Languages spoken in Solano 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 Solano County [CA]

Table showing languages spoken in Solano 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	390,682	7	45,143	1,763
Speak only English at home	274,881	2,348	(X)	(X)
Speak a language other than English at home	115,801	2,348	45,143	1,763
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	64,921	1,957	28,211	1,455
Spanish	64,920	1,957	28,210	1,455
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	11,478	969	3,044	446
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	994	221	99	51
French	890	200	100	51
Patois	105	106	(B)	-
French Creole	48	55	36	46
Italian	550	172	100	77
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	1,087	343	166	96
Portuguese	1,085	343	165	96
German (incl Luxembourgian)	1,443	289	204	100
German	1,445	289	205	100
Yiddish	28	30	14	22
Other West Germanic languages	196	130	33	40
Dutch	135	107	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	60	68	25	38
Scandinavian languages	182	91	10	16
Swedish	80	67	(B)	-
Danish	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Norwegian	70	50	(B)	-
Icelandic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Greek	351	167	71	44
Russian	516	174	245	115
Polish	170	136	34	48
Serbo-Croatian languages	50	57	25	29
Serbian	50	57	(D)	(D)
Other Slavic languages	56	74	12	19
Ukrainian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Bulgarian	45	72	(D)	(D)
Armenian	7	10	(B)	-
Persian	736	287	249	118
Hindi	1,961	485	507	164
Gujarati	153	142	66	74
Urdu	321	201	58	64
Other Indic languages	2,541	644	1,064	315
India nec3	120	156	(B)	-
Bengali	25	33	(B)	-
Panjabi	2,270	649	1,030	313
Marathi	20	35	(B)	-
Nepali	35	69	(B)	-
Pakistan nec3	70	74	(D)	(D)
Other Indo-European languages	88	81	51	63
Krio	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Romanian	30	51	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	37,574	1,340	13,352	941
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	3,155	587	1,591	345
Chinese	1,825	432	960	252
Cantonese	740	318	345	197
Mandarin	525	261	240	139
Formosan	60	51	45	37
Japanese	1,222	292	465	141
Korean	1,121	383	704	293
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	55	55	(B)	-
Hmong	332	286	124	142
Thai	286	134	177	86
Laotian	183	126	126	97
Vietnamese	1,719	510	939	315
Other Asian languages	991	406	361	203
Turkish	120	141	35	41
Telugu	280	198	(D)	(D)
Tamil	100	100	(D)	(D)
Tibetan	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mien	480	287	275	192
Tagalog	26,559	1,270	8,365	786
Other Pacific Island languages	1,951	389	500	122
Indonesian	40	41	20	26
Bisayan	460	309	110	68
Sebuano	130	111	35	39
Pangasinan	35	31	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	365	118	120	53
Pampangan	95	73	60	52
Chamorro	440	166	50	41
Samoan	315	146	85	56
Tongan	60	47	(B)	-
Hawaiian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	1,828	415	536	215
Navajo	40	52	(B)	-
Other Native North American languages	76	79	14	20
Aleut	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Diegueno	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Choctaw	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hungarian	27	45	27	45
Arabic	786	282	328	156
Hebrew	19	18	(B)	-
African languages	785	301	156	129
Amharic	225	146	(D)	(D)
Chadic	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Swahili	45	50	(D)	(D)
Bantu	95	88	(D)	(D)
Mande	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fulani	130	192	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	190	136	(B)	-
African	45	62	(D)	(D)
Other and unspecified languages	95	49	11	18
Finnish	40	32	(B)	-
Caucasian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Arawakian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tupi-Guarani	(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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