Languages spoken in Idaho

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 Idaho

Table showing languages spoken in Idaho

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	1,465,609	322	57,835	1,926
Speak only English at home	1,312,576	2,979	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	153,033	2,969	57,835	1,926
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	114,558	2,268	45,709	1,605
Spanish	114,560	2,268	45,710	1,605
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	20,687	1,533	5,262	794
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,268	492	360	162
French	3,265	493	360	162
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	64	36	13	14
Italian	660	145	101	67
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,563	378	166	89
Portuguese	1,565	378	165	89
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,483	546	671	187
German	4,485	546	670	187
Yiddish	20	22	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	786	211	172	86
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	665	171	160	84
Afrikaans	45	53	(B)	-
Frisian	70	90	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	707	178	94	49
Swedish	400	147	60	44
Danish	180	89	35	24
Norwegian	130	61	(B)	-
Greek	245	112	119	90
Russian	1,878	454	681	228
Polish	225	103	73	57
Serbo-Croatian languages	2,533	794	847	328
Serbocroatian	2,425	772	815	325
Croatian	70	61	20	23
Serbian	35	35	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	783	375	278	213
Ukrainian	540	333	245	208
Czech	230	128	30	31
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	34	31	3	6
Persian	484	343	283	273
Hindi	296	151	31	21
Gujarati	99	116	(B)	-
Urdu	30	44	15	22
Other Indic languages	1,249	458	896	417
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	255	174	160	98
Marathi	85	76	(D)	(D)
Nepali	890	433	715	402
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,280	390	459	219
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Krio	50	46	20	24
Romanian	895	347	315	191
Irish Gaelic	40	36	(B)	-
Albanian	160	124	80	64
Lithuanian	40	52	4	15
Latvian	55	47	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	12,505	957	5,135	635
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,281	596	1,586	372
Chinese	2,175	522	1,080	335
Cantonese	355	224	140	115
Mandarin	490	213	155	91
Formosan	260	152	210	127
Japanese	1,595	302	522	158
Korean	1,128	256	499	164
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	98	66	39	31
Hmong	42	50	(B)	-
Thai	412	152	139	74
Laotian	787	277	302	129
Vietnamese	1,049	345	653	258
Other Asian languages	1,248	431	759	352
Uighur	145	164	145	164
Turkish	325	240	200	172
Telugu	195	120	(D)	(D)
Kannada	50	63	(B)	-
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tamil	180	133	75	105
Burmese	70	74	70	74
Karen	270	208	215	159
Tagalog	1,886	381	510	180
Other Pacific Island languages	979	247	126	72
Indonesian	130	99	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	70	51	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	30	26	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	355	192	(D)	(D)
Gilbertese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	25	32	(B)	-
Trukese	45	50	(D)	(D)
Woleai-Ulithi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Yapese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	80	68	(D)	(D)
Tongan	60	113	(B)	-
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,283	690	1,729	514
Navajo	153	97	21	20
Other Native North American languages	1,967	280	238	134
Aleut	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arapaho	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Blackfoot	30	26	(B)	-
Cheyenne	70	86	(B)	-
Yurok	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kutenai	45	46	(B)	-
Coeur d'Alene	55	45	(B)	-
Okanogan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	4	9	4	9
Nez Perce	535	124	25	26
Crow	15	22	(B)	-
Dakota	50	39	(D)	(D)
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Paiute	65	57	40	44
Northern Paiute	20	22	(B)	-
Shoshoni	815	160	70	45
Pima	4	4	(B)	-
American Indian	120	122	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	108	71	38	46
Arabic	1,270	480	428	257
Hebrew	16	24	(B)	-
African languages	1,050	426	701	418
Amharic	145	87	90	83
Cushite	235	298	220	297
Swahili	185	160	45	54
Bantu	335	315	305	314
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	85	69	(B)	-
African	25	30	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	719	164	303	116
Finnish	105	50	15	14
Caucasian	25	25	(D)	(D)
Basque	500	151	240	115
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	85	64	(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.