Languages spoken in Salt Lake County, UT


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 Salt Lake County [UT]

Table showing languages spoken in Salt Lake County, UT






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 over958,918872,6522,177
    Speak only English at home770,1973,044(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home188,7213,04572,6522,177
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE122,6652,31649,2291,770
    Spanish122,6652,31649,2301,770
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES26,7371,6807,546758
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)2,607365367116
    French2,590369365116
    Patois(D)(D)(B)-
    Cajun(D)(D)(B)-
    French Creole1281294369
    Italian1,471661197114
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)2,407494419134
    Portuguese2,405494420134
    German (incl Luxembourgian)3,512466441116
    German3,510466440116
    Other West Germanic languages1,02522918796
    Dutch90521417095
    Afrikaans10573(B)-
    Frisian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Scandinavian languages1,09128820092
    Swedish3801427053
    Danish3702154543
    Norwegian3401128554
    Greek83322115971
    Russian2,255444818204
    Polish711387182102
    Serbo-Croatian languages3,7556201,711303
    Serbocroatian2,9955861,330284
    Croatian16511810582
    Serbian595325275165
    Other Slavic languages60224617686
    Ukrainian140828058
    Czech95545036
    Slovak220212(B)-
    Bulgarian1401064047
    Slovene(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Armenian459263115104
    Persian1,050368446191
    Hindi7302166254
    Gujarati19214473101
    Urdu47323810973
    Other Indic languages2,6767441,493502
    India nec310593(D)(D)
    Bengali310216(D)(D)
    Panjabi27520514093
    Marathi12085(D)(D)
    Nepali1,8156681,280480
    Pakistan nec345703551
    Other Indo-European languages760275348182
    Jamaican Creole(D)(D)(B)-
    Romanian3001659091
    Irish Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian185173110118
    Lithuanian6061(D)(D)
    Latvian(D)(D)(B)-
    Pashto(D)(D)(B)-
    Kurdish17512512094
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES32,2341,43213,449831
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)6,5948373,416457
    Chinese4,5557702,545462
    Hakka55594547
    Cantonese795288370150
    Mandarin935375285102
    Formosan22511314578
    Wu(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Japanese1,918383543186
    Korean2,098366929237
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian1,386462822278
    Thai4501659761
    Laotian916366448224
    Vietnamese5,1898333,130588
    Other Asian languages2,7326751,277505
    Turkish280174175144
    Mongolian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Telugu49017811577
    Kannada140154(B)-
    Malayalam150135(D)(D)
    Tamil535240145159
    Tibetan255243150167
    Burmese515462420375
    Karen330241260216
    Tagalog1,747376669241
    Other Pacific Island languages9,2046632,118364
    Indonesian1601095062
    Malagasy(D)(D)(B)-
    Malay(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Sundanese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Bisayan10592(B)-
    Sebuano275215(B)-
    Ilocano(D)(D)(B)-
    Micronesian(D)(D)(B)-
    Marshallese30682550
    Mokilese(D)(D)(B)-
    Palau(D)(D)(B)-
    Ponapean(D)(D)(B)-
    Trukese1301287074
    Yapese(D)(D)(B)-
    Samoan3,525715915258
    Tongan4,7157271,025279
    Niuean(D)(D)(B)-
    Fijian(D)(D)(B)-
    Hawaiian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES7,0858902,428630
    Navajo1,257342278160
    Other Native North American languages315130(B)-
    Aleut(D)(D)(B)-
    Apache(D)(D)(B)-
    Crow(D)(D)(B)-
    Hidatsa(D)(D)(B)-
    Dakota(D)(D)(B)-
    Paiute(D)(D)(B)-
    Ute9570(B)-
    Shoshoni(D)(D)(B)-
    Tewa(D)(D)(B)-
    Hungarian13485913
    Arabic1,706651778496
    Hebrew18013313
    African languages3,0315771,288353
    Amharic1251236561
    Chadic135192(D)(D)
    Cushite1,220377550241
    Sudanic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Nilotic100974552
    Nilo-Hamitic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Nilo-Saharan8097(D)(D)
    Swahili270249185242
    Bantu340166110109
    Mande65644559
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba59529515099
    Efik(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other and unspecified languages4621087454
    Finnish28582(D)(D)
    Caucasian(D)(D)(B)-
    Basque(D)(D)(B)-
    Mayan languages(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Oto - Manguen5060(D)(D)
    Quechua(D)(D)(B)-
    Tupi-Guarani(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Uncodable7558(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.


    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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