuguese	260	104	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,978	314	274	89
German	1,980	314	275	89
Yiddish	14	23	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	84	53	(B)	-
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	70	49	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	490	197	48	38
Swedish	260	174	(D)	(D)
Danish	35	29	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	200	91	25	30
Greek	138	106	29	22
Russian	1,094	351	551	206
Polish	337	173	88	62
Serbo-Croatian languages	158	90	43	40
Serbocroatian	80	76	(D)	(D)
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	50	48	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	338	138	88	61
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	130	72	75	58
Czech	125	75	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	60	84	(B)	-
Persian	206	94	114	74
Hindi	824	367	41	33
Gujarati	112	95	29	37
Urdu	365	172	52	49
Other Indic languages	1,471	496	820	383
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	55	51	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	330	327	165	220
Marathi	120	92	(D)	(D)
Oriya	95	128	(D)	(D)
Nepali	800	343	615	316
Sinhalese	30	35	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	386	149	80	59
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	25	32	(D)	(D)
Romanian	70	57	(D)	(D)
Albanian	100	82	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	85	69	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	60	76	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	47,058	1,006	24,307	1,378
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,317	586	1,804	407
Chinese	3,520	516	1,600	378
Cantonese	230	139	90	71
Mandarin	505	171	100	62
Formosan	60	41	(D)	(D)
Japanese	388	134	101	60
Korean	707	200	363	124
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,140	590	348	135
Hmong	28,786	1,395	14,014	982
Thai	624	377	364	333
Laotian	631	298	480	276
Vietnamese	2,964	546	1,927	411
Other Asian languages	6,238	1,078	4,601	941
Turkish	75	56	(B)	-
Telugu	240	142	25	31
Kannada	210	165	(B)	-
Malayalam	205	188	(D)	(D)
Tamil	385	178	40	33
Tibetan	55	79	20	36
Burmese	695	360	580	318
Karen	4,375	888	3,925	824
Tagalog	956	262	239	100
Other Pacific Island languages	307	149	66	64
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	30	31	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	75	77	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	80	105	(D)	(D)
Mokilese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	85	54	25	39
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	16,390	1,295	6,588	745
Navajo	76	112	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	417	184	4	7
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Menomini	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	165	102	(D)	(D)
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Diegueno	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	30	33	(B)	-
American Indian	90	141	(B)	-
Hungarian	167	108	25	43
Arabic	1,403	475	505	231
Hebrew	235	157	9	14
African languages	13,907	1,204	6,007	710
Amharic	3,610	732	1,670	294
Chadic	45	56	(B)	-
Cushite	7,555	987	3,770	607
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	850	293	195	103
Bantu	360	200	40	40
Mande	235	237	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,105	319	260	103
Efik	115	151	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	185	85	38	29
Finnish	140	71	25	19
Caucasian	25	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.