Languages spoken in Puerto Rico

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 Puerto Rico

Table showing languages spoken in Puerto Rico

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	3,468,712	14	2,775,382	6,676
Speak only English at home	171,709	3,519	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	3,297,003	3,519	2,775,382	6,676
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	3,291,956	3,671	2,772,729	6,786
Spanish	3,291,955	3,671	2,772,730	6,786
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	2,867	392	1,030	211
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,014	257	298	124
French	1,015	257	300	124
French Creole	43	49	23	37
Italian	388	106	142	67
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	506	158	225	104
Portuguese	505	158	225	104
German (incl Luxembourgian)	389	149	123	88
German	390	149	125	88
Other West Germanic languages	40	42	(B)	-
Dutch	40	42	(B)	-
Greek	55	67	9	13
Russian	71	106	5	7
Polish	43	60	7	12
Other Slavic languages	63	60	42	50
Ukrainian	40	50	40	50
Bulgarian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Persian	14	16	(B)	-
Hindi	111	86	68	68
Urdu	12	19	(B)	-
Other Indic languages	34	41	34	41
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	15	17	15	17
Other Indo-European languages	84	67	54	45
Catalonian	75	65	55	45
Romanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	1,649	605	1,335	574
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,263	585	1,195	577
Chinese	1,055	526	1,015	520
Cantonese	145	134	120	125
Mandarin	65	70	60	68
Japanese	122	102	40	40
Korean	69	55	37	34
Vietnamese	100	92	44	44
Other Asian languages	6	12	(B)	-
Telugu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	71	64	19	23
Other Pacific Island languages	18	21	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	531	218	288	148
Other Native North American languages	43	51	20	31
American Indian	45	51	(D)	(D)
Arabic	348	168	268	145
Hebrew	90	117	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	50	50	(B)	-
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uncodable	25	26	(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.