Languages spoken in Maine

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 Maine

Table showing languages spoken in Maine

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	1,261,144	269	21,071	1,070
Speak only English at home	1,175,657	1,860	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	85,487	1,855	21,071	1,070
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	11,599	813	2,543	366
Spanish	11,600	813	2,545	366
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	57,615	1,447	10,885	766
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	45,475	1,290	8,522	647
French	45,350	1,323	8,440	650
Patois	125	125	85	94
French Creole	123	61	(B)	-
Italian	1,019	196	123	48
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	673	194	107	67
Portuguese	675	194	105	67
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,417	368	385	118
German	3,415	368	385	118
Yiddish	42	44	8	13
Other West Germanic languages	528	184	129	97
Pennsylvania Dutch	85	44	25	20
Dutch	435	168	105	86
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	470	115	39	35
Swedish	315	98	35	34
Danish	105	62	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	50	36	(B)	-
Greek	710	210	81	60
Russian	1,567	470	568	253
Polish	673	180	182	98
Serbo-Croatian languages	251	109	123	76
Serbocroatian	40	35	(D)	(D)
Croatian	70	60	40	30
Serbian	140	83	65	53
Other Slavic languages	441	172	116	83
Ukrainian	50	35	(D)	(D)
Czech	185	102	20	20
Slovak	45	47	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	120	89	35	39
Macedonian	45	67	35	52
Armenian	99	123	15	21
Persian	572	267	234	134
Hindi	496	197	12	18
Gujarati	123	155	(B)	-
Urdu	225	172	71	109
Other Indic languages	203	98	18	27
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bengali	60	65	(B)	-
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marathi	40	42	(B)	-
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	35	39	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	508	153	152	75
Jamaican Creole	45	47	(B)	-
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	80	59	65	55
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	100	63	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	45	48	(D)	(D)
Albanian	75	68	55	46
Lithuanian	100	64	(D)	(D)
Latvian	20	15	(B)	-
Pashto	20	28	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	10,007	732	4,904	457
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,521	507	1,521	356
Chinese	1,955	447	1,265	318
Cantonese	205	140	175	130
Mandarin	320	127	70	70
Formosan	35	31	(D)	(D)
Japanese	839	196	149	77
Korean	873	238	364	119
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	984	405	588	239
Thai	489	166	318	153
Laotian	96	95	39	43
Vietnamese	1,807	431	977	273
Other Asian languages	807	411	310	178
Turkish	250	264	135	148
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	285	261	(D)	(D)
Kannada	20	24	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	150	159	55	67
Tamil	75	62	40	35
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	25	37	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	1,423	342	589	213
Other Pacific Island languages	168	76	49	37
Indonesian	25	27	(D)	(D)
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	45	37	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	10	13	(D)	(D)
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,266	712	2,739	505
Navajo	17	17	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	1,016	147	98	48
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micmac	90	46	25	32
Passamaquoddy	785	121	45	24
Penobscot	70	39	(D)	(D)
Abnaki	30	24	(D)	(D)
Okanogan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mikasuki	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	20	12	15	8
Hungarian	25	16	4	5
Arabic	1,255	445	520	270
Hebrew	146	82	9	14
African languages	3,570	499	2,078	403
Amharic	235	187	95	82
Chadic	55	64	(B)	-
Cushite	2,055	401	1,285	312
Sudanic	25	29	25	29
Nilotic	395	245	290	193
Nilo-Hamitic	160	196	(D)	(D)
Swahili	165	99	(D)	(D)
Bantu	265	141	150	110
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	50	42	(D)	(D)
Mbum (and related)	160	163	130	153
Other and unspecified languages	237	102	30	30
Finnish	140	75	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	30	21	(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.