Languages spoken in Colorado

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 Colorado

Table showing languages spoken in Colorado

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	4,779,527	437	312,251	4,287
Speak only English at home	3,976,875	7,959	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	802,652	7,936	312,251	4,287
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	565,058	6,145	230,423	3,833
Spanish	565,060	6,145	230,425	3,833
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	110,342	3,234	25,041	1,398
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	16,213	1,050	2,462	433
French	16,045	1,032	2,460	433
Patois	165	120	(B)	-
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	382	209	106	81
Italian	5,767	725	737	181
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	3,370	566	695	250
Portuguese	3,360	565	695	250
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	25,675	1,307	3,047	342
German	25,645	1,307	3,045	342
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yiddish	135	64	15	17
Other West Germanic languages	3,275	589	246	115
Pennsylvania Dutch	330	226	(D)	(D)
Dutch	2,065	345	160	72
Afrikaans	880	300	70	74
Scandinavian languages	2,881	483	273	104
Swedish	1,600	394	110	60
Danish	480	159	75	55
Norwegian	740	227	90	75
Icelandic	60	58	(B)	-
Greek	1,910	367	461	187
Russian	15,124	1,565	6,279	807
Polish	5,365	649	1,175	321
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,531	500	987	225
Serbocroatian	1,680	464	685	204
Croatian	395	135	90	64
Serbian	455	166	210	96
Other Slavic languages	4,101	733	1,223	354
Bielorussian	25	22	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	1,280	378	525	207
Czech	880	256	210	95
Slovak	540	208	25	26
Bulgarian	1,185	469	420	200
Macedonian	35	31	(B)	-
Slovene	160	75	(D)	(D)
Armenian	583	236	225	167
Persian	4,090	650	1,237	283
Hindi	4,171	563	623	209
Gujarati	762	256	182	107
Urdu	1,613	492	460	252
Other Indic languages	7,862	1,055	3,073	718
India nec3	500	261	60	41
Bengali	1,350	434	345	123
Panjabi	1,105	446	235	139
Marathi	730	288	215	204
Rajasthani	85	130	(D)	(D)
Oriya	55	55	(B)	-
Nepali	3,615	831	2,095	649
Sindhi	250	169	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	95	139	55	99
Sinhalese	55	45	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	4,532	830	1,535	580
Jamaican Creole	600	510	540	490
Krio	115	97	(B)	-
Pidgin	55	43	(B)	-
Catalonian	180	121	70	82
Romanian	1,455	354	415	186
Welsh	70	48	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	330	164	20	19
Scottic Gaelic	90	91	(D)	(D)
Albanian	175	143	55	69
Lithuanian	610	238	155	88
Latvian	125	58	(D)	(D)
Pashto	430	267	125	103
Kurdish	295	183	70	72
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	91,051	1,758	42,929	1,190
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	19,020	1,496	9,428	974
Chinese	14,380	1,163	7,390	785
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	1,940	535	890	308
Mandarin	2,230	459	980	287
Formosan	465	163	165	117
Japanese	6,071	706	1,751	263
Korean	15,629	1,162	8,180	692
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	2,210	603	950	379
Hmong	3,008	725	1,037	317
Thai	1,950	380	1,084	271
Laotian	2,175	713	981	313
Vietnamese	20,099	1,706	12,700	1,121
Other Asian languages	9,628	1,089	3,350	644
Kazakh	30	36	(B)	-
Uighur	80	82	60	67
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	1,180	414	625	332
Mongolian	715	337	375	196
Telugu	2,405	575	465	189
Kannada	380	150	35	41
Malayalam	925	320	205	121
Tamil	1,920	512	125	85
Tibetan	430	174	200	127
Burmese	775	374	630	317
Karen	745	417	615	361
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	7,293	835	1,970	420
Other Pacific Island languages	3,968	614	1,498	311
Indonesian	1,390	397	635	205
Javanese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	255	152	80	90
Sundanese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	140	92	60	73
Sebuano	150	136	55	58
Ilocano	225	137	100	85
Pampangan	140	104	95	98
Micronesian	15	20	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	360	143	90	86
Marshallese	50	142	30	91
Palau	110	84	55	59
Trukese	115	122	45	82
Yapese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	365	181	45	59
Tongan	215	130	55	45
Maori	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	365	150	95	73
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	36,201	2,388	13,858	1,216
Navajo	2,937	525	319	151
Other Native North American languages	2,244	341	413	172
Eskimo	40	42	(B)	-
Inupik	10	8	(B)	-
Yupik	80	59	(B)	-
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arapaho	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cheyenne	65	63	65	62
Cree	180	127	95	102
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fox	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Menomini	90	94	(D)	(D)
Ojibwa	40	55	(B)	-
Apache	120	78	55	61
Tlingit	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Foothill North Yokuts	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	360	162	70	52
Omaha	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	100	63	(B)	-
Ute	725	174	75	36
Tewa	40	45	(B)	-
Towa	35	39	(B)	-
Zuni	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	95	59	(D)	(D)
San Carlos	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	1,322	280	302	147
Arabic	9,692	1,208	4,116	758
Hebrew	1,650	428	216	111
African languages	17,500	1,597	8,148	995
Amharic	8,735	1,135	4,200	701
Berber	70	47	60	45
Chadic	35	41	(B)	-
Cushite	2,685	561	1,610	393
Sudanic	125	172	75	112
Nilotic	95	120	70	114
Swahili	815	299	340	213
Bantu	650	280	335	220
Mande	290	140	170	97
Fulani	185	125	45	38
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	3,715	812	1,220	352
African	105	76	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	856	271	344	164
Finnish	265	99	100	63
Estonian	60	51	(D)	(D)
Basque	45	40	(D)	(D)
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sonoran	60	68	60	68
Mayan languages	195	174	155	130
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tupi-Guarani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	190	155	(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.