Languages spoken in Placer 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 Placer County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Placer 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	335,197	17	17,429	1,303
Speak only English at home	285,025	1,928	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	50,172	1,930	17,429	1,303
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	22,684	1,169	8,527	849
Spanish	22,685	1,169	8,525	849
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	14,321	1,372	3,759	567
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,551	544	209	192
French	1,550	544	210	192
French Creole	71	67	(B)	-
Italian	877	252	121	65
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	754	253	273	141
Portuguese	755	253	275	141
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,335	270	216	101
German	1,335	270	215	101
Yiddish	24	35	12	29
Other West Germanic languages	283	129	50	51
Dutch	265	125	50	51
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	280	129	(B)	-
Swedish	135	103	(B)	-
Danish	70	72	(B)	-
Norwegian	75	57	(B)	-
Greek	188	124	(B)	-
Russian	2,789	858	873	336
Polish	90	63	38	37
Serbo-Croatian languages	147	96	35	31
Serbocroatian	75	56	(D)	(D)
Serbian	75	63	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	769	271	303	134
Ukrainian	590	245	260	123
Czech	75	77	(B)	-
Bulgarian	105	98	(D)	(D)
Armenian	80	87	23	38
Persian	1,795	567	489	188
Hindi	806	275	280	177
Gujarati	259	183	92	81
Urdu	101	79	14	22
Other Indic languages	1,356	468	380	191
Bengali	25	29	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	1,160	451	295	171
Marathi	105	114	60	77
Nepali	20	35	20	35
Sinhalese	45	69	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	766	256	351	128
Romanian	560	208	275	127
Irish Gaelic	50	62	(D)	(D)
Albanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Lithuanian	35	43	(D)	(D)
Latvian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pashto	75	129	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	11,749	736	4,722	512
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,005	475	917	272
Chinese	1,250	429	650	246
Cantonese	400	184	160	103
Mandarin	275	149	75	63
Formosan	80	85	(D)	(D)
Japanese	807	239	363	139
Korean	1,172	425	670	272
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	87	94	65	65
Hmong	166	127	63	70
Thai	207	126	144	121
Laotian	43	55	(B)	-
Vietnamese	1,316	394	504	199
Other Asian languages	1,000	358	229	125
Kazakh	125	182	(D)	(D)
Turkish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	270	192	70	72
Kannada	50	53	(B)	-
Malayalam	85	70	40	38
Tamil	395	209	50	42
Mien	65	93	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	4,353	757	1,527	402
Other Pacific Island languages	593	276	240	139
Indonesian	145	150	65	67
Bisayan	230	138	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	100	96	(D)	(D)
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	50	58	50	58
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,418	433	421	209
Other Native North American languages	48	42	(B)	-
Foothill North Yokuts	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ponca	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
San Carlos	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	135	97	(B)	-
Arabic	976	429	315	184
Hebrew	77	62	15	15
African languages	13	15	(B)	-
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	169	155	91	128
Finnish	75	87	(B)	-
Syriac	95	128	90	128

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.