Languages spoken in Richmond 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 Richmond County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Richmond 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	442,114	13	49,350	1,605
Speak only English at home	308,164	3,235	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	133,950	3,240	49,350	1,605
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	46,702	2,105	17,205	1,191
Spanish	46,700	2,105	17,205	1,191
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	54,974	2,321	18,885	1,095
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,820	377	319	119
French	1,770	371	320	119
Patois	50	55	(B)	-
French Creole	714	264	229	129
Italian	12,217	1,029	4,020	564
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	225	132	93	66
Portuguese	225	132	95	66
German (incl Luxembourgian)	507	143	45	31
German	505	143	45	31
Yiddish	208	90	39	28
Other West Germanic languages	111	70	(B)	-
Dutch	110	70	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	227	89	35	42
Swedish	75	70	(D)	(D)
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	115	61	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	1,309	451	417	186
Russian	15,299	1,439	6,353	718
Polish	4,022	813	1,751	398
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,295	553	419	245
Serbocroatian	270	153	65	71
Croatian	385	242	95	58
Serbian	640	415	260	220
Other Slavic languages	1,720	601	620	225
Ukrainian	960	405	350	161
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovak	220	156	60	58
Macedonian	530	423	210	152
Armenian	25	54	25	54
Persian	141	93	30	43
Hindi	1,411	485	294	133
Gujarati	491	194	169	81
Urdu	3,671	938	880	303
Other Indic languages	2,230	532	866	290
India nec3	195	162	95	109
Bengali	570	290	185	177
Panjabi	270	177	45	35
Marathi	80	78	(D)	(D)
Nepali	40	51	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	985	348	435	166
Other Indo-European languages	7,331	964	2,281	510
Jamaican Creole	65	91	(D)	(D)
Krio	65	42	(D)	(D)
Romanian	145	93	50	45
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	6,845	951	2,175	510
Lithuanian	95	70	(D)	(D)
Latvian	35	32	(D)	(D)
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	22,103	1,086	10,649	836
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	10,675	831	5,952	635
Chinese	8,270	757	4,635	559
Cantonese	2,130	414	1,145	272
Mandarin	225	97	130	65
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Wu	30	49	(D)	(D)
Japanese	258	114	80	45
Korean	3,324	763	1,845	449
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	136	135	65	84
Thai	46	63	46	63
Vietnamese	567	324	315	196
Other Asian languages	3,373	609	1,236	376
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	60	68	50	52
Azerbaijani	125	159	(B)	-
Turkish	895	358	330	243
Telugu	125	93	(D)	(D)
Kannada	120	110	50	64
Malayalam	1,545	436	590	243
Tamil	360	176	105	104
Burmese	140	137	100	95
Tagalog	3,474	527	1,011	252
Other Pacific Island languages	250	188	99	95
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	105	163	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	80	77	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	45	57	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	10,171	1,217	2,611	456
Other Native North American languages	110	91	32	41
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tiwa	65	84	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	91	63	35	35
Arabic	6,756	1,037	2,019	396
Hebrew	834	308	128	99
African languages	2,309	468	365	171
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chadic	105	81	(D)	(D)
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	85	92	(B)	-
Bantu	55	69	(B)	-
Mande	75	103	75	103
Fulani	140	96	40	42
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,620	386	205	117
Efik	40	47	(B)	-
African	160	141	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	71	87	32	51
Finnish	25	34	(B)	-
Caucasian	50	76	(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.