Languages spoken in Union 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 Union County [NJ]

Table showing languages spoken in Union 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	504,805	61	102,210	2,244
Speak only English at home	293,531	2,599	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	211,274	2,615	102,210	2,244
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	131,762	1,525	71,584	1,817
Spanish	131,760	1,525	71,585	1,817
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	59,325	2,466	24,150	1,455
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,397	599	903	233
French	3,040	536	850	218
Patois	355	279	55	66
French Creole	10,106	1,205	4,591	761
Italian	5,130	648	1,869	319
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	19,655	1,407	8,783	837
Portuguese	19,655	1,407	8,785	837
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,524	309	336	162
German	1,525	309	335	162
Yiddish	191	106	30	35
Other West Germanic languages	117	61	4	8
Dutch	115	60	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	142	102	11	17
Swedish	60	68	(B)	-
Danish	35	30	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	45	54	(B)	-
Greek	770	232	207	97
Russian	2,779	592	1,252	324
Polish	6,647	784	3,291	518
Serbo-Croatian languages	343	196	128	110
Serbocroatian	135	119	95	104
Croatian	40	60	(B)	-
Serbian	170	117	35	37
Other Slavic languages	1,741	372	734	245
Ukrainian	1,070	309	410	162
Czech	85	107	60	103
Slovak	510	204	235	132
Bulgarian	80	116	(D)	(D)
Armenian	80	60	36	32
Persian	216	184	52	54
Hindi	1,207	387	150	85
Gujarati	2,230	547	750	241
Urdu	485	255	134	102
Other Indic languages	1,312	406	554	346
India nec3	100	93	(D)	(D)
Bengali	500	305	310	294
Panjabi	335	160	100	77
Marathi	210	175	(B)	-
Nepali	140	162	110	133
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,253	407	335	149
Jamaican Creole	160	150	(D)	(D)
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	310	170	110	89
Irish Gaelic	210	133	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	230	142	35	49
Lithuanian	80	52	45	37
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pashto	185	239	65	78
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	13,053	869	4,564	499
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,987	700	1,733	381
Chinese	2,770	584	1,225	325
Cantonese	375	233	140	124
Mandarin	585	246	270	153
Formosan	255	185	95	114
Japanese	374	167	64	73
Korean	1,041	369	447	211
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	5	9	(B)	-
Thai	144	113	103	103
Laotian	9	14	(B)	-
Vietnamese	634	265	360	181
Other Asian languages	2,128	486	423	226
Turkish	245	174	55	43
Telugu	500	242	(B)	-
Malayalam	670	321	160	137
Tamil	630	213	210	162
Munda	80	82	(B)	-
Tagalog	4,435	726	1,346	322
Other Pacific Island languages	296	144	88	81
Indonesian	60	71	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	35	47	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	135	88	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	40	49	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	7,134	1,147	1,912	581
Hungarian	331	266	169	170
Arabic	1,828	483	622	251
Hebrew	748	265	158	189
African languages	4,132	821	894	341
Amharic	105	116	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	330	196	80	93
Bantu	80	92	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	3,540	798	755	316
Efik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	95	78	69	75
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Quechua	(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.