Languages spoken in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Stanislaus 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	478,720	7	80,064	2,140
Speak only English at home	283,971	2,861	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	194,749	2,859	80,064	2,140
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	150,591	2,340	62,608	1,755
Spanish	150,590	2,340	62,610	1,755
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	19,536	1,589	7,255	840
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	801	206	58	39
French	800	206	60	39
French Creole	16	26	(B)	-
Italian	314	140	34	36
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	4,448	689	1,595	338
Portuguese	4,450	689	1,595	338
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,231	303	180	128
German	1,230	303	180	128
Yiddish	18	41	18	41
Other West Germanic languages	225	92	48	38
Dutch	225	92	50	38
Scandinavian languages	181	95	(B)	-
Swedish	30	23	(B)	-
Danish	75	69	(B)	-
Norwegian	75	60	(B)	-
Greek	209	111	87	60
Russian	534	231	220	168
Polish	141	103	63	54
Serbo-Croatian languages	86	70	29	33
Serbocroatian	40	63	(B)	-
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Serbian	30	34	20	32
Other Slavic languages	24	30	24	30
Bielorussian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Armenian	524	240	188	122
Persian	1,245	498	853	419
Hindi	3,647	792	950	285
Gujarati	196	112	147	95
Urdu	164	124	24	29
Other Indic languages	4,878	882	2,566	662
India nec3	150	205	(D)	(D)
Bengali	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Panjabi	4,625	902	2,525	664
Nepali	60	100	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	654	590	171	143
Romanian	555	569	85	67
Lithuanian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	85	136	85	136
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	14,408	1,234	6,041	762
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	2,394	651	1,304	377
Chinese	1,260	504	720	287
Cantonese	565	232	375	183
Mandarin	505	310	145	86
Formosan	65	71	65	71
Japanese	464	188	134	82
Korean	533	269	423	238
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	3,074	566	1,276	287
Hmong	356	185	205	157
Thai	104	96	(B)	-
Laotian	1,617	457	704	220
Vietnamese	1,253	341	713	243
Other Asian languages	178	169	52	79
Turkish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Telugu	45	67	(B)	-
Malayalam	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	95	150	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	3,468	647	980	294
Other Pacific Island languages	967	345	250	155
Indonesian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cham	15	44	(D)	(D)
Bisayan	55	64	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	40	43	20	22
Ilocano	50	44	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Palau	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	405	262	(D)	(D)
Tongan	95	165	(D)	(D)
Fijian	115	132	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	10,214	1,219	4,160	569
Navajo	9	18	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	101	70	(B)	-
Cheyenne	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pomo	40	42	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	13	24	6	11
Arabic	1,850	614	747	268
Hebrew	47	71	(B)	-
African languages	105	64	35	48
Amharic	50	49	(D)	(D)
Cushite	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Swahili	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	8,089	1,139	3,372	542
Basque	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Syriac	8,065	1,134	3,345	537
Mayan languages	(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.