Languages spoken in Orange 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 Orange County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Orange 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	2,859,603	8	597,313	5,264
Speak only English at home	1,558,350	7,005	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	1,301,253	7,008	597,313	5,264
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	757,659	4,751	355,110	4,579
Spanish	757,660	4,751	355,110	4,579
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	119,377	3,863	32,184	1,836
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	8,483	836	1,461	303
French	8,470	832	1,460	303
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	13	21	(B)	-
Italian	3,892	535	684	156
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	3,804	661	757	208
Portuguese	3,780	657	735	200
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
German (incl Luxembourgian)	8,635	708	1,067	229
German	8,635	708	1,065	229
Yiddish	196	119	94	102
Other West Germanic languages	3,082	486	390	129
Dutch	2,695	469	390	129
Afrikaans	315	152	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	2,056	579	287	166
Swedish	1,220	508	95	67
Danish	445	161	85	62
Norwegian	340	169	100	121
Icelandic	50	48	(D)	(D)
Greek	2,527	482	238	104
Russian	5,757	851	2,033	387
Polish	1,969	353	580	172
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,564	393	474	195
Serbocroatian	710	291	270	154
Croatian	520	205	135	75
Serbian	335	130	70	57
Other Slavic languages	2,140	496	706	288
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	615	320	165	112
Czech	675	207	200	132
Slovak	160	78	35	43
Bulgarian	590	314	260	168
Macedonian	80	64	35	30
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	3,623	606	1,189	303
Persian	30,840	2,361	10,880	1,032
Hindi	10,610	1,251	2,015	464
Gujarati	7,366	995	2,450	540
Urdu	6,064	1,050	1,466	464
Other Indic languages	10,418	1,347	3,193	595
India nec3	1,295	779	320	150
Bengali	2,160	538	765	290
Panjabi	3,605	743	1,300	368
Marathi	1,390	402	130	76
Assamese	65	71	(B)	-
Kashmiri	55	77	(D)	(D)
Nepali	235	180	155	142
Sindhi	270	168	60	59
Pakistan nec3	230	175	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	1,065	387	360	217
Romany	40	66	40	66
Other Indo-European languages	6,338	1,008	2,220	416
Catalonian	40	34	30	28
Romanian	3,965	739	1,355	302
Irish Gaelic	140	125	(D)	(D)
Albanian	400	223	155	114
Lithuanian	375	184	75	53
Latvian	125	113	35	43
Pashto	1,200	606	470	289
Kurdish	90	108	90	108
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	398,892	3,736	202,222	2,636
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	65,820	2,724	30,344	1,784
Chinese	38,385	2,165	18,140	1,307
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cantonese	5,580	664	2,205	444
Mandarin	16,185	1,415	6,885	809
Formosan	5,535	783	3,090	468
Wu	130	172	20	24
Japanese	15,190	1,135	7,071	737
Korean	74,889	3,286	43,361	2,159
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	5,698	911	2,673	442
Hmong	1,469	605	609	235
Thai	3,675	727	2,076	574
Laotian	2,543	556	1,207	337
Vietnamese	165,872	3,531	98,656	2,346
Other Asian languages	9,455	1,252	2,308	479
Kirghiz	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Azerbaijani	65	82	(D)	(D)
Turkish	1,960	453	690	217
Mongolian	35	51	30	40
Dravidian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	2,515	548	595	270
Kannada	235	137	15	20
Malayalam	815	357	95	65
Tamil	2,760	684	425	202
Munda	60	92	(B)	-
Tibetan	125	136	(D)	(D)
Burmese	790	313	365	168
Karen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mien	45	50	20	32
Tagalog	45,151	2,372	11,339	1,109
Other Pacific Island languages	9,130	1,009	2,578	416
Indonesian	3,185	603	1,110	280
Balinese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cham	190	144	55	55
Malay	285	169	35	34
Bisayan	765	255	235	118
Sebuano	300	135	60	54
Pangasinan	30	29	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	415	145	130	68
Bikol	20	33	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	95	93	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	280	184	20	22
Marshallese	250	195	130	108
Melanesian	85	123	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	1,405	557	280	114
Tongan	1,505	585	470	227
Fijian	100	103	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	125	80	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	25,325	1,860	7,797	947
Navajo	54	58	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	201	104	15	23
Menomini	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hupa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Karok	55	59	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Omaha	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cahuilla	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	1,034	251	226	107
Arabic	18,188	1,506	6,148	886
Hebrew	2,171	577	167	108
African languages	2,749	612	907	247
Amharic	965	368	380	173
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	30	48	(D)	(D)
Cushite	100	75	60	47
Swahili	685	385	170	125
Bantu	185	89	60	46
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Gur	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	635	284	185	129
African	110	97	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	928	264	334	149
Finnish	210	116	45	37
Estonian	50	46	(B)	-
Caucasian	75	73	50	50
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	490	206	220	146
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Quechua	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
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.