Table 6.

Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for California: 2006-2008
Release Date: April, 2010
Spoke English
Number of Margin of less than Margin of
1 1
speakers Error "Very Well" Error

.Population 5 years and over 33,748,857 995 6,709,325 30,094

Spoke only English at home 19,456,202 36,818 (X) (X)
Spoke a language other than English at home 14,292,655 36,854 6,709,325 30,094

Spoke a language other than English at home 14,292,655 36,856 6,709,325 30,094

SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE 9,531,304 27,041 4,635,242 25,128

..Spanish 9,531,256 27,033 4,635,242 25,128
..Ladino 48 79 (B) --

OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES 1,448,020 15,944 473,297 8,743

.French 127,641 4,219 22,000 1,644
..French 126,658 4,200 21,818 1,621
..Patois 800 335 98 93
..Cajun 183 153 84 136
.French Creole 5,968 1,147 1,166 368
.Italian 66,394 2,447 16,370 1,262
.Portuguese 76,753 3,647 25,338 1,880
..Portuguese 76,319 3,614 25,338 1,880
..Papia Mentae 434 576 (B) --
.German 117,858 3,788 15,620 966
..German 117,572 3,794 15,598 965
..Luxembourgian 286 184 22 36
.Yiddish 6,043 963 870 287
.Other West Germanic languages 26,246 1,925 4,080 749
..Dutch 23,068 1,825 3,776 746
..Afrikaans 2,932 646 274 167
..Frisian 246 149 30 34
.Scandinavian languages 24,681 1,996 2,811 555
..Swedish 12,355 1,525 1,520 483
..Danish 6,787 966 665 223
..Norwegian 4,799 789 580 228
..Icelandic 705 342 46 55
..Faroese 35 56 (B) --
.Greek 26,183 2,069 5,894 869
.Russian 142,278 5,615 70,613 3,634
.Polish 23,484 2,374 7,357 914
.Serbo-Croatian languages 22,125 2,087 7,373 1,018
..Serbocroatian 8,557 1,172 3,496 597
..Croatian 7,512 1,157 2,349 601
..Serbian 6,056 1,282 1,528 507
.Other Slavic languages 33,599 2,901 14,104 1,590
..Bielorussian 139 137 72 94
..Ukrainian 17,350 2,437 9,817 1,382
..Czech 5,563 801 1,112 402
..Lusatian 20 33 (B) --
..Slovak 2,363 730 646 258
..Bulgarian 6,770 1,199 1,968 481
..Macedonian 982 623 358 404
..Slovene 412 149 131 99
.Armenian 174,358 6,720 83,371 3,745
.Persian 180,269 6,154 72,594 3,446
.Hindi 123,797 5,686 27,168 2,115
.Gujarati 39,733 3,074 11,719 1,673
.Urdu 36,151 3,616 10,809 1,506
.Other Indic languages 150,356 6,088 59,022 3,286
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..India n.e.c. 11,318 1,755 3,061 741

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 Spoke English
Number of Margin of less than Margin of
1 1
speakers Error "Very Well" Error
..Bengali 17,826 1,736 5,117 862
..Panjabi 97,175 5,187 44,881 3,276
..Marathi 10,787 1,592 1,617 478
..Bihari 16 26 16 26
..Rajasthani 102 102 17 27
..Oriya 834 359 196 161
..Assamese 222 190 (B) --
..Kashmiri 294 246 60 104
..Nepali 3,131 1,059 1,464 664
..Sindhi 1,058 391 130 116
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..Pakistan n.e.c. 1,119 528 295 171
..Sinhalese 5,963 1,169 2,013 715
..Romany 511 388 155 156
.Other Indo-European languages 44,103 3,317 15,018 1,515
..Jamaican Creole 1,066 436 43 51
..Krio 317 289 (B) --
..Pidgin 136 133 34 57
..Catalonian 128 98 17 29
..Romanian 24,436 2,398 9,462 1,300
..Welsh 238 115 48 50
..Irish Gaelic 3,088 710 485 242
..Scottic Gaelic 83 91 3 5
..Albanian 1,894 702 628 307
..Lithuanian 2,683 571 857 317
..Lettish 1,620 522 446 263
..Pashto 6,568 1,650 2,197 555
..Kurdish 1,811 1,088 798 483
..Tadzhik 35 59 (B) --

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES 3,027,505 16,754 1,512,017 12,230

.Chinese 926,918 11,656 523,169 8,630
..Chinese 504,987 10,131 279,831 7,268
..Hakka 486 267 160 120
..Cantonese 219,085 7,027 138,691 5,092
..Mandarin 173,835 6,654 87,350 4,179
..Fuchow 122 113 107 109
..Formosan 27,610 1,944 16,376 1,535
..Wu 793 319 654 289
.Japanese 143,291 5,089 71,179 3,452
.Korean 347,778 8,743 214,451 5,643
.Mon-Khmer, Cambodian 68,455 4,602 38,017 2,800
.Hmong 67,522 4,122 35,184 2,830
.Thai 41,448 3,464 23,458 2,198
.Laotian 35,153 3,204 17,988 1,646
.Vietnamese 460,203 10,352 281,793 7,495
.Other Asian languages 114,726 4,576 36,756 2,997
..Kazakh 58 77 50 68
..Karachay 132 103 36 59
..Uighur 391 423 236 345
..Azerabaijani 186 155 60 75
..Turkish 10,955 1,484 3,760 749
..Mongolian 2,337 810 1,645 723
..Dravidian 386 398 (B) --
..Gondi 14 23 (B) --
..Telugu 27,680 2,777 6,320 1,212
..Kannada 7,866 1,227 1,127 549
..Malayalam 8,576 1,290 2,123 511
..Tamil 24,213 2,123 3,807 723
..Munda 139 152 (B) --
..Tibetan 1,147 592 782 536
..Burmese 15,806 2,836 9,745 2,114

