Languages spoken in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in San Bernardino 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	1,899,465	4	316,401	4,834
Speak only English at home	1,119,072	6,287	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	780,393	6,287	316,401	4,834
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	641,164	6,063	262,092	4,750
Spanish	641,165	6,063	262,090	4,750
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	31,054	2,365	8,247	1,078
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	2,925	465	603	185
French	2,910	463	605	185
Patois	15	20	(B)	-
French Creole	333	276	51	67
Italian	1,515	293	254	96
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	2,209	532	774	231
Portuguese	2,210	532	775	231
German (incl Luxembourgian)	4,243	750	468	191
German	4,245	750	470	191
Yiddish	3	9	(B)	-
Other West Germanic languages	1,075	236	226	91
Dutch	955	223	170	85
Afrikaans	55	55	(D)	(D)
Frisian	65	53	50	45
Scandinavian languages	601	234	94	63
Swedish	220	117	45	50
Danish	270	165	50	44
Norwegian	85	50	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	432	195	55	41
Russian	1,354	498	548	282
Polish	418	195	136	94
Serbo-Croatian languages	202	104	56	50
Serbocroatian	65	50	(D)	(D)
Croatian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Serbian	135	95	45	54
Other Slavic languages	274	170	132	126
Ukrainian	20	18	(D)	(D)
Czech	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Slovak	30	31	(B)	-
Bulgarian	180	166	105	119
Armenian	1,533	569	445	225
Persian	2,730	638	843	278
Hindi	2,233	649	557	335
Gujarati	1,933	581	752	320
Urdu	1,919	555	466	183
Other Indic languages	3,255	809	1,013	349
India nec3	255	205	65	73
Bengali	455	238	165	111
Panjabi	1,920	679	665	297
Marathi	345	164	115	86
Nepali	55	44	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	225	156	(B)	-
Other Indo-European languages	1,867	530	774	286
Jamaican Creole	55	51	(D)	(D)
Krio	130	196	60	97
Romanian	1,320	442	565	243
Welsh	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Irish Gaelic	35	34	(B)	-
Scottic Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Albanian	100	94	60	65
Lithuanian	20	26	(D)	(D)
Latvian	55	60	(B)	-
Pashto	85	85	(D)	(D)
Balochi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	90,947	2,021	40,735	1,790
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	22,525	1,827	12,453	1,209
Chinese	11,960	1,355	6,615	774
Cantonese	1,975	495	1,075	435
Mandarin	7,190	1,192	3,865	760
Formosan	1,400	390	895	252
Japanese	2,267	350	999	215
Korean	11,161	1,514	6,252	900
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	3,689	1,596	1,564	521
Hmong	439	263	198	174
Thai	2,290	423	1,231	310
Laotian	673	333	303	185
Vietnamese	10,549	1,022	6,333	655
Other Asian languages	1,799	424	538	244
Turkish	190	130	30	31
Telugu	640	287	330	224
Kannada	145	108	55	50
Malayalam	310	144	20	25
Tamil	220	132	(D)	(D)
Munda	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Burmese	215	125	90	63
Karen	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tagalog	27,154	1,721	7,598	890
Other Pacific Island languages	8,401	1,071	3,266	556
Indonesian	4,250	782	1,960	407
Malagasy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Malay	155	128	80	88
Bisayan	240	140	80	46
Sebuano	280	212	80	80
Ilocano	300	160	100	79
Bikol	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pampangan	30	62	(D)	(D)
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chamorro	145	100	(D)	(D)
Kusaiean	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marshallese	30	37	30	37
Palau	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Samoan	1,345	451	570	311
Tongan	1,350	723	285	172
Fijian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hawaiian	150	114	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	17,228	1,822	5,327	841
Navajo	222	132	33	37
Other Native North American languages	259	102	45	48
Apache	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Karok	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mohave	45	27	(D)	(D)
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chemehuevi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hopi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cahuilla	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pima	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hungarian	330	129	118	63
Arabic	10,240	1,467	4,019	831
Hebrew	258	119	(B)	-
African languages	5,122	1,022	867	266
Amharic	1,360	875	310	191
Cushite	70	68	40	58
Swahili	405	274	(D)	(D)
Bantu	540	363	240	233
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Gur	175	285	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	2,405	528	260	132
Efik	35	49	(B)	-
African	55	60	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	797	303	245	136
Finnish	80	79	(B)	-
Basque	50	42	(B)	-
Syriac	465	281	40	37
Aztecan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	55	64	55	64
Oto - Manguen	65	94	65	94
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.

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