Languages in Congressional District 17, California (Congressional District)

Language Spoken At Home#1

Percentage of the total population living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of California and Congressional District 17
Congressional District 17
California
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountChinese1SpanishVietnameseHindiTagalog2TeluguTamilKoreanDravidian languages3Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …PunjabiGujaratiJapanesePersian4UrduAustronesian5RussianPortugueseArabicBengali14.172068%3.166440%14.172068%14.2%99,22899.2k11.261615%28.787214%11.261615%11.3%78,85078.9k6.099268%1.499940%6.099268%6.1%42,70542.7k5.076082%0.476708%5.076082%5.1%35,54135.5k4.824856%2.192775%4.824856%4.8%33,78233.8k2.594813%0.148252%2.594813%2.6%18,16818.2k2.096788%0.138035%2.096788%2.1%14,68114.7k1.588480%1.023553%1.588480%1.6%11,12211.1k1.291122%0.082911%1.291122%1.3%9,0401.209999%0.135510%1.209999%1.2%8,4721.078601%0.372727%1.078601%1.1%7,5520.880220%0.126274%0.880220%0.9%6,1630.878077%0.389153%0.878077%0.9%6,1480.793098%0.543667%0.793098%0.8%5,5530.785100%0.141794%0.785100%0.8%5,4970.675554%0.339705%0.675554%0.7%4,7300.646132%0.437086%0.646132%0.6%4,5240.505880%0.220146%0.505880%0.5%3,5420.492455%0.479894%0.492455%0.5%3,4480.450750%0.070337%0.450750%0.5%3,156
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Malayalam, Kannada 4including Farsi, Dari 5including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian

Speaking English 'Very Well'#2

Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of California and Congressional District 17
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
California
Congressional District 17
50%0%50%Don'tDoHindiTamilDravidian languages1Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …BengaliTeluguGujaratiArabicUrduPersian2Tagalog3Austronesian4SpanishPortugueseRussianPunjabiChinese5KoreanJapaneseVietnamese-13.412678%-19.216487%-13.412678%13.4%86.587322%80.783513%86.587322%86.6%4,76730,77430.8k-13.548123%-16.543101%-13.548123%13.5%86.451877%83.456899%86.451877%86.5%1,98912,69212.7k-14.181416%-19.212036%-14.181416%14.2%85.818584%80.787964%85.818584%85.8%1,2827,758-15.462701%-26.863021%-15.462701%15.5%84.537299%73.136979%84.537299%84.5%1,3107,162-16.508238%-32.752654%-16.508238%16.5%83.491762%67.247346%83.491762%83.5%5212,635-19.336196%-21.432836%-19.336196%19.3%80.663804%78.567164%80.663804%80.7%3,51314,65514.7k-21.580399%-28.479432%-21.580399%21.6%78.419601%71.520568%78.419601%78.4%1,3304,833-22.331787%-38.642337%-22.331787%22.3%77.668213%61.357663%77.668213%77.7%7702,678-24.558850%-27.371501%-24.558850%24.6%75.441150%72.628499%75.441150%75.4%1,3504,147-31.046281%-39.010791%-31.046281%31.0%68.953719%60.989209%68.953719%69.0%1,7243,829-33.260316%-33.688871%-33.260316%33.3%66.739684%66.311129%66.739684%66.7%11,23611.2k22,54622.5k-34.735729%-35.282000%-34.735729%34.7%65.264271%64.718000%65.264271%65.3%1,6433,087-35.094483%-42.102823%-35.094483%35.1%64.905517%57.897177%64.905517%64.9%27,67227.7k51,17851.2k-36.843591%-31.075597%-36.843591%36.8%63.156409%68.924403%63.156409%63.2%1,3052,237-38.638373%-45.375790%-38.638373%38.6%61.361627%54.624210%61.361627%61.4%1,7482,776-39.525953%-44.208136%-39.525953%39.5%60.474047%55.791864%60.474047%60.5%2,9854,567-49.940541%-56.488341%-49.940541%49.9%50.059459%43.511659%50.059459%50.1%49,55549.6k49,67349.7k-53.830246%-56.793997%-53.830246%53.8%46.169754%43.206003%46.169754%46.2%5,9875,135-55.904359%-45.740847%-55.904359%55.9%44.095641%54.259153%44.095641%44.1%3,4372,711-58.363189%-59.066971%-58.363189%58.4%41.636811%40.933029%41.636811%41.6%24,92424.9k17,78117.8k
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Malayalam, Kannada 2including Farsi, Dari 3including Filipino 4including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 5including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by Congressional District in California

