Languages spoken in Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Santa Barbara 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	399,470	42	73,560	1,973
Speak only English at home	238,937	1,785	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	160,533	1,788	73,560	1,973
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	132,351	1,924	64,633	1,827
Spanish	132,350	1,924	64,635	1,827
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	12,091	967	2,031	378
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	1,741	318	177	90
French	1,740	318	175	90
French Creole	18	22	(B)	-
Italian	1,143	285	215	89
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	793	246	93	67
Portuguese	795	246	95	67
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,124	289	419	193
German	2,125	289	420	193
Yiddish	78	60	9	14
Other West Germanic languages	477	155	26	29
Pennsylvania Dutch	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dutch	440	148	25	29
Afrikaans	30	27	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	1,098	353	119	92
Swedish	415	234	65	66
Danish	465	207	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	215	130	50	64
Greek	257	132	30	30
Russian	736	204	186	88
Polish	174	97	33	27
Serbo-Croatian languages	118	79	8	14
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	110	78	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	318	176	105	83
Ukrainian	215	151	80	77
Czech	30	21	(B)	-
Slovak	30	41	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	45	50	(D)	(D)
Armenian	133	66	22	34
Persian	837	262	238	141
Hindi	613	260	38	41
Gujarati	177	120	45	68
Urdu	167	113	75	58
Other Indic languages	624	228	129	89
Bengali	125	74	(B)	-
Panjabi	405	189	130	89
Marathi	40	49	(B)	-
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	465	170	64	47
Pidgin	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Romanian	75	64	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	35	34	(D)	(D)
Albanian	50	45	(D)	(D)
Lithuanian	135	94	(B)	-
Latvian	125	101	40	38
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	13,787	633	5,951	471
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,804	535	1,580	312
Chinese	2,310	420	1,020	264
Cantonese	575	238	120	96
Mandarin	805	237	370	164
Formosan	115	87	70	76
Japanese	903	256	344	129
Korean	1,577	375	847	259
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	182	112	18	30
Hmong	431	230	159	120
Thai	305	184	178	115
Laotian	50	37	41	35
Vietnamese	1,547	375	865	306
Other Asian languages	399	151	72	68
Turkish	105	67	30	37
Telugu	75	62	(B)	-
Kannada	65	46	(B)	-
Malayalam	75	91	45	57
Tamil	40	43	(B)	-
Burmese	25	24	(B)	-
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	3,710	538	1,585	310
Other Pacific Island languages	879	261	262	115
Indonesian	45	46	(D)	(D)
Malay	115	173	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	335	168	155	91
Chamorro	100	59	25	26
Samoan	100	77	(D)	(D)
Tongan	65	71	(B)	-
Fijian	40	42	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,304	567	945	376
Navajo	9	16	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	47	32	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pawnee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serrano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	199	119	51	57
Arabic	709	295	217	124
Hebrew	383	161	7	11
African languages	128	63	8	13
Amharic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cushite	20	30	(B)	-
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bantu	35	36	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	30	37	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	829	435	662	367
Finnish	45	50	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Syriac	30	31	(D)	(D)
Oto - Manguen	745	429	645	370

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.