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Persons 5 years & Over

Los Angeles County
2015 Estimate*

Asian Languages

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Note: Total population number (Age 5+) is for all persons older than age 4 in the community, regardless of language spoken at home.

Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Acton** 6,676 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Agoura Hills 19,838 372 0 62 0 0 33 0 0 45
Alhambra 80,494 27,838 786 816 527 0 279 72 3,535 512
Alondra Park** 7,179 227 0 16 0 0 0 0 791 0
Altadena** 42,310 429 141 104 0 0 69 0 67 18
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Arcadia 55,457 22,895 450 1,657 0 0 139 48 613 1,111
Artesia 16,072 1,188 0 382 154 0 92 80 50 205
Avalon 3,462 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avocado Heights** 14,831 533 10 48 18 0 10 13 199 12
Azusa 45,078 880 78 412 0 15 85 20 143 63
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Baldwin Park 71,598 5,571 10 184 278 5 197 369 1,899 170
Bell 32,954 11 0 66 53 0 0 0 15 0
Bell Gardens 38,773 19 0 14 5 0 0 0 40 0
Bellflower 71,977 342 48 941 583 0 490 31 604 0
Beverly Hills 33,370 563 285 1,017 0 0 0 10 22 106
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Bradbury 806 142 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burbank 5,308 77 38 23 0 0 0 0 127 16
Calabasas 23,293 513 61 331 0 0 19 0 28 118
Carson 87,256 358 97 621 444 0 44 0 414 81
Cerritos 47,705 5,433 418 6,642 318 0 328 0 593 713
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Charter Oak** 8,721 76 48 171 0 0 0 0 82 0
Citrus** 10,502 163 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
Claremont 34,585 2,078 118 372 34 0 49 0 649 59
Commerce 12,162 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Compton 89,615 11 21 145 0 0 106 0 41 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Covina 44,998 1,626 89 156 10 48 321 0 199 185
Cudahy 22,058 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0
Culver City 37,484 793 894 488 72 0 113 0 343 408
Del Aire** 9,999 59 15 346 0 0 19 0 97 0
Desert View Highlands** 2,278 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Diamond Bar 54,221 12,901 473 4,661 184 0 102 0 1,003 212
Downey 105,629 473 122 1,726 209 0 208 0 174 168
Duarte 20,635 1,002 35 128 0 0 23 0 186 70
East Los Angeles** 116,008 426 105 23 0 16 0 72 69 9
East Pasadena** 5,721 830 30 39 56 0 9 0 41 4
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
East San Gabriel** 15,176 5,507 158 52 22 0 56 15 363 53
El Monte 108,116 19,239 89 156 357 0 162 15 8,606 291
El Segundo 15,794 104 104 62 2 0 14 0 71 0
Florence-Graham** 57,044 82 6 5 18 0 16 0 1 0
Gardena 56,302 548 2,237 3,382 6 0 193 11 1,436 156
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Glendale 186,659 2,111 950 8,059 42 0 229 0 788 757
Glendora 48,756 897 129 168 0 0 4 10 270 78
Hacienda Heights** 52,477 13,390 645 2,151 52 0 15 30 560 131
Hawaiian Gardens 13,192 34 0 827 74 0 50 0 29 0
Hawthorne 80,440 484 231 270 26 0 104 0 763 72
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Hermosa Beach 18,596 110 59 28 0 0 28 0 27 0
Hidden Hills 1,517 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huntington Park 53,793 0 11 63 0 0 0 0 124 5
Industry 403 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inglewood 102,957 277 168 62 0 0 98 4 83 124
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Irwindale 1,304 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 19,580 641 258 2,283 0 0 74 0 174 133
La Crescenta-Montrose** 19,044 94 122 3,568 0 0 22 0 0 246
La Habra Heights 5,217 515 67 180 0 0 0 0 24 0
La Mirada 46,474 448 98 3,726 13 1 101 0 222 145
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
La Puente 37,406 1,668 39 96 0 0 8 3 557 0
La Verne 30,137 867 29 140 0 0 44 0 131 10
Ladera Heights** 7,251 49 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
Lake Los Angeles** 11,388 0 0 22 46 0 0 0 1 0
Lakewood 76,285 1,084 159 687 770 0 454 44 1,258 59
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Lancaster 146,799 299 141 289 223 0 142 26 376 190
Lawndale 30,446 90 205 48 0 0 100 20 1,054 14
Lennox** 20,066 55 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
