Languages spoken in New Hampshire

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 New Hampshire

Table showing languages spoken in New Hampshire

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	1,251,055	206	31,578	1,467
Speak only English at home	1,150,977	2,529	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	100,078	2,503	31,578	1,467
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	26,815	1,209	9,682	832
Spanish	26,815	1,209	9,680	832
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	51,412	2,047	13,117	1,059
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	24,061	1,421	4,646	479
French	24,025	1,422	4,645	477
Patois	35	38	(D)	(D)
French Creole	794	262	376	175
Italian	1,798	315	217	96
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	3,347	655	1,366	483
Portuguese	3,345	655	1,365	483
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,920	502	344	101
German	3,920	502	345	101
Yiddish	14	26	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	452	133	89	64
Dutch	405	127	90	64
Afrikaans	50	44	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	474	148	7	11
Swedish	345	135	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	105	53	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	2,693	538	666	186
Russian	1,774	417	575	199
Polish	1,320	373	479	209
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,504	450	688	274
Serbocroatian	1,410	438	655	268
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	85	86	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	485	194	206	122
Bielorussian	20	29	20	29
Ukrainian	130	96	55	84
Czech	155	121	(D)	(D)
Slovak	65	57	45	43
Bulgarian	110	84	60	61
Armenian	210	101	47	38
Persian	205	113	86	74
Hindi	1,618	412	278	164
Gujarati	1,138	405	544	292
Urdu	717	481	277	196
Other Indic languages	3,343	743	1,837	477
India nec3	485	344	45	53
Bengali	325	186	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	180	137	65	92
Marathi	305	210	110	123
Oriya	50	70	(B)	-
Nepali	1,990	562	1,550	461
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,545	367	389	176
Jamaican Creole	40	48	(B)	-
Krio	35	49	35	49
Romanian	720	247	135	86
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	175	90	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	230	145	140	114
Lithuanian	110	63	40	44
Latvian	95	72	(B)	-
Pashto	25	62	20	43
Kurdish	70	95	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	15,842	1,056	6,813	758
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	4,876	694	2,701	541
Chinese	3,725	616	2,120	525
Cantonese	375	191	235	126
Mandarin	695	264	290	160
Formosan	70	64	50	58
Wu	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Japanese	795	240	258	136
Korean	1,420	334	575	198
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	792	300	179	98
Hmong	9	12	4	5
Thai	237	116	92	70
Laotian	555	414	193	133
Vietnamese	2,087	427	1,348	333
Other Asian languages	2,771	550	465	158
Turkish	220	156	45	48
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	1,415	383	235	102
Kannada	170	121	(B)	-
Malayalam	270	181	80	80
Tamil	560	292	65	66
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	80	96	40	54
Tagalog	1,078	346	279	152
Other Pacific Island languages	1,222	379	719	276
Indonesian	900	333	565	253
Malay	55	59	55	58
Minangkabau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	105	91	30	41
Sebuano	95	79	60	51
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	45	44	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	6,009	848	1,966	500
Other Native North American languages	170	122	65	71
Micmac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Abnaki	15	17	(D)	(D)
Okanogan	75	104	(D)	(D)
Chasta Costa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Iroquois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	187	120	13	20
Arabic	2,285	541	715	282
Hebrew	438	264	3	5
African languages	2,359	530	1,094	381
Amharic	50	74	(D)	(D)
Chadic	65	55	35	38
Cushite	330	267	175	128
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	645	323	285	260
Bantu	580	305	345	255
Mande	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fulani	170	204	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	365	209	105	88
Efik	40	58	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	570	206	76	96
Finnish	325	144	(D)	(D)
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mayan languages	95	133	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	115	54	(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.