Languages spoken in Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN

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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson [IN]

Table showing languages spoken in Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN

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
African	190	207	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	75	68	(D)	(D)
Albanian	100	145	(D)	(D)
Amharic	1,640	675	480	202
Bantu	570	291	55	86
Bengali	300	161	40	37
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bisayan	140	100	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	270	214	(B)	-
Burmese	1,895	680	1,790	681
Cantonese	425	190	135	87
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	30	32	(D)	(D)
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chinese	6,625	951	3,990	714
Choctaw	135	119	(D)	(D)
Croatian	220	130	(D)	(D)
Cushite	275	212	120	95
Czech	45	52	(B)	-
Dakota	90	61	(B)	-
Danish	240	220	(B)	-
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	540	194	65	47
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	55	37	(B)	-
Finnish	45	53	(B)	-
Formosan	275	182	105	96
French	6,020	864	1,790	434
Fuchow	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	95	139	25	48
German	4,935	688	485	151
Icelandic	100	144	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	335	217	165	153
Indonesian	230	160	130	106
Irish Gaelic	55	40	(D)	(D)
Jamaican Creole	70	113	(B)	-
Kachin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kannada	285	183	(B)	-
Karen	260	324	260	324
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	2,910	942	805	463
Latvian	235	132	105	71
Lithuanian	155	158	(B)	-
Luxembourgian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Macedonian	125	109	(D)	(D)
Malay	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	160	104	25	33
Mandarin	895	278	350	148
Mande	130	103	80	65
Marathi	180	149	(B)	-
Mongolian	20	32	(D)	(D)
Nepali	75	71	55	50
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	55	67	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	4,110	794	1,385	412
Pashto	30	47	(D)	(D)
Patois	90	127	(D)	(D)
Pennsylvania Dutch	210	200	75	117
Portuguese	820	364	300	191
Romanian	250	159	(D)	(D)
Romany	40	64	30	51
Sebuano	30	29	(B)	-
Serbian	255	123	70	70
Serbocroatian	350	188	155	101
Shawnee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	95	88	(D)	(D)
Slovak	40	44	(D)	(D)
Slovene	55	36	(B)	-
Spanish	90,690	1,820	45,640	1,800
Swahili	665	355	75	87
Swedish	100	80	(D)	(D)
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tamil	745	407	75	89
Telugu	1,180	401	190	116
Tibetan	60	64	(D)	(D)
Turkish	130	81	(D)	(D)
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	315	187	95	88
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Wu	40	45	(D)	(D)
African languages	6,501	1,355	1,675	540
Arabic	3,303	767	1,446	486
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,269	995	4,592	745
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	6,108	878	1,830	432
French Creole	662	418	80	76
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,945	689	494	154
Greek	612	174	160	106
Gujarati	2,097	623	571	265
Hebrew	593	347	146	179
Hindi	3,920	858	858	391
Hmong	201	212	171	211
Hungarian	168	84	21	20
Italian	910	211	163	85
Japanese	2,034	539	812	363
Korean	2,067	474	942	297
Laotian	175	189	43	45
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	193	156	123	122
Navajo	7	11	7	11
Other and unspecified languages	134	76	25	38
Other Asian languages	4,775	910	2,436	785
Other Indic languages	5,311	803	1,716	445
Other Indo-European languages	906	277	169	93
Other Native North American languages	268	139	49	58
Other Pacific Island languages	472	182	161	107
Other Slavic languages	849	328	134	95
Other West Germanic languages	822	299	155	131
Persian	860	270	274	136
Polish	427	178	109	65
Population 5 years and over	1,776,844	261	67,953	2,068
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	820	364	300	191
Russian	1,924	533	764	257
Scandinavian languages	456	275	10	18
Serbo-Croatian languages	826	268	245	119
Tagalog	1,429	315	305	145
Thai	198	139	59	42
Urdu	1,423	536	263	161
Vietnamese	1,657	491	1,003	319
Yiddish	14	17	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	10,974	1,499	3,369	741
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	21,470	1,140	10,647	958
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	33,892	2,224	8,295	910
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	90,688	1,820	45,642	1,800
Speak a language other than English at home	157,024	2,847	67,953	2,068
Speak only English at home	1,619,820	2,877	(X)	(X)

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.

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