Also See: Most Recent Estimates.
| Language | Total Speakers | Speak English "very well" | Speak English less than "very well" |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,098,454 | --- | --- |
| English & Northern European Languages | |||
| Speak only English | 3,966,317 | --- | --- |
| German | 25,684 | 22,492 | 3,192 |
| Yiddish | 2,819 | 2,418 | 401 |
| Other West Germanic languages | 5,858 | 4,872 | 986 |
| Scandinavian languages | 5,604 | 5,068 | 536 |
| Latin (Romance) & Southern European Languages | |||
| Spanish or Spanish Creole | 3,582,992 | 1,856,091 | 1,726,901 |
| French (incl. Patois, Cajun) | 34,918 | 28,554 | 6,364 |
| French Creole | 2,685 | 2,396 | 289 |
| Italian | 16,917 | 12,255 | 4,662 |
| Portuguese or Portuguese Creole | 11,100 | 7,708 | 3,392 |
| Greek | 6,955 | 5,155 | 1,800 |
| Slavic Languages & Hungarian | |||
| Russian | 47,620 | 21,162 | 26,458 |
| Polish | 6,352 | 4,171 | 2,181 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 6,803 | 5,258 | 1,545 |
| Other Slavic languages | 5,818 | 3,765 | 2,053 |
| Hungarian | 5,521 | 3,633 | 1,888 |
| Language | Total Speakers | Speak English "very well" | Speak English less than "very well" |
| Indic & Other Indo-European Languages | |||
| Armenian | 154,419 | 76,619 | 77,800 |
| Persian | 72,426 | 40,799 | 31,627 |
| Gujarati | 8,960 | 6,213 | 2,747 |
| Hindi | 19,952 | 15,101 | 4,851 |
| Urdu | 9,695 | 6,792 | 2,903 |
| Other Indic languages | 26,148 | 15,668 | 10,480 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 10,242 | 6,570 | 3,672 |
| Asian Languages | |||
| Chinese | 331,246 | 135,408 | 195,838 |
| Japanese | 57,376 | 27,576 | 29,800 |
| Korean | 183,700 | 65,835 | 117,865 |
| Mon-Khmer, Cambodian | 28,194 | 11,827 | 16,367 |
| Hmong | 870 | 523 | 347 |
| Thai | 21,874 | 8,732 | 13,142 |
| Laotian | 3,134 | 1,472 | 1,662 |
| Vietnamese | 74,689 | 28,805 | 45,884 |
| Other Asian languages | 20,130 | 12,905 | 7,225 |
| Language | Total Speakers | Speak English "very well" | Speak English less than "very well" |
| Pacific Islander Languages | |||
| Tagalog | 223,572 | 152,717 | 70,855 |
| Other Pacific Island languages | 31,723 | 20,324 | 11,399 |
| Arabic, Hebrew, African, Native North American & Other Languages | |||
| Arabic | 38,043 | 23,622 | 14,421 |
| Hebrew | 23,360 | 18,587 | 4,773 |
| African languages | 19,186 | 13,658 | 5,528 |
| Navajo | 221 | 155 | 66 |
| Other Native North American languages | 781 | 658 | 123 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 4,550 | 2,873 | 1,677 |
* Annual estimate from data collected for U.S. Census American Community Survey over 5-Year period
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
