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City of Los Angeles Demographics
1990 Census
LANGUAGE
AGE BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO
SPEAK ENGLISH
Persons 5 years and over
2000 Census
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5 to 17 years: |
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Speak only English |
230,204 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Speak English very well |
146,982 |
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Speak English well |
78,019 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
61,449 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Speak English very well |
21,280 |
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Speak English well |
10,811 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
5,011 |
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Speak other language: |
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Speak English very well |
19,863 |
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Speak English well |
5,574 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
3,247 |
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18 to 64 years: |
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Speak only English |
1,138,180 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Speak English very well |
245,262 |
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Speak English well |
178,828 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
377,217 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Speak English very well |
79,110 |
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Speak English well |
54,815 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
47,308 |
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Speak other language: |
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Speak English very well |
98,968 |
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Speak English well |
36,805 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
21,506 |
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65 years and over: |
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Speak only English |
237,831 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Speak English very well |
15,462 |
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Speak English well |
8,474 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
20,035 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Speak English very well |
6,912 |
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Speak English well |
5,747 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
14,642 |
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Speak other language: |
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Speak English very well |
18,948 |
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Speak English well |
8,821 |
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Speak English not well or not at all |
9,091 |
HOUSEHOLD LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC ISOLATION
Households
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Total Households |
1,219,770 |
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English |
684,270 |
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Spanish: |
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Linguistically isolated |
136,825 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
197,503 |
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Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
36,153 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
55,911 |
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Other language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
22,953 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
86,155 |
AGE, LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME, AND LINGUISTIC
ISOLATION
Persons 5 years and over in households
& group quarters
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In households: |
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5 to 13 years: |
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Speak only English: |
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Linguistically isolated: |
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Spanish spoken in household |
1,998 |
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Asian or Pacific Island language spoken in
household |
1,077 |
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Other language spoken in household |
374 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
162,010 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Linguistically isolated |
98,406 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
101,337 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
12,036 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
12,439 |
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Speak other language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
6,349 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
13,554 |
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14 to 17 years: |
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Speak only English |
62,772 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Linguistically isolated |
23,292 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
62,035 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
3,235 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
9,260 |
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Speak other language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
1,591 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
7,168 |
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18 to 64 years: |
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Speak only English |
1,103,843 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Linguistically isolated |
352,303 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
440,665 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
64,209 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
114,110 |
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Speak other language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
31,693 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
123,433 |
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65 years and over: |
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Speak only English |
224,845 |
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Speak Spanish: |
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Linguistically isolated |
15,697 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
27,469 |
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Speak Asian or Pacific Island language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
12,748 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
13,557 |
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Speak other language: |
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Linguistically isolated |
11,282 |
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Not linguistically isolated |
22,883 |
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Persons in group quarters |
68,732 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Persons 5 years and over
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Speak only English |
1,606,215 |
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German |
15,839 |
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Yiddish |
6,716 |
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Other West Germanic language |
2,900 |
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Scandinavian |
3,360 |
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Greek |
4,401 |
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Indic |
13,557 |
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Italian |
12,008 |
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French or French Creole |
20,135 |
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Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
3,328 |
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Spanish or Spanish Creole |
1,131,728 |
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Polish |
4,828 |
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Russian |
11,494 |
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South Slavic |
4,794 |
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Other Slavic language |
2,030 |
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Other Indo-European language |
76,101 |
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Arabic |
11,941 |
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Tagalog |
64,915 |
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Chinese |
58,028 |
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Hungarian |
5,732 |
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Japanese |
23,583 |
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Mon-Khmer |
3,925 |
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Korean |
63,473 |
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Native North American languages |
614 |
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Vietnamese |
15,097 |
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Other and unspecified languages |
39,660 |
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau
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