Languages spoken in Navajo County, AZ

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 Navajo County [AZ]

Table showing languages spoken in Navajo County, AZ

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	98,921	39	9,488	751
Speak only English at home	62,532	1,140	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	36,389	1,145	9,488	751
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	5,886	734	1,776	466
Spanish	5,885	734	1,775	466
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	530	200	80	59
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	86	89	13	22
French	85	89	(D)	(D)
Italian	18	28	(B)	-
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	43	62	(B)	-
Portuguese	45	62	(B)	-
German (incl Luxembourgian)	87	60	(B)	-
German	85	60	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	34	36	(B)	-
Swedish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Norwegian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Russian	56	89	(B)	-
Polish	55	55	20	32
Serbo-Croatian languages	6	9	(B)	-
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	11	18	(B)	-
Czech	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Persian	2	5	(B)	-
Hindi	38	49	7	12
Other Indic languages	93	95	40	44
India nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	90	95	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	1	2	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	386	144	107	59
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	35	42	(B)	-
Chinese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mandarin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Japanese	58	59	8	14
Korean	26	29	12	19
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	48	57	48	57
Vietnamese	8	15	(B)	-
Tagalog	122	88	24	19
Other Pacific Island languages	89	77	15	22
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	45	48	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	29,587	829	7,525	515
Navajo	19,745	831	6,194	468
Other Native North American languages	9,790	775	1,304	276
Ottawa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	5,700	517	205	144
Delta River Yuman	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Havasupai	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	50	68	(B)	-
Omaha	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	140	197	(D)	(D)
Hopi	3,590	558	990	249
Pima	60	47	(B)	-
Yaqui	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tewa	110	78	80	68
Towa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
San Carlos	70	94	(D)	(D)
Arabic	32	38	8	12
Hebrew	1	4	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	19	24	19	24
Aztecan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)

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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