Languages spoken in Kansas

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 Kansas

Table showing languages spoken in Kansas

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	2,665,346	409	120,332	2,673
Speak only English at home	2,371,428	3,466	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	293,918	3,462	120,332	2,673
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	195,103	2,333	85,126	2,115
Spanish	195,105	2,333	85,125	2,115
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	39,087	1,602	7,738	680
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,847	568	894	225
French	4,715	567	885	223
Patois	70	50	(D)	(D)
Cajun	65	76	4	4
French Creole	337	187	18	40
Italian	1,058	266	258	133
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,342	336	409	199
Portuguese	1,340	336	410	199
German (incl Luxembourgian)	13,095	748	1,949	290
German	13,095	748	1,950	290
Yiddish	70	54	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	1,882	284	270	113
Pennsylvania Dutch	540	138	40	31
Dutch	1,015	242	180	99
Afrikaans	330	130	55	46
Scandinavian languages	567	208	49	47
Swedish	185	104	35	43
Danish	120	72	(B)	-
Norwegian	135	65	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	125	180	(B)	-
Greek	351	120	53	43
Russian	2,860	728	733	228
Polish	469	187	75	59
Serbo-Croatian languages	675	194	256	102
Serbocroatian	85	69	60	56
Croatian	530	177	180	85
Serbian	60	48	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	729	206	183	139
Ukrainian	100	85	50	44
Czech	195	67	45	36
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	320	204	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	55	56	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	113	71	11	21
Persian	1,485	441	472	192
Hindi	2,919	534	275	128
Gujarati	575	171	239	105
Urdu	1,203	377	261	130
Other Indic languages	3,936	559	1,098	265
India nec3	310	249	135	115
Bengali	1,050	318	245	104
Panjabi	830	301	190	104
Marathi	305	167	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	60	68	(B)	-
Nepali	685	263	240	142
Sindhi	30	45	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	100	80	75	53
Sinhalese	515	220	180	124
Other Indo-European languages	574	242	235	121
Jamaican Creole	15	22	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	270	190	95	64
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	60	61	40	50
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Latvian	40	47	(D)	(D)
Pashto	70	85	60	82
Kurdish	65	73	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	46,074	1,386	23,498	988
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	10,714	968	5,993	655
Chinese	8,665	881	5,020	623
Hakka	75	80	75	80
Cantonese	560	268	340	224
Mandarin	1,175	276	480	157
Formosan	240	110	80	59
Japanese	1,918	337	827	203
Korean	3,556	630	2,259	493
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	655	228	289	124
Hmong	1,474	303	661	216
Thai	663	185	383	142
Laotian	3,672	696	1,659	405
Vietnamese	12,557	1,040	7,663	669
Other Asian languages	5,738	772	2,102	531
Kazakh	35	35	(D)	(D)
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	520	252	200	133
Telugu	2,135	497	485	230
Kannada	190	111	30	44
Malayalam	570	202	125	77
Tamil	1,080	326	145	78
Burushaski	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tibetan	15	18	(D)	(D)
Burmese	905	372	830	363
Karen	245	247	245	247
Tagalog	3,786	486	1,230	294
Other Pacific Island languages	1,341	326	432	166
Indonesian	375	133	95	60
Malay	120	94	45	44
Bisayan	200	112	130	87
Sebuano	55	33	25	23
Ilocano	50	70	45	68
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	35	30	(D)	(D)
Kusaiean	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Palau	65	97	40	67
Ponapean	205	152	(D)	(D)
Melanesian	20	26	(B)	-
Samoan	100	58	(D)	(D)
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	95	84	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	13,654	1,405	3,970	621
Navajo	641	217	69	61
Other Native North American languages	1,093	211	76	55
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cree	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kickapoo	40	30	(B)	-
Menomini	40	27	(D)	(D)
Miami	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Potawatomi	240	122	(D)	(D)
Apache	25	29	(B)	-
Sahaptian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yuma	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	165	105	(D)	(D)
Chiwere	15	10	(D)	(D)
Omaha	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Osage	20	25	(B)	-
Ponca	25	26	(B)	-
Choctaw	35	34	(B)	-
Muskogee	25	27	(B)	-
Keres	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	235	107	(D)	(D)
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
American Indian	80	58	(B)	-
Hungarian	172	88	64	42
Arabic	4,607	999	1,599	435
Hebrew	439	201	50	47
African languages	6,379	902	1,934	439
Amharic	820	324	395	189
Berber	340	358	170	199
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	940	316	515	194
Nilotic	50	68	25	35
Swahili	2,815	616	525	207
Bantu	380	213	75	91
Mande	95	80	55	58
Fulani	225	147	65	64
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	615	266	30	42
African	90	96	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	323	171	178	153
Finnish	35	36	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	165	153	165	153
Uncodable	90	60	(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.