Languages spoken in Miami-Dade County, FL

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 Miami-Dade County [FL]

Table showing languages spoken in Miami-Dade County, FL

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	2,396,514	114	832,156	7,657
Speak only English at home	665,920	5,750	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	1,730,594	5,726	832,156	7,657
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	1,526,292	4,202	749,948	6,342
Spanish	1,526,290	4,202	749,950	6,342
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	168,455	3,867	68,907	2,789
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	15,501	1,215	3,696	513
French	14,965	1,235	3,650	522
Patois	535	205	45	44
French Creole	106,355	2,982	51,287	2,450
Italian	4,914	644	1,418	254
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	14,734	1,509	4,259	733
Portuguese	14,705	1,503	4,250	734
Papia Mentae	30	43	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,530	683	744	256
German	4,530	683	745	256
Yiddish	617	201	97	73
Other West Germanic languages	1,532	538	270	164
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	1,460	533	270	164
Afrikaans	65	62	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	859	283	109	94
Swedish	290	108	30	31
Danish	260	154	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	230	207	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	80	105	(B)	-
Greek	1,353	375	190	101
Russian	6,972	1,059	3,560	672
Polish	1,268	325	505	192
Serbo-Croatian languages	489	207	116	84
Serbocroatian	220	151	45	39
Croatian	125	122	(D)	(D)
Serbian	140	89	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	679	244	295	154
Ukrainian	245	138	80	86
Czech	165	101	(D)	(D)
Slovak	75	59	45	42
Bulgarian	145	125	115	112
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	72	54	(B)	-
Persian	1,359	493	364	143
Hindi	1,813	596	374	205
Gujarati	1,210	874	578	522
Urdu	1,299	447	346	176
Other Indic languages	1,949	670	383	268
India nec3	225	219	(B)	-
Bengali	1,145	586	235	250
Panjabi	175	150	95	87
Marathi	140	117	(D)	(D)
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sindhi	30	41	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	60	78	(B)	-
Sinhalese	50	59	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	950	276	316	194
Jamaican Creole	230	142	(D)	(D)
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	525	221	215	168
Lithuanian	105	87	35	43
Latvian	40	48	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	22,399	1,455	9,885	1,230
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,878	1,187	4,776	819
Chinese	6,125	969	3,270	663
Cantonese	1,240	553	840	426
Mandarin	1,405	471	605	334
Formosan	105	71	55	51
Japanese	1,365	456	642	287
Korean	908	349	391	199
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	157	171	146	175
Thai	859	328	419	178
Laotian	46	61	12	31
Vietnamese	2,152	617	862	269
Other Asian languages	2,808	712	964	338
Azerbaijani	35	68	35	68
Turkish	1,090	413	325	140
Mongolian	110	116	(B)	-
Telugu	470	367	185	201
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	360	192	25	29
Tamil	440	216	185	130
Munda	35	30	(B)	-
Burmese	245	206	210	182
Tagalog	4,772	1,069	1,510	1,001
Other Pacific Island languages	454	202	163	92
Indonesian	195	137	70	58
Malagasy	30	54	(D)	(D)
Malay	15	20	(B)	-
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	70	67	(B)	-
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	13,448	1,622	3,416	683
Other Native North American languages	121	99	17	30
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mikasuki	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	30	40	(B)	-
Hungarian	782	216	346	153
Arabic	4,431	1,035	1,392	486
Hebrew	5,895	1,060	1,095	385
African languages	2,018	563	516	289
Amharic	450	316	80	75
Swahili	85	82	40	65
Bantu	40	44	(B)	-
Fulani	95	147	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,240	475	395	281
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	65	68	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	201	137	50	55
Finnish	65	71	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Basque	10	67	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	50	56	(B)	-
Tupi-Guarani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(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.

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