Statistics first:
Languages other than English Spoken in Delaware County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2006-2008
- 89.5% (464,483) of Delaware County residents speak only English and
- 10.5% (54,359) report that they speak a language other than English as their primary language at home.
- Spanish/Spanish Creole,
- Chinese,
- Italian,
- African languages (a consolidated category of many languages),
- French (including Patois and Cajun) and Greek.
Among Delaware County residents who are speakers of other languages, 34.5% (18,766) report that they speak English “less than very well”. The top 6 languages spoken by those reporting limited English, are
- Spanish/Spanish Creole,
- Chinese,
- Korean,
- Vietnamese,
- Italian and
- Greek.
Language (other than English) spoken as primary language at home
% of all speakers of other languages (n=54,359)/% of all speakers of other languages who say they speak English less than very well (n=54,359)
- Spanish or Spanish Creole - 18.7/7.1
- Chinese - 9.6/4.4
- Italian - 7.5/2.1
- African languages (Census category grouping many languages) - 5.7/1.1
- French (incl. Patois, Cajun) - 5.6/1.2
- Greek - 5.5/1.9
- Korean - 5.0/2.8
- Vietnamese - 4.9/2.6
- French Creole - 3.9/1.1
- Other Indic languages - 3.4/1.4
I have handouts on other demographics but can't seem to get them posted here. I'll keep trying.
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians:
This agency in Philadelphia does a lot of outreach work into both Delaware and Montgomery Counties. Their main goal is economic development - helping authorized workers find jobs, or start small businesses, and to help businesses find, hire and maintain employees among authorized immigrants.
They also have publications to help people who were professionals at "home" enter those professions in the states. Their website seems to be a wealth of information. Spend some time looking it through it if you haven't done so before.
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