Languages spoken in San Diego 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 Diego County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in San Diego 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 over2,931,5628476,4056,123
    Speak only English at home1,835,3817,033(X)(X)
    Speak a language other than English at home1,096,1817,032476,4056,123
    SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE725,3195,615319,8805,541
    Spanish725,2955,618319,8805,541
    Ladino(D)(D)(B)-
    OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES91,7323,44425,9541,777
    French (incl Patois, Cajun)9,2167871,630290
    French9,1357981,620291
    Patois6561(B)-
    Cajun2043(D)(D)
    French Creole720310180110
    Italian5,8206941,616365
    Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)5,2807731,391407
    Portuguese5,2807731,390407
    German (incl Luxembourgian)10,9348231,429252
    German10,9358231,430252
    Yiddish2511191014
    Other West Germanic languages2,14537919597
    Dutch1,86035118093
    Afrikaans275128(D)(D)
    Frisian(D)(D)(B)-
    Scandinavian languages2,630562241100
    Swedish1,58536611583
    Danish40513810565
    Norwegian5053542522
    Icelandic135137(B)-
    Greek1,803386297133
    Russian8,8131,0834,176639
    Polish2,352425758314
    Serbo-Croatian languages2,614574708276
    Serbocroatian3651689561
    Croatian4551977054
    Serbian1,795516540268
    Other Slavic languages2,616478887298
    Ukrainian760355360218
    Czech535206220140
    Slovak21515085107
    Bulgarian940284225115
    Macedonian160145(B)-
    Slovene(D)(D)(B)-
    Armenian2,563775700291
    Persian14,0341,4745,788760
    Hindi6,4251,0191,610562
    Gujarati2,330676771321
    Urdu2,196697824437
    Other Indic languages4,6428441,471446
    India nec330520490112
    Bengali850383260199
    Panjabi1,940592755345
    Marathi945298120101
    Oriya5046(B)-
    Nepali6561(D)(D)
    Sindhi(D)(D)(B)-
    Pakistan nec3(D)(D)(B)-
    Sinhalese425233200161
    Romany(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Other Indo-European languages4,3487241,272321
    Jamaican Creole11578(D)(D)
    Krio4545(D)(D)
    Pidgin5568(B)-
    Catalonian7072(D)(D)
    Romanian1,055330230161
    Welsh(D)(D)(B)-
    Irish Gaelic3551605551
    Scottic Gaelic(D)(D)(B)-
    Albanian27517510053
    Lithuanian2401199566
    Latvian(D)(D)(B)-
    Pashto5854019077
    Kurdish1,485431655215
    ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES232,3783,139109,1212,500
    Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)41,1382,16220,2961,294
    Chinese27,4951,78414,0501,114
    Hakka(D)(D)(B)-
    Cantonese4,5106581,980396
    Mandarin7,4501,0833,390651
    Formosan1,650520875285
    Wu(D)(D)(B)-
    Japanese12,6181,1295,968754
    Korean13,7101,3747,302920
    Mon-Khmer, Cambodian4,7856592,291380
    Hmong1,416435516222
    Thai2,2704401,254269
    Laotian5,9369193,254604
    Vietnamese41,9592,37126,0761,693
    Other Asian languages8,5401,0302,768466
    Kazakh(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Uighur380575100137
    Azerbaijani(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Turkish1,195310380194
    Telugu2,820665770291
    Kannada58526614088
    Malayalam445178(D)(D)
    Tamil1,920442485205
    Tibetan8091(D)(D)
    Burmese470189260122
    Karen455248430232
    Mien135150(D)(D)
    Tagalog90,1972,75135,5801,561
    Other Pacific Island languages9,8098373,816564
    Indonesian1,040329355155
    Malay15011410598
    Bisayan685298285127
    Sebuano465305220191
    Pangasinan1601225057
    Ilocano2,155498905250
    Bikol6582(D)(D)
    Pampangan1451008589
    Chamorro1,300327205116
    Gilbertese(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Kusaiean(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Marshallese115169(D)(D)
    Palau(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Samoan2,9206441,355463
    Tongan2451518060
    Tokelauan(D)(D)(B)-
    Fijian2524(B)-
    Hawaiian2652725553
    ALL OTHER LANGUAGES46,7522,76721,4501,753
    Navajo151117(B)-
    Other Native North American languages4161767278
    Cheyenne(D)(D)(B)-
    Ojibwa(D)(D)(B)-
    Achumawi(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Yuma(D)(D)(B)-
    Diegueno8545(D)(D)
    Crow(D)(D)(B)-
    Dakota2019(D)(D)
    Keres85116(D)(D)
    Cherokee5039(B)-
    Ute(D)(D)(B)-
    Shoshoni(D)(D)(B)-
    Cahuilla2527(B)-
    Cupeno109(B)-
    Luiseno2021(D)(D)
    American Indian3541(B)-
    Hungarian1,266332534198
    Arabic19,6241,74110,1331,331
    Hebrew1,671389410151
    African languages11,9271,6174,323856
    Amharic3,5608921,765594
    Berber4547(D)(D)
    Chadic(D)(D)(B)-
    Cushite5,8901,1881,905578
    Sudanic2052554053
    Nilotic155143(B)-
    Swahili36018011077
    Bantu600318195135
    Mande(D)(D)(D)(D)
    Fulani7574(B)-
    Kru, Ibo, Yoruba925435215195
    Efik70736071
    African(D)(D)(B)-
    Other and unspecified languages11,6971,5855,978989
    Finnish555318140139
    Estonian230186(D)(D)
    Basque2534(D)(D)
    Syriac10,5751,5255,590963
    Aztecan(D)(D)(B)-
    Mayan languages70806578
    Oto - Manguen150100150100
    Quechua1017(D)(D)
    Uncodable4539(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.


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