Languages spoken in St. Louis County, MO

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 St. Louis County [MO]

Table showing languages spoken in St. Louis County, MO

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	941,288	46	28,989	1,488
Speak only English at home	859,179	2,254	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	82,109	2,254	28,989	1,488
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	20,478	1,021	7,014	702
Spanish	20,480	1,021	7,015	702
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	34,550	1,853	10,793	926
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,267	467	547	149
French	3,265	469	545	149
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	71	60	22	27
Italian	1,344	380	289	127
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	622	256	133	84
Portuguese	565	242	135	84
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,459	496	678	221
German	3,460	496	680	221
Yiddish	180	97	50	41
Other West Germanic languages	536	193	58	64
Pennsylvania Dutch	105	85	(D)	(D)
Dutch	370	166	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	60	56	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	287	161	24	27
Swedish	160	147	(D)	(D)
Danish	25	26	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	105	82	(B)	-
Greek	645	224	155	107
Russian	2,944	599	1,604	440
Polish	700	264	138	74
Serbo-Croatian languages	8,689	1,231	4,163	650
Serbocroatian	8,240	1,220	4,060	649
Croatian	315	177	70	68
Serbian	130	91	30	30
Other Slavic languages	999	361	238	169
Ukrainian	150	83	35	32
Czech	75	63	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	695	335	185	169
Macedonian	70	111	(D)	(D)
Armenian	71	67	38	60
Persian	1,227	419	339	149
Hindi	1,696	376	105	62
Gujarati	933	328	397	199
Urdu	2,107	627	239	108
Other Indic languages	2,755	711	715	282
India nec3	140	132	(D)	(D)
Bengali	1,380	552	440	223
Panjabi	165	111	30	42
Marathi	455	264	(D)	(D)
Oriya	150	141	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	380	247	55	61
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	2,018	677	861	316
Romanian	290	163	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Albanian	1,095	607	565	284
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	100	101	35	31
Pashto	190	250	(D)	(D)
Kurdish	325	214	175	114
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	20,284	945	9,445	744
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	7,435	749	3,932	525
Chinese	5,695	704	2,980	473
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	355	173	205	137
Mandarin	1,035	300	485	224
Formosan	340	168	260	157
Japanese	660	242	217	123
Korean	2,510	570	1,372	452
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	26	40	26	40
Hmong	61	95	61	95
Thai	296	162	120	95
Laotian	106	82	67	55
Vietnamese	2,421	461	1,657	318
Other Asian languages	4,781	731	1,422	427
Uighur	340	276	265	220
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	465	240	225	146
Dravidian	80	75	(B)	-
Gondi	45	74	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,855	488	270	146
Kannada	210	108	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	350	177	75	67
Tamil	1,360	443	475	283
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	60	70	60	70
Tagalog	1,682	413	493	191
Other Pacific Island languages	306	162	78	64
Indonesian	175	124	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	35	48	35	48
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	40	55	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,797	865	1,737	402
Navajo	11	24	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	57	47	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	20	24	(B)	-
Hungarian	326	142	140	95
Arabic	2,481	535	792	280
Hebrew	690	220	76	67
African languages	3,041	578	701	239
Amharic	700	351	255	184
Cushite	255	233	130	118
Swahili	695	272	145	78
Bantu	205	111	(D)	(D)
Mande	70	69	(B)	-
Fulani	150	119	95	85
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	950	452	55	35
Efik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	191	120	28	43
Finnish	110	86	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chibchan	40	65	(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.