Languages spoken in Wayne 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 Wayne County [MI]

Table showing languages spoken in Wayne 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	1,686,973	26	78,928	2,351
Speak only English at home	1,474,251	3,226	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	212,722	3,223	78,928	2,351
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	64,393	1,718	23,463	1,149
Spanish	64,395	1,718	23,465	1,149
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	58,426	2,180	20,781	1,052
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	5,402	771	978	266
French	5,160	748	875	235
Patois	240	178	105	142
French Creole	198	136	22	23
Italian	4,348	521	1,314	214
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	540	172	80	54
Portuguese	540	172	80	54
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,345	449	577	160
German	3,345	449	575	160
Yiddish	9	14	9	14
Other West Germanic languages	562	231	75	49
Pennsylvania Dutch	65	90	(D)	(D)
Dutch	495	213	70	48
Scandinavian languages	171	69	35	31
Swedish	115	59	(D)	(D)
Danish	25	21	(B)	-
Norwegian	35	29	25	28
Greek	2,212	404	557	143
Russian	864	236	428	157
Polish	5,648	550	1,950	306
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,371	527	1,013	280
Serbocroatian	1,815	484	850	243
Croatian	165	100	80	65
Serbian	395	162	85	52
Other Slavic languages	2,791	507	1,148	304
Ukrainian	1,105	266	715	254
Czech	60	47	(D)	(D)
Slovak	340	197	(B)	-
Bulgarian	90	65	35	41
Macedonian	1,195	340	380	148
Armenian	279	107	113	71
Persian	419	158	146	101
Hindi	2,943	538	792	222
Gujarati	3,086	592	1,027	261
Urdu	3,898	694	1,155	440
Other Indic languages	11,858	1,103	5,963	718
India nec3	400	254	165	132
Bengali	8,405	1,010	4,880	732
Panjabi	1,995	440	655	202
Marathi	545	298	95	106
Oriya	65	66	25	38
Assamese	55	67	(D)	(D)
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	140	104	45	61
Sindhi	40	63	(B)	-
Sinhalese	60	74	50	73
Romany	115	108	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	7,482	1,024	3,399	573
Jamaican Creole	35	40	(B)	-
Romanian	3,410	649	1,305	308
Irish Gaelic	35	26	(D)	(D)
Albanian	3,330	661	1,830	391
Lithuanian	375	161	115	69
Latvian	90	49	45	38
Kurdish	210	174	100	89
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	18,269	984	6,815	650
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	5,204	612	2,526	421
Chinese	4,480	602	2,260	390
Cantonese	240	137	85	66
Mandarin	425	232	145	181
Formosan	35	40	25	37
Wu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	1,563	310	538	186
Korean	1,405	387	796	217
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	50	50	4	8
Hmong	392	212	158	118
Thai	73	41	32	29
Laotian	108	85	85	63
Vietnamese	1,573	413	961	298
Other Asian languages	3,894	756	662	231
Turkish	125	78	30	38
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	1,790	528	175	92
Kannada	275	199	(B)	-
Malayalam	700	277	230	144
Tamil	860	265	155	117
Munda	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,630	593	912	197
Other Pacific Island languages	377	148	141	91
Indonesian	85	87	60	79
Malay	60	69	(B)	-
Bisayan	65	39	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	60	59	35	47
Ilocano	35	40	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mortlockese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	71,634	2,498	27,869	1,547
Navajo	13	17	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	387	162	19	22
Menomini	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	170	138	(B)	-
Ottawa	40	32	(D)	(D)
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	35	28	(B)	-
American Indian	50	34	(B)	-
Hungarian	1,027	283	280	120
Arabic	65,001	2,222	25,683	1,386
Hebrew	162	108	24	23
African languages	4,388	812	1,530	561
Amharic	90	69	40	46
Cushite	115	107	60	91
Sudanic	165	181	(B)	-
Nubian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	510	174	85	62
Bantu	760	496	430	400
Mande	215	160	115	136
Fulani	330	205	105	93
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	2,115	473	630	221
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	60	66	60	66
Other and unspecified languages	656	256	333	179
Finnish	170	102	45	35
Estonian	25	25	(D)	(D)
Syriac	445	202	270	173
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(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.