Languages spoken in Shelby County, TN

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 Shelby County [TN]

Table showing languages spoken in Shelby County, TN

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	865,612	76	34,262	1,515
Speak only English at home	788,406	1,793	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	77,206	1,794	34,262	1,515
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	44,634	1,411	22,183	1,143
Spanish	44,635	1,411	22,185	1,143
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	10,764	960	2,323	450
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,719	508	688	275
French	2,720	508	690	275
French Creole	152	84	52	59
Italian	261	127	30	25
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	486	209	128	71
Portuguese	485	209	130	71
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,280	283	93	59
German	1,280	283	95	59
Yiddish	22	34	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	310	219	(B)	-
Dutch	130	83	(B)	-
Afrikaans	180	184	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	113	63	(B)	-
Swedish	55	37	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	45	44	(B)	-
Greek	250	128	34	30
Russian	605	217	176	92
Polish	258	120	65	62
Serbo-Croatian languages	325	219	67	63
Serbocroatian	155	169	55	59
Croatian	15	18	(B)	-
Serbian	160	141	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	78	55	28	37
Ukrainian	50	50	(D)	(D)
Czech	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	68	102	30	45
Persian	245	155	76	57
Hindi	944	326	130	92
Gujarati	525	231	203	132
Urdu	563	394	49	55
Other Indic languages	1,266	343	417	158
India nec3	105	120	(D)	(D)
Bengali	670	297	200	99
Panjabi	245	107	80	51
Marathi	140	108	(B)	-
Nepali	80	71	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	294	209	57	69
Jamaican Creole	45	59	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	65	81	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	20	23	(B)	-
Kurdish	140	183	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	14,335	861	6,774	598
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,330	600	1,476	363
Chinese	2,555	554	1,075	312
Cantonese	165	126	80	80
Mandarin	560	245	305	205
Formosan	50	51	(D)	(D)
Japanese	590	239	191	109
Korean	2,047	589	1,095	340
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	293	280	188	147
Hmong	68	64	24	30
Thai	117	62	71	48
Laotian	630	288	312	164
Vietnamese	3,829	848	2,306	536
Other Asian languages	1,961	454	472	181
Turkish	60	55	(D)	(D)
Telugu	995	391	265	166
Kannada	210	129	40	40
Malayalam	35	37	(B)	-
Tamil	560	230	125	89
Tibetan	70	70	(B)	-
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	1,248	388	504	240
Other Pacific Island languages	222	158	135	146
Indonesian	30	42	30	42
Balinese	70	106	70	106
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	35	39	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	4	7	(B)	-
Pampangan	30	46	(B)	-
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	7,473	1,162	2,982	734
Other Native North American languages	77	88	11	15
Blackfoot	35	64	(B)	-
Choctaw	40	57	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	88	73	26	28
Arabic	3,688	942	1,285	353
Hebrew	227	164	36	60
African languages	3,364	836	1,615	611
Amharic	875	512	435	335
Cushite	380	274	105	66
Nilotic	65	73	(D)	(D)
Swahili	435	235	140	140
Bantu	385	329	310	299
Mande	80	85	(D)	(D)
Fulani	675	357	475	283
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	370	177	110	81
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	29	27	9	15
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(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.