Languages spoken in Riverside 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 Riverside County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Riverside 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
  • Armenian
  • Persian
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati
  • Urdu
  • Other Indic languages
  • Other Indo-European languages

  • ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES
  • Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Thai
  • Laotian
  • Vietnamese
  • Other Asian languages
  • Tagalog
  • Other Pacific Island languages

  • ALL OTHER LANGUAGES
  • Navajo
  • Other Native North American languages
  • Hungarian
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • African languages
  • Other and unspecified languages



  • BY STATE
    BY COUNTY
    BY CITY
    LanguageNumber of speakersMargin of ErrorSpeak English less than "Very Well"Margin of Error
    Population 5 years and over2,067,3635324,5834,520
    Speak only English at home1,243,2346,186(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home824,1296,186324,5834,520
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE683,8575,403271,4524,071
    Spanish683,8455,403271,4504,071
    Ladino(D)(D)(B)-
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES43,0912,29911,9211,121
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)5,070634958222
    French4,955632960222
    Patois11093(B)-
    Cajun(D)(D)(B)-
    French Creole3251506577
    Italian2,244379465175
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)1,646377470207
    Portuguese1,645377470207
    German (incl Luxembourgian)5,328529840190
    German5,330529840190
    Yiddish2241901724
    Other West Germanic languages1,766389290119
    Dutch1,475352220100
    Afrikaans2701387052
    Frisian2530(B)-
    Scandinavian languages7911887155
    Swedish280133(D)(D)
    Danish245985050
    Norwegian23598(B)-
    Icelandic(D)(D)(B)-
    Greek65018914377
    Russian1,716392687251
    Polish1,331379464252
    Serbo-Croatian languages560240196101
    Serbocroatian115844037
    Croatian165975563
    Serbian28020010074
    Other Slavic languages6272268770
    Ukrainian7552(D)(D)
    Czech7553(D)(D)
    Slovak6560(B)-
    Bulgarian3552025063
    Macedonian4548(D)(D)
    Slovene1014(B)-
    Armenian899329163104
    Persian4,0857551,566352
    Hindi3,243804759242
    Gujarati2,045792735314
    Urdu2,709630837270
    Other Indic languages5,3811,5952,112738
    India nec31551306561
    Bengali45025411594
    Panjabi4,0051,5611,750723
    Marathi3552772024
    Nepali1151278593
    Sindhi7090(D)(D)
    Pakistan nec390103(D)(D)
    Sinhalese145805039
    Other Indo-European languages2,451550996287
    Jamaican Creole(D)(D)(B)-
    Krio120120(D)(D)
    Pidgin7062(B)-
    Catalonian2542(B)-
    Romanian1,585420775223
    Welsh(D)(D)(B)-
    Irish Gaelic5558(B)-
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian100895564
    Lithuanian120824540
    Latvian3026(B)-
    Pashto75139(D)(D)
    Kurdish20517275119
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES83,3772,27337,2631,603
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)14,7811,4388,042895
    Chinese8,9459705,080649
    Cantonese2,325750970412
    Mandarin2,7105571,405402
    Formosan780304560263
    Wu(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Japanese2,8285821,274356
    Korean9,7691,1535,631699
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian3,2798481,553389
    Hmong1,148421545250
    Thai2,2696771,345455
    Laotian1,414430772273
    Vietnamese11,6321,3376,237950
    Other Asian languages1,395519382214
    Kazakh(D)(D)(B)-
    Uighur(D)(D)(B)-
    Azerbaijani(D)(D)(B)-
    Turkish2551554541
    Mongolian851145589
    Dravidian2538(B)-
    Telugu1951224037
    Kannada(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Malayalam1651235054
    Tamil1901164544
    Munda(D)(D)(B)-
    Burmese340307130130
    Kachin(D)(D)(B)-
    Mien(D)(D)(B)-
    Tagalog30,1751,7109,388815
    Other Pacific Island languages4,6877462,094528
    Indonesian1,190411655301
    Malay(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Bisayan960465560374
    Sebuano1801192534
    Ilocano435153290134
    Pampangan5557(D)(D)
    Chamorro190130(D)(D)
    Ponapean(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Samoan70521214069
    Tongan805366275180
    Fijian(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Hawaiian6072(B)-
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES13,8041,5853,947680
    Navajo5549815
    Other Native North American languages2441162628
    Cocomaricopa(D)(D)(B)-
    Mohave(D)(D)(B)-
    Diegueno3539(D)(D)
    Dakota(D)(D)(B)-
    Muskogee(D)(D)(B)-
    Keres2027(B)-
    Cherokee2533(B)-
    Hopi7094(B)-
    Cahuilla108(B)-
    Luiseno4555(D)(D)
    Serrano(D)(D)(B)-
    American Indian1517(D)(D)
    Hungarian71422217467
    Arabic8,0481,2332,816542
    Hebrew647340169241
    African languages3,343895508226
    Amharic5905285053
    Chadic(D)(D)(B)-
    Cushite9593(D)(D)
    Sudanic(D)(D)(B)-
    Nilotic(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Swahili5553158058
    Bantu310184(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba1,685588310202
    Efik(D)(D)(B)-
    African45734573
    Other and unspecified languages753326246162
    Finnish195131(D)(D)
    Estonian(D)(D)(B)-
    Caucasian(D)(D)(B)-
    Basque6573(D)(D)
    Syriac395280200158
    Aztecan(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Mayan languages(D)(D)(B)-
    Oto - Manguen(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Arawakian(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.


    Surnames by race:  Asian   |  Black   |  Hispanic   |  Native American   |  Two or More Races   |  White

    Surnames Alphabetical:  A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

    Most Common Male Names:  1-300  |   301-600  |   601-900  |   901+  |   Alphabetical list

    Most Common Female Names:  1-1000 1001-2000  |   2001-3000  |   3001+  |   Alphabetical list

    Popular Baby Names in the U.S. (Historic)  Boys: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000        Girls: 1-250  |  251-500  |  501-750  |  751-1000

    Ancestry in the United States:  Ancestry by city  |   Mexican  |   German  |   Irish  |   English  |   African American  |   More





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