Languages spoken in Washington County, OR

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 Washington County [OR]

Table showing languages spoken in Washington County, OR

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	501,826	8	47,741	1,736
Speak only English at home	384,704	2,422	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	117,122	2,421	47,741	1,736
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	61,970	1,374	28,256	1,492
Spanish	61,970	1,374	28,255	1,492
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	19,817	1,535	4,913	726
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,628	307	283	124
French	1,630	307	285	124
French Creole	45	42	22	35
Italian	398	163	84	67
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	495	209	82	61
Portuguese	495	209	80	61
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,985	520	303	155
German	2,985	520	305	155
Yiddish	20	30	3	7
Other West Germanic languages	416	180	49	40
Dutch	350	164	50	40
Afrikaans	65	67	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	515	348	29	32
Swedish	135	112	(B)	-
Danish	215	202	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	170	163	(D)	(D)
Greek	83	64	(B)	-
Russian	2,279	514	966	281
Polish	391	203	103	84
Serbo-Croatian languages	405	211	159	93
Serbocroatian	245	169	90	73
Croatian	45	55	(D)	(D)
Serbian	115	114	55	60
Other Slavic languages	723	303	252	179
Ukrainian	265	174	85	74
Czech	60	44	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	390	254	165	157
Armenian	149	102	37	46
Persian	1,499	484	656	292
Hindi	2,475	477	275	166
Gujarati	376	272	155	153
Urdu	338	203	(B)	-
Other Indic languages	3,058	867	1,022	440
India nec3	60	55	(D)	(D)
Bengali	595	350	175	151
Panjabi	620	405	260	178
Marathi	620	307	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	390	341	365	340
Sindhi	30	49	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	370	377	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	325	231	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,539	523	433	202
Pidgin	100	159	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	685	277	235	174
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	160	217	(D)	(D)
Albanian	110	141	50	69
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Latvian	85	99	(B)	-
Pashto	140	132	70	63
Kurdish	210	186	55	58
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	30,877	1,273	13,059	923
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	6,488	901	2,858	513
Chinese	4,710	761	2,015	439
Cantonese	365	173	150	96
Mandarin	1,275	457	620	248
Formosan	135	90	75	65
Japanese	3,059	698	1,300	392
Korean	4,667	832	2,208	395
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	1,268	404	657	240
Hmong	198	195	40	50
Thai	503	193	282	131
Laotian	541	315	221	130
Vietnamese	6,032	840	3,618	568
Other Asian languages	3,954	805	853	383
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	265	165	125	113
Telugu	1,210	502	370	312
Kannada	620	319	80	81
Malayalam	295	161	(D)	(D)
Tamil	1,225	398	155	109
Tibetan	65	49	(D)	(D)
Karen	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mien	240	205	95	93
Tagalog	2,762	556	686	191
Other Pacific Island languages	1,405	417	336	209
Indonesian	315	186	105	105
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	50	45	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	105	101	(D)	(D)
Carolinian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	95	94	55	77
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	125	158	(D)	(D)
Ponapean	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Trukese	215	199	70	105
Samoan	170	202	(B)	-
Tongan	120	122	65	97
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,458	892	1,513	463
Navajo	46	29	11	17
Other Native North American languages	79	57	(B)	-
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Klamath	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sahaptian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	155	121	51	49
Arabic	2,381	726	708	261
Hebrew	332	195	69	86
African languages	1,294	487	651	364
Amharic	120	102	75	66
Cushite	960	498	550	364
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bantu	80	94	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	110	57	25	27
Other and unspecified languages	171	93	23	28
Finnish	75	47	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	20	34	(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.