Languages spoken in Washtenaw County, MI

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 Washtenaw County [MI]

Table showing languages spoken in Washtenaw County, MI

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	329,661	5	14,312	933
Speak only English at home	282,705	1,408	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	46,956	1,407	14,312	933
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	8,825	756	2,624	398
Spanish	8,825	756	2,625	398
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	14,040	999	3,081	401
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,612	288	443	188
French	1,610	288	445	188
French Creole	32	39	22	34
Italian	548	170	92	61
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	769	298	189	109
Portuguese	770	298	190	109
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,996	400	236	107
German	1,995	400	235	107
Yiddish	12	17	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	170	75	22	31
Dutch	170	75	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	307	169	7	12
Swedish	200	166	(B)	-
Danish	70	39	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	35	31	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	564	239	112	67
Russian	946	265	300	134
Polish	536	181	86	62
Serbo-Croatian languages	324	188	91	95
Serbocroatian	175	157	(B)	-
Croatian	125	104	85	95
Serbian	25	17	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	276	95	57	37
Ukrainian	145	77	50	34
Czech	35	27	(B)	-
Slovak	25	22	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	25	23	(B)	-
Macedonian	45	39	(B)	-
Armenian	73	64	15	47
Persian	371	150	105	72
Hindi	1,697	457	306	161
Gujarati	562	241	47	34
Urdu	682	238	188	121
Other Indic languages	1,004	289	206	96
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bengali	460	214	85	56
Panjabi	115	78	(B)	-
Marathi	320	159	80	76
Nepali	15	24	(B)	-
Sindhi	50	51	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,559	486	557	237
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	1,165	455	515	234
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	155	92	20	18
Lithuanian	50	65	(D)	(D)
Latvian	150	93	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	18,185	780	6,966	683
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,632	667	3,374	531
Chinese	5,365	676	2,420	473
Cantonese	625	188	285	193
Mandarin	2,175	424	550	249
Formosan	470	186	120	80
Japanese	1,883	358	935	244
Korean	3,462	519	1,727	361
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	33	38	28	36
Hmong	96	86	(B)	-
Thai	71	45	40	33
Laotian	281	168	229	154
Vietnamese	326	113	57	45
Other Asian languages	2,213	410	396	135
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	360	186	90	71
Telugu	860	266	210	95
Kannada	225	102	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	230	159	(B)	-
Tamil	530	197	65	47
Tagalog	920	339	108	70
Other Pacific Island languages	268	153	72	99
Indonesian	130	114	65	98
Balinese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	65	74	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,906	708	1,641	311
Other Native North American languages	90	78	(B)	-
Ojibwa	75	76	(B)	-
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pima	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	161	105	6	10
Arabic	3,805	598	987	188
Hebrew	208	98	29	48
African languages	1,459	404	561	245
Amharic	325	240	175	140
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	375	182	225	147
Swahili	75	61	(D)	(D)
Bantu	45	39	(B)	-
Mande	45	40	35	33
Fulani	110	133	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	465	197	105	127
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	183	80	58	45
Finnish	95	51	40	38
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	70	60	(D)	(D)

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.