Languages spoken in Nebraska

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 Nebraska

Table showing languages spoken in Nebraska

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	1,711,160	313	81,310	2,079
Speak only English at home	1,530,738	3,168	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	180,422	3,102	81,310	2,079
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	119,506	2,162	57,286	1,663
Spanish	119,505	2,162	57,285	1,663
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	26,088	1,453	6,804	796
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	4,801	642	1,438	281
French	4,755	645	1,420	285
Cajun	45	57	(D)	(D)
French Creole	154	131	14	23
Italian	1,364	323	281	119
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	792	226	113	56
Portuguese	790	226	115	56
German (incl Luxembourgian)	5,690	457	764	140
German	5,690	457	765	140
Yiddish	148	117	39	50
Other West Germanic languages	498	150	79	48
Pennsylvania Dutch	75	50	20	26
Dutch	335	128	55	40
Afrikaans	85	59	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	447	104	107	62
Swedish	220	81	30	39
Danish	130	54	60	36
Norwegian	95	44	15	19
Greek	301	103	95	72
Russian	1,324	274	576	176
Polish	919	232	174	59
Serbo-Croatian languages	556	249	220	162
Serbocroatian	265	167	95	112
Croatian	245	169	125	114
Serbian	45	40	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	2,523	384	502	193
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	620	291	260	167
Czech	1,770	267	225	90
Slovak	40	43	10	12
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	5	9	(B)	-
Persian	640	321	404	296
Hindi	1,238	347	230	165
Gujarati	275	136	130	83
Urdu	389	180	124	100
Other Indic languages	2,282	606	990	391
India nec3	60	60	60	60
Bengali	520	232	150	148
Panjabi	225	258	(D)	(D)
Marathi	195	144	20	26
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	1,110	463	715	378
Sinhalese	145	103	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,742	619	524	257
Krio	55	74	(B)	-
Romanian	130	85	(D)	(D)
Welsh	40	59	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	115	76	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	80	78	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	220	96	35	34
Latvian	70	69	(D)	(D)
Pashto	75	79	20	26
Kurdish	955	542	410	247
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	22,798	973	11,989	781
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,348	539	2,611	461
Chinese	3,575	507	2,240	440
Cantonese	90	54	35	28
Mandarin	640	237	325	146
Formosan	40	41	(D)	(D)
Japanese	1,075	256	370	133
Korean	1,160	271	538	174
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	84	63	50	43
Hmong	37	47	12	17
Thai	835	295	392	148
Laotian	734	202	519	159
Vietnamese	7,616	757	4,627	585
Other Asian languages	4,640	588	2,365	479
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	360	249	75	83
Mongolian	60	68	40	44
Telugu	1,055	306	170	83
Kannada	95	84	(B)	-
Malayalam	125	97	(B)	-
Tamil	770	235	175	112
Tibetan	175	153	(D)	(D)
Burmese	440	203	375	184
Karen	1,550	482	1,465	473
Tagalog	1,320	329	274	99
Other Pacific Island languages	949	299	231	140
Indonesian	245	163	55	45
Malay	65	58	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	155	142	15	18
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	60	45	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	160	171	(D)	(D)
Mokilese	80	71	(D)	(D)
Palau	45	29	(D)	(D)
Samoan	100	84	(D)	(D)
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	12,030	1,330	5,231	852
Navajo	5	8	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	1,526	292	199	124
Inupik	45	73	(D)	(D)
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arapaho	20	23	(D)	(D)
Fox	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Miami	40	103	35	90
Ojibwa	30	46	(B)	-
Tlingit	25	27	(B)	-
Tonkawa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Dakota	565	160	55	39
Winnebago	225	89	10	12
Omaha	300	113	10	8
Ponca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oneida	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	95	77	(B)	-
Tewa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	90	53	20	23
Hungarian	30	31	18	29
Arabic	3,553	682	1,767	422
Hebrew	154	89	13	14
African languages	6,035	1,046	2,657	530
Amharic	355	185	195	146
Chadic	60	67	(D)	(D)
Cushite	1,965	532	1,110	342
Sudanic	740	353	345	180
Nilotic	1,670	691	545	224
Nubian	110	181	(D)	(D)
Swahili	145	72	10	19
Bantu	275	136	(D)	(D)
Mande	240	223	115	134
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	385	161	155	143
Efik	60	64	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	727	437	577	432
Finnish	40	43	(D)	(D)
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	565	435	560	431
Uncodable	95	55	(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.