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Language Spoken at Home
Persons 5 Years of Age and Older
Los Angeles County, 2000 Census
1990 Census
|
Language Spoken |
Total Age 5 & over |
Age 5 to 17 years |
Age 18 years & over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Total |
8,791,096 |
100.00% |
1,931,560 |
100.00% |
6,859,536 |
100.00% |
|
Speak only English |
4,032,614 |
45.87% |
799,159 |
41.37% |
3,233,455 |
47.14% |
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
3,330,935 |
37.89% |
914,412 |
47.34% |
2,416,523 |
35.23% |
|
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) |
38,952 |
0.44% |
4,023 |
0.21% |
34,929 |
0.51% |
|
French Creole |
2,057 |
0.02% |
322 |
0.02% |
1,735 |
0.03% |
|
Italian |
21,088 |
0.24% |
1,277 |
0.07% |
19,811 |
0.29% |
|
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole |
10,112 |
0.12% |
1,360 |
0.07% |
8,752 |
0.13% |
|
German |
29,002 |
0.33% |
1,942 |
0.10% |
27,060 |
0.39% |
|
Yiddish |
5,314 |
0.06% |
237 |
0.01% |
5,077 |
0.07% |
|
Other West Germanic languages |
7,558 |
0.09% |
265 |
0.01% |
7,293 |
0.11% |
|
Scandinavian languages |
6,498 |
0.07% |
423 |
0.02% |
6,075 |
0.09% |
|
Greek |
7,455 |
0.08% |
427 |
0.02% |
7,028 |
0.10% |
|
Russian |
44,048 |
0.50% |
5,459 |
0.28% |
38,589 |
0.56% |
|
Polish |
6,731 |
0.08% |
624 |
0.03% |
6,107 |
0.09% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
7,672 |
0.09% |
635 |
0.03% |
7,037 |
0.10% |
|
Other Slavic languages |
6,220 |
0.07% |
674 |
0.03% |
5,546 |
0.08% |
|
Language Spoken |
Total Age 5 & over |
Age 5 to 17 years |
Age 18 years & over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Armenian |
138,015 |
1.57% |
27,495 |
1.42% |
110,520 |
1.61% |
|
Persian |
68,192 |
0.78% |
10,647 |
0.55% |
57,545 |
0.84% |
|
Gujarathi |
9,186 |
0.10% |
1,726 |
0.09% |
7,460 |
0.11% |
|
Hindi |
13,245 |
0.15% |
1,905 |
0.10% |
11,340 |
0.17% |
|
Urdu |
7,759 |
0.09% |
1,716 |
0.09% |
6,043 |
0.09% |
|
Other Indic languages |
19,450 |
0.22% |
3,139 |
0.16% |
16,311 |
0.24% |
|
Other Indo-European languages |
10,838 |
0.12% |
1,309 |
0.07% |
9,529 |
0.14% |
|
Chinese |
287,724 |
3.27% |
47,321 |
2.45% |
240,403 |
3.50% |
|
Japanese |
59,885 |
0.68% |
5,781 |
0.30% |
54,104 |
0.79% |
|
Korean |
165,158 |
1.88% |
29,891 |
1.55% |
135,267 |
1.97% |
|
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
29,117 |
0.33% |
9,509 |
0.49% |
19,608 |
0.29% |
|
Miao, Hmong |
449 |
0.01% |
160 |
0.01% |
289 |
0.00% |
|
Thai |
21,624 |
0.25% |
3,386 |
0.18% |
18,238 |
0.27% |
|
Laotian |
3,644 |
0.04% |
890 |
0.05% |
2,754 |
0.04% |
|
Vietnamese |
71,664 |
0.82% |
13,009 |
0.67% |
58,655 |
0.86% |
|
Other Asian languages |
12,843 |
0.15% |
1,381 |
0.07% |
11,462 |
0.17% |
|
Language Spoken |
Total Age 5 & over |
Age 5 to 17 years |
Age 18 years & over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Tagalog |
195,671 |
2.23% |
21,604 |
1.12% |
174,067 |
2.54% |
|
Other Pacific Island languages |
27,736 |
0.32% |
4,991 |
0.26% |
22,745 |
0.33% |
|
Navajo |
336 |
0.00% |
9 |
0.00% |
327 |
0.00% |
|
Other Native North American languages |
997 |
0.01% |
90 |
0.00% |
907 |
0.01% |
|
Hungarian |
8,238 |
0.09% |
495 |
0.03% |
7,743 |
0.11% |
|
Arabic |
37,148 |
0.42% |
6,533 |
0.34% |
30,615 |
0.45% |
|
Hebrew |
20,962 |
0.24% |
3,945 |
0.20% |
17,017 |
0.25% |
|
African languages |
15,615 |
0.18% |
2,059 |
0.11% |
13,556 |
0.20% |
|
Other and unspecified languages |
9,344 |
0.11% |
1,330 |
0.07% |
8,014 |
0.12% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
According to Professor
Vyacheslav
Ivanov of UCLA, there are at least 224
identified languages in Los Angeles County. This does not include
differing dialects. Professor Ivanov estimates that publications are
locally produced in about 180 of these languages. Only 92 languages
have been specifically identified among students of the Los Angeles
Unified School District.
Also see
Project
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