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Language Spoken at Home
Persons 5 Years of Age & Older
Orange County, 2000 Census
|
Language Spoken |
Population Age 5 & Over |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18 & Over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| All Persons Age 5 &
Older |
2,632,408 |
100.00% |
553,248 |
100.00% |
2,079,160 |
100.00% |
| Speak only English |
1,542,698 |
58.60% |
296,954 |
53.67% |
1,245,744 |
59.92% |
| Spanish or Spanish
Creole |
665,069 |
25.26% |
184,722 |
33.39% |
480,347 |
23.10% |
| French (including
Patois or Cajun) |
9,889 |
0.38% |
1,106 |
0.20% |
8,783 |
0.42% |
| French Creole |
148 |
0.01% |
48 |
0.01% |
100 |
0.00% |
| Italian |
5,563 |
0.21% |
364 |
0.07% |
5,199 |
0.25% |
| Portuguese or
Portuguese Creole |
2,684 |
0.10% |
460 |
0.08% |
2,224 |
0.11% |
| German |
12,959 |
0.49% |
1,066 |
0.19% |
11,893 |
0.57% |
| Yiddish |
891 |
0.03% |
34 |
0.01% |
857 |
0.04% |
| Other West Germanic
languages |
3,595 |
0.14% |
202 |
0.04% |
3,393 |
0.16% |
| Scandinavian languages |
2,659 |
0.10% |
412 |
0.07% |
2,247 |
0.11% |
| Greek |
2,617 |
0.10% |
261 |
0.05% |
2,356 |
0.11% |
| Russian |
3,976 |
0.15% |
670 |
0.12% |
3,306 |
0.16% |
| Polish |
2,973 |
0.11% |
305 |
0.06% |
2,668 |
0.13% |
| Serbo-Croatian |
1,530 |
0.06% |
197 |
0.04% |
1,333 |
0.06% |
| Other Slavic languages |
1,894 |
0.07% |
251 |
0.05% |
1,643 |
0.08% |
|
Language Spoken |
Population Age 5 & Over |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18 & Over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Armenian |
3,502 |
0.13% |
650 |
0.12% |
2,852 |
0.14% |
| Persian |
23,879 |
0.91% |
3,777 |
0.68% |
20,102 |
0.97% |
| Gujarathi |
5,908 |
0.22% |
1,038 |
0.19% |
4,870 |
0.23% |
| Hindi |
4,727 |
0.18% |
550 |
0.10% |
4,177 |
0.20% |
| Urdu |
4,557 |
0.17% |
984 |
0.18% |
3,573 |
0.17% |
| Other Indic languages |
7,456 |
0.28% |
1,256 |
0.23% |
6,200 |
0.30% |
| Other Indo-European
languages |
5,629 |
0.21% |
1,142 |
0.21% |
4,487 |
0.22% |
| Chinese |
49,123 |
1.87% |
7,832 |
1.42% |
41,291 |
1.99% |
| Japanese |
15,652 |
0.59% |
1,997 |
0.36% |
13,655 |
0.66% |
| Korean |
50,366 |
1.91% |
10,050 |
1.82% |
40,316 |
1.94% |
| Mon-Khmer; Cambodian |
4,197 |
0.16% |
968 |
0.17% |
3,229 |
0.16% |
| Miao; Hmong |
993 |
0.04% |
303 |
0.05% |
690 |
0.03% |
| Thai |
3,763 |
0.14% |
583 |
0.11% |
3,180 |
0.15% |
| Laotian |
2,933 |
0.11% |
614 |
0.11% |
2,319 |
0.11% |
| Vietnamese |
124,539 |
4.73% |
25,255 |
4.56% |
99,284 |
4.78% |
| Other Asian languages |
4,478 |
0.17% |
512 |
0.09% |
3,966 |
0.19% |
|
Language Spoken |
Population Age 5 & Over |
Age 5 to 17 |
Age 18 & Over |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Tagalog |
32,178 |
1.22% |
3,451 |
0.62% |
28,727 |
1.38% |
| Other Pacific Island
languages |
8,062 |
0.31% |
1,423 |
0.26% |
6,639 |
0.32% |
| Navajo |
101 |
0.00% |
8 |
0.00% |
93 |
0.00% |
| Other Native North
American languages |
172 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.00% |
172 |
0.01% |
| Hungarian |
1,846 |
0.07% |
109 |
0.02% |
1,737 |
0.08% |
| Arabic |
13,800 |
0.52% |
2,732 |
0.49% |
11,068 |
0.53% |
| Hebrew |
1,474 |
0.06% |
212 |
0.04% |
1,262 |
0.06% |
| African languages |
2,211 |
0.08% |
463 |
0.08% |
1,748 |
0.08% |
| Other and unspecified
languages |
1,717 |
0.07% |
287 |
0.05% |
1,430 |
0.07% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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