Languages spoken in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Sonoma 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	459,962	72	49,856	1,886
Speak only English at home	342,615	2,494	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	117,347	2,488	49,856	1,886
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	89,065	1,898	40,656	1,616
Spanish	89,065	1,898	40,655	1,616
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	12,766	1,015	3,117	471
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,023	387	278	167
French	2,015	387	280	167
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
French Creole	165	185	107	150
Italian	1,272	234	226	83
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,300	379	528	236
Portuguese	1,300	379	530	236
German (incl Luxembourgian)	2,033	323	221	95
German	2,035	323	220	95
Yiddish	41	35	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	427	207	93	92
Dutch	380	200	95	92
Afrikaans	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Frisian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	417	154	26	39
Swedish	100	57	(D)	(D)
Danish	160	116	(B)	-
Norwegian	135	89	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	265	122	13	17
Russian	969	358	244	138
Polish	172	88	91	67
Serbo-Croatian languages	174	121	11	18
Serbocroatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Croatian	120	109	(D)	(D)
Serbian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other Slavic languages	375	199	110	77
Ukrainian	30	29	(D)	(D)
Czech	85	115	30	47
Slovak	25	29	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	150	127	60	55
Macedonian	75	83	(B)	-
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	132	130	17	22
Persian	727	353	237	145
Hindi	527	210	139	115
Gujarati	347	231	126	102
Urdu	358	278	197	186
Other Indic languages	873	350	372	198
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	430	197	180	99
Marathi	125	142	(D)	(D)
Nepali	315	222	135	141
Other Indo-European languages	169	104	81	70
Krio	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pidgin	25	27	(B)	-
Romanian	35	32	25	24
Lithuanian	50	62	35	59
Pashto	50	79	(D)	(D)
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	12,856	812	5,529	621
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,537	464	1,290	316
Chinese	1,365	319	670	212
Cantonese	530	253	325	164
Mandarin	465	237	180	122
Formosan	175	124	115	111
Japanese	856	250	230	120
Korean	848	281	471	177
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	803	378	395	218
Hmong	96	88	66	82
Thai	674	358	257	164
Laotian	933	374	429	165
Vietnamese	2,010	557	1,034	355
Other Asian languages	353	190	92	97
Turkish	50	49	(D)	(D)
Telugu	100	112	(D)	(D)
Kannada	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tamil	90	85	25	61
Burmese	25	31	20	29
Karen	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mien	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	2,574	502	961	249
Other Pacific Island languages	1,172	270	304	146
Indonesian	60	63	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sebuano	35	74	25	50
Pangasinan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Pampangan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	55	80	(B)	-
Samoan	95	83	(D)	(D)
Tongan	250	181	(D)	(D)
Fijian	475	238	70	77
Hawaiian	40	48	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	2,660	586	554	208
Navajo	15	19	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	43	36	4	6
Karok	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pomo	15	19	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hopi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	101	77	17	28
Arabic	479	251	132	103
Hebrew	115	58	(B)	-
African languages	1,763	494	373	177
Amharic	1,195	419	300	147
Swahili	220	177	(D)	(D)
Bantu	345	278	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	144	110	28	37
Finnish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	60	86	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Quechua	(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.