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 Spoke English
Number of Margin of less than Margin of
1 1
speakers Error "Very Well" Error
..Karen 626 503 523 455
..Miao-yao, Mien 14,212 1,989 6,542 1,035
.Tagalog 706,785 12,946 227,906 7,177
.Other Pacific Island languages 115,226 5,717 42,116 2,687
..Indonesian 25,822 2,782 12,393 1,509
..Balinese 47 55 47 55
..Cham 417 348 208 225
..Malagasy 40 67 40 67
..Malay 2,021 560 563 219
..Bisayan 8,102 1,389 3,157 862
..Sebuano 3,766 902 1,179 385
..Pangasinan 1,431 540 665 346
..Ilocano 22,352 2,635 10,322 1,392
..Bikol 345 232 52 52
..Pampangan 2,903 1,039 1,085 478
..Micronesian 74 89 (B) --
..Carolinian 25 42 (B) --
..Chamorro 5,818 999 828 269
..Marshallese 658 426 308 286
..Mokilese 209 240 174 194
..Mortlockese 40 63 40 63
..Palau 828 347 220 146
..Ponapean 165 137 (B) --
..Trukese 84 138 (B) --
..Yapese 24 28 15 23
..Melanesian 96 139 (B) --
..Polynesian 367 396 97 130
..Samoan 23,480 2,532 5,954 885
..Tongan 11,560 1,943 3,680 846
..Fijian 2,328 809 781 292
..Marquesan 42 49 (B) --
..Maori 26 43 (B) --
..Hawaiian 2,156 546 308 202

ALL OTHER LANGUAGES 285,826 9,759 88,769 4,491

.Navajo 1,782 628 372 257
.Other Native North American languages 8,592 1,470 1,142 394
..Eskimo 92 99 (B) --
..Inupik 135 140 54 62
..Yupik 214 221 (B) --
..Blackfoot 82 61 (B) --
..Delaware 40 69 (B) --
..Menomini 43 70 (B) --
..French Cree 38 62 38 62
..Abnaki 13 23 (B) --
..Potawatomi 40 50 (B) --
..Yurok 491 387 8 17
..Makah 33 40 (B) --
..Kwakiutl 17 28 (B) --
..Salish 43 70 43 70
..Puget Sound Salish 52 86 52 86
..Kuchin 22 36 (B) --
..Chasta Costa 79 102 (B) --
..Hupa 174 175 (B) --
..Apache 219 129 20 28
..Kiowa 44 70 (B) --
..Mountain Maidu 304 173 22 38
..Sierra Miwok 216 261 (B) --
..Nomlaki 38 49 (B) --
..Wintun 24 26 (B) --
..Foothill No. Yokuts 149 90 34 57

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 Spoke English
Number of Margin of less than Margin of
1 1
speakers Error "Very Well" Error
.. Tachi 45 74 26 43
..Nez Perce 7 11 (B) --
..Upper Chinook 30 48 (B) --
..Achumawi 68 61 (B) --
..Karok 413 289 13 21
..Pomo 553 297 96 95
..Washo 29 32 15 29
..Mohave 142 127 (B) --
..Yuma 63 55 13 24
..Diegueno 52 40 (B) --
..Delta River Yuman 55 50 27 44
..Mandan 67 91 33 56
..Dakota 643 289 22 36
..Choctaw 127 103 65 89
..Muskogee 115 107 22 33
..Keres 104 108 78 75
..Mohawk 20 25 15 24
..Cherokee 371 174 92 85
..Wichita 55 66 18 31
..Mono 349 362 (B) --
..Paiute 292 153 8 14
..Ute 18 32 (B) --
..Shoshoni 95 62 (B) --
..Cahuilla 139 148 (B) --
..Cupeno 11 20 (B) --
..Luiseno 196 159 3 6
..Serrano 5 10 (B) --
..Pima 169 198 (B) --
..Yaqui 17 28 (B) --
..Tewa 270 278 168 255
..Chinook Jargon 21 35 (B) --
..American Indian 1,449 775 157 106
.Hungarian 14,081 1,702 4,413 833
.Arabic 129,813 6,795 43,915 3,248
.Hebrew 39,275 3,329 7,213 1,012
.African languages 65,466 4,604 20,106 1,753
..Amharic 22,639 2,356 8,970 1,319
..Berber 30 50 14 23
..Chadic 354 367 82 104
..Cushite 6,287 1,683 2,998 1,127
..Sudanic 519 376 406 315
..Nilotic 531 429 146 135
..Swahili 6,914 1,407 1,585 533
..Bantu 5,482 1,217 1,192 425
..Mande 791 395 274 202
..Fulani 541 338 136 157
..Gur 68 114 (B) --
..Kru, Ibo, Yoruba 19,461 2,235 3,734 841
..Efik 396 188 46 60
..African 1,453 657 523 359
.Other and unspecified languages 26,817 2,706 11,608 1,718
..Finnish 3,011 586 412 166
..Estonian 894 288 217 130
..Caucasian 736 527 238 198
..Basque 590 229 217 115
..Syriac 18,192 2,460 8,112 1,383
..Aztecan 354 194 280 168
..Mayan languages 1,031 475 784 410
..Oto - Manguen 1,620 727 1,209 650
..Quechua 106 84 52 63
..Arawakian 217 146 87 84

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 Spoke English
Number of Margin of less than Margin of
1 1
speakers Error "Very Well" Error
Tupi-guarani
.. 21 34 (B) --
..Uncodable Entries 45 54 (B) --

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