Languages spoken in Santa Clara 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 Clara County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Santa Clara 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	1,688,748	6	360,401	3,742
Speak only English at home	823,890	5,178	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	864,858	5,180	360,401	3,742
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	320,732	3,581	138,489	2,673
Spanish	320,730	3,581	138,490	2,673
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	136,981	3,686	33,198	1,525
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	9,062	978	1,491	254
French	9,060	978	1,490	254
French Creole	281	237	11	14
Italian	4,031	464	1,111	249
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	8,029	1,031	3,003	574
Portuguese	8,030	1,031	3,005	574
German (incl Luxembourgian)	6,514	658	940	229
German	6,515	658	940	229
Yiddish	93	93	59	85
Other West Germanic languages	1,552	314	116	77
Dutch	1,455	294	115	77
Afrikaans	85	57	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	1,802	435	194	116
Swedish	720	235	105	83
Danish	555	220	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	415	167	45	51
Icelandic	110	92	(D)	(D)
Greek	1,778	466	497	179
Russian	11,580	981	4,197	492
Polish	1,777	437	425	148
Serbo-Croatian languages	3,309	741	994	284
Serbocroatian	1,425	463	510	199
Croatian	835	297	300	125
Serbian	1,050	476	185	140
Other Slavic languages	2,275	467	543	191
Bielorussian	85	97	60	68
Ukrainian	510	170	170	87
Czech	510	195	70	68
Slovak	215	180	50	83
Bulgarian	865	292	185	104
Macedonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Slovene	80	87	(D)	(D)
Armenian	1,307	347	488	202
Persian	14,446	1,176	5,244	598
Hindi	31,006	2,099	3,750	590
Gujarati	6,260	931	1,347	316
Urdu	5,687	935	1,034	394
Other Indic languages	23,822	1,580	6,965	778
India nec3	985	407	170	137
Bengali	3,740	695	505	172
Panjabi	12,105	1,229	5,410	669
Marathi	5,665	846	545	176
Bihari	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Oriya	265	143	40	44
Assamese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kashmiri	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Nepali	640	254	280	190
Sindhi	175	105	(D)	(D)
Pakistan nec3	20	26	(B)	-
Sinhalese	165	101	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	2,370	545	789	271
Krio	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	1,415	395	295	104
Irish Gaelic	155	100	80	94
Albanian	130	100	55	58
Lithuanian	100	106	(D)	(D)
Latvian	65	47	(D)	(D)
Pashto	330	267	165	131
Kurdish	70	83	30	53
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	387,878	4,334	183,069	2,810
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	127,202	3,751	61,658	2,159
Chinese	72,550	2,543	35,880	1,510
Hakka	35	51	35	51
Cantonese	15,265	1,440	7,090	883
Mandarin	35,160	1,788	16,035	1,085
Fuchow	90	107	65	75
Formosan	4,015	647	2,485	423
Wu	85	76	65	69
Japanese	13,632	1,096	6,027	687
Korean	24,022	1,563	12,454	1,013
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	3,961	803	2,413	527
Hmong	277	144	99	79
Thai	1,587	372	710	189
Laotian	1,014	322	582	196
Vietnamese	112,323	3,675	69,205	2,511
Other Asian languages	40,069	2,093	6,838	710
Karakalpak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Uighur	95	102	50	57
Azerbaijani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Turkish	1,495	400	340	148
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dravidian	90	70	(B)	-
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	14,015	1,336	2,520	474
Kannada	4,730	672	785	217
Malayalam	2,970	537	515	165
Tamil	15,540	1,177	1,885	345
Burushaski	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	35	49	(D)	(D)
Burmese	600	225	395	194
Karen	210	254	210	254
Mien	115	84	65	45
Tagalog	55,471	2,664	19,866	1,343
Other Pacific Island languages	8,320	869	3,217	490
Indonesian	1,720	375	560	188
Malay	145	100	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	800	281	315	153
Sebuano	435	212	60	55
Pangasinan	160	122	145	114
Ilocano	2,660	509	1,455	372
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	100	67	65	55
Chamorro	345	150	115	67
Gilbertese	70	70	(D)	(D)
Palau	70	63	(D)	(D)
Ponapean	65	101	65	101
Melanesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	870	439	235	156
Tongan	585	337	125	96
Fijian	160	118	25	25
Hawaiian	110	98	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	19,267	1,755	5,645	727
Navajo	28	26	11	16
Other Native North American languages	294	193	70	102
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ojibwa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hidatsa	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Muskogee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Iroquois	75	123	65	101
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Comanche	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Shoshoni	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	50	62	(B)	-
San Carlos	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	607	175	145	87
Arabic	5,288	803	1,394	319
Hebrew	3,742	749	646	253
African languages	5,240	976	1,974	472
Amharic	3,770	832	1,640	434
Berber	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Cushite	585	413	105	134
Swahili	190	124	55	88
Bantu	35	40	(D)	(D)
Mande	45	54	(D)	(D)
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gur	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	490	216	115	101
Efik	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
African	75	69	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	4,068	868	1,405	419
Finnish	370	217	100	89
Estonian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Caucasian	105	128	70	82
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	3,535	821	1,195	396
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)

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.