Languages spoken in Montana

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 Montana

Table showing languages spoken in Montana

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	937,514	329	8,575	624
Speak only English at home	896,207	1,524	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	41,307	1,447	8,575	624
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	13,929	927	3,125	394
Spanish	13,930	927	3,125	394
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	14,220	953	2,714	353
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,328	343	344	122
French	2,305	343	345	122
Cajun	20	24	(B)	-
French Creole	57	55	(B)	-
Italian	619	257	85	83
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	135	64	38	31
Portuguese	135	64	40	31
German (incl Luxembourgian)	7,122	621	1,265	280
German	7,120	621	1,265	280
Yiddish	35	39	9	12
Other West Germanic languages	800	233	133	85
Pennsylvania Dutch	170	106	80	62
Dutch	580	189	55	54
Afrikaans	50	51	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	1,036	239	150	73
Swedish	130	71	10	12
Danish	300	147	15	13
Norwegian	590	164	115	72
Icelandic	15	22	10	17
Greek	160	62	24	23
Russian	615	242	358	150
Polish	251	105	28	21
Serbo-Croatian languages	81	63	6	11
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Croatian	65	62	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	314	121	110	76
Ukrainian	170	106	95	74
Czech	100	42	15	13
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	35	34	(B)	-
Persian	29	41	(B)	-
Hindi	78	76	22	39
Gujarati	8	16	(B)	-
Urdu	51	67	14	20
Other Indic languages	131	97	54	54
India nec3	60	72	20	21
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	370	170	74	61
Romanian	150	132	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	170	89	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	3,876	341	1,965	271
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,000	264	617	206
Chinese	775	241	435	177
Cantonese	45	48	(D)	(D)
Mandarin	155	123	135	118
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	715	229	360	184
Korean	431	175	282	139
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	6	9	6	9
Hmong	92	143	9	19
Thai	185	106	113	83
Laotian	5	7	5	7
Vietnamese	133	91	87	82
Other Asian languages	179	108	93	61
Turkish	40	36	30	32
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	80	92	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tamil	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Karen	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	787	233	342	173
Other Pacific Island languages	343	130	51	45
Indonesian	35	36	(B)	-
Malay	85	99	(B)	-
Bisayan	115	97	35	40
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	40	25	(D)	(D)
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	40	46	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	9,282	676	771	246
Navajo	159	77	12	14
Other Native North American languages	8,133	610	413	181
Arapaho	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Atsina	30	26	(B)	-
Blackfoot	1,075	209	35	33
Cheyenne	1,120	264	50	29
Cree	250	85	35	28
Ojibwa	305	120	30	25
Potawatomi	55	70	(B)	-
Shawnee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kutenai	165	143	(D)	(D)
Salish	565	161	(D)	(D)
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nez Perce	35	36	(B)	-
Crow	3,860	464	200	165
Hidatsa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	510	173	40	35
Winnebago	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	85	50	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	57	35	(B)	-
Arabic	415	241	240	154
Hebrew	176	119	(B)	-
African languages	187	117	102	75
Amharic	75	62	55	54
Bantu	45	46	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	70	77	25	29
Other and unspecified languages	155	63	4	7
Finnish	90	49	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	30	30	(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.