Languages spoken in Somerset County, NJ

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 Somerset County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Somerset County, NJ

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	307,348	34	30,924	1,269
Speak only English at home	216,315	1,851	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	91,033	1,849	30,924	1,269
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	35,249	854	15,867	933
Spanish	35,250	854	15,865	933
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	29,825	1,723	7,166	794
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,288	312	318	189
French	1,195	282	230	135
Patois	90	137	90	137
French Creole	670	254	89	69
Italian	2,822	497	750	178
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,583	433	543	211
Portuguese	1,585	433	545	211
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,639	307	234	97
German	1,640	307	235	97
Yiddish	84	82	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	297	199	24	38
Dutch	260	193	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	40	43	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	279	139	30	48
Swedish	95	58	(B)	-
Danish	100	99	(B)	-
Norwegian	85	70	(D)	(D)
Greek	394	169	64	57
Russian	1,493	445	285	101
Polish	2,719	575	1,141	302
Serbo-Croatian languages	132	80	28	32
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	105	75	(D)	(D)
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	1,051	348	331	214
Ukrainian	535	240	145	95
Czech	55	50	(B)	-
Slovak	290	170	70	61
Bulgarian	155	183	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	211	184	94	93
Persian	668	398	152	93
Hindi	4,684	748	692	242
Gujarati	4,644	813	1,273	427
Urdu	1,540	488	364	209
Other Indic languages	2,902	589	370	163
India nec3	120	99	55	57
Bengali	755	358	50	49
Panjabi	800	307	125	80
Marathi	900	294	120	86
Assamese	115	133	(B)	-
Nepali	85	114	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	125	118	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	725	425	384	334
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	125	201	105	168
Pidgin	170	262	170	262
Romanian	160	126	40	51
Irish Gaelic	25	28	(D)	(D)
Albanian	150	158	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	60	45	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	21,768	1,307	6,901	644
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	9,963	1,070	3,795	531
Chinese	7,450	860	2,980	464
Cantonese	490	192	95	66
Mandarin	1,660	506	530	205
Fuchow	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Formosan	355	180	180	147
Japanese	367	190	169	127
Korean	1,311	404	731	277
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	5	8	5	8
Thai	184	131	120	118
Vietnamese	788	367	440	208
Other Asian languages	5,659	761	648	223
Turkish	85	63	45	45
Gondi	50	78	(B)	-
Telugu	2,370	531	335	181
Kannada	780	331	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	525	258	110	120
Tamil	1,830	398	145	93
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	3,253	567	875	223
Other Pacific Island languages	238	165	118	102
Indonesian	90	99	75	90
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	55	52	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,191	859	990	315
Other Native North American languages	10	17	(B)	-
Cree	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	478	200	105	63
Arabic	1,591	442	434	196
Hebrew	238	135	(B)	-
African languages	1,505	552	334	168
Amharic	205	198	15	19
Swahili	180	146	50	67
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	995	433	180	107
African	50	50	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	369	302	117	105
Finnish	25	28	(D)	(D)
Estonian	75	71	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	270	291	85	102

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.