There are 53 congressional districts in California. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in California and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Chinese1 Spoken at Home by Congressional District#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Chinese1 is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in California, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%5%10%15%20%Count#Congressional District 27CA-27Congressional District 12CA-12Congressional District 17CA-17Congressional District 14CA-14Congressional District 39CA-39Congressional District 13CA-13Congressional District 32CA-32Congressional District 18CA-18Congressional District 15CA-15Congressional District 45CA-45Congressional District 52CA-52Congressional District 19CA-19Congressional District 34CA-34Congressional District 11CA-11CaliforniaCongressional District 33CA-33Congressional District 6CA-6Congressional District 38CA-38Congressional District 37CA-37Congressional District 7CA-7Congressional District 48CA-48Congressional District 35CA-35Congressional District 3CA-3Congressional District 42CA-42Congressional District 47CA-47Congressional District 31CA-31Congressional District 9CA-9Congressional District 28CA-28Congressional District 30CA-30Congressional District 26CA-26Congressional District 43CA-43United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 24CA-24Congressional District 53CA-53Congressional District 2CA-2Congressional District 10CA-10Congressional District 29CA-29Congressional District 16CA-16Congressional District 36CA-36Congressional District 44CA-44Congressional District 40CA-40Congressional District 21CA-2122.733153%22.733153%22.7%154,813155k117.060625%17.060625%17.1%120,498120k214.172068%14.172068%14.2%99,22899.2k312.132337%12.132337%12.1%84,79884.8k410.713672%10.713672%10.7%72,99973.0k58.434675%8.434675%8.4%58,91358.9k67.400719%7.400719%7.4%49,91449.9k77.113339%7.113339%7.1%48,97149.0k86.969969%6.969969%7.0%48,97149.0k95.244494%5.244494%5.2%37,09237.1k104.096626%4.096626%4.1%28,64528.6k113.563277%3.563277%3.6%24,91524.9k123.296467%3.296467%3.3%22,24422.2k133.184808%3.184808%3.2%22,12922.1k143.166440%3.166440%3.2%1,144,8151.14M2.932205%2.932205%2.9%19,91719.9k152.737592%2.737592%2.7%18,64118.6k162.506314%2.506314%2.5%16,84116.8k172.262997%2.262997%2.3%15,35515.4k182.219548%2.219548%2.2%15,25215.3k191.747660%1.747660%1.7%12,00712.0k201.599886%1.599886%1.6%10,86110.9k211.574284%1.574284%1.6%10,65610.7k221.467914%1.467914%1.5%10,39810.4k231.340020%1.340020%1.3%9,016241.297569%1.297569%1.3%8,798251.189938%1.189938%1.2%8,183261.177039%1.177039%1.2%8,039271.148765%1.148765%1.1%8,120281.078163%1.078163%1.1%7,263291.072617%1.072617%1.1%7,173301.060159%1.060159%1.1%3,166,6023.17M0.885041%0.885041%0.9%6,065340.789999%0.789999%0.8%5,572350.596439%0.596439%0.6%4,041380.542078%0.542078%0.5%3,665410.412556%0.412556%0.4%2,763450.368124%0.368124%0.4%2,419490.332850%0.332850%0.3%2,297500.214301%0.214301%0.2%1,425510.186621%0.186621%0.2%1,216520.120922%0.120922%0.1%78553
Count number of people speaking Chinese1 at home
# rank of congressional district out of 53 by percentage speaking Chinese1 at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by Congressional District in the West

There are 102 congressional districts in the West. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in the West and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Chinese1 Spoken at Home by Congressional District#23

