Languages spoken in Mississippi

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 Mississippi

Table showing languages spoken in Mississippi

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	2,771,287	538	43,433	1,720
Speak only English at home	2,663,097	2,380	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	108,190	2,353	43,433	1,720
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	65,295	1,971	28,987	1,418
Spanish	65,295	1,971	28,985	1,418
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	16,463	1,146	3,832	507
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,739	587	1,037	273
French	4,315	561	1,005	270
Patois	15	21	(B)	-
Cajun	410	167	35	33
French Creole	194	178	4	8
Italian	890	182	145	67
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	472	197	82	57
Portuguese	470	197	80	57
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,143	403	689	203
German	3,145	403	690	203
Yiddish	45	40	30	32
Other West Germanic languages	344	142	12	19
Pennsylvania Dutch	35	32	(D)	(D)
Dutch	215	119	(B)	-
Afrikaans	95	73	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	194	93	56	52
Swedish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Danish	50	37	40	33
Norwegian	135	81	(D)	(D)
Greek	229	130	31	37
Russian	467	186	151	68
Polish	175	110	(B)	-
Serbo-Croatian languages	97	69	18	18
Serbocroatian	30	38	(B)	-
Croatian	35	32	20	18
Serbian	30	47	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	283	139	41	34
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Czech	160	90	40	34
Slovak	65	79	(B)	-
Armenian	26	28	(B)	-
Persian	174	105	39	39
Hindi	978	253	134	102
Gujarati	1,566	409	490	194
Urdu	414	292	97	66
Other Indic languages	1,759	427	754	292
India nec3	525	308	255	221
Bengali	265	148	90	72
Panjabi	530	206	190	119
Marathi	125	85	25	27
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	110	83	80	91
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	160	117	110	87
Other Indo-European languages	274	108	22	35
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	105	85	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	80	52	(B)	-
Lithuanian	25	36	20	35
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	17,938	1,032	8,230	734
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,165	742	2,467	496
Chinese	3,675	728	2,235	505
Cantonese	135	90	60	37
Mandarin	280	158	160	107
Formosan	75	78	(D)	(D)
Japanese	778	252	310	152
Korean	1,524	409	552	181
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	111	71	33	27
Hmong	8	8	(B)	-
Thai	197	151	127	98
Laotian	215	211	30	37
Vietnamese	6,564	880	3,539	620
Other Asian languages	1,136	342	126	101
Turkish	370	229	80	75
Telugu	440	208	(D)	(D)
Kannada	25	27	(B)	-
Malayalam	95	112	(B)	-
Tamil	130	98	(D)	(D)
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	2,661	565	940	337
Other Pacific Island languages	579	427	106	84
Indonesian	55	65	(D)	(D)
Malay	45	40	(B)	-
Bisayan	70	87	45	65
Sebuano	315	360	(B)	-
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	15	17	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	8,494	933	2,384	559
Other Native North American languages	4,448	490	903	234
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Cree	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Salish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	4,275	490	800	209
American Indian	70	54	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	32	25	6	12
Arabic	2,140	558	859	361
Hebrew	39	35	(B)	-
African languages	1,081	366	228	139
Amharic	190	182	(D)	(D)
Chadic	30	47	(D)	(D)
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	255	237	100	116
Bantu	30	31	(B)	-
Fulani	140	111	65	63
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	400	182	55	42
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	754	481	388	344
Syriac	25	37	(B)	-
Aztecan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	445	419	345	337
Oto - Manguen	35	75	35	75
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tupi-Guarani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	215	144	(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.