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City of Los Angeles Demographics
2000
Census
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME & ABILITY TO SPEAK
ENGLISH
Persons 5 years and over
1990
Census
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME - CITY OF LOS
ANGELES
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Languages Spoken at Home by Individual City of Los Angeles
Communities
| Age
Group |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18+ |
All Ages |
All Ages Percent |
| Total |
696,630 |
2,716,259 |
3,412,889 |
100.00% |
| Speak only
English |
233,954 |
1,204,619 |
1,438,573 |
42.15% |
| Spanish or
Spanish Creole |
391,124 |
1,031,192 |
1,422,316 |
41.67% |
| French (incl.
Patois, Cajun) |
1,843 |
18,178 |
20,021 |
0.59% |
| French
Creole |
141 |
757 |
898 |
0.03% |
| Italian |
629 |
8,986 |
9,615 |
0.28% |
| Portuguese or
Portuguese Creole |
382 |
3,391 |
3,773 |
0.11% |
| German |
615 |
11,564 |
12,179 |
0.36% |
| Yiddish |
199 |
3,883 |
4,082 |
0.12% |
| Other West
Germanic languages |
65 |
2,154 |
2,219 |
0.07% |
| Scandinavian
languages |
165 |
2,721 |
2,886 |
0.08% |
| Greek |
122 |
2,934 |
3,056 |
0.09% |
| Russian |
3,647 |
25,223 |
28,870 |
0.85% |
| Polish |
209 |
3,236 |
3,445 |
0.10% |
| Serbo-Croatian |
289 |
3,749 |
4,038 |
0.12% |
| Other Slavic
languages |
308 |
2,815 |
3,123 |
0.09% |
| Armenian |
11,484 |
46,440 |
57,924 |
1.70% |
| Persian |
6,325 |
36,718 |
43,043 |
1.26% |
| Gujarathi |
226 |
2,147 |
2,373 |
0.07% |
| Hindi |
727 |
5,139 |
5,866 |
0.17% |
| Urdu |
731 |
2,492 |
3,223 |
0.09% |
| Other Indic
languages |
1,607 |
7,701 |
9,308 |
0.27% |
| Other
Indo-European languages |
540 |
4,827 |
5,367 |
0.16% |
| Chinese |
6,593 |
46,335 |
52,928 |
1.55% |
| Japanese |
1,226 |
20,438 |
21,664 |
0.63% |
| Korean |
11,425 |
69,615 |
81,040 |
2.37% |
| Mon-Khmer,
Cambodian |
1,234 |
2,784 |
4,018 |
0.12% |
| Miao,
Hmong |
0 |
43 |
43 |
0.00% |
| Thai |
1,439 |
8,560 |
9,999 |
0.29% |
| Laotian |
129 |
622 |
751 |
0.02% |
| Vietnamese |
2,807 |
14,879 |
17,686 |
0.52% |
| Other Asian
languages |
390 |
4,368 |
4,758 |
0.14% |
| Tagalog |
8,251 |
69,783 |
78,034 |
2.29% |
| Other Pacific
Island languages |
866 |
6,386 |
7,252 |
0.21% |
| Navajo |
9 |
146 |
155 |
0.00% |
| Other Native
North American languages |
27 |
423 |
450 |
0.01% |
| Hungarian |
179 |
4,325 |
4,504 |
0.13% |
| Arabic |
2,062 |
11,516 |
13,578 |
0.40% |
| Hebrew |
3,052 |
13,240 |
16,292 |
0.48% |
| African
languages |
823 |
6,630 |
7,453 |
0.22% |
| Other and
unspecified languages |
786 |
5,300 |
6,086 |
0.18% |
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Communities
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH -
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
| Age Group |
All Ages |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18 to 64 |
Age 65+ |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Total |
3,412,889 |
100.00% |
696,630 |
100.00% |
2,359,149 |
100.00% |
357,110 |
100.00% |
| Speak only
English |
1,438,573 |
42.15% |
233,954 |
33.58% |
991,370 |
42.02% |
213,249 |
59.72% |
| Speak
Spanish |
1,422,316 |
41.67% |
391,124 |
56.15% |
969,888 |
41.11% |
61,304 |
17.17% |
| Speak English "very well" |
569,278 |
16.68% |
220,612 |
31.67% |
329,757 |
13.98% |
18,909 |
5.30% |
| Speak English "well" |
338,459 |
9.92% |
109,434 |
15.71% |
217,528 |
9.22% |
11,497 |
3.22% |
| Speak English "not well" |
321,100 |
9.41% |
47,870 |
6.87% |
258,764 |
10.97% |
14,466 |
4.05% |
| Speak English "not at all" |
193,479 |
5.67% |
13,208 |
1.90% |
163,839 |
6.94% |
16,432 |
4.60% |
| Speak other
Indo-European languages |
225,309 |
6.60% |
30,254 |
4.34% |
156,820 |
6.65% |
38,235 |
10.71% |
| Speak English "very well" |
132,603 |
3.89% |
23,977 |
3.44% |
94,079 |
3.99% |
14,547 |
4.07% |
| Speak English "well" |
53,159 |
1.56% |
4,777 |
0.69% |
40,090 |
1.70% |
8,292 |
2.32% |
| Speak English "not well" |
29,473 |
0.86% |
1,348 |
0.19% |
18,739 |
0.79% |
9,386 |
2.63% |
| Speak English "not at all" |
10,074 |
0.30% |
152 |
0.02% |
3,912 |
0.17% |
6,010 |
1.68% |
| Age Group |
All Ages |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18 to 64 |
Age 65+ |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Speak Asian
& Pacific Island languages |
278,173 |
8.15% |
34,360 |
4.93% |
205,074 |
8.69% |
38,739 |
10.85% |
| Speak English "very well" |
127,261 |
3.73% |
21,420 |
3.07% |
96,314 |
4.08% |
9,527 |
2.67% |
| Speak English "well" |
77,192 |
2.26% |
8,984 |
1.29% |
59,334 |
2.52% |
8,874 |
2.48% |
| Speak English "not well" |
58,190 |
1.71% |
3,684 |
0.53% |
41,897 |
1.78% |
12,609 |
3.53% |
| Speak English "not at all" |
15,530 |
0.46% |
272 |
0.04% |
7,529 |
0.32% |
7,729 |
2.16% |
| Speak other
languages |
48,518 |
1.42% |
6,938 |
1.00% |
35,997 |
1.53% |
5,583 |
1.56% |
| Speak English "very well" |
32,021 |
0.94% |
5,552 |
0.80% |
23,983 |
1.02% |
2,486 |
0.70% |
| Speak English "well" |
10,345 |
0.30% |
778 |
0.11% |
7,921 |
0.34% |
1,646 |
0.46% |
| Speak English "not well" |
4,243 |
0.12% |
496 |
0.07% |
2,684 |
0.11% |
1,063 |
0.30% |
| Speak English "not at all" |
1,909 |
0.06% |
112 |
0.02% |
1,409 |
0.06% |
388 |
0.11% |
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau
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