Languages spoken in Nevada



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 Nevada

Table showing languages spoken in Nevada






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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

  • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

  • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



  • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over2,546,528194317,1134,446
    Speak only English at home1,799,1416,469(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home747,3876,440317,1134,446
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE517,9334,650230,3663,870
    Spanish517,9354,650230,3653,870
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES63,0792,50717,9941,374
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)8,0707091,526355
    French7,9406961,510356
    Patois13099(D)(D)
    French Creole5432203753
    Italian4,7946391,091243
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)2,786429708159
    Portuguese2,755420710159
    Papia Mentae(D)(D)(B)-
    German (incl Luxembourgian)7,9987031,127232
    German7,9457011,125232
    Luxembourgian5040(B)-
    Yiddish3671546959
    Other West Germanic languages1,05621816896
    Dutch94520917096
    Afrikaans9052(B)-
    Frisian(D)(D)(B)-
    Scandinavian languages1,31329210562
    Swedish290113(D)(D)
    Danish450152(D)(D)
    Norwegian5352206051
    Icelandic4045(B)-
    Greek2,236398425134
    Russian5,1688121,810419
    Polish2,496551460176
    Serbo-Croatian languages3,8248991,681500
    Serbocroatian1,425599740341
    Croatian830422300202
    Serbian1,570530640278
    Other Slavic languages2,9705541,164332
    Ukrainian425168135101
    Czech47017318096
    Slovak6549(D)(D)
    Bulgarian1,765485780263
    Macedonian170123(D)(D)
    Slovene7560(D)(D)
    Armenian2,411585704214
    Persian4,1877851,485396
    Hindi2,435573894390
    Gujarati1,022372626252
    Urdu1,536470407149
    Other Indic languages4,5449292,054537
    India nec3515356230187
    Bengali765485335227
    Panjabi1,485535600270
    Marathi165137(D)(D)
    Oriya(D)(D)(B)-
    Assamese(D)(D)(B)-
    Nepali1,030463750382
    Sindhi3538(D)(D)
    Pakistan nec33562(D)(D)
    Sinhalese4502338052
    Romany(D)(D)(B)-
    Other Indo-European languages3,3238161,453472
    Jamaican Creole3027(D)(D)
    Krio(D)(D)(B)-
    Pidgin(D)(D)(B)-
    Romanian1,760476745298
    Welsh(D)(D)(B)-
    Irish Gaelic11589(D)(D)
    Scottic Gaelic4550(D)(D)
    Albanian895521460293
    Lithuanian24514011072
    Latvian2524(D)(D)
    Pashto14514385105
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES142,6672,60860,2862,026
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)27,5181,76016,0291,249
    Chinese17,5801,56210,4701,078
    Cantonese4,4958162,525620
    Mandarin4,3757002,315544
    Formosan1,070320715208
    Japanese5,8116402,349455
    Korean10,5071,2526,413892
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian1,198382617259
    Hmong59561725
    Thai5,1688403,029592
    Laotian1,8426141,067343
    Vietnamese8,7181,2125,092804
    Other Asian languages2,408581653240
    Kirghiz(D)(D)(B)-
    Turkish805334160120
    Mongolian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Telugu5303068582
    Kannada180127(D)(D)
    Malayalam32020712591
    Tamil32018813096
    Burmese2051628068
    Tagalog69,2782,82721,5271,446
    Other Pacific Island languages10,1601,3683,493930
    Indonesian41015117592
    Malay275129185113
    Bisayan1,015462350182
    Sebuano31512510559
    Pangasinan6055(D)(D)
    Ilocano1,905514795298
    Bikol(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Pampangan255202120146
    Micronesian110115(B)-
    Chamorro1,06530913089
    Kusaiean(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Marshallese(D)(D)(B)-
    Mokilese(D)(D)(B)-
    Palau35603560
    Ponapean1451735055
    Trukese1522(D)(D)
    Samoan2,9859591,315802
    Tongan620271(D)(D)
    Fijian2801934052
    Marquesan(D)(D)(B)-
    Maori(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Hawaiian5652548094
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES23,7081,9828,467968
    Navajo1,02242520896
    Other Native North American languages1,90632022275
    Aleut(D)(D)(B)-
    Arapaho(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Ojibwa(D)(D)(B)-
    Salish(D)(D)(B)-
    Haida(D)(D)(B)-
    Apache2024(B)-
    Mountain Maidu(D)(D)(B)-
    Washo145661515
    Walapai(D)(D)(B)-
    Yavapai(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Crow(D)(D)(B)-
    Mandan(D)(D)(B)-
    Dakota2019(B)-
    Cherokee95104(D)(D)
    Paiute7401678042
    Northern Paiute(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Southern Paiute(D)(D)(B)-
    Ute(D)(D)(B)-
    Shoshoni57015110053
    Pima2027(B)-
    American Indian210134(D)(D)
    Hungarian1,792436574213
    Arabic5,9641,0522,000527
    Hebrew2,565583427151
    African languages9,6411,2414,722778
    Amharic7,0751,0453,915658
    Cushite575303410268
    Swahili375190(D)(D)
    Bantu5454275053
    Fulani(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba715272105109
    African340196225129
    Other and unspecified languages818265314194
    Finnish10565(D)(D)
    Caucasian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Basque90604551
    Syriac475241210181
    Mayan languages(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Uncodable9051(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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More





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