Languages spoken in Delaware

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 Delaware

Table showing languages spoken in Delaware

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	852,446	109	40,323	1,652
Speak only English at home	745,175	2,415	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	107,271	2,419	40,323	1,652
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	57,255	1,611	25,777	1,350
Spanish	57,255	1,611	25,775	1,350
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	27,391	1,587	7,898	849
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,520	524	722	264
French	3,320	494	720	264
Patois	200	158	(D)	(D)
French Creole	2,562	646	1,378	419
Italian	2,282	357	631	183
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	696	238	210	110
Portuguese	680	239	195	108
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,191	430	572	181
German	3,190	430	570	181
Yiddish	75	56	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	1,349	420	485	189
Pennsylvania Dutch	595	274	185	95
Dutch	695	292	290	161
Afrikaans	60	52	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	95	57	(B)	-
Swedish	65	53	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	20	16	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	1,288	312	149	81
Russian	999	334	294	218
Polish	1,014	257	220	103
Serbo-Croatian languages	216	125	38	38
Serbocroatian	110	105	(B)	-
Croatian	70	74	35	37
Serbian	35	33	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	622	229	246	115
Ukrainian	255	135	100	63
Czech	160	115	50	47
Slovak	70	47	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	140	120	75	68
Armenian	62	99	40	64
Persian	262	150	123	95
Hindi	1,895	545	416	213
Gujarati	2,091	552	1,069	309
Urdu	1,746	467	385	178
Other Indic languages	2,379	557	525	166
India nec3	710	336	155	125
Bengali	465	205	140	91
Panjabi	455	215	180	119
Marathi	320	171	(D)	(D)
Nepali	115	105	(D)	(D)
Sindhi	285	252	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,047	399	395	284
Jamaican Creole	85	68	(D)	(D)
Krio	150	120	40	41
Romanian	235	211	155	201
Irish Gaelic	75	62	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	115	98	60	63
Lithuanian	180	155	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	160	185	120	179
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	16,609	1,003	5,707	674
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	6,110	738	2,930	505
Chinese	5,060	705	2,445	482
Cantonese	240	119	85	77
Mandarin	600	233	320	180
Formosan	210	108	80	64
Wu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	562	180	112	97
Korean	1,598	353	581	218
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	49	48	19	22
Thai	183	126	104	75
Laotian	42	56	31	39
Vietnamese	1,095	415	591	279
Other Asian languages	4,521	626	801	219
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	615	296	200	127
Telugu	2,435	546	315	137
Kannada	145	125	(B)	-
Malayalam	165	116	45	53
Tamil	1,115	338	205	96
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	2,293	495	514	223
Other Pacific Island languages	156	86	24	28
Indonesian	50	51	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	50	50	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,016	1,025	941	255
Other Native North American languages	156	103	32	34
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Potawatomi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kuchin	15	28	(D)	(D)
Dakota	45	55	(B)	-
Keres	75	71	(D)	(D)
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	141	110	68	88
Arabic	1,628	447	390	161
Hebrew	122	71	(B)	-
African languages	3,744	781	445	170
Amharic	160	107	65	67
Berber	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	875	293	165	114
Bantu	180	118	(D)	(D)
Mande	505	461	(B)	-
Fulani	140	114	(D)	(D)
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,735	482	135	92
African	55	57	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	225	91	6	11
Finnish	50	45	(D)	(D)
Estonian	40	30	(B)	-
Uncodable	135	71	(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.