Languages spoken in Wake County, NC

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 Wake County [NC]

Table showing languages spoken in Wake County, NC

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	863,927	5	54,997	2,468
Speak only English at home	720,422	2,830	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	143,505	2,830	54,997	2,468
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	73,105	1,711	35,131	2,018
Spanish	73,105	1,711	35,130	2,018
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	30,122	1,796	6,714	921
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,278	770	1,172	331
French	5,235	769	1,140	331
Patois	40	58	(D)	(D)
French Creole	431	214	117	74
Italian	1,254	368	196	84
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,052	289	257	162
Portuguese	1,050	289	255	162
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,469	438	253	93
German	2,450	436	255	93
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	733	283	29	36
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dutch	420	189	(B)	-
Afrikaans	300	196	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	398	223	33	33
Swedish	260	149	35	33
Danish	130	158	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	418	189	56	71
Russian	1,025	293	203	89
Polish	603	307	156	93
Serbo-Croatian languages	132	92	(B)	-
Serbocroatian	30	29	(B)	-
Croatian	50	66	(B)	-
Serbian	55	59	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	910	327	228	129
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	270	177	95	101
Czech	245	203	(D)	(D)
Slovak	45	53	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	250	186	60	59
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	70	65	(D)	(D)
Armenian	23	25	(B)	-
Persian	1,564	585	570	285
Hindi	4,595	895	714	325
Gujarati	3,087	797	1,085	368
Urdu	1,461	426	250	114
Other Indic languages	3,619	753	1,185	417
India nec3	175	139	(D)	(D)
Bengali	890	291	315	153
Panjabi	855	408	305	218
Marathi	575	297	145	132
Oriya	55	40	(B)	-
Nepali	825	465	345	302
Sindhi	40	46	(B)	-
Sinhalese	205	162	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	1,070	463	210	134
Jamaican Creole	25	36	(B)	-
Krio	155	175	(D)	(D)
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Saramacca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	355	265	110	114
Irish Gaelic	70	56	(B)	-
Albanian	140	129	55	56
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	150	181	(B)	-
Pashto	35	67	(B)	-
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	27,791	1,081	10,092	972
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,275	893	3,284	564
Chinese	6,630	788	2,475	459
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	305	175	145	115
Mandarin	1,010	329	435	181
Formosan	295	184	235	158
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	1,017	312	353	168
Korean	3,529	796	1,921	439
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	319	282	101	94
Hmong	124	122	37	58
Thai	557	280	188	146
Laotian	153	152	30	62
Vietnamese	3,941	873	2,342	686
Other Asian languages	7,459	783	1,245	295
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	430	257	120	79
Gondi	255	277	(D)	(D)
Telugu	2,675	548	425	191
Kannada	700	262	65	61
Malayalam	885	343	65	53
Tamil	2,200	586	300	130
Burmese	75	76	45	42
Karen	215	133	205	132
Tagalog	1,887	515	361	155
Other Pacific Island languages	530	322	230	184
Indonesian	210	201	(D)	(D)
Cham	190	219	145	158
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	60	53	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,487	1,695	3,060	623
Other Native North American languages	117	104	(B)	-
Cherokee	115	104	(B)	-
Hungarian	272	185	42	38
Arabic	5,489	1,132	1,492	371
Hebrew	352	157	44	46
African languages	5,937	1,167	1,404	427
Amharic	890	357	340	225
Chadic	45	65	(B)	-
Cushite	415	303	160	144
Swahili	1,240	507	530	347
Bantu	910	555	75	68
Mande	105	90	(B)	-
Fulani	895	637	65	58
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,400	422	220	172
African	45	41	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	320	199	78	87
Finnish	45	54	(B)	-
Estonian	50	68	(D)	(D)
Syriac	30	68	25	52
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tarascan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
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.