Languages spoken in New Mexico


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 New Mexico

Table showing languages spoken in New Mexico






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 over1,928,173382184,1994,741
    Speak only English at home1,232,2426,501(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home695,9316,537184,1994,741
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE553,0525,895155,2144,582
    Spanish553,0505,895155,2154,582
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES23,9621,5244,320482
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)4,837557551160
    French4,805557550160
    Patois(D)(D)(B)-
    Cajun(D)(D)(B)-
    French Creole7566(B)-
    Italian1,729305380125
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)75322610379
    Portuguese75522610579
    German (incl Luxembourgian)7,5807311,527280
    German7,5807311,525280
    Yiddish125581422
    Other West Germanic languages8162493031
    Pennsylvania Dutch(D)(D)(B)-
    Dutch590220(D)(D)
    Afrikaans225128(D)(D)
    Scandinavian languages4911934637
    Swedish295157(D)(D)
    Danish7059(B)-
    Norwegian6042(D)(D)
    Icelandic7080(D)(D)
    Greek2971251821
    Russian1,341368304140
    Polish4771729568
    Serbo-Croatian languages4092401521
    Serbocroatian10076(D)(D)
    Croatian260224(D)(D)
    Serbian4547(B)-
    Other Slavic languages431208138136
    Ukrainian6040(D)(D)
    Czech13587(D)(D)
    Slovak10085(B)-
    Bulgarian125138(D)(D)
    Macedonian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Armenian4750(B)-
    Persian1,086385319121
    Hindi1,038324148108
    Gujarati48824516593
    Urdu1831166257
    Other Indic languages1,023377235104
    India nec3125171(D)(D)
    Bengali260223(D)(D)
    Panjabi15012711088
    Marathi9590(B)-
    Oriya(D)(D)(B)-
    Nepali1551076552
    Sindhi135128(D)(D)
    Sinhalese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other Indo-European languages73619717082
    Jamaican Creole(D)(D)(B)-
    Pidgin5549(B)-
    Romanian210957565
    Welsh(D)(D)(B)-
    Irish Gaelic220104(D)(D)
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian80782533
    Lithuanian9074(D)(D)
    Pashto5573(D)(D)
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES17,7818527,870657
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)4,2735972,007330
    Chinese3,1605401,420297
    Cantonese23011214593
    Mandarin730224395131
    Formosan150118(D)(D)
    Japanese1,941369565149
    Korean1,288292656166
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian36452839
    Hmong2132(B)-
    Thai453194229150
    Laotian542286159128
    Vietnamese4,5558212,837608
    Other Asian languages1,219366419216
    Turkish26515113085
    Telugu3602145554
    Kannada(D)(D)(B)-
    Malayalam9073(B)-
    Tamil180126(B)-
    Tibetan230194185180
    Burmese701134578
    Tagalog2,808466781251
    Other Pacific Island languages64523918987
    Indonesian75825046
    Malay(D)(D)(B)-
    Bisayan115887560
    Sebuano(D)(D)(B)-
    Ilocano(D)(D)(B)-
    Bikol(D)(D)(B)-
    Pampangan(D)(D)(B)-
    Micronesian(D)(D)(B)-
    Chamorro9564(D)(D)
    Ponapean30373037
    Trukese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Yapese(D)(D)(B)-
    Melanesian(D)(D)(B)-
    Samoan4532(D)(D)
    Tongan4549(B)-
    Fijian(D)(D)(B)-
    Hawaiian95111(B)-
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES101,1361,78516,795977
    Navajo64,0401,76311,579790
    Other Native North American languages32,9511,3614,217510
    Aleut(D)(D)(B)-
    Cheyenne(D)(D)(B)-
    Kickapoo(D)(D)(B)-
    Ojibwa(D)(D)(B)-
    Ottawa3031(D)(D)
    Potawatomi(D)(D)(B)-
    Salish40412532
    Athapascan(D)(D)(B)-
    Apache1,70027422572
    Pomo6057(B)-
    Mohave(D)(D)(B)-
    Crow(D)(D)(B)-
    Dakota265279(B)-
    Choctaw90104(B)-
    Keres11,9506861,760258
    Mohawk(D)(D)(B)-
    Seneca(D)(D)(B)-
    Cherokee205120(D)(D)
    Comanche(D)(D)(B)-
    Ute6056(B)-
    Shoshoni(D)(D)(B)-
    Hopi185145(B)-
    Pima(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Picuris(D)(D)(B)-
    Tiwa1,9003036542
    Sandia(D)(D)(B)-
    Tewa4,115445265109
    Towa1,780332510234
    Zuni9,2551,1071,210301
    American Indian5402658041
    Jicarilla5101783020
    Chiricahua130551014
    Hungarian37515312793
    Arabic2,114582571298
    Hebrew5232402422
    African languages85023817483
    Amharic3201446541
    Cushite(D)(D)(B)-
    Swahili1751144548
    Bantu2101325047
    Fulani(D)(D)(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba11582(D)(D)
    African2025(B)-
    Other and unspecified languages283142103121
    Finnish9051(D)(D)
    Estonian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Caucasian(D)(D)(B)-
    Oto - Manguen7511675116
    Uncodable8065(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.


    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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