Languages spoken in Worcester County, MA

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 Worcester County [MA]

Table showing languages spoken in Worcester County, MA

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	756,618	6	55,726	1,998
Speak only English at home	618,731	2,339	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	137,887	2,338	55,726	1,998
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	57,542	1,434	25,019	1,403
Spanish	57,540	1,434	25,020	1,403
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	48,011	1,901	16,284	1,386
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	9,649	785	2,080	476
French	9,545	782	2,075	478
Patois	105	84	(D)	(D)
French Creole	2,348	697	781	305
Italian	2,777	426	515	154
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	10,577	987	5,218	780
Portuguese	10,505	970	5,190	773
Papia Mentae	70	77	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,657	313	151	69
German	1,655	313	150	69
Yiddish	8	12	2	7
Other West Germanic languages	401	179	8	13
Dutch	350	163	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	50	51	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	458	166	38	34
Swedish	295	112	(D)	(D)
Danish	125	105	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	40	41	(B)	-
Greek	2,259	438	734	221
Russian	2,111	499	811	249
Polish	3,801	568	1,453	366
Serbo-Croatian languages	268	129	67	61
Serbocroatian	150	100	60	60
Croatian	20	36	(B)	-
Serbian	100	84	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	195	91	45	42
Ukrainian	50	36	(D)	(D)
Czech	55	46	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	40	47	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	543	167	93	70
Persian	1,208	563	732	472
Hindi	2,521	506	546	209
Gujarati	451	199	101	83
Urdu	903	333	194	122
Other Indic languages	2,521	710	1,169	428
India nec3	315	202	185	136
Bengali	440	191	165	121
Panjabi	455	256	205	190
Marathi	255	156	35	32
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	960	551	555	290
Sinhalese	70	83	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	3,355	558	1,546	420
Jamaican Creole	95	71	(B)	-
Romanian	155	94	50	41
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	130	101	(D)	(D)
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	2,280	474	1,305	393
Lithuanian	605	186	150	108
Latvian	45	44	(D)	(D)
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	20,296	900	9,963	819
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	5,571	656	2,756	485
Chinese	4,165	591	2,150	432
Cantonese	445	213	210	109
Mandarin	880	305	375	183
Formosan	80	81	(D)	(D)
Japanese	415	134	146	85
Korean	836	256	577	206
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	432	238	124	96
Hmong	248	162	166	93
Thai	232	159	182	144
Laotian	769	342	381	189
Vietnamese	6,207	843	3,978	646
Other Asian languages	4,614	685	1,224	401
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	230	144	100	85
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	30	52	(D)	(D)
Telugu	1,905	521	580	339
Kannada	465	238	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	300	209	100	122
Tamil	1,480	394	275	171
Burmese	175	142	140	124
Tagalog	695	258	337	200
Other Pacific Island languages	277	134	92	74
Indonesian	130	110	60	65
Malay	40	48	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,038	1,112	4,460	662
Navajo	40	57	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	113	94	35	38
Kuchin	80	83	(D)	(D)
Keres	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	253	108	40	27
Arabic	2,864	605	1,159	310
Hebrew	353	164	22	27
African languages	7,963	977	3,075	592
Amharic	110	112	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	80	125	40	69
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	1,885	469	790	329
Bantu	530	257	135	91
Mande	120	105	40	37
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	5,115	843	1,950	502
African	95	79	75	61
Other and unspecified languages	452	146	129	68
Finnish	375	137	110	64
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	15	19	15	19
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.