Languages spoken in Westchester County, NY

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 Westchester County [NY]

Table showing languages spoken in Westchester County, NY

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	899,676	65	111,703	2,257
Speak only English at home	605,858	3,756	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	293,818	3,763	111,703	2,257
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	171,007	2,191	76,732	1,902
Spanish	171,005	2,191	76,730	1,902
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	80,827	3,622	21,329	1,429
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	9,144	1,133	1,510	368
French	8,620	1,125	1,425	362
Patois	525	219	85	57
French Creole	3,158	735	722	201
Italian	21,284	1,335	6,275	541
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	10,459	1,136	4,845	798
Portuguese	10,450	1,137	4,835	798
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,994	698	509	129
German	4,980	694	510	129
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yiddish	790	441	92	77
Other West Germanic languages	993	340	53	68
Dutch	860	322	55	68
Afrikaans	130	99	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	795	278	69	60
Swedish	285	127	(D)	(D)
Danish	185	110	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	320	223	50	57
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	3,175	600	491	140
Russian	3,255	590	695	202
Polish	2,982	565	1,140	268
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,681	503	554	229
Serbocroatian	690	419	170	126
Croatian	800	262	315	181
Serbian	190	104	70	40
Other Slavic languages	1,771	343	597	217
Ukrainian	860	262	360	206
Czech	165	82	50	40
Slovak	575	189	175	90
Bulgarian	125	116	(B)	-
Macedonian	35	47	(D)	(D)
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	308	125	71	56
Persian	675	340	81	82
Hindi	2,841	487	485	221
Gujarati	1,520	367	332	146
Urdu	2,147	552	288	118
Other Indic languages	3,046	682	762	271
India nec3	310	204	90	85
Bengali	995	412	370	228
Panjabi	440	277	50	33
Marathi	395	145	65	53
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	115	101	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	135	88	(B)	-
Sindhi	110	95	25	33
Pakistan nec3	300	250	120	98
Sinhalese	200	191	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	5,809	926	1,758	449
Jamaican Creole	200	152	50	45
Romanian	875	284	170	92
Irish Gaelic	325	117	45	36
Albanian	4,065	840	1,325	401
Lithuanian	65	37	(D)	(D)
Latvian	85	63	(D)	(D)
Pashto	195	195	145	158
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	29,475	1,348	11,042	736
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,625	1,035	2,983	481
Chinese	5,875	848	2,215	400
Cantonese	635	253	200	147
Mandarin	1,785	484	360	152
Formosan	315	174	195	126
Wu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	4,620	643	2,387	436
Korean	4,656	484	2,045	345
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	120	97	70	81
Hmong	19	25	(B)	-
Thai	474	199	226	127
Laotian	57	67	29	31
Vietnamese	301	130	146	79
Other Asian languages	5,951	872	1,607	289
Turkish	640	277	180	109
Telugu	405	190	70	45
Kannada	75	69	(B)	-
Malayalam	3,960	686	1,175	232
Tamil	495	217	70	77
Tibetan	90	102	65	80
Burmese	285	209	50	43
Tagalog	4,153	746	1,312	426
Other Pacific Island languages	499	190	237	129
Indonesian	120	88	90	70
Malay	60	58	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	185	137	75	64
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	60	65	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,509	1,440	2,600	476
Other Native North American languages	61	49	26	41
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	720	222	173	89
Arabic	4,621	908	1,245	330
Hebrew	3,052	579	343	126
African languages	3,371	630	666	198
Amharic	260	191	50	69
Chadic	100	111	(B)	-
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	530	284	115	82
Bantu	165	103	25	24
Mande	120	151	45	47
Fulani	90	79	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,885	453	395	152
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mbum (and related)	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	125	151	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	684	268	147	96
Finnish	315	155	25	24
Estonian	130	85	60	73
Caucasian	130	140	55	54
Syriac	95	120	(D)	(D)
Tupi-Guarani	(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.