Languages spoken in Rockland 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 Rockland County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Rockland 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	291,186	37	47,944	1,761
Speak only English at home	182,514	2,226	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	108,672	2,223	47,944	1,761
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	37,818	1,014	18,404	1,114
Spanish	37,820	1,014	18,405	1,114
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	53,952	2,118	23,617	1,160
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,804	325	491	154
French	1,705	325	490	154
Patois	100	88	(B)	-
French Creole	11,870	1,208	5,654	789
Italian	3,560	506	980	214
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	647	344	324	217
Portuguese	645	344	325	217
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,167	274	248	122
German	1,165	274	250	122
Yiddish	23,242	1,351	12,311	767
Other West Germanic languages	46	37	(B)	-
Dutch	45	37	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	233	112	48	34
Swedish	85	81	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	135	74	40	35
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	676	230	135	77
Russian	2,323	473	1,043	220
Polish	1,351	350	555	183
Serbo-Croatian languages	423	202	118	70
Serbocroatian	95	74	65	56
Croatian	135	107	(D)	(D)
Serbian	195	133	35	28
Other Slavic languages	867	389	472	246
Ukrainian	525	302	330	211
Czech	170	154	(D)	(D)
Slovak	95	83	80	82
Bulgarian	45	50	35	38
Macedonian	30	27	(D)	(D)
Armenian	387	227	126	96
Persian	149	82	49	38
Hindi	1,570	460	283	150
Gujarati	524	203	90	53
Urdu	974	408	252	150
Other Indic languages	828	320	123	81
India nec3	250	197	(D)	(D)
Bengali	265	166	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	140	113	(D)	(D)
Marathi	140	106	(D)	(D)
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	25	30	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,311	453	315	195
Jamaican Creole	85	62	(B)	-
Romanian	340	259	175	187
Irish Gaelic	270	122	45	39
Albanian	550	374	45	49
Latvian	45	52	30	34
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	11,894	784	4,459	571
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,615	570	1,336	412
Chinese	2,180	508	1,150	345
Cantonese	75	66	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	335	251	170	172
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	151	111	68	73
Korean	1,279	305	699	226
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	62	71	(B)	-
Hmong	96	87	43	62
Thai	234	133	14	23
Vietnamese	378	237	192	144
Other Asian languages	3,457	561	1,221	256
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	215	166	45	43
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	390	198	115	83
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	2,690	526	1,010	267
Tamil	115	88	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,210	546	761	279
Other Pacific Island languages	412	230	125	94
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	205	190	95	88
Bisayan	85	92	(D)	(D)
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,008	779	1,464	387
Other Native North American languages	92	84	36	54
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Seneca	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	463	165	200	111
Arabic	491	354	201	291
Hebrew	3,170	657	812	197
African languages	722	275	203	135
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bantu	115	108	55	68
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	500	238	100	105
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	70	81	12	21
Syriac	55	76	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	(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.