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Chinese1 is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in the West, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%5%10%15%20%Count#Congressional District 27CA-27Congressional District 12CA-12Congressional District 17CA-17Congressional District 14CA-14Congressional District 39CA-39Congressional District 13CA-13Congressional District 32CA-32Congressional District 18CA-18Congressional District 15CA-15Congressional District 45CA-45Congressional District 9WA-9Congressional District 1HI-1Congressional District 52CA-52Congressional District 19CA-19Congressional District 34CA-34Congressional District 11CA-11CaliforniaCongressional District 33CA-33Congressional District 6CA-6Congressional District 38CA-38Congressional District 7WA-7Congressional District 37CA-37Congressional District 7CA-7Congressional District 3NV-3Congressional District 1WA-1Congressional District 48CA-48Congressional District 35CA-35Congressional District 3CA-3Congressional District 8WA-8Congressional District 42CA-42Congressional District 47CA-47Congressional District 3OR-3Congressional District 30CA-30Congressional District 1OR-1United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 49CA-49Congressional District 41CA-41Congressional District 25CA-25Congressional District 2UT-2Congressional District 8AZ-8Congressional District 4NV-4Congressional District 4CO-4Congressional District 1ID-1Congressional District 3NM-3Congressional District 4AZ-4Congressional District 2OR-2Congressional District (at Large)MT-At LargeCongressional District 21CA-21Congressional District 3CO-322.733153%22.733153%22.7%154,813155k117.060625%17.060625%17.1%120,498120k214.172068%14.172068%14.2%99,22899.2k312.132337%12.132337%12.1%84,79884.8k410.713672%10.713672%10.7%72,99973.0k58.434675%8.434675%8.4%58,91358.9k67.400719%7.400719%7.4%49,91449.9k77.113339%7.113339%7.1%48,97149.0k86.969969%6.969969%7.0%48,97149.0k95.244494%5.244494%5.2%37,09237.1k105.214489%5.214489%5.2%34,87234.9k114.209779%4.209779%4.2%27,97228.0k124.096626%4.096626%4.1%28,64528.6k133.563277%3.563277%3.6%24,91524.9k143.296467%3.296467%3.3%22,24422.2k153.184808%3.184808%3.2%22,12922.1k163.166440%3.166440%3.2%1,144,8151.14M2.932205%2.932205%2.9%19,91719.9k172.737592%2.737592%2.7%18,64118.6k182.506314%2.506314%2.5%16,84116.8k192.401484%2.401484%2.4%16,64016.6k202.262997%2.262997%2.3%15,35515.4k212.219548%2.219548%2.2%15,25215.3k222.180077%2.180077%2.2%15,13815.1k231.876307%1.876307%1.9%12,57312.6k241.747660%1.747660%1.7%12,00712.0k251.599886%1.599886%1.6%10,86110.9k261.574284%1.574284%1.6%10,65610.7k271.512155%1.512155%1.5%10,07010.1k281.467914%1.467914%1.5%10,39810.4k291.340020%1.340020%1.3%9,016301.266726%1.266726%1.3%9,659331.148765%1.148765%1.1%8,120371.148025%1.148025%1.1%8,698381.060159%1.060159%1.1%3,166,6023.17M0.896115%0.896115%0.9%6,106440.678622%0.678622%0.7%4,658510.581847%0.581847%0.6%3,900580.518975%0.518975%0.5%3,480650.393772%0.393772%0.4%2,798730.357373%0.357373%0.4%2,393800.233969%0.233969%0.2%1,669870.227722%0.227722%0.2%1,777890.188801%0.188801%0.2%1,221940.141338%0.141338%0.1%991980.131816%0.131816%0.1%979990.126975%0.126975%0.1%1,2221000.120922%0.120922%0.1%7851010.106707%0.106707%0.1%731102
Count number of people speaking Chinese1 at home
# rank of congressional district out of 102 by percentage speaking Chinese1 at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by Congressional District in the United States

There are 435 congressional districts in the United States. This section compares Congressional District 17 to all of the congressional districts in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Congressional District 17.

Chinese1 Spoken at Home by Congressional District#43

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Chinese1 is spoken.
Scope: population of Congressional District 17, selected other congressional districts in the United States, and entities that contain Congressional District 17
0%5%10%15%20%Count#Congressional District 27CA-27Congressional District 6NY-6Congressional District 12CA-12Congressional District 17CA-17Congressional District 7NY-7Congressional District 14CA-14Congressional District 39CA-39Congressional District 10NY-10Congressional District 13CA-13Congressional District 11NY-11Congressional District 32CA-32Congressional District 18CA-18Congressional District 15CA-15Congressional District 45CA-45Congressional District 9WA-9Congressional District 14NY-14Congressional District 1HI-1Congressional District 52CA-52Congressional District 7MA-7Congressional District 12NY-12Congressional District 3NY-3Congressional District 5MA-5Congressional District 8MA-8Congressional District 19CA-19Congressional District 22TX-22Congressional District 34CA-34Congressional District 11CA-11CaliforniaCongressional District 33CA-33Congressional District 6MD-6Congressional District 3TX-3Congressional District 12NJ-12Congressional District 2PA-2United States of AmericaUnited StatesCongressional District 4IN-4Congressional District (at Large)DE-At LargeCongressional District 3OH-3Congressional District 5IL-5Congressional District 25TX-25Congressional District 10WA-10Congressional District 8TX-8Congressional District 13OH-13Congressional District 6IN-6Congressional District 1ID-1Congressional District (at Large)SD-At LargeCongressional District (at Large)ND-At LargeCongressional District 4TN-4Congressional District (at Large)MT-At LargeCongressional District 1TN-1Congressional District 2OK-2Congressional District 4AR-4Congressional District 34TX-34Congressional District 28TX-28Congressional District 14GA-1422.733153%22.733153%22.7%154,813155k120.879209%20.879209%20.9%143,612144k217.060625%17.060625%17.1%120,498120k314.172068%14.172068%14.2%99,22899.2k413.031951%13.031951%13.0%90,05090.1k512.132337%12.132337%12.1%84,79884.8k610.713672%10.713672%10.7%72,99973.0k710.619937%10.619937%10.6%72,37272.4k88.434675%8.434675%8.4%58,91358.9k97.438786%7.438786%7.4%50,81150.8k107.400719%7.400719%7.4%49,91449.9k117.113339%7.113339%7.1%48,97149.0k126.969969%6.969969%7.0%48,97149.0k135.244494%5.244494%5.2%37,09237.1k145.214489%5.214489%5.2%34,87234.9k154.610986%4.610986%4.6%31,16131.2k164.209779%4.209779%4.2%27,97228.0k174.096626%4.096626%4.1%28,64528.6k183.944174%3.944174%3.9%28,64228.6k193.938032%3.938032%3.9%27,30127.3k203.887816%3.887816%3.9%26,73226.7k213.850400%3.850400%3.9%27,34327.3k223.625476%3.625476%3.6%25,92425.9k233.563277%3.563277%3.6%24,91524.9k243.372468%3.372468%3.4%25,41325.4k253.296467%3.296467%3.3%22,24422.2k263.184808%3.184808%3.2%22,12922.1k273.166440%3.166440%3.2%1,144,8151.14M2.932205%2.932205%2.9%19,91719.9k282.908178%2.908178%2.9%20,57620.6k292.755601%2.755601%2.8%20,40220.4k302.714552%2.714552%2.7%19,21319.2k321.492334%1.492334%1.5%9,967631.060159%1.060159%1.1%3,166,6023.17M1.040631%1.040631%1.0%7,250940.849748%0.849748%0.8%7,4701130.788854%0.788854%0.8%5,5091250.626269%0.626269%0.6%4,2961560.501498%0.501498%0.5%3,5001870.397186%0.397186%0.4%2,6272180.331960%0.331960%0.3%2,4252490.282452%0.282452%0.3%1,9042800.238324%0.238324%0.2%1,6173110.227722%0.227722%0.2%1,7773190.224030%0.224030%0.2%1,7723220.200659%0.200659%0.2%1,3743420.160099%0.160099%0.2%1,1203730.126975%0.126975%0.1%1,2223990.120354%0.120354%0.1%8124040.055787%0.055787%0.1%3924310.052161%0.052161%0.1%3514320.051365%0.051365%0.1%3384330.050644%0.050644%0.1%3394340.024682%0.024682%0.0%162435
Count number of people speaking Chinese1 at home
# rank of congressional district out of 435 by percentage speaking Chinese1 at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Congressional District 17, and the extent to which the report speaking English. All data are based on survey responses and were not verified in any other way. A full list of the languages recognized in the survey is as follows:

  • Armenian, Austronesian (including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian), Arabic, Afro-Asiatic (including Amharic, Somali), Bengali, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), Dutch et al. (including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch), Dravidian languages (including Malayalam, Kannada), French (including Cajun), German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Hmong, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, Navajo, Other Slavic (including Ukrainian), Other Indo-European languages, Other Asian, Other Native American, Other, Portuguese, Polish, Persian (including Farsi, Dari), Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili et al. (or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), Telugu, Tamil, Tai-Kadai (including Thai, Lao), Tagalog (including Filipino), Urdu, Vietnamese, and Western African

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State:
California
Counties:
Alameda, Santa Clara
Metro Areas:
San Francisco Area, San Jose Area
Cities:
Cupertino, Fremont, Los Altos, Milpitas, Newark, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
Unincorporated Places:
Alum Rock, East Foothills
Unified School Districts:
Fremont, Milpitas, Newark, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunol Glen
Elementary School Districts:
Alum Rock, Berryessa, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Moreland, Mountain View Whisman, Orchard, Saratoga, Sunnyvale
Secondary School Districts:
Campbell, East Side, Fremont, Los Gatos-Saratoga, Mountain View-Los Altos
ZIP Codes:
94024, 94043, 94085, 94086, 94087, 94089, 94536, 94538, 94539, 94555, 94560, 95002, 95014, 95035, 95050, 95051, 95053, 95054, 95070, 95110, 95112, 95117, 95126, 95127, 95129, 95131, 95132, 95133, 95134, 95140
Assembly Districts:
CA-20, CA-24, CA-25, CA-28
State Senate Districts:
CA-7, CA-10, CA-13, CA-15
Neighboring Congressional Districts:
CA-14, CA-15, CA-18, CA-19
Nearby Congressional Districts:
CA-9, CA-11, CA-12, CA-13