Languages spoken in Fresno County, CA

In October 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released the "2009-2013 American Community Survey" which provides information on "languages spoken at home" and "ability to speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over" for the United States as a whole, states including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., selected counties, and selected cities and urban areas. The following provides aggregated survey information on languages spoken in Fresno County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Fresno County, CA

Population 5 years and over
Speak only English at home
Speak a language other than English at home
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

French (incl. Patois, Cajun)

French Creole

Italian

Portuguese (incl. Portuguese Creole)

German (incl. Luxembourgian)

Yiddish

Other West Germanic languages

Scandinavian languages

Greek

Russian

Polish

Serbo-Croatian languages

Other Slavic languages

Other Indic languages

Other Indo-European languages

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES

Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)

Other Asian languages

Tagalog

Other Pacific Island languages

ALL OTHER LANGUAGES

Navajo

Other Native North American languages

Other and unspecified languages

BY STATE
BY COUNTY
BY CITY

Language	Number of speakers	Margin of Error	Speak English less than "Very Well"	Margin of Error
Population 5 years and over	860,123	36	166,247	2,920
Speak only English at home	484,636	4,084	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	375,487	4,088	166,247	2,920
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	286,751	3,602	129,262	2,781
Spanish	286,750	3,602	129,260	2,781
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	28,346	1,976	10,336	1,017
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	854	175	82	44
French	855	175	80	44
French Creole	84	78	(B)	-
Italian	857	243	180	97
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,149	282	271	106
Portuguese	1,150	282	270	106
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,767	270	393	131
German	1,765	270	395	131
Yiddish	19	25	15	24
Other West Germanic languages	426	152	43	36
Dutch	325	138	35	39
Afrikaans	90	69	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	446	151	51	36
Swedish	175	110	30	29
Danish	180	77	15	18
Norwegian	80	64	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Greek	398	188	60	48
Russian	1,459	542	511	205
Polish	44	37	12	20
Serbo-Croatian languages	90	73	3	5
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	35	35	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	803	385	328	190
Ukrainian	585	363	285	172
Czech	70	62	(B)	-
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	65	80	35	54
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	4,083	870	1,408	386
Persian	1,069	393	315	151
Hindi	1,290	462	458	238
Gujarati	378	295	125	134
Urdu	524	289	133	148
Other Indic languages	12,410	1,378	5,906	730
India nec3	315	296	(D)	(D)
Bengali	150	137	70	70
Panjabi	11,620	1,320	5,715	712
Marathi	50	82	(D)	(D)
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	85	96	(D)	(D)
Romany	100	143	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	196	119	42	34
Romanian	85	70	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	45	73	(D)	(D)
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	55,475	1,876	24,964	1,384
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	5,014	748	2,666	517
Chinese	3,195	612	1,925	444
Cantonese	565	221	265	121
Mandarin	1,000	425	330	177
Formosan	250	210	145	118
Japanese	1,520	297	675	154
Korean	1,655	447	855	250
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	4,520	893	2,086	473
Hmong	24,576	1,654	10,918	1,047
Thai	789	330	384	205
Laotian	6,797	978	3,399	543
Vietnamese	2,912	699	1,789	498
Other Asian languages	953	254	313	147
Turkish	195	89	95	60
Telugu	175	141	40	71
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	55	66	(B)	-
Tamil	200	135	(B)	-
Tibetan	25	36	(D)	(D)
Burmese	100	106	100	106
Mien	145	106	65	65
Paleo-siberian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	5,452	788	1,439	323
Other Pacific Island languages	1,287	326	440	143
Indonesian	215	130	160	110
Javanese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Malay	95	125	(B)	-
Bisayan	50	55	(B)	-
Sebuano	50	73	(B)	-
Ilocano	230	131	90	58
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	60	93	(D)	(D)
Samoan	310	205	50	46
Tongan	225	149	70	66
Maori	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,915	1,070	1,685	480
Navajo	20	31	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	107	75	5	9
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Algonquian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mountain Maidu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Foothill North Yokuts	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	30	44	(B)	-
Mono	20	16	(B)	-
Hungarian	103	106	15	25
Arabic	3,612	967	1,312	443
Hebrew	84	63	21	24
African languages	704	237	142	80
Amharic	200	151	(D)	(D)
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nubian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	45	59	(B)	-
Bantu	45	57	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	345	186	85	66
Mbum (and related)	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	285	133	190	110
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	45	51	(D)	(D)
Oto - Manguen	170	103	170	103
Uncodable	(D)	(D)	(B)	-

Notes

Number of speakers and Speak English less than "Very Well": Detailed-language estimates are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Aggregate estimates ("language category" and "language sub-category" entries) are unrounded and appear in table B16001. Detailed-language estimates may not sum to aggregate estimates because of rounding.
Margin of Error and Margin of Error: 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.
(D): Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
(B): Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
(X): Question does not apply.
-: 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.
3 N.E.C. stands for not elsewhere classified. These are languages where respondents indicated they spoke either Indian or Pakistan. For Indian, it cannot be determined if the respondent spoke a native American language or spoke a language from India. For Pakistan, respondents wrote in Pakistan but it cannot be determined which one of the languages spoken in Pakistan is actually being spoken. To distinguish these languages, n.e.c. is used to indicated they are not classified in any other language code.
This category includes literal write-ins of Chinese as well as Hakka, Kan, Hsiang, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fuchow, Formosan, and Wu.