Languages spoken in North Dakota

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 North Dakota

Table showing languages spoken in North Dakota

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	644,506	197	9,554	744
Speak only English at home	610,268	1,260	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	34,238	1,247	9,554	744
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	9,190	582	2,014	325
Spanish	9,190	582	2,015	325
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	15,565	855	3,243	372
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	894	177	195	90
French	895	177	195	90
French Creole	40	30	35	28
Italian	246	145	16	25
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	158	88	29	22
Portuguese	160	88	30	22
German (incl Luxembourgian)	8,541	586	1,609	204
German	8,540	586	1,610	204
Other West Germanic languages	152	79	9	10
Pennsylvania Dutch	40	39	(D)	(D)
Dutch	30	32	(B)	-
Afrikaans	80	55	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	1,673	196	188	54
Swedish	100	63	10	11
Danish	50	30	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	1,425	203	170	52
Icelandic	95	50	(B)	-
Greek	96	86	24	27
Russian	746	295	306	139
Polish	185	80	21	13
Serbo-Croatian languages	649	334	205	115
Serbocroatian	560	303	140	93
Croatian	80	83	55	61
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	757	196	195	144
Ukrainian	170	66	20	16
Czech	490	160	160	142
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	85	116	(B)	-
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Persian	46	37	35	34
Hindi	262	149	44	47
Gujarati	79	67	35	34
Urdu	196	181	7	12
Other Indic languages	695	260	230	168
India nec3	20	22	(B)	-
Bengali	100	105	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marathi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	260	157	190	155
Sinhalese	240	222	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	150	84	60	47
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	50	36	25	24
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	35	54	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kurdish	45	48	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	4,032	412	2,101	312
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,122	266	753	216
Chinese	1,060	252	755	216
Cantonese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mandarin	55	57	(B)	-
Japanese	391	184	225	146
Korean	238	105	134	77
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	53	79	28	42
Hmong	11	17	(B)	-
Thai	130	80	52	60
Laotian	46	41	4	6
Vietnamese	819	300	506	200
Other Asian languages	599	257	133	83
Turkish	125	77	45	41
Mongolian	15	14	(D)	(D)
Telugu	170	116	55	59
Malayalam	30	29	(D)	(D)
Tamil	55	58	(B)	-
Tibetan	205	196	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	451	186	151	102
Other Pacific Island languages	172	123	115	103
Indonesian	30	32	30	32
Malay	75	104	55	88
Bisayan	10	10	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	35	40	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	5,451	608	2,196	441
Navajo	101	94	14	23
Other Native North American languages	1,761	254	187	86
Yupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Blackfoot	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cree	70	63	(B)	-
French Cree	25	35	(B)	-
Ojibwa	90	52	(D)	(D)
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Okanogan	60	89	45	66
Ingalit	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Crow	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hidatsa	390	92	20	22
Mandan	35	28	20	22
Dakota	685	135	25	14
Winnebago	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Omaha	10	9	(D)	(D)
Keres	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arikara	145	66	40	27
Shoshoni	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	200	111	20	19
Spokane	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	94	92	24	27
Arabic	797	270	364	181
Hebrew	38	37	7	10
African languages	2,448	478	1,529	401
Amharic	60	52	20	28
Chadic	10	15	(B)	-
Cushite	835	331	685	316
Sudanic	40	43	25	30
Swahili	580	364	245	204
Bantu	600	272	410	205
Mande	110	129	45	55
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	175	88	65	56
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	212	110	71	73
Finnish	65	36	15	8
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	40	67	40	67
Uncodable	65	46	(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.