Languages spoken in Monterey 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 Monterey County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Monterey 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	387,506	101	109,286	2,393
Speak only English at home	183,807	2,460	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	203,699	2,453	109,286	2,393
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	177,463	1,846	99,427	2,158
Spanish	177,465	1,846	99,425	2,158
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	7,979	904	1,821	326
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,115	330	139	66
French	1,115	330	140	66
French Creole	25	20	(B)	-
Italian	990	297	313	144
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	726	326	231	114
Portuguese	725	326	230	114
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,561	350	183	82
German	1,560	350	185	82
Yiddish	32	31	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	175	113	19	17
Dutch	170	114	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Scandinavian languages	179	112	15	26
Swedish	45	37	(B)	-
Danish	60	35	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	75	97	(B)	-
Greek	202	93	32	35
Russian	420	168	160	90
Polish	231	116	5	11
Serbo-Croatian languages	99	86	7	9
Croatian	40	36	(D)	(D)
Serbian	60	80	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	239	121	113	77
Ukrainian	70	67	55	61
Czech	170	99	60	53
Armenian	7	9	3	6
Persian	309	144	93	57
Hindi	478	188	149	101
Gujarati	85	81	85	81
Urdu	191	115	68	56
Other Indic languages	597	273	148	94
India nec3	95	101	(D)	(D)
Bengali	55	66	50	60
Panjabi	285	226	65	63
Marathi	55	64	(B)	-
Nepali	105	94	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	318	175	58	49
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	155	115	(D)	(D)
Albanian	50	81	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pashto	55	88	(B)	-
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	15,669	909	6,801	626
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,116	430	907	264
Chinese	1,365	324	580	166
Cantonese	265	188	135	138
Mandarin	425	168	145	72
Formosan	60	60	50	44
Japanese	1,358	302	619	174
Korean	1,789	380	1,099	245
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	142	95	111	91
Hmong	119	119	43	62
Thai	227	91	81	52
Laotian	21	27	(B)	-
Vietnamese	1,674	430	924	269
Other Asian languages	607	245	158	86
Turkish	220	126	125	85
Telugu	130	144	(B)	-
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malayalam	45	68	(B)	-
Tamil	125	108	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	20	29	(B)	-
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	6,068	806	2,280	500
Other Pacific Island languages	1,548	327	579	173
Indonesian	80	68	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	275	123	150	85
Sebuano	70	102	50	67
Pangasinan	35	34	35	34
Ilocano	300	147	145	89
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	65	101	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	295	160	80	60
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	215	140	(D)	(D)
Tongan	125	161	45	61
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,588	633	1,237	467
Navajo	5	8	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	71	40	12	19
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Yurok	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ingalit	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Apache	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pomo	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Choctaw	20	20	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arabic	1,653	455	577	232
Hebrew	134	99	54	46
African languages	129	67	41	42
Amharic	20	31	20	31
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	50	35	(B)	-
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	25	33	(B)	-
African	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	596	385	553	383
Basque	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Syriac	55	58	20	27
Oto - Manguen	515	379	505	379

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.