Languages spoken in Vermont

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 Vermont

Table showing languages spoken in Vermont

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	594,667	189	8,754	627
Speak only English at home	563,632	1,174	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	31,035	1,173	8,754	627
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	6,179	494	1,473	272
Spanish	6,180	494	1,475	272
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	18,349	1,014	4,215	467
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	9,324	685	1,806	307
French	9,310	687	1,805	307
Patois	15	29	(B)	-
French Creole	19	15	(B)	-
Italian	712	161	124	67
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	342	107	118	87
Portuguese	340	107	120	87
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,180	344	307	89
German	2,180	344	305	89
Yiddish	71	55	2	3
Other West Germanic languages	487	152	48	41
Dutch	375	113	50	41
Afrikaans	105	100	(B)	-
Frisian	10	8	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	335	130	21	14
Swedish	135	80	(D)	(D)
Danish	65	35	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	135	83	(D)	(D)
Greek	189	90	6	6
Russian	672	204	168	95
Polish	706	190	103	59
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,196	365	572	190
Serbocroatian	1,015	348	455	175
Croatian	25	18	(D)	(D)
Serbian	160	118	110	91
Other Slavic languages	159	78	29	20
Ukrainian	15	12	(D)	(D)
Czech	60	34	20	18
Slovak	55	66	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	10	11	(B)	-
Slovene	20	19	(B)	-
Armenian	43	47	(B)	-
Persian	75	44	9	16
Hindi	123	79	4	8
Gujarati	165	106	41	47
Urdu	100	82	44	59
Other Indic languages	992	359	641	241
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	100	144	65	96
Panjabi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marathi	75	56	(D)	(D)
Nepali	790	340	570	238
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	459	140	172	102
Jamaican Creole	40	38	25	26
Krio	4	4	4	4
Romanian	265	122	85	82
Welsh	10	8	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	45	47	(D)	(D)
Albanian	50	50	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	25	18	(B)	-
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	10	13	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	4,808	470	2,439	368
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,467	335	791	225
Chinese	1,110	291	650	208
Cantonese	40	28	(B)	-
Mandarin	320	142	140	86
Formosan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	288	116	121	73
Korean	436	177	114	70
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	4	6	(B)	-
Thai	142	69	123	69
Laotian	188	120	96	73
Vietnamese	1,233	381	752	257
Other Asian languages	507	255	301	189
Uighur	95	112	70	76
Turkish	50	43	20	25
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	85	73	50	50
Tamil	35	38	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	105	129	30	48
Burmese	65	89	65	89
Karen	55	93	55	93
Tagalog	486	201	131	94
Other Pacific Island languages	57	37	10	16
Indonesian	35	30	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,699	457	627	285
Navajo	4	9	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	61	53	35	42
Abnaki	4	6	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Winnebago	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	55	36	4	5
Arabic	465	290	168	176
Hebrew	125	68	29	47
African languages	790	289	380	186
Amharic	45	39	(D)	(D)
Chadic	10	9	(B)	-
Cushite	500	303	275	171
Swahili	30	24	(D)	(D)
Bantu	70	83	60	83
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	130	91	30	27
Other and unspecified languages	199	81	11	16
Finnish	65	39	(B)	-
Estonian	15	14	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	30	47	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	70	42	(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.