Languages spoken in Travis County, TX

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 Travis County [TX]

Table showing languages spoken in Travis County, TX

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	986,314	88	133,070	3,047
Speak only English at home	677,720	3,601	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	308,594	3,603	133,070	3,047
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	238,510	3,374	110,686	2,903
Spanish	238,510	3,374	110,685	2,903
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	27,123	1,523	5,676	720
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,267	612	742	240
French	4,245	608	740	240
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	304	212	167	125
Italian	789	241	227	138
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,273	316	210	116
Portuguese	1,275	316	210	116
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,052	363	349	87
German	3,050	363	350	87
Yiddish	14	23	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	309	115	42	37
Dutch	215	98	40	37
Afrikaans	95	54	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	624	238	48	52
Swedish	385	186	(D)	(D)
Danish	110	91	(B)	-
Norwegian	85	62	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Greek	581	237	114	93
Russian	1,581	359	363	190
Polish	400	140	72	51
Serbo-Croatian languages	567	232	196	116
Serbocroatian	235	162	100	96
Croatian	80	79	35	41
Serbian	255	136	60	44
Other Slavic languages	693	361	159	143
Ukrainian	40	40	(D)	(D)
Czech	115	62	(D)	(D)
Slovak	105	123	(B)	-
Bulgarian	350	331	105	132
Macedonian	60	74	(D)	(D)
Slovene	25	38	(B)	-
Armenian	32	36	(B)	-
Persian	1,281	305	455	159
Hindi	4,135	705	704	281
Gujarati	1,340	352	462	167
Urdu	2,592	899	681	278
Other Indic languages	2,633	669	531	237
India nec3	440	359	110	137
Bengali	770	282	115	90
Panjabi	460	380	(D)	(D)
Marathi	335	170	35	37
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Assamese	25	32	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	435	205	180	125
Sinhalese	65	75	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	656	269	154	90
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	50	80	(D)	(D)
Romanian	325	229	100	89
Irish Gaelic	60	58	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	55	72	(D)	(D)
Albanian	55	63	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	50	41	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	25	42	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	37,027	1,396	14,836	939
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	10,469	978	3,940	561
Chinese	6,985	823	2,985	510
Cantonese	725	262	245	112
Mandarin	2,490	534	615	234
Formosan	270	134	95	79
Japanese	1,172	245	477	152
Korean	3,862	626	1,617	336
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	219	167	130	131
Hmong	29	38	(B)	-
Thai	480	247	268	176
Laotian	209	179	124	162
Vietnamese	11,584	1,214	6,585	900
Other Asian languages	6,273	908	1,104	275
Kirghiz	30	54	(D)	(D)
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	825	338	200	112
Telugu	2,445	538	195	100
Kannada	220	124	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	615	379	155	123
Tamil	1,750	478	245	148
Tibetan	70	105	35	49
Burmese	295	170	245	146
Karen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	2,093	494	474	278
Other Pacific Island languages	637	270	117	81
Indonesian	160	130	30	26
Malay	125	113	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	120	92	75	76
Sebuano	50	49	(B)	-
Pampangan	80	82	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	80	114	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,934	908	1,872	464
Other Native North American languages	139	178	14	22
Fox	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	393	218	60	77
Arabic	2,857	618	1,116	333
Hebrew	676	320	8	13
African languages	1,772	486	674	286
Amharic	480	226	340	174
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	125	168	110	165
Nilotic	95	110	(B)	-
Swahili	110	67	55	48
Bantu	70	77	45	55
Mande	45	78	(B)	-
Fulani	35	45	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	760	324	105	100
Efik	35	47	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	97	86	(B)	-
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	40	72	(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.