Languages spoken in Connecticut

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 Connecticut

Table showing languages spoken in Connecticut

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	3,386,166	207	283,518	4,351
Speak only English at home	2,658,925	5,118	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	727,241	5,133	283,518	4,351
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	371,024	3,078	156,236	3,067
Spanish	371,025	3,078	156,235	3,067
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	254,783	4,336	85,770	2,798
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	34,519	1,270	7,863	806
French	30,575	1,248	7,435	803
Patois	3,930	705	430	150
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	14,081	1,277	6,073	735
Italian	36,571	1,374	10,365	797
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	37,016	2,153	16,954	1,327
Portuguese	36,945	2,155	16,955	1,327
Papia Mentae	75	87	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	11,533	807	1,451	256
German	11,535	807	1,450	256
Yiddish	353	105	20	23
Other West Germanic languages	2,027	415	175	107
Dutch	1,825	404	170	109
Afrikaans	205	102	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	2,233	352	208	83
Swedish	1,290	253	140	76
Danish	390	163	25	30
Norwegian	535	149	45	37
Icelandic	20	20	(B)	-
Greek	8,670	777	2,195	351
Russian	10,684	932	4,920	527
Polish	37,704	2,251	15,640	1,241
Serbo-Croatian languages	4,160	721	1,636	374
Serbocroatian	2,640	541	1,050	280
Croatian	985	412	280	153
Serbian	535	277	305	198
Other Slavic languages	4,812	651	1,552	392
Ukrainian	2,190	468	925	247
Czech	490	167	40	38
Slovak	1,040	295	275	146
Bulgarian	480	198	105	107
Macedonian	440	242	185	179
Slovene	175	125	20	17
Armenian	731	220	152	72
Persian	1,488	293	441	144
Hindi	11,430	1,173	2,561	640
Gujarati	5,647	869	2,109	416
Urdu	6,282	1,024	2,000	573
Other Indic languages	10,873	980	4,111	594
India nec3	1,130	317	245	106
Bengali	4,745	814	2,225	551
Panjabi	1,590	401	385	146
Marathi	885	276	150	107
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	160	132	55	72
Assamese	60	63	(B)	-
Nepali	1,325	412	615	256
Sindhi	230	255	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	200	156	140	125
Sinhalese	455	203	195	106
Romany	80	92	80	92
Other Indo-European languages	13,969	1,310	5,344	658
Jamaican Creole	1,600	410	640	237
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	1,860	414	490	162
Welsh	35	33	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	290	101	35	28
Scottic Gaelic	55	48	(B)	-
Albanian	7,430	996	3,295	505
Lithuanian	1,420	343	270	112
Latvian	400	166	130	73
Pashto	345	276	310	268
Kurdish	490	313	175	135
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	76,859	1,952	33,934	1,456
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	27,002	1,733	13,034	1,111
Chinese	20,945	1,562	10,415	986
Cantonese	2,250	587	1,000	393
Mandarin	3,180	560	1,350	331
Fuchow	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Formosan	500	218	205	114
Wu	90	84	(D)	(D)
Japanese	3,391	606	1,550	529
Korean	6,456	802	3,449	576
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	2,456	607	1,244	332
Hmong	9	15	(B)	-
Thai	1,401	418	753	322
Laotian	2,981	668	1,476	395
Vietnamese	7,735	1,192	4,840	806
Other Asian languages	15,932	1,492	4,542	652
Karachay	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uighur	95	111	(D)	(D)
Turkish	2,195	457	935	253
Tungus	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gondi	120	129	(B)	-
Telugu	5,575	825	1,625	401
Kannada	860	300	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	2,395	572	475	200
Tamil	3,745	698	925	324
Munda	125	122	(B)	-
Tibetan	455	275	230	142
Burmese	205	133	140	91
Karen	125	106	125	106
Tagalog	8,539	883	2,663	473
Other Pacific Island languages	957	285	383	151
Indonesian	235	125	115	86
Malay	180	107	45	46
Bisayan	120	83	60	43
Sebuano	60	40	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	15	27	(D)	(D)
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	155	122	30	32
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Melanesian	35	37	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	24,575	1,912	7,578	997
Other Native North American languages	260	109	71	44
Algonquian	60	72	(D)	(D)
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Delaware	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Potawatomi	40	40	(D)	(D)
Puget Sound Salish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hidatsa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	10	16	(B)	-
Mohawk	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Towa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	50	47	20	36
Hungarian	2,764	459	780	223
Arabic	9,271	1,371	3,893	752
Hebrew	2,762	582	343	120
African languages	8,553	1,137	2,257	530
Amharic	380	187	160	118
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	385	319	115	127
Cushite	365	246	255	223
Nilotic	35	31	(B)	-
Swahili	880	480	225	147
Bantu	640	314	180	156
Mande	170	188	30	71
Fulani	250	325	(D)	(D)
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	5,165	723	1,085	349
Efik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
African	195	108	95	57
Other and unspecified languages	965	226	234	84
Finnish	340	150	60	53
Estonian	170	112	35	33
Caucasian	50	40	45	39
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	225	100	35	30
Quechua	40	45	(D)	(D)
Tupi-Guarani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	120	68	(D)	(D)

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.