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OVER

Universe: Population 5 years and over

2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey

website in the Data and Documentation section.

Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community

Survey website in the Methodology section.

Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population

Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and

estimates of housing units for states and counties.

United States

Estimate Margin of Error

Total: 299,084,046 +/-17,395

 Speak only English 235,905,559 +/-151,665

 Spanish or Spanish Creole: 39,254,342 +/-97,599

 Speak English "very well" 22,866,024 +/-83,023

 Speak English less than "very well" 16,388,318 +/-88,377

 French (incl. Patois, Cajun): 1,219,825 +/-24,288

 Speak English "very well" 977,200 +/-20,762

 Speak English less than "very well" 242,625 +/-10,338

 French Creole: 795,521 +/-28,306

 Speak English "very well" 468,327 +/-19,559

 Speak English less than "very well" 327,194 +/-14,729

 Italian: 641,352 +/-14,737

 Speak English "very well" 477,681 +/-11,990

 Speak English less than "very well" 163,671 +/-7,533

 Portuguese or Portuguese Creole: 680,563 +/-20,978

 Speak English "very well" 437,612 +/-14,518

 Speak English less than "very well" 242,951 +/-11,112

 German: 934,438 +/-18,487

 Speak English "very well" 788,919 +/-16,823

 Speak English less than "very well" 145,519 +/-7,127

 Yiddish: 154,660 +/-9,841

 Speak English "very well" 88,555 +/-7,406

 Speak English less than "very well" 66,105 +/-5,682

 Other West Germanic languages: 318,049 +/-13,329

 Speak English "very well" 237,572 +/-10,139

 Speak English less than "very well" 80,477 +/-6,241

 Scandinavian languages: 120,626 +/-7,191

 Speak English "very well" 106,520 +/-6,540

 Speak English less than "very well" 14,106 +/-1,717

 Greek: 289,389 +/-13,195

 Speak English "very well" 217,674 +/-10,551

 Speak English less than "very well" 71,715 +/-5,193

 Russian: 890,120 +/-21,099

 Speak English "very well" 482,766 +/-14,296

 Speak English less than "very well" 407,354 +/-11,968

 Polish: 533,942 +/-18,293

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Estimate Margin of Error

 Speak English "very well" 326,040 +/-12,877

 Speak English less than "very well" 207,902 +/-8,333

 Serbo-Croatian: 246,196 +/-13,117

 Speak English "very well" 152,056 +/-9,880

 Speak English less than "very well" 94,140 +/-5,563

 Other Slavic languages: 318,670 +/-13,735

 Speak English "very well" 198,506 +/-10,018

 Speak English less than "very well" 120,164 +/-8,037

 Armenian: 240,623 +/-12,255

 Speak English "very well" 136,821 +/-9,383

 Speak English less than "very well" 103,802 +/-6,893

 Persian: 416,119 +/-17,363

 Speak English "very well" 255,743 +/-12,555

 Speak English less than "very well" 160,376 +/-9,377

 Gujarati: 388,871 +/-17,769

 Speak English "very well" 252,998 +/-11,318

 Speak English less than "very well" 135,873 +/-9,227

 Hindi: 723,829 +/-26,178

 Speak English "very well" 567,238 +/-21,643

 Speak English less than "very well" 156,591 +/-9,387

 Urdu: 477,701 +/-20,703

 Speak English "very well" 331,564 +/-13,942

 Speak English less than "very well" 146,137 +/-10,221

 Other Indic languages: 955,086 +/-29,161

 Speak English "very well" 567,505 +/-18,652

 Speak English less than "very well" 387,581 +/-17,111

 Other Indo-European languages: 462,873 +/-18,530

 Speak English "very well" 304,525 +/-13,055

 Speak English less than "very well" 158,348 +/-9,597

 Chinese: 3,139,432 +/-36,780

 Speak English "very well" 1,388,299 +/-23,853

 Speak English less than "very well" 1,751,133 +/-27,128

 Japanese: 437,541 +/-12,740

 Speak English "very well" 248,212 +/-8,228

 Speak English less than "very well" 189,329 +/-8,801

 Korean: 1,131,339 +/-26,984

 Speak English "very well" 511,411 +/-15,796

 Speak English less than "very well" 619,928 +/-17,840

 Mon-Khmer, Cambodian: 216,522 +/-15,620

 Speak English "very well" 108,415 +/-10,044

 Speak English less than "very well" 108,107 +/-8,124

 Hmong: 236,377 +/-13,468

 Speak English "very well" 132,516 +/-8,932

 Speak English less than "very well" 103,861 +/-6,753

 Thai: 157,421 +/-9,056

 Speak English "very well" 74,707 +/-5,913

 Speak English less than "very well" 82,714 +/-5,493

 Laotian: 146,156 +/-11,161

 Speak English "very well" 76,420 +/-6,979

 Speak English less than "very well" 69,736 +/-6,089

 Vietnamese: 1,458,173 +/-30,834

 Speak English "very well" 594,603 +/-16,159

 Speak English less than "very well" 863,570 +/-21,454

 Other Asian languages: 1,092,684 +/-25,845

 Speak English "very well" 749,972 +/-19,928

 Speak English less than "very well" 342,712 +/-15,061

 Tagalog: 1,688,494 +/-29,739

 Speak English "very well" 1,159,861 +/-22,565

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Estimate Margin of Error

 Other Pacific Island languages: 430,732 +/-17,924

 Speak English "very well" 261,143 +/-11,455

 Speak English less than "very well" 169,589 +/-10,964

 Navajo: 164,363 +/-5,780

 Speak English "very well" 134,325 +/-5,699

 Speak English less than "very well" 30,038 +/-1,990

 Other Native North American languages: 201,289 +/-7,548

 Speak English "very well" 169,688 +/-6,483

 Speak English less than "very well" 31,601 +/-3,357

 Hungarian: 78,175 +/-5,285

 Speak English "very well" 55,306 +/-4,268

 Speak English less than "very well" 22,869 +/-2,614

 Arabic: 1,117,304 +/-33,163

 Speak English "very well" 692,494 +/-23,400

 Speak English less than "very well" 424,810 +/-16,240

 Hebrew: 213,185 +/-10,527

 Speak English "very well" 176,707 +/-10,021

 Speak English less than "very well" 36,478 +/-3,837

 African languages: 1,060,567 +/-28,384

 Speak English "very well" 725,616 +/-22,141

 Speak English less than "very well" 334,951 +/-14,692

 Other and unspecified languages: 145,938 +/-10,192

 Speak English "very well" 84,188 +/-7,556

 Speak English less than "very well" 61,750 +/-5,439

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.

Due to methodological changes to data collection that began in data year 2013, comparisons of language estimates from that point to estimates from

2013 forward should be made with caution. For more information, see: Language User Note.

While the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the February 2013 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of

metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may

differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2010 data. As

a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

Explanation of Symbols:

 1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that 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.

 2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an

estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an

open-ended distribution.

 3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

 4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

 5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A

statistical test is not appropriate.

 6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.

 7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of

sample cases is too small.

 8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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