Languages spoken in Arizona


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 Arizona

Table showing languages spoken in Arizona






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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

    • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

    • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



    • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over6,033,147321574,4527,168
    Speak only English at home4,416,95710,221(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home1,616,19010,218574,4527,168
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE1,230,7327,873458,8516,274
    Spanish1,230,7307,873458,8506,274
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES123,2203,92627,4531,697
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)16,5111,1183,118432
    French16,4801,1193,120432
    Patois3029(B)-
    French Creole756313213197
    Italian7,9017921,662278
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)4,401725982260
    Portuguese4,400725980260
    German (incl Luxembourgian)23,0631,4492,831486
    German23,0201,4412,830486
    Luxembourgian4054(B)-
    Yiddish4451752829
    Other West Germanic languages2,725473325122
    Pennsylvania Dutch4542(D)(D)
    Dutch2,145387260113
    Afrikaans5352485545
    Scandinavian languages2,56236021482
    Swedish1,22026710556
    Danish4451576049
    Norwegian8652355042
    Icelandic3034(B)-
    Greek3,043486533190
    Russian6,6021,0312,045396
    Polish5,8446911,487357
    Serbo-Croatian languages8,3701,3023,210582
    Serbocroatian4,9609732,000445
    Croatian810271330155
    Serbian2,600650880273
    Other Slavic languages4,1466241,036291
    Bielorussian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Ukrainian1,375374375155
    Czech905287210134
    Slovak52021313594
    Bulgarian1,110369280143
    Macedonian115132(B)-
    Slovene110723531
    Armenian1,385488326229
    Persian6,1111,0632,051553
    Hindi8,4741,145978293
    Gujarati3,824601862242
    Urdu2,380591564272
    Other Indic languages7,3961,3222,350547
    India nec3455273175125
    Bengali2,185582555186
    Panjabi2,285566730261
    Marathi1,0003927076
    Bihari4581(D)(D)
    Rajasthani(D)(D)(B)-
    Oriya7570(D)(D)
    Assamese7086(B)-
    Nepali1,085498765398
    Sindhi(D)(D)(B)-
    Pakistan nec3(D)(D)(B)-
    Sinhalese12595(D)(D)
    Romany(D)(D)(B)-
    Other Indo-European languages7,2819872,638502
    Jamaican Creole190153(D)(D)
    Krio4045(D)(D)
    Romanian4,2106631,660376
    Irish Gaelic4951747563
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian1,000450510259
    Lithuanian4001638568
    Latvian11573(D)(D)
    Pashto32532295113
    Kurdish495311125103
    Ossete(D)(D)(B)-
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES113,5442,59848,7061,846
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)28,5521,78914,0991,187
    Chinese19,7651,55510,5201,035
    Hakka(D)(D)(B)-
    Cantonese3,0456071,445367
    Mandarin5,1357431,875411
    Formosan595208260129
    Wu(D)(D)(B)-
    Japanese6,2377872,258394
    Korean10,7331,1114,854641
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian2,055610823208
    Hmong2342223138
    Thai2,4925111,489374
    Laotian1,397444517221
    Vietnamese20,6081,76212,7511,219
    Other Asian languages13,5331,5284,310861
    Kazakh160211150211
    Kirghiz25432543
    Uighur175136125112
    Turkish1,030388290152
    Mongolian60936093
    Tungus(D)(D)(B)-
    Dravidian(D)(D)(B)-
    Telugu4,7259021,125456
    Kannada5601995035
    Malayalam1,465413315140
    Tamil3,205562515181
    Munda(D)(D)(B)-
    Tibetan85119(D)(D)
    Burmese665360480276
    Karen1,2904301,110407
    Mien(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Tagalog20,6641,4765,672714
    Other Pacific Island languages7,0398601,902414
    Indonesian965331385200
    Malay2501818069
    Sundanese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Bisayan435172160115
    Sebuano40016414093
    Ilocano530312240166
    Bikol(D)(D)(B)-
    Pampangan8591(D)(D)
    Carolinian185189120157
    Chamorro605280210136
    Marshallese685405175140
    Palau155137(D)(D)
    Trukese7571(D)(D)
    Yapese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Melanesian12576(D)(D)
    Polynesian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Samoan1,2204866545
    Tongan790317140101
    Fijian3031(B)-
    Hawaiian4401606553
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES148,6943,72439,4421,504
    Navajo83,7921,74520,980955
    Other Native North American languages26,8691,3723,808459
    Aleut4038(B)-
    Eskimo(D)(D)(B)-
    Inupik(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Yupik(D)(D)(B)-
    Cheyenne3537(D)(D)
    Cree(D)(D)(B)-
    Ojibwa2531(D)(D)
    Ottawa2030(B)-
    Athapascan2020(B)-
    Ahtena(D)(D)(B)-
    Hupa(D)(D)(B)-
    Apache10,7007401,190246
    Kiowa(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Siuslaw(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Sahaptian(D)(D)(B)-
    Pomo(D)(D)(B)-
    Cocomaricopa3030(B)-
    Mohave90453028
    Yuma3029(B)-
    Delta River Yuman3251451010
    Havasupai5037410
    Walapai25081410
    Yavapai2101161513
    Hidatsa(D)(D)(B)-
    Mandan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Dakota300153(D)(D)
    Omaha4563(B)-
    Choctaw4551(B)-
    Keres155196(D)(D)
    Mohawk(D)(D)(B)-
    Cherokee150107(B)-
    Paiute4034(D)(D)
    Southern Paiute(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Shoshoni(D)(D)(B)-
    Hopi5,6607361,525367
    Pima6,695700655176
    Yaqui5852425551
    Tewa155918068
    Towa(D)(D)(B)-
    Zuni160114(D)(D)
    American Indian5151686039
    San Carlos2751533026
    Hungarian1,499293388141
    Arabic16,8651,8516,719929
    Hebrew2,705661386194
    African languages11,5791,4214,610697
    Amharic2,1805741,180384
    Berber3545(D)(D)
    Chadic10086(B)-
    Cushite2,2856231,255381
    Sudanic425316210192
    Nilotic125167(B)-
    Nilo-Saharan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Swahili1,570552740402
    Bantu1,290532380236
    Mande385227135113
    Fulani25018680104
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba2,500649465225
    Efik135108(D)(D)
    Mbum (and related)(D)(D)(B)-
    African22516212588
    Other and unspecified languages5,3851,1032,551656
    Finnish4901806580
    Estonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Caucasian5564(D)(D)
    Basque(D)(D)(B)-
    Syriac4,2151,0772,110624
    Aztecan2534(D)(D)
    Mayan languages14512695103
    Oto - Manguen135809580
    Quechua(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Chibchan6067(D)(D)
    Uncodable2051228081

    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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

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