English Proficiency by Language (Alameda County, 2012)
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home, population 5 years and older, Alameda County 2012.
- Of those who speak an Asian or Pacific Island language at home in Alameda County, nearly half (48.8%) speak English less than "very well."
- Of those who speak Spanish at home in Alameda County, nearly half (46%) speak English less than "very well."
|
Language Spoken at Home, |
Percentage Who Speak English Less than "Very Well" within Specified Language Group |
|---|---|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
46.0% |
|
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages (details below) |
48.8% |
|
Other Indo-European Languages (details below) |
25.8% |
|
Other Languages (details below) |
34.4% |
|
|
Total Number of Those Who Don't Speak English at Home |
Number Who Speak English Less than "Very Well" |
Percentage of Limited English Speakers within Specified Language |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole |
242,663 |
111,558 |
46.0% |
|
Asian and Pacific |
Total Number of Those Who Don't Speak English at Home |
Number Who Speak English Less than "Very Well" |
Percentage of Limited English Speakers within Specified Language |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chinese |
121,155 |
69,972 |
57.8% |
|
Japanese |
6,707 |
2,812 |
41.9% |
|
Korean |
13,964 |
7,662 |
54.9% |
|
Mon-Khmer, |
3,056 |
1,776 |
54.9% |
|
Hmong |
469 |
240 |
51.2% |
|
Thai |
2,109 |
1,173 |
55.6% |
|
Laotian |
1,622 |
1,139 |
70.2% |
|
Vietnamese |
28,855 |
16,207 |
56.2% |
|
Other Asian |
23,224 |
6,659 |
28.7% |
|
Tagalog |
52,198 |
16,972 |
32.5% |
|
Other Pacific |
7,058 |
2,345 |
33.2% |
|
Total |
260,417 |
126,957 |
48.8% |
|
Other Indo- |
Total Number of Those Who Don't Speak English at Home |
Number Who Speak English Less than "Very Well" |
Percentage of Limited English Speakers within Specified Language |
|---|---|---|---|
|
French |
6,794 |
1,063 |
15.6% |
|
French Creole |
272 |
66 |
24.3% |
|
Italian |
2,571 |
717 |
27.9% |
|
Portuguese or |
6,215 |
1,582 |
25.5% |
|
German |
4,864 |
530 |
10.9% |
|
Yiddish |
191 |
14 |
7.3% |
|
Other West |
1,311 |
92 |
7.0% |
|
Scandinavian |
1,205 |
78 |
6.5% |
|
Greek |
1,540 |
210 |
13.6% |
|
Russian |
3,793 |
1,645 |
43.4% |
|
Polish |
766 |
299 |
39.0% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
1,569 |
433 |
27.6% |
|
Other Slavic |
630 |
134 |
21.3% |
|
Armenian |
883 |
226 |
25.6% |
|
Persian |
11,396 |
4,580 |
40.2% |
|
Gujarati |
5,003 |
1,414 |
28.3% |
|
Hindi |
27,073 |
4,671 |
17.3% |
|
Urdu |
3,387 |
912 |
26.9% |
|
Other Indic |
17,657 |
6,259 |
35.4% |
|
Other Indo- |
2,981 |
950 |
31.9% |
|
Total |
100,101 |
25,875 |
25.8% |
|
Other |
Total Number of Those Who Don't Speak English at Home |
Number Who Speak English Less than "Very Well" |
Percentage of Limited English Speakers within Specified Language |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Navajo |
230 |
43 |
18.7% |
|
Other Native |
114 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Hungarian |
754 |
278 |
36.9% |
|
Arabic |
6,837 |
2,067 |
30.2% |
|
Hebrew |
1,300 |
161 |
12.4% |
|
African |
6,297 |
2,653 |
42.1% |
|
Other and |
655 |
361 |
55.1% |
|
Total |
16,187 |
5,563 |
34.4% |
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