Languages in California (State)

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 the United States and California
California
United States
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountSpanishChinese1Tagalog2VietnameseKoreanPersian3ArmenianArabicHindiRussianJapanesePunjabiFrench4Austronesian5GermanTai-Kadai6PortugueseHmongKhmerOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…28.787214%13.105530%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M3.166440%1.060159%3.166440%3.2%1,144,8151.14M2.192775%0.563118%2.192775%2.2%792,790793k1.499940%0.486855%1.499940%1.5%542,298542k1.023553%0.369818%1.023553%1.0%370,062370k0.543667%0.137532%0.543667%0.5%196,561197k0.532087%0.079353%0.532087%0.5%192,374192k0.479894%0.363857%0.479894%0.5%173,504174k0.476708%0.247020%0.476708%0.5%172,352172k0.437086%0.301383%0.437086%0.4%158,027158k0.389153%0.151584%0.389153%0.4%140,697141k0.372727%0.094033%0.372727%0.4%134,758135k0.352915%0.410100%0.352915%0.4%127,595128k0.339705%0.148193%0.339705%0.3%122,819123k0.292682%0.322889%0.292682%0.3%105,818106k0.234523%0.102331%0.234523%0.2%84,79184.8k0.220146%0.234186%0.220146%0.2%79,59379.6k0.210308%0.076038%0.210308%0.2%76,03676.0k0.205844%0.069842%0.205844%0.2%74,42274.4k0.193060%0.184459%0.193060%0.2%69,80069.8k
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Filipino 3including Farsi, Dari 4including Cajun 5including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 6including Thai, Lao

Speaking English 'Very Well'#2

Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and California
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
California
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanFrench1HindiOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…PortugueseTagalog2Austronesian3ArabicPersian4SpanishPunjabiHmongRussianJapaneseArmenianKhmerTai-Kadai5Chinese6KoreanVietnamese-12.213423%-15.531691%-12.213423%12.2%87.786577%84.468309%87.786577%87.8%12,92412.9k92,89492.9k-14.342255%-20.435910%-14.342255%14.3%85.657745%79.564090%85.657745%85.7%18,30018.3k109,295109k-19.216487%-20.627763%-19.216487%19.2%80.783513%79.372237%80.783513%80.8%33,12033.1k139,232139k-26.401146%-30.386196%-26.401146%26.4%73.598854%69.613804%73.598854%73.6%18,42818.4k51,37251.4k-31.075597%-36.093908%-31.075597%31.1%68.924403%63.906092%68.924403%68.9%24,73424.7k54,85954.9k-33.688871%-31.875946%-33.688871%33.7%66.311129%68.124054%66.311129%66.3%267,082267k525,708526k-35.282000%-38.172642%-35.282000%35.3%64.718000%61.827358%64.718000%64.7%43,33343.3k79,48679.5k-38.642337%-37.405871%-38.642337%38.6%61.357663%62.594129%61.357663%61.4%67,04667.0k106,458106k-39.010791%-37.726176%-39.010791%39.0%60.989209%62.273824%60.989209%61.0%76,68076.7k119,881120k-42.102823%-41.560410%-42.102823%42.1%57.897177%58.439590%57.897177%57.9%4,382,0264.38M6,025,8896.03M-44.208136%-40.749536%-44.208136%44.2%55.791864%59.250464%55.791864%55.8%59,57459.6k75,18475.2k-44.672261%-42.197703%-44.672261%44.7%55.327739%57.802297%55.327739%55.3%33,96734.0k42,06942.1k-45.375790%-44.829344%-45.375790%45.4%54.624210%55.170656%54.624210%54.6%71,70671.7k86,32186.3k-45.740847%-42.702223%-45.740847%45.7%54.259153%57.297777%54.259153%54.3%64,35664.4k76,34176.3k-46.895111%-43.338115%-46.895111%46.9%53.104889%56.661885%53.104889%53.1%90,21490.2k102,160102k-51.787106%-51.044288%-51.787106%51.8%48.212894%48.955712%48.212894%48.2%38,54138.5k35,88135.9k-54.146077%-49.973990%-54.146077%54.1%45.853923%50.026010%45.853923%45.9%45,91145.9k38,88038.9k-56.488341%-55.476722%-56.488341%56.5%43.511659%44.523278%43.511659%43.5%646,687647k498,128498k-56.793997%-54.055576%-56.793997%56.8%43.206003%45.944424%43.206003%43.2%210,173210k159,889160k-59.066971%-58.713636%-59.066971%59.1%40.933029%41.286364%40.933029%40.9%320,319320k221,979222k
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Cajun 2including Filipino 3including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian 4including Farsi, Dari 5including Thai, Lao 6including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares California to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with California.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of California, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain California
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasCaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaFloridaArizonaNew JerseyNew YorkIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoRhode IslandConnecticutUtahOregonMassachusettsWashingtonIdahoGeorgiaKansasMarylandNorth CarolinaN CarolinaNebraskaDelawareVirginiaOklahomaArkansasWyomingPennsylvaniaIndianaWisconsinSouth CarolinaS CarolinaTennesseeIowaMinnesotaLouisianaAlaskaAlabamaMichiganKentuckyMissouriMississippiOhioNew HampshireSouth DakotaHawaiiNorth DakotaMontanaWest VirginiaVermontMaine29.512011%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M128.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M228.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k321.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k420.892141%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M520.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M615.926284%15.926284%15.9%1,335,7291.34M715.032768%15.032768%15.0%2,785,0812.79M813.232963%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M913.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k1011.632811%11.632811%11.6%116,296116k1111.517761%11.517761%11.5%391,576392k129.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k138.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k148.603765%8.603765%8.6%548,794549k158.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k167.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k177.935208%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k187.538962%7.538962%7.5%203,505204k197.452966%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k207.396109%7.396109%7.4%690,417690k217.362800%7.362800%7.4%128,899129k226.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k236.800564%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k246.800514%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k255.141835%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k264.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k274.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k284.626104%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k294.590155%4.590155%4.6%248,533249k304.419025%4.419025%4.4%200,761201k313.926162%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k323.905289%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k333.817511%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k343.615292%3.615292%3.6%156,774157k353.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k363.249851%3.249851%3.2%147,816148k372.925168%2.925168%2.9%273,083273k382.573243%2.573243%2.6%106,467106k392.509444%2.509444%2.5%142,678143k402.404747%2.404747%2.4%67,25667.3k412.206979%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k422.092448%2.092448%2.1%26,42426.4k432.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k441.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k451.612284%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k461.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k471.041404%1.041404%1.0%18,16418.2k481.036265%1.036265%1.0%6,175490.902214%0.902214%0.9%11,41111.4k50
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 50 by percentage speaking Spanish at home