How many people speak "Cajun " in America

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 people who speak "Cajun", as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Cajun speakers in the United States

Country	Number of speakers	Margin of Error	Speak English less than "Very Well"	Margin of Error
United States	1,307,742	10,490	266,120	4,546

Cajun speakers by U.S. state

What U.S. states have the most cajun) speakers?

State	Number of speakers	Margin of Error	Speak English less than "Very Well"	Margin of Error
New York	139,202	3,875	33,531	1,790
California	126,083	3,706	18,836	1,187
Louisiana	119,931	2,756	18,295	910
Florida	114,756	3,410	30,774	1,442
Massachusetts	62,941	2,147	12,076	1,052
Texas	62,487	2,286	12,728	947
Maryland	52,960	2,634	12,576	1,045
Maine	45,475	1,290	8,522	647
Pennsylvania	40,087	2,049	10,143	954
Georgia	38,390	2,015	7,294	934
New Jersey	37,885	1,706	8,791	677
Illinois	35,613	1,773	8,065	851
Connecticut	34,519	1,270	7,863	806
Virginia	32,361	1,504	6,856	667
Ohio	28,349	1,257	7,001	732
North Carolina	27,133	1,663	6,254	816
Michigan	25,011	1,194	4,420	466
New Hampshire	24,061	1,421	4,646	479
Washington	22,927	1,311	3,503	483
Arizona	16,511	1,118	3,118	432
Colorado	16,213	1,050	2,462	433
Minnesota	14,925	941	2,669	359
Missouri	14,500	984	2,874	442
Indiana	13,911	1,131	3,150	485
Wisconsin	12,509	857	2,013	261
Tennessee	11,974	997	2,641	414
Oregon	11,273	892	1,487	316
South Carolina	11,208	1,003	2,207	385
Rhode Island	10,650	872	2,029	320
Vermont	9,324	685	1,806	307
District of Columbia	8,489	818	1,648	362
Nevada	8,070	709	1,526	355
Kentucky	8,031	809	1,825	316
Alabama	7,379	653	1,190	217
Utah	6,661	629	1,004	225
Iowa	5,458	611	995	292
Oklahoma	5,126	595	783	172
Kansas	4,847	568	894	225
New Mexico	4,837	557	551	160
Nebraska	4,801	642	1,438	281
Mississippi	4,739	587	1,037	273
Hawaii	4,450	579	751	216
Arkansas	4,326	508	893	209
Delaware	3,520	524	722	264
Idaho	3,268	492	360	162
West Virginia	3,145	408	823	203
Montana	2,328	343	344	122
Alaska	2,195	423	224	109
Wyoming	1,014	222	85	59
Puerto Rico	1,014	257	298	124
South Dakota	995	283	202	147
North Dakota	894	177	195	90

Cajun speakers by U.S city / urban area

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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.

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