Littlerock** 2,062 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 19,502 162 905 403 0 0 31 0 28 81
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Long Beach 437,222 3,096 1,322 1,523 14,762 412 901 842 2,723 442
Los Angeles 3,651,196 60,132 17,909 95,725 4,055 313 11,635 488 16,872 10,505
Lynwood 65,223 37 29 116 11 0 81 0 210 0
Malibu 12,501 47 42 9 0 0 0 0 27 18
Manhattan Beach 33,472 844 108 373 52 0 10 0 0 76
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Marina del Rey** 8,911 273 112 144 0 0 0 0 77 86
Mayflower Village** 5,070 927 0 9 0 0 0 0 15 10
Maywood 25,049 16 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monrovia 34,397 2,024 55 80 65 0 45 14 67 15
Montebello 59,120 2,919 537 601 191 0 212 0 183 352
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Monterey Park 58,173 24,591 1,714 945 616 4 302 52 2,220 317
North El Monte** 3,967 922 34 0 17 0 0 0 113 42
Norwalk 99,199 1,617 126 2,843 545 0 221 70 943 362
Palmdale 142,910 384 121 516 168 0 29 27 560 73
Palos Verdes Estates 13,058 756 351 205 0 0 0 0 67 32
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Paramount 50,905 32 14 209 196 66 15 34 135 0
Pasadena 131,817 6,264 912 1,730 179 42 162 0 592 602
Pico Rivera 59,357 325 11 121 0 0 46 0 159 61
Pomona 140,545 4,059 201 1,000 950 36 290 115 1,581 91
Quartz Hill** 10,024 14 0 16 0 0 0 0 8 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Rancho Palos Verdes 41,052 3,122 2,286 1,648 0 0 33 0 138 36
Redondo Beach 63,056 1,089 1,267 926 0 0 12 11 503 172
Rolling Hills 1,788 97 59 49 0 0 0 0 12 3
Rolling Hills Estates 7,876 281 329 692 0 0 0 0 0 58
Rosemead 51,986 18,958 168 447 559 0 48 86 7,737 577
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Rowland Heights** 48,131 16,139 144 2,807 172 0 271 111 687 150
San Dimas 32,425 1,619 69 174 28 0 49 0 369 120
San Fernando 22,686 47 0 12 0 0 12 12 13 0
San Gabriel 38,255 15,450 176 407 294 105 220 0 2,341 408
San Marino 12,609 5,032 78 204 0 0 19 0 126 74
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Santa Clarita 169,279 1,119 258 1,519 32 76 177 23 514 385
Santa Fe Springs 16,053 135 6 539 0 0 0 0 46 0
Santa Monica 88,076 1,775 1,059 946 0 0 42 14 178 608
Sierra Madre 10,460 433 74 31 8 0 0 0 58 20
Signal Hill 10,413 147 10 23 448 0 0 11 150 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
South El Monte 19,020 1,046 20 0 32 0 0 0 851 16
South Gate 88,245 60 8 107 33 0 63 0 31 0
South Pasadena 24,488 2,592 508 1,516 67 0 55 0 154 40
South San Gabriel** 8,378 1,827 280 61 56 0 0 21 835 380
South San Jose Hills** 19,395 619 0 43 31 0 0 0 178 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
South Whittier** 55,005 195 37 167 54 8 162 123 242 30
Temple City 34,213 13,394 297 292 152 0 52 0 1,452 165
Torrance 139,561 5,951 7,480 9,215 51 5 311 0 1,603 1,535
Valinda** 2,502 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Val Verde** 22,696 575 2 19 27 0 0 31 428 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Vernon 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
View Park-Windsor Hills** 10,732 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vincent** 15,865 506 0 1 0 0 0 17 106 10
Walnut 28,839 9,203 65 716 83 0 224 11 502 126
Walnut Park** 15,108 73 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
West Athens** 7,823 0 0 11 46 0 0 0 0 0
West Carson** 20,308 372 392 1,248 204 0 115 9 128 24
West Covina 101,678 9,202 389 367 261 0 416 159 2,602 182
West Hollywood 34,868 234 164 49 0 0 6 0 260 109
West Whittier-Los Nietos** 22,798 623 7 6 33 0 55 32 228 0
Community Total Population Age 5 & over Chinese Japanese Korean Mon-Khmer, Cambodian Miao, Hmong Thai Laotian Vietnamese Other Asian languages
Westmont** 25,764 28 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Westlake Village 8,159 109 9 9 16 0 0 0 14 40
West Puente Valley** 29,537 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Whittier 81,214 610 226 261 65 0 124 8 35 0
Willowbrook** 18,508 44 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

* Annual estimate from data collected by U.S. Census American Community Survey over the 5-Year period of 2011-2015.
** Unincorporated community.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau