Languages spoken in Will County, IL

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 Will County [IL]

Table showing languages spoken in Will County, IL

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	633,272	15	46,646	1,798
Speak only English at home	507,238	2,853	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	126,034	2,851	46,646	1,798
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	75,028	1,691	31,801	1,375
Spanish	75,030	1,691	31,800	1,375
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	30,725	1,874	8,873	870
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,800	386	270	130
French	1,795	387	270	130
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	65	97	14	23
Italian	2,155	395	505	176
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	276	141	80	73
Portuguese	275	141	80	73
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,622	287	203	89
German	1,620	287	205	89
Yiddish	9	13	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	238	146	18	27
Pennsylvania Dutch	70	112	(B)	-
Dutch	140	76	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	93	84	(B)	-
Swedish	75	74	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	998	265	245	119
Russian	207	122	80	82
Polish	8,640	1,034	3,271	600
Serbo-Croatian languages	606	227	234	114
Serbocroatian	120	143	35	58
Croatian	220	154	85	76
Serbian	265	112	115	69
Other Slavic languages	1,230	412	381	215
Ukrainian	245	140	60	62
Czech	165	98	(B)	-
Slovak	265	166	70	67
Bulgarian	405	295	180	171
Macedonian	105	120	60	86
Slovene	45	49	(D)	(D)
Armenian	3	8	3	8
Persian	362	227	59	50
Hindi	2,184	489	400	163
Gujarati	2,038	640	995	506
Urdu	3,998	1,017	653	203
Other Indic languages	1,339	415	411	217
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	380	226	90	69
Panjabi	685	315	280	195
Marathi	215	150	(B)	-
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	2,862	633	1,051	386
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	325	217	60	58
Irish Gaelic	20	31	(B)	-
Albanian	665	398	355	236
Lithuanian	1,740	568	620	346
Pashto	25	56	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	14,510	1,006	4,957	630
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,607	649	1,899	412
Chinese	2,635	554	1,485	375
Cantonese	315	207	180	121
Mandarin	575	251	185	123
Formosan	85	83	55	65
Japanese	330	143	84	54
Korean	1,155	449	671	330
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	128	110	26	28
Hmong	118	141	12	22
Thai	151	108	92	90
Laotian	212	138	172	136
Vietnamese	966	362	613	270
Other Asian languages	2,855	637	399	211
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	1,000	351	90	67
Kannada	70	75	(B)	-
Malayalam	535	279	170	139
Tamil	1,105	419	50	51
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Karen	120	139	85	129
Tagalog	4,839	749	989	310
Other Pacific Island languages	149	107	(B)	-
Indonesian	30	36	(B)	-
Bisayan	100	95	(B)	-
Ilocano	15	21	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,771	1,167	1,015	291
Other Native North American languages	18	32	8	16
Kuchin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	107	48	10	16
Arabic	3,330	1,018	706	254
Hebrew	298	203	44	37
African languages	1,924	671	226	130
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bantu	85	70	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,760	653	205	124
Other and unspecified languages	94	54	21	27
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	30	35	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(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.