Population and Housing Census 2001
| Table H.7 | ||||
| Netherlands Antilles | ||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |
| Papiamentu | 37623 | 62.7 | 114835 | 65.4 |
| English | 10462 | 17.4 | 27892 | 15.9 |
| Dutch | 4927 | 8.2 | 12856 | 7.3 |
| Spanish | 4236 | 7.1 | 10699 | 6.1 |
| Portuguese | 241 | 0.4 | 719 | 0.4 |
| Creole | 1299 | 2.2 | 2805 | 1.6 |
| French | 239 | 0.4 | 545 | 0.3 |
| Chinese | 249 | 0.4 | 985 | 0.6 |
| Other | 380 | 0.6 | 1145 | 0.7 |
| Unknown | 375 | 0.6 | 3172 | 1.8 |
| Total | 60031 | 100.0 | 175653 | 100.0 |
| Table H.7 | ||||
| Bonaire | ||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |
| Papiamentu | 2659 | 72.3 | 8059 | 74.7 |
| English | 146 | 4.0 | 306 | 2.8 |
| Dutch | 384 | 10.4 | 952 | 8.8 |
| Spanish | 421 | 11.4 | 1272 | 11.8 |
| Portuguese | 7 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Creole | 2 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 |
| French | 5 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 |
| Chinese | 26 | 0.7 | 100 | 0.9 |
| Other | 15 | 0.4 | 32 | 0.3 |
| Unknown | 12 | 0.3 | 35 | 0.3 |
| Total | 3677 | 100.0 | 10791 | 100.0 |
| Table H.7 | ||||
| Curaçao | ||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |
| Papiamentu | 34677 | 80.3 | 106054 | 81.2 |
| English | 1514 | 3.5 | 3851 | 2.9 |
| Dutch | 4002 | 9.3 | 10503 | 8.0 |
| Spanish | 1999 | 4.6 | 5281 | 4.0 |
| Portuguese | 233 | 0.5 | 706 | 0.5 |
| Creole | 114 | 0.3 | 253 | 0.2 |
| French | 24 | 0.1 | 52 | - |
| Chinese | 165 | 0.4 | 657 | 0.5 |
| Other | 178 | 0.4 | 560 | 0.4 |
| Unknown | 255 | 0.6 | 2710 | 2.1 |
| Total | 43161 | 100.0 | 130627 | 100.0 |
| Table H.7 | ||||
| Sint Eustatius | ||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |
| Papiamentu | 14 | 1.6 | 34 | 1.5 |
| English | 759 | 84.1 | 1896 | 82.7 |
| Dutch | 39 | 4.3 | 97 | 4.2 |
| Spanish | 50 | 5.5 | 132 | 5.8 |
| Portuguese | - | - | - | - |
| Creole | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.3 |
| French | 3 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Chinese | 8 | 0.9 | 23 | 1.0 |
| Other | 12 | 1.3 | 25 | 1.1 |
| Unknown | 14 | 1.6 | 71 | 3.1 |
| Total | 902 | 100.0 | 2292 | 100.0 |
| Table H.7 | ||||||
| Saba | ||||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |||
| Papiamentu | 3 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.5 | ||
| English | 502 | 89.0 | 1191 | 88.3 | ||
| Dutch | 11 | 2.0 | 20 | 1.5 | ||
| Spanish | 25 | 4.4 | 71 | 5.3 | ||
| Portuguese | - | - | - | - | ||
| Creole | 7 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.3 | ||
| French | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.3 | ||
| Chinese | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 | ||
| Other | 11 | 2.0 | 22 | 1.6 | ||
| Unknown | 2 | 0.4 | 14 | 1.0 | ||
| Total | 564 | 100.0 | 1349 | 100.0 | ||
| Table H.7 | ||||
| Sint Maarten | ||||
| Households by the most spoken language in the household | ||||
| Most spoken language | households | persons | ||
| absolute | % | absolute | % | |
| Papiamentu | 270 | 2.3 | 681 | 2.2 |
| English | 7541 | 64.3 | 20648 | 67.5 |
| Dutch | 491 | 4.2 | 1284 | 4.2 |
| Spanish | 1741 | 14.8 | 3943 | 12.9 |
| Portuguese | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Creole | 1173 | 10.0 | 2519 | 8.2 |
| French | 205 | 1.7 | 468 | 1.5 |
| Chinese | 49 | 0.4 | 202 | 0.7 |
| Other | 164 | 1.4 | 506 | 1.7 |
| Unknown | 92 | 0.8 | 342 | 1.1 |
| Total | 11727 | 100.0 | 30594 | 100.0 |
