Languages spoken in Ventura 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 Ventura County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Ventura 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	774,168	36	129,893	2,985
Speak only English at home	481,172	3,563	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	292,996	3,564	129,893	2,985
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	232,032	3,058	108,650	2,607
Spanish	232,030	3,058	108,650	2,607
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	22,619	1,593	5,502	607
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,727	481	521	237
French	2,725	481	520	237
French Creole	33	27	(B)	-
Italian	1,138	271	330	121
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	699	252	127	79
Portuguese	700	252	125	79
German (incl Luxembourgian)	3,046	464	476	188
German	3,045	464	475	188
Yiddish	142	136	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	574	152	46	33
Dutch	510	142	45	33
Afrikaans	65	71	(B)	-
Scandinavian languages	646	196	114	61
Swedish	360	165	(D)	(D)
Danish	160	101	45	48
Norwegian	90	48	35	33
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Greek	279	136	41	39
Russian	1,511	421	357	178
Polish	514	202	82	51
Serbo-Croatian languages	448	203	66	54
Serbocroatian	140	121	40	48
Croatian	35	40	(B)	-
Serbian	270	117	25	22
Other Slavic languages	389	175	108	102
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Czech	75	57	(D)	(D)
Slovak	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bulgarian	255	161	90	97
Slovene	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Armenian	839	258	144	85
Persian	3,717	718	1,492	368
Hindi	2,221	557	420	193
Gujarati	611	287	249	146
Urdu	437	254	55	50
Other Indic languages	1,953	481	701	254
India nec3	105	91	80	71
Bengali	490	247	185	115
Panjabi	655	324	200	160
Marathi	340	133	40	37
Oriya	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nepali	120	104	90	87
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Sinhalese	210	148	90	81
Other Indo-European languages	695	332	173	129
Jamaican Creole	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	295	142	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	60	57	(B)	-
Albanian	225	258	100	118
Lithuanian	35	28	(D)	(D)
Pashto	45	65	30	45
Kurdish	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	33,506	1,155	14,046	879
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,010	897	4,025	548
Chinese	5,135	722	2,645	473
Hakka	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	805	278	340	183
Mandarin	1,685	439	805	261
Formosan	375	207	230	153
Japanese	1,897	348	816	206
Korean	3,150	630	1,714	383
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	237	138	121	79
Hmong	97	108	67	81
Thai	819	266	515	188
Laotian	116	97	16	25
Vietnamese	3,339	571	2,001	381
Other Asian languages	2,539	443	378	137
Uighur	75	114	(D)	(D)
Turkish	120	109	(D)	(D)
Mongolian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Telugu	985	256	170	97
Kannada	250	156	(D)	(D)
Malayalam	260	173	(D)	(D)
Tamil	760	242	70	65
Burmese	25	27	15	18
Mien	55	97	(D)	(D)
Tagalog	12,356	923	4,020	470
Other Pacific Island languages	946	258	373	121
Indonesian	175	93	55	47
Malay	95	80	55	56
Bisayan	115	87	(D)	(D)
Pangasinan	25	25	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	280	143	155	107
Pampangan	70	78	30	33
Chamorro	35	44	(D)	(D)
Marshallese	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	75	48	(D)	(D)
Tongan	30	36	(B)	-
Hawaiian	20	27	(D)	(D)
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	4,839	780	1,695	429
Other Native North American languages	28	26	(B)	-
Sierra Miwok	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	501	215	164	117
Arabic	3,004	704	1,136	375
Hebrew	650	244	102	63
African languages	242	121	33	33
Amharic	125	100	(D)	(D)
Swahili	55	52	(D)	(D)
Bantu	50	51	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	15	20	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	414	258	260	222
Finnish	35	31	(D)	(D)
Syriac	115	123	(B)	-
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Oto - Manguen	245	222	245	222
Quechua	(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.