English Proficiency by Language (Orange County, 2012)
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home, population 5 years and older, Orange County 2012.
- Of those who speak an Asian or Pacific Island language at home in Orange County, more than half (50.5%) speak English less than "very well."
- Of those who speak Spanish at home in Orange County, nearly half (47%) 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 |
47.0% |
|
Asian and Pacific Islander Languages (details below) |
50.5% |
|
Other Indo-European Languages (details below) |
26.9% |
|
Other Languages (details below) |
30.7% |
|
|
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 |
762,585 |
358,034 |
47.0% |
|
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 |
66,176 |
29,472 |
44.5% |
|
Japanese |
14,750 |
7,171 |
48.6% |
|
Korean |
77,635 |
45,075 |
58.1% |
|
Mon-Khmer, |
6,107 |
2,807 |
46.0% |
|
Hmong |
1,229 |
428 |
34.8% |
|
Thai |
3,114 |
1,556 |
50.0% |
|
Laotian |
2,810 |
1,253 |
44.6% |
|
Vietnamese |
163,386 |
97,192 |
59.5% |
|
Other Asian |
8,192 |
1,855 |
22.6% |
|
Tagalog |
46,871 |
11,805 |
25.2% |
|
Other Pacific |
8,685 |
2,883 |
33.2% |
|
Total |
398,955 |
201,497 |
50.5% |
|
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 |
8,772 |
1,714 |
19.5% |
|
French Creole |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Italian |
4,221 |
763 |
18.1% |
|
Portuguese or |
4,132 |
939 |
22.7% |
|
German |
8,779 |
990 |
11.3% |
|
Yiddish |
244 |
111 |
45.5% |
|
Other West |
3,214 |
526 |
16.4% |
|
Scandinavian |
2,078 |
280 |
13.5% |
|
Greek |
2,620 |
367 |
14.0% |
|
Russian |
5,403 |
1,877 |
34.7% |
|
Polish |
1,891 |
428 |
22.6% |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
1,686 |
561 |
33.3% |
|
Other Slavic |
1,928 |
584 |
30.3% |
|
Armenian |
3,693 |
1,051 |
28.5% |
|
Persian |
31,264 |
10,784 |
34.5% |
|
Gujarati |
7,505 |
2,468 |
32.9% |
|
Hindi |
9,566 |
1,632 |
17.1% |
|
Urdu |
5,567 |
1,289 |
23.2% |
|
Other Indic |
11,549 |
3,490 |
30.2% |
|
Other Indo- |
6,393 |
2,591 |
40.5% |
|
Total |
120,505 |
32,445 |
26.9% |
|
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 |
27 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Other Native |
223 |
33 |
14.8% |
|
Hungarian |
893 |
140 |
15.7% |
|
Arabic |
18,071 |
5,950 |
32.9% |
|
Hebrew |
1,515 |
88 |
5.8% |
|
African |
2,644 |
1,000 |
37.8% |
|
Other and |
881 |
235 |
26.7% |
|
Total |
24,254 |
7,446 |
30.7% |
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