Languages spoken in Kern 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 Kern County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Kern 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	775,294	70	140,168	3,048
Speak only English at home	448,868	3,656	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	326,426	3,648	140,168	3,048
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	289,911	3,546	126,203	3,033
Spanish	289,910	3,546	126,205	3,033
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	12,950	1,253	4,680	673
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	972	348	215	163
French	920	323	210	162
Patois	50	67	(D)	(D)
French Creole	89	60	(B)	-
Italian	635	221	85	60
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	188	94	36	31
Portuguese	190	94	35	31
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,101	238	128	58
German	1,100	238	130	58
Yiddish	20	25	8	13
Other West Germanic languages	127	78	8	14
Dutch	120	79	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	109	67	(B)	-
Swedish	40	41	(B)	-
Danish	70	53	(B)	-
Greek	65	46	10	16
Russian	585	257	189	97
Polish	63	36	(B)	-
Serbo-Croatian languages	43	42	(B)	-
Croatian	45	42	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	83	77	26	41
Ukrainian	40	36	(B)	-
Bulgarian	45	67	(D)	(D)
Armenian	182	134	80	90
Persian	484	216	106	121
Hindi	610	263	58	50
Gujarati	635	361	261	245
Urdu	72	50	21	31
Other Indic languages	6,820	1,045	3,449	577
India nec3	150	101	(D)	(D)
Bengali	195	165	90	94
Panjabi	6,340	1,015	3,315	558
Marathi	50	80	(B)	-
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	70	73	(D)	(D)
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	67	46	(B)	-
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	15	21	(B)	-
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Albanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	19,011	1,108	8,078	762
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	1,744	426	901	282
Chinese	870	276	520	172
Cantonese	460	300	265	181
Mandarin	300	147	70	60
Formosan	110	98	50	47
Japanese	775	335	165	85
Korean	1,532	452	888	310
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	531	271	231	130
Hmong	179	173	96	105
Thai	277	153	106	73
Laotian	175	118	35	49
Vietnamese	1,146	417	643	320
Other Asian languages	887	318	307	128
Uighur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	25	27	(D)	(D)
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	155	124	40	45
Kannada	170	208	(B)	-
Malayalam	140	119	(D)	(D)
Tamil	100	99	(D)	(D)
Burmese	85	90	65	81
Karen	125	98	115	94
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	9,261	860	3,419	517
Other Pacific Island languages	2,504	480	1,287	339
Indonesian	170	89	65	50
Bisayan	290	214	175	160
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	1,630	464	940	341
Pampangan	65	65	30	35
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chamorro	65	57	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	125	177	65	94
Samoan	80	57	(B)	-
Tongan	20	18	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,554	953	1,207	293
Navajo	38	55	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	292	153	72	75
Eskimo	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Foothill North Yokuts	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Crow	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Keres	65	74	65	74
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kawaiisu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pima	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Picuris	105	116	(B)	-
American Indian	15	18	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	178	122	36	38
Arabic	3,064	910	844	248
Hebrew	102	99	13	22
African languages	674	268	189	135
Amharic	165	114	45	48
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nilotic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	70	81	(B)	-
Bantu	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	190	139	95	103
Efik	70	86	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	206	113	53	42
Finnish	55	66	(B)	-
Caucasian	10	15	10	15
Basque	110	77	(D)	(D)
Oto - Manguen	25	25	25	25
Arawakian	(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.