Languages spoken in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Sacramento 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	1,334,860	5	182,099	3,687
Speak only English at home	918,792	4,845	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	416,068	4,846	182,099	3,687
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	175,617	3,432	73,272	2,208
Spanish	175,615	3,432	73,270	2,208
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	97,284	3,942	39,869	2,198
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	3,704	538	523	178
French	3,695	537	525	178
Patois	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	206	96	37	41
Italian	2,000	361	328	98
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,673	576	824	261
Portuguese	2,675	576	825	261
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,216	485	569	194
German	4,215	485	570	194
Yiddish	12	20	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	1,018	326	109	82
Dutch	705	272	65	51
Afrikaans	315	177	45	61
Scandinavian languages	493	136	42	37
Swedish	130	81	(D)	(D)
Danish	125	71	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	190	84	(D)	(D)
Icelandic	50	51	(D)	(D)
Greek	1,118	268	259	117
Russian	25,318	2,074	13,973	1,264
Polish	591	229	160	74
Serbo-Croatian languages	1,486	448	718	327
Serbocroatian	895	424	575	332
Croatian	295	149	75	47
Serbian	295	143	65	53
Other Slavic languages	10,866	1,488	6,735	1,015
Bielorussian	15	23	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	10,435	1,462	6,490	975
Czech	150	90	85	74
Slovak	30	40	(B)	-
Bulgarian	230	204	150	137
Armenian	2,280	603	1,101	339
Persian	5,663	906	1,994	374
Hindi	13,006	1,277	3,700	650
Gujarati	1,011	396	281	179
Urdu	2,863	1,058	803	269
Other Indic languages	13,905	1,824	5,781	871
India nec3	590	383	155	180
Bengali	560	373	155	96
Panjabi	11,675	1,630	5,065	794
Marathi	300	217	(B)	-
Oriya	85	106	(D)	(D)
Nepali	570	305	320	185
Sinhalese	95	67	65	54
Romany	35	41	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	4,855	1,128	1,932	474
Jamaican Creole	40	35	(D)	(D)
Krio	80	118	50	88
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	3,720	923	1,540	379
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	85	59	(D)	(D)
Albanian	60	103	(D)	(D)
Latvian	40	41	(D)	(D)
Pashto	805	668	250	253
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	134,054	2,579	66,097	2,228
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	31,501	2,191	20,050	1,507
Chinese	19,540	1,505	13,135	1,120
Cantonese	9,320	1,379	5,455	934
Mandarin	2,320	414	1,240	267
Formosan	325	149	220	128
Japanese	3,727	494	1,703	290
Korean	5,274	816	2,617	376
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	2,025	553	1,077	382
Hmong	22,902	2,402	10,789	1,270
Thai	1,101	271	540	174
Laotian	3,091	705	1,957	549
Vietnamese	22,303	1,663	12,871	1,211
Other Asian languages	11,882	1,789	4,421	842
Kazakh	75	81	35	40
Kirghiz	95	131	(D)	(D)
Uighur	320	280	125	122
Turkish	625	346	375	241
Mongolian	80	67	70	66
Telugu	1,620	565	360	224
Kannada	570	287	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	455	234	95	92
Tamil	905	314	120	113
Munda	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Burmese	115	91	65	65
Mien	6,865	1,428	2,930	718
Tagalog	23,426	1,642	7,481	755
Other Pacific Island languages	6,822	805	2,591	438
Indonesian	555	220	290	106
Cham	40	44	(D)	(D)
Malay	65	75	(B)	-
Bisayan	410	189	295	163
Sebuano	160	136	100	89
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	1,075	312	530	181
Pampangan	110	142	110	142
Micronesian	45	73	(D)	(D)
Carolinian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	315	158	50	34
Kusaiean	45	57	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	225	201	85	75
Palau	125	163	85	114
Trukese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Polynesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	740	323	125	66
Tongan	1,245	501	480	191
Fijian	1,510	482	365	231
Hawaiian	75	108	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	9,113	1,274	2,861	583
Navajo	77	55	10	14
Other Native North American languages	212	119	37	48
Kuchin	40	74	(B)	-
Hupa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sierra Miwok	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Washo	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Yavapai	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cherokee	35	37	(B)	-
Paiute	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Luiseno	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	178	89	43	57
Arabic	4,514	852	1,539	427
Hebrew	458	206	15	18
African languages	3,383	827	1,095	337
Amharic	1,355	744	680	314
Berber	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	80	95	(B)	-
Sudanic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	475	226	95	62
Bantu	125	86	40	43
Mande	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Fulani	20	26	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,110	317	260	144
Efik	85	99	(B)	-
African	80	86	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	291	178	122	100
Finnish	70	53	(D)	(D)
Syriac	215	153	110	98
Misumalpan